Riding the Tectonic Plates 3: The Future

Posted on by John Helmer
Photo: The Grand Canyon, USA

Image: Tobias Alt

Report from the Third Semantico Online Publishing Symposium Technology is driving disruptive change in scholarly publishing – as well as altered expectations and behaviours among scholars, researchers, students, librarians and those who set institutional and governmental policy. This symposium was held recently in London to discuss how publishers can survive and thrive within this fast-changing landscape. An invited audience of publishing industry leaders debated the issues under Chatham House rules. Delegates were from organisations including Beilstein-Institut, BioScientifica, CABI, Cross Ref, eLife, Mendeley, Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan, Sage, SIPX and Springer. The discussion was in three parts, covering the following themes:
  1. The changing user
  2. Changing business models
  3. Future tech trends
This post looks forward to how the technology trends identified as driving disruptive change in the previous two parts are liable to play out in the future, and how further developments of educational and publishing technology look likely to impact the business of scholarly communication. Continue reading →

Riding the Tectonic Plates 1: The Changing User

Posted on by John Helmer
Photo: The Grand Canyon, USA

Image: Tobias Alt

Report from the Third Semantico Online Publishing Symposium Technology is driving disruptive change in scholarly publishing – as well as altered expectations and behaviours among scholars, researchers, students, librarians and those who set institutional and governmental policy. This symposium was held recently in London to discuss how publishers can survive and thrive within this fast-changing landscape. An invited audience of publishing industry leaders debated the issues under Chatham House rules. Delegates were from organisations including Beilstein-Institut, BioScientifica, CABI, Cross Ref, eLife, Mendeley, Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan, Sage, SIPX and Springer. The discussion was in three parts, covering the following themes:
  1. The changing user
  2. Changing business models
  3. Future tech trends
This post covers the changing user. Continue reading →

Farewell Frankfurt Book Fair 2012 (and onwards to 2013!)

Posted on by Clare Wratten
It’s all over for another year. The Frankfurt Book Fair that is. The event was a huge success. We enjoyed meeting old friends and new, and were delighted with the positive reactions to our latest products (and brochures, giveaways and Semantico M&Ms!). We’re now planning activities for 2013, but thought you might like to take a moment to reminisce and see how great our stand looked. Enjoy! Continue reading →