[GOAL] BLOG: Multiplicity, the unofficial theme of Researcher to Reader 2019

[Danny Kingsley]

<Apologies for cross posting>

Dear all,

I have just published a blog about last week’s Researcher to Reader conference: “Multiplicity, the unofficial theme of Researcher to Reader 2019” https://unlockingresearch-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=2484

A taster: <snip>


For the past four years at the end of February, publishers, librarians, agents, researchers, technologists and consultants have gathered in London for two days of discussions around the concept of ‘Researcher to Reader’. This blog is my take on what I found the most inspiring, challenging and interesting at the 2019 event. There wasn’t a theme this year per se, but something that did repeatedly arise from where I was standing was the diversity of our perspectives. This is a word that has taken a specific meaning recently, so I am using ‘multiplicity’ instead :

  *   The principles of Plan S are calling for multiple business models for open access publishing, according to Dr Mark Schiltz
  *   There is now great range in the approaches researchers take to the writing process, as described by Dr Christine Tulley
  *   Professor Siva Umpathy described the disparity of standards of living in India which has a profound effect on whether students can engage with research regardless of talent
  *   In order to ensure reproducibility of research, we need multiplicity in the research landscape with larger number of smaller research groups working on a wide array of questions, argued Professor James Evans
  *   Cambridge University Press is trying to break away from the Book/Journal dichotomy, diversifying with a long-form publication called Cambridge Elements
  *   SpringerNature and Elsevier are expanding their business models to encroach into data management and training (although the analogy starts to fall apart here – what this actually represents is a concentration of the market overall).

Anyway, that gives you an idea of the kinds of issues covered. The conference programme<https://r2rconf.com/r2r-conference-programme/>is available online and you can read the Twitter conversation<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23R2Rconf&src=typd> from the event (#R2Rconf). Read on for more detail.

The 2019 meeting was, once again, a great programme. (I say that as a member of the Advisory Board, I admit, but it really was).
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Enjoy!

Danny


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