the future of academic publishing
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This is the presentation I made at the first Tejeshwar Singh Trust's conference on the future of Social Science publishing. It is my vision of the future and not necessarily the only truth. I talked around the slides and am sorry I don't have a recording of it.TRANSCRIPT
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The Future of Academic Publishing
Presented at the Tejeshwar Singh Memorial Trust Seminar on
Social Sciences and Humanities Publishing Today23rd March 2013
Vivek Mehra
Managing Director &CEO,
SAGE Publications India Pvt. Ltd.
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Acknowledgement and use of images:
I wish to acknowledge the efforts of my team at SAGE who helped me learn.
The images I have used are for representation and not for any commercial use. The presentation was part of a conference for which I volunteered. For any queries on copyright, or details on the source of these images, please feel free to write to me.
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Academic publishing as we know it (books)
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Academic publishing as we know it (journals)
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Academic publishing as we somewhat know
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Academic publishing as we somewhat know
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Libraries as we know them
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Libraries as we know them
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Libraries as we don’t know them
Classic definition of a library:
1. Building or room containing collections of books, periodicals, and sometimes films and recorded music for people to read, borrow...
2. A collection of books and periodicals held in such a building or room
3. A collection of films, recorded music, genetic material, etc., organized systematically and kept for research or borrowing
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Libraries as we don’t know them
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Libraries as we don’t know them
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Libraries as we don’t know them
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Publishing as we don’t know it
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Publishing as we don’t know it
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Publishing as we don’t know it
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Some more game changers...
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Publishers as we know them
● Pearson Plc (1844)
● McGraw/Hill (2007)
● Cengage (1917)
(1807)
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Some more familiar names
(1880)
● Springer (1842)
● T&F (1855)
● Wolters Kluwe (1836)
● (Von Holz (1843)
(1965)
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Publishers as we don’t know them
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And if that wasn’t enough...
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(...the not so) Open World of Open Access
● Challenging the very concept of IP and copyright – Creative Commons Licenses
In 2012 OA went mainstream● Role of Institutions
• Harvard Mandate• MOOCs
● Role of Funders and Governments• Demands for more ‘open’ availability
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Learning, for free...
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Open Access Publishing...
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Open Access MonographsPalgrave Macmillan:£10,000 Monograph £7,500 Pivot
Springer: £15,000
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SAGE is in on it...Open Access Journal Launches
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● Awards:● 2011 Magnum Opus Gold Award for Best
Navigation for Electronic Publication
● 2011 Apex Award for One-of-a-Kind Electronic
● Choice’s Outstanding Academic Title for 2012
● Scored 4/5 stars in Advisor Reviews from The Charleston Advisor, October 2012
“SAGE’s activities reported here suggest
that in some areas social sciences may
actually be ahead of the rest on the
innovation curve…!”
Outsell, November 2010
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View from the top...CEO Educause - Diana Oblinger
● Learning decoupled from time and place● Connected age not information age● Maps and pathways, not gates and
gatekeepers ● Immersive collaborative environments● Individualized pathways
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Crystal Balls don’t agree
● Davos verdict: ‘It’s over for all but 10 Elite Universities’
● Larry Summers predicts ‘both will exist’ like live and televised sport
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Current Government OA Initiatives • FRPAA expected to be re-introduced this month (Federal
Research Public Access Act)
• OSTP (Office of Science and Technology Policy) to re-engage with America COMPETES (Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act of 2007)
• Finch Report published June 2012; backed a Gold Open Access model. RCUK (Research Councils UK) Implementation begins April 1
• Australia and Ireland (among others) go green
• July 2012: EU Commission announces OA will be a general principle of Horizon 2020
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The new world of publishing, for authors
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The new world of publishing, for authors
I thought of many ways to say this
Why me…
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The new world of publishing, for authors
I have what I want
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The new world of publishing, for authors
What should I choose?
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The new world of publishing, for authors
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The new world for publishers...
● In the last 3 years publishers deployed innovations that cost (development) around US$ 200 million
● 40% don’t exist today...
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The new world for publishers...
Investments needed…
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My own Crystal Ball gazing (grazing???)
Dramatic growth of research in Asia (Western dominance in publishing will end)
Economies of scale will not determine success - value of publications increase with usage - a successful publisher will drive usage
Even greater automation in production workflows on the cards
Platform neutrality essential to cost-effective digital publishing
Custom solutions will become the rule not the exception
Web will become the dominant distribution channel but niche market for printed products will always remain
Authorship will change platforms - MS Word could be replaced by a mobile camera used to create a video
Leadership/management supplemented by sufficient digital skills (marketing, digital media, analytics) essential for sustaining publishing
Peer review models will change to facilitate speedy publication
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Thanks!
Sleep generates more brain activity than lecture attendance...
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