The New Publishing

New technologies are bringing sweeping change to academic publishing. E-publishing is more than just a digital version of the familiar publication. 'Enhanced publication' on the Internet can include photos, videos, and reader interactivity. What are the benefits of E-publishing? Will it become the new standard? Do scientists need to become Research Jockeys (RJ's), mixing and linking academic literature and data with new scientific results? Does it change the way we gather data? In this seminar two experts will explain what  the new publishing entails, and Leiden University Press will inform about how the ICT developments change publishers’ activities.  The discussion will concentrate on the impact of these developments for our research activities: how can we anticipate on these new publishing methods?

The seminar is organized by the NWO/KNAW funded program "JARAK: the commoditization of an alternative biofuel crop in Indonesia", as a prelude to a workshop in which they will synthesize research results in an enhanced E-publication.

Seminar sponsored by the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance, and Development and the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), in collaboration with the International Institute for Asian Studies and Leiden University Press.

Program

1. Introduction: Researchers' demands for E-publications and questions. Jacqueline Vel , coördinator JARAK (Van Vollenhoven Institute, Law,  Leiden University)
2. The Research Jockey (RJ) in da Publishing House: about new forms of publications and options for "Research Jockeys". Gera Pronk (I See Tea - ICT for creative projects)
3. Copyright and digital research data archiving. Heiko Tjalsma, DANS (www.dans.knaw.nl)
4. Academic publications in the era of E-publishing,Anniek Meinders, Leiden University Press

Discussion and  chair: Gerry van Klinken (KITLV)