Meeting
Papers
Report
for CAUL - the public response is still being drafted. (18/12/09)
Selected
presentations .....
Sustainable
Models of Publishing? - David Prosser • SPARC Europe Director
After a significant hiatus, CAUL is holding its fifth* CAUL-Industry Think Tank in Sydney in August 2009.
We have drafted a program which looks at the current economic environment on Day 1 and options for the future on Day 2. We have designed a mix of speakers from publishing, academia and libraries, and look forward to a great deal of audience participation in a collegiate environment. For this reason, we will limit the size of the audience to around 80.
Attendance is by invitation only. Substitutes may be accepted, but this is not automatic.
Because of the size limitation, we are targeting the decision makers in the organisations with whom we do business. The library representatives will be the library directors (university librarians in Australia and New Zealand) and members of the CEIRC Committee.
The
purpose of the event:
To discuss the perceptions
of, and reactions to, the global economic crisis, and share publishers’
and libraries’ forward thinking on effective strategies for the next 3
years.
To discuss how the different
participants define ‘value’ in this economic environment. For example,
how will products be packaged and priced and what will consortial members
see as a value proposition?
To discuss the Australian
environment, and the forces driving universities and their authors to seek
alternate publishing and distribution model including adopting open access
models of disseminating research findings or outputs. How will the
economic crisis influence the business models being developed? Is
affordable and sustainable access to scholarly information unreachable?
Who will pay in times of financial difficulty?
To consider why a publishing
system is required over and above a research communication system.
Background
documents:
International Coalition
of Library Consortia (ICOLC) Statement
on the Global Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Consortial Licenses.
January 19, 2009
CAUL
Statement on the Global Economic Crisis. CAUL (Council of Australian
University Librarians) 27 April, 2009
CAUL
Statement on Open Access. CAUL (Council of Australian University Librarians)
14 September, 2004
Activities,
costs and funding flows in the scholarly communications system in the UK:
Report commissioned by the Research Information Network (RIN) Cambridge
Economic Policy Associates (CEPA) (UK)
eBooks
– Costs and Benefits to Academic and Research Libraries. Author Rita
A. Renner. White paper. Springer.com (DE)
Research
Communication Costs in Australia: Emerging Opportunities and Benefits:
A report to the Department of Education, Science and Training [by] John
Houghton, Colin Steele & Peter Sheehan. September 2006
(AU)
ALPSP
survey of librarians on factors in journal cancellation. Mark
Ware, ALPSP, March 30, 2006. A 64 pp. report on the effect of OA
archiving on library decisions to cancel journal subscriptions. The report
(in print and PDF) costs £45/$80/€100 for ALPSP members and
£90/$160/€200 for non-members. The ALPSP's free
summary of the report. "The ALPSP finds that journal prices are
far more threatening than OA archiving" Peter Suber. (UK)
Economic
Implications of Alternative Scholarly Publishing Models: Exploring the
costs and benefits. Author: John Houghton, Bruce Rasmussen and Peter
Sheehan, Victoria University and Charles Oppenheim, Anne Morris, Claire
Creaser, Helen Greenwood, Mark Summers and Adrian Gourlay, Loughborough
University. Publication date: 27 January 2009 JISC - Joint Information
Systems Committee (UK)
Costs
and business models in scientific research publishing: A report commissioned
by the Wellcome Trust. Compiled by SQW. April 2004 (UK)
2009 July 11 Chicago,
IL Rough waters: Navigating hard times in the scholarly communication
marketplace: SPARC-ACRL forum.
The forum, was held at the Chicago meeting of the American Library Association
in July, was co-sponsored by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic
Resources Coalition) and the Association of College and Research Libraries
(ACRL). http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/ala09/
Transforming
the Marketplace: Angels or Demons? Ivy Anderson, Director of
Collection Development & Management, California Digital Library
Keynote
Speaker, Dr David Prosser, Director,
SPARC Europe.
Dr. Prosser, [formerly]
journals commissioning editor at Oxford University Press in Oxford, UK,
[began] his tenure as SPARC Europe director in late October 2002. He brings
to SPARC Europe experience in all areas of journal management, including
finance, online and print production, and marketing. As commissioning editor
at Oxford University Press, he [was] responsible for the management of
a suite of molecular biology and life science journals. He has also held
a range of positions at Elsevier Science Ltd. Dr. Prosser holds BSc
(Honours) and PhD degrees in physics from the University of Leeds.
SPARC Europe is an alliance of European research libraries, library organisations and research institutions. We provide a voice for the community and the support and tools it needs in order to being about positive change to the system of scholarly communications. Our members represent over 100 of Europe's leading academic and research institutions. Membership is open to national and academic libraries, library organizations and research institutions in the region. SPARC Europe collaborates with the international SPARC organisation based in Washington D.C. We develop Europe-focused initiatives under the direction of a Board of Directors and the SPARC Europe Director. ....Day-to-day management of SPARC Europe is under the care of the Director, Dr David Prosser, who is also responsible for implementing the strategy of SPARC Europe.
| Monday 17 August 2009 | |
| 9:00 | Registration & coffee |
| 10:00-12.10 | Plenary session |
| 12.10-1.25 | Lunch |
| 1.25-3.15 | Plenary session |
| 3.15-3.45 | Afternoon tea |
| 3.45-5.00 | CAUL/CONZUL Members only |
| 7.00 for 7.30-10.30 | Dinner |
| Tuesday 18 August | |
| 9.00-1.30 | Plenary |
| 1.30 | Lunch and Close |
Venues.
The Think Tank will be held
at the Metcalfe
Auditorium, the ground floor of the Macquarie Street wing of the State
Library of New South Wales - see directions
to the library.
The dinner will be held
at the Darling Harbour Room, Novotel
Rockford / Pumphouse, 17 Little Pier Street, Darling Harbour.
*Previous
Think Tanks:
2002 - Publishers'
pricing models and intra-consortium cost-sharing models - Sydney 22-23
May 2002
2000 CAUL Industry ThinkTank,
22-23 October 2000 - Canberra - Aggregators & Subscription Agents
1999 CAUL/Industry Think
Tank: Pricing Structures for Information in the Twenty First Century 16-17
January 1999 Sydney
1997 CAUL/Industry Invitation
ThinkTank, Melbourne, 27-28 November 1997
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