From: Benjamin Maverick Turley <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 20:34:35 +0000



*NFAIS 2019 Annual ConferenceFebruary 13 - 15, 2019Hilton Alexandria Old
Town, Alexandria, VA*

Where once a changing landscape in scholarly communication meant
transitioning from print to digital output, the ecosystem has widened to
include not just publishers or content providers but also authors,
librarians, researchers, funders and end users who are more connected, more
vocal and therefore more impactful in developing a global enterprise that
provides what users want, when they want it, where they want it, and in a
manner most suitable to their needs. In addition to these established
players, the long tail is comprised of an expanding array of
entrepreneurial types who are brilliantly globalizing research through
immediate and as often, disruptive solutions—integrating AI and machine
learning—creating solutions that deliver faster and more dynamic
experiences in an increasingly changing marketplace. These new players have
leaped at opportunities for space and recognition and are all intent on
liberating and unlocking research and data. Research and data that through
AI and machine learning has the potential to empower researchers with more
data than they ever thought possible, returned to them as potentially
actionable insights to further advance their quest for scientific discovery
and breakthroughs.

This is evident in the rise in new players and a change in roles that no
longer fit the taxonomic mold imposed by the information industry as we
know it.

This conference will seek to address what’s driving the critical changes
and solutions that are characterized by researchers who through the use of
technology are shrinking the world, changing expectations, democratizing
access, demanding value and defining the acceleration of faster, more
responsive, adaptive solutions that will challenge and redefine what and
how fast we as stakeholders rise to market demands and technology
innovations. We will examine the integration of AI and machine learning
technologies that are being used to maximize engagement and create user
conversion. Speakers will share their experience implementing these new
solutions and the lessons learned.

•       The NFAIS Annual Conference continues to be where creative thought
leaders gather together, year after year.

•       Both the speakers and attendees represent every corner of our
industry— those who come together for three days to discuss, debate and
share insightful solutions that help us rise to challenges while keeping
our core values intact.

•       Scholarly communications relies on a collective industry for
solutions and it is at this conference you’ll find the opportunity to learn
from, network with and be among the widest breadth of inspiring colleagues.

Value (day one) – AI, Machine Learning, Tools, User Experience

Whereas many publishers have greatly streamlined the manuscript submission
process, conversely, discovery of, access to, and use of more granular
research and data that is more immediately available even before an article
has been formally published, has never been more in demand. Today’s
sessions will look at traditional stakeholders in the industry who are
focused on supporting researchers, advancing discovery, and creating
solutions that unearth and advance knowledge, while addressing the
challenges that all stakeholders face—keeping up with technologies, warding
off competition, figuring out how to collaborate without losing relevance,
and designing experiences that engage while creating products and services
that keep pace with growing demands. These sessions will highlight the
increased alignment between libraries, discovery tools—acting as
intermediaries, and publishers who are responding to the changes in
scholarly publishing and the needs of researchers.

•       Address how they have adapted to and repositioned value based on
evolving user expectations

•       Share new approach and response to improved delivery, use, reuse
and remix of content of all types

•       Introduce what new technologies, tools and applications are being
launched to engage users and what their response has been

•       Share what technologies deployed have amplified value, elevated
strength and as a result moved faster and further in meeting the needs of
researchers

Access (day two) – Technologies, Open Initiatives, Collaborations,
Partnerships

Scholarly publishers and learned societies acknowledge the changes in this
landscape demand researchers have available new tools and solutions that
support what researchers want but have we created easier ways to discover,
access, or make use of and even share research? Have solutions created
brought researchers together, or isolated publishers? Have we been willing
to collaborate or are we enabling workarounds by disruptors who are finding
the only lynchpin between their solutions and the trove of pay-walled
content are the publishers who have dug their feet in. Finally, are we
letting anxiety and distractions about disruption lead reactions rather
than drives strategies?

•       Focus on the synergies and benefits that implementing technologies,
and integrating shared resources including repositories, data sources and
services has the potential to deliver and may be required for a successful
collaborative solution where there appears is no longer, a single
publishing solution.

•       Examine how redesigning and recreating platforms, forming
 partnerships, and collaborating has the potential to align missions with
models, using a more streamlined, seamless approach—that at the same time,
meets the evolving advances in scholarship and publishing innovation.

Best Practices & Standards (day three) – Privacy, Ownership, etc.

Technology is no doubt shaping the way standards, best practices, mandates
and laws are changing and as a collective group, we need to be cognizant of
its impact on researchers and other stakeholders from the time a researcher
begins his work to publication. Today’s sessions will focus on:

•       What impact does moving toward a more open environment have on all
stakeholders whose roles are an integral part of this complicated
infrastructure?

•       How might understanding each other’s perspectives create greater
transparency and better collaboration?

•       What must we do in order to cohesively continue to cohabitate,
share and yet remain our own unique entity?

For more information, please visit:
https://www.nfais.org/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=550617&orgId=nfais&recurringId=0