[Air-L] AoIR IR 9.0 panel: Scholarly Publishing in Transition

[Marcus Foth]

Scholarly Publishing in Transition: Issues, Challenges & Initiatives
Panel discussion at AoIR IR 9.0, Copenhagen
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008, 3:15pm - 5:00pm

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Traditional venues for scholarly publishing are rapidly changing:  
established journals are moving online, online-only open access  
journals are proliferating, alternatives to ISI Impact Factor metrics  
are emerging, titles are experimenting with multimedia components, pre- 
print archives are being developed, and data repositories are  
achieving the status of publications. These and other issues are much  
in flux, but the rate and degree of change varies considerably between  
disciplines and scholarly cultures.

This panel of journal editors will reflect on these changes: the  
issues and challenges involved, and the relevance of these  
developments for new media scholarship.

Towards the end, the panel will open up a plenary session to discuss  
the implications of these developments on AoIR and its members. This  
discussion may include considering ways to facilitate a set of regular  
AoIR-themed special issues of journals.

Panel members:
Elizabeth A. Buchanan, co-editor of the International Journal of  
Internet Research Ethics
Andrea Drugan, acquisitions editor, Polity Press
Nick Jankowski, co-editor of New Media & Society
Steve Jones, co-editor of New Media & Society
Brian Loader, co-editor of Information, Communication & Society
Mark Lorenzen, executive editor of Industry and Innovation
Susana Tosca, co-editor of Game Studies


Initiated by Nick Jankowski and Steve Jones, this event is hosted by  
the AoIR IR 9.0 Writing and Publications Workshop. The workshop itself  
(until 3pm) is only open to registered workshop participants. However,  
this panel discussion is open to all.

Workshop organisers:
Marcus Foth, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Mia Consalvo, Ohio University, USA
Greg Hearn, Queensland University of Technology, Australia


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Dr Marcus Foth
Australian Postdoctoral Fellow

Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation
Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J)
Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia
Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88195 - Office Z6-511
m.foth at qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/publications/