ELPUB2018 Call for Proposals and Participation: Extended abstract due on
January 10, 2018
Conference dates and venue: June 22-24, 2018 University of Toronto, Canada
See details on submission and important dates: http://elpub.net
The theme for ELPUB2018 is Connecting the Knowledge Commons: From Projects
to Sustainable Infrastructure.
The question of sustainability in the open access movement has been widely
debated, yet satisfactory answers have yet to be generated.
Market-driven versions of open access and open science are growing in
prevalence, as well as a growing dependence on commercial publishers for
the infrastructures needed to openly and democratically create and
communicate knowledge.
This year¹s theme challenges us to collaborate on the design and
implementation of a sustainable community-driven research communication
infrastructure that is also inclusive of diverse forms of knowledge making
and sharing.
If you are interested in sharing your research, ideas, and tools that
contribute to the theme or just join in the discussion, please consider
participating in the meeting.
In the meantime, you may wish you sign up for the newsletter to receive
updates on the conference.
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Leslie Chan and Pierre Mounier, Conference co-chairs
About ELPUB
ELPUB 2018 marks the 22nd edition of the International Conference in
Electronic PUBlishing and the 10th anniversary of the meeting being held
in Toronto. ELPUB has featured research results in various aspects of
digital publishing for over two decades, involving a diverse international
community of librarians, developers, publishers, entrepreneurs,
administrators and researchers across the disciplines in the sciences and
the humanities. It is unique as a platform for both researchers,
professionals and the broader community. The Conference is held annually
and contains a multi-track presentation of refereed papers as well as
invited keynotes, special sessions, demonstrations, round tables, and
poster presentations. The entire collection of conference papers since its
inception is available in the ELPUB Digital Library
<https://elpub.architexturez.net/>, and all refereed papers are indexed by
major indexing services.
Access to research is a problem even for librarians or academics, even at
top research universities. The broader public suffers because of the heavy
cost of subscriptions, the obstacle course of paywalls, and the
fragmentation of publishing models.
How do we tackle this, as scholars, reference professionals, and as
individual citizens looking to understand our world and learn? We asked
that question and got hundreds of responses.
We crowdsourced over 25 different techniques to access research when you
don't have a library, license, or subscription.
The result is a comprehensive, open guide that I hope you'll find
beneficial, strategic, or enlightening. I share it in the realization that
we are all struggling for access, no matter our region, institution, or
title.
This is version 1.0! If you think it's useful, please say something about
it in your network.
You’re a Researcher Without a Library: What Do You Do?
<https://medium.com/@jakeorlowitz/youre-a-researcher-without-a-library-what-…>*Investigating
solutions for frustrated scholars, nonprofits, independent learners, and
the rest of us.*
https://medium.com/@jakeorlowitz/youre-a-researcher-without-a-library-what-…
Best,
Jake Orlowitz
Head of the Wikipedia Library
www.wikipedialibrary.org