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The Future of Research Communication

The Future of Research Communication. Karen Phillips January 2011. The future of research communication. Growth of research investment Research geography and by discipline Role and funding of library New models of publishing and product types Changes in technology. Key factors.

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The Future of Research Communication

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  1. The Future of Research Communication Karen Phillips January 2011

  2. The future of research communication • Growth of research investment • Research geography and by discipline • Role and funding of library • New models of publishing and product types • Changes in technology

  3. Key factors • The global landscape of research • The role of the library • Changes in format of research published • Changes in technology

  4. Global research

  5. Research output • 3.5% pa increase in quantity of research articles published • Growth in number of journals likely to slow down • Journals sold as collections to library consortia • Difficult to generate revenue from adding a new journal • Increasingly competitive to get published

  6. The role of the library • Primary information resource for academic institutions • Budget holder for acquiring academic research content • Guide to researchers and students in navigating an huge quantities of research knowledge • We think that it is likely to keep it’s role as a filter between excess information and useful knowledge • Increasingly complex landscape, students and researchers are going to need support

  7. New models for publishing research - Open Access • Growth in open access as an alternative model of research communication Top three OA publishers are growing fast: - BMC (18k articles in 2009, +21%) - PLOS (6k articles in 2009, +50%) • Hindawi(4k articles in 2009, +75%) • 8% of articles published • 4% of articles indexed by ISI 2009

  8. New Models - SAGE Open • More government OA mandates coming • Stagnant or declining university serials budgets: OA eliminates price barriers • Declining department budgets: social scientists increasingly require outside funding to support research • More support for OA at university level: COPE

  9. New formats for publishing research In an online environment will new formats emerge for publishing research? • Something between a research article and research monograph • New product combining content types

  10. New formats for content Concise summaries of cutting-edge research, 50 to 125 pages bridge between journal articles and a contextual literature review report of analytical techniques new or emerging topic case study or clinical example core concepts explained for students

  11. Changes in technology • Improved accessibility/discoverability of research • Richer functionality • User engagement • Increased mobile delivery • Semantic enrichment • Targeted and personalised sites

  12. User engagement & personalization • Commenting, discussions • Sharing: bookmarking, facebooking, tweeting, emailing, blogging • Publisher in turn can communicate with better understanding of end user

  13. Community sites • Methodspace

  14. Semantic Web

  15. The future of research communication • Growth of research investment • Research geography and by discipline • Role and funding of library • New models of publishing and product types • Changes in technology

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