[BOAI] SOAP Symposium Facts in Open Access Publishing (update and reminder)

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from Salvatore Mele.  --Peter Suber.]


Title:  SOAP Symposium Facts in Open Access Publishing - Berlin January 13th
2011 - Programme update and registration reminder

The SOAP project (Study of Open Access Publishing http://soap-fp7.eu) will
present its final results in Berlin on January 13th. These include a 50'000
answers survey of drivers and barriers for publishing in open access
journals [preliminary results at
http://www.slideshare.net/ProjectSoap/soapfall2010 ]and an in-depth study of
the current landscape of open access journals [preliminary results at
http://arxiv.org/abs/1010.0506 ]. The data of the survey will be released at
a hands-on workshop targeted to publishers, researchers, librarians who want
to understand more about the demand for open access journals across
disciplines and around the world.

The symposium will take place on January 13th, 2011 in Berlin, at the
Harnack House Ihnestraße 16-20, 14195 Berlin. (The APE2011 conference also
takes place in Berlin on January 11th and 12th:http://ape2011.eu)

Attendance is free but registration is mandatory at
http://indico.cern.ch/event/soap-symposium. Registration closes on December
13th.

Some of the confirmed speakers who will be describing and commenting the
SOAP project findings, are:

Salvatore Mele, CERN
Ralf Schimmer, Max Plank Digital Library
Deborah Kahn, BioMed Central
David Ross, SAGE
Bettina Goerner, Springer
Celina Ramjoué, European Commission
Robert Kiley, Welcome Trust
Jorgen Eriksson, Lund University
Heinz Pampel, Helmholtz Association
Caroline Sutton, OASPA
Mark Patterson, PLoS
Peter Strickland, International  Union of Crystallography
Stuart Shieber, Harvard University

The symposium will also see a lively discussion on opportunities and facts
in open access publishing today. Additional details are provided in the full
announcement here below.

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The SOAP Symposium.

Study of Open Access Publishing. What publishers offer, what researchers
want.

Facts for publishers, funding agencies and libraries.

The SOAP project (Study of Open Access Publishing http://soap-fp7.eu),
describes and analyses the open access publishing landscape as well as
exploring the risks and opportunities of the transition to open access
publishing for libraries, publishers and funding agencies. The project
partners would like to invite you to the SOAP Symposium on January 13th,
2010 in Berlin, at the Harnack House (the day after the APE2011 conference)

Attendance is free but registration is mandatory at
http://indico.cern.ch/event/soap-symposium

<http://indico.cern.ch/event/soap-symposium>This event will present the
final results of SOAP. Definitive facts about open access publishing with
in-depth analysis will foster a lively debate between key stakeholders who
will elaborate on these groundbreaking findings.

The audience for this event are publishers (open access and not)
(re-)considering their business models, libraries considering financial
steps for the support of open access, funding agencies and policy makers
evaluating options for open access publishing. And of course anyone with a
keen interest in this transformative disruption in scholarly communication.

Over its two-years duration, the project has performed the most detailed
study so far of the current supply and success of gold open access journals,
publishers and models, spotlighting the amazing difference between large and
small publishing houses and learned societies, licensing practices and
business models. (A summary of results is available at
http://arxiv.org/abs/1010.0506).

The project performed a comprehensive survey of opinions and attitudes on
open access of 50000 researchers across all disciplines and around the
world. This largest survey to date shows that "one size does not fit all",
and there is a myriad factors that libraries, publishers and funding
agencies have to consider to trace a path through these shifting sands
(Preliminary results were presented at COASP 2010:
http://www.slideshare.net/ProjectSoap/soapfall2010).

By the time of the workshop, the "demand" for open access publishing and the
"supply" will have been further analysed with further input from leaders in
the field, presenting a picture of open access, and well established facts,
on which to base decisions shaping the scholarly communication of the
future.

The event will also celebrate the release in the public domain of the data
collected by the SOAP survey, with a hands-on workshop for those interested
in mining this valuable resource for further re-use.

Note: The project is funded by the European Commission and comprises
publishers (BioMed Central, SAGE Publication Ltd., Springer Science and
Business Media), research institutions (CERN - European Organization for
Nuclear Research, Max Planck Society) and funding agencies (STFC - Science &
Technology Facilities Council UK).
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