[GOAL] Call for Contributions: Scholarly Publishing session, OAI 12 – The Geneva Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication

[Martyn Rittman]

Please consider contributing to the following or passing on to anyone 
who would be interested:

 From 6-10 of September 2021, OAI 12 – The Geneva Workshop on 
Innovations in Scholarly Communication will take place online: 
https://indico.cern.ch/event/1015275/. The conference intends to discuss 
innovative, challenging, forward-looking aspects of scholarly communication.

The first session of OAI12 deals with “Scholarly publishing”. The focus 
will be on the current state and challenges of open access and the 
publishing industry. Scholarly publishing is highly diverse and 
constantly changing. Over the previous decades it has responded to a 
number of large challenges on the global and local levels. In this 
session we aim to take a snapshot of the current status of the industry 
with a global perspective and explore emerging models of open 
publishing. Which open access strategies can work together, and which 
lead to conflict? How do we value the diversity of models, and where do 
we need clear and more uniform strategies? What challenges do 
scholar-led, community-owned publishing initiatives face? What impact 
can we expect from transformative agreements and other big deals in the 
different regions of the world? Are the Plan S principles applicable 
worldwide, are they necessary or sufficient? How sustainable are 
existing open access strategies and business models?

We are looking for contributions from all regions of the world. We are 
particularly interested in innovative applications that have challenged 
and critique the status quo. We would like to see a discussion that 
looks at a sustainable, fair, global, and complete transition to open 
access.

For further details and to submit a contribution, see 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSci-nAu5Gq6y7PsF8nsgTrKMfREAiBhWsYCjmEIsZnBBe9J6w/viewform.

Martyn Rittman, Crossref, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9327-3734
Marco Tullney, Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB), 
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5111-2788

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Martyn Rittman, Ph.D.
Product Manager, Crossref
crossref.org