Academic publishing in europe-short report: The funding of publishing. Changes and consequences for science and society: 29-30 January 2013, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences preceded by the Education and Training Course: 'Talking to the Elephant in the Room' on 28 January 2012

摘要

A short report on 'The funding of publishing. Changes and consequences for science and society' held in January 2013, under the conference titled Academic Publishing in Europe, is reviewed. Anna Metzner, German Association of Publishers and Booksellers, welcomed chairs, speakers and participants. This being the 8th conference, she highlighted as continuous the open and discursive nature of the proceedings, and as evolving the themes under discussion. In a keynote, Dame Prof. Dr. Janet Finch, University of Manchester, reported on Accessibility, Sustainability, Excellence: the UK Approach. In the first overview, Dr. John Vaughn, Association of American Universities and Chairman, Scholarly Publishing Roundtable, Washington, spoke about 'The Future of Scholarly Communication: US Efforts to Bring Warring Factions to Common Purpose in Support of Scholarship'. Dr. Thomas Lemberger, Chief Editor, Molecular Systems Biology and Deputy Head of Scientific Publications, Heidelberg, spoke about Source Data - Towards Next Generation Open Access.