Research Information has commissioned a new report asking publishers, librarians and researchers about challenges in the scholarly publishing cycle.
The Scholarly Publishing Research Cycle: Perspectives of a failing system from the publishing, library and research sectors will be published on December 4, and unveiled at Research Information's Challenges in the Scholarly Publishing Cycle one-day conference at the Business Design Centre, London.
The research was undertaken by Dr. David Stuart, of Stuart Information Research, and combines an extensive survey of Research Information readers - from all three stakeholder groups (publishers, librarians and researchers), supported by in-depth one-to-one interviews with international, high profile representatives from each group.
While the headline revelations might not come as a huge surprise to some, the details behind them make for fascinating reading - and there are plenty of recommendations for each of the stakeholders to chew over.
Among the most important issues highlighted were: accessibility, trust and validation, changing publishing models, and open access and licensing.
The report also shows an increasingly failing system, with lack of goodwill between the different sectors: researchers are not getting (legal) access to the resources they need; publishers are being vilified (rightly or wrongly); and libraries are feeling increasingly powerless to provide the services their users require.
Results of the report will be showcased in a keynote speech at Challenges in the Scholarly Publishing Cycle, a one-day event forming a pre-conference day to London Info International on December 4, delivered by Warren Clark, publisher of Research Information, with David Stuart on hand to answer questions.
Interested parties may visit http://info-international.com/pre-conference-workshop/ for the full pre-conference event agenda and to book your place.
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