Register Now for the SSP/AAUP Web Seminar: Understanding
Digital Natives:
How Does Academic Publishing Need to Change
to Serve Tomorrow's Scholars?
To be held Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 11.00 am - 12.30 pm EST
There has been much talk about the challenges of publishing
for the "Google generation," digital natives for whom the
availability of Internet connectivity is assumed. As the first members of this
"millennial" generation begin to enter graduate school, the need to
understand how they interact with specialist information, and whether they will
research and publish differently or in much the same way as their predecessors,
has become acute.
This seminar takes advantage of the webinar format to bring
together researchers from two important, but geographically widely spread,
centers that have pioneered the systematic study of scholarly behavior. Using
the data they have collected, these experts will focus on evidence of
particular relevance to scholarly publishers. Their findings will be discussed
by an expert commentator, and they will answer questions from participants.
Presenters:
David Nicholas, Ph.D., Director, Department of Information
Studies,
Sophia K. Acord, Ph.D., Research Associate, Center for
Studies in Higher Education Center for Studies in Higher Education,
Organizers:
Rebecca Kennison, Director, Center for Digital Research and
Scholarship,
Charles Watkinson, Director,
Join us if you want to:
- Hear focused summaries, designed for scholarly publishers,
of the latest information science research on “digital native”
scholars
- Acquire important evidence about emerging trends vital to
shaping your publishing strategy
- Question international experts about changes in behavior
among your authors and users
The Society for Scholarly Publishing in collaboration with
the Association of American University Presses presents another great web-based
seminar on a hot topic. With web seminars, you don't have to leave your office
to learn. All you need is a telephone and a computer with Internet access. You
can submit questions to the speakers using your computer, and there will be
plenty of time for questions and discussion. Registration is per-computer
rather than per-site, but you can invite as many staff as you like to
participate using a single speakerphone and projector. Why not use the seminar
as the basis for your own brainstorming session? All participants receive a
recording of the seminar after the event, so you are free to review the
presentations again and again.
Who Should Attend:
Supplying focused and evidence-based information, this
seminar will be invaluable to senior managers and other individuals responsible
for setting strategy at small- to medium-sized publishers of scholarly content,
and for the consultants advising them.
REGISTRATION FEE: $99 for SSP
and AAUP members; 149 for non-members
To register and for more information please go to the
“Events” tab on the SSP website: https://www.sspnet.org
Submitted by Karen King on behalf of SSP