Science is fundamentally a peer-to-peer process and online communities will shape the evolution of scholarly publishing | Impact of Social Sciences

"Publishing: Evolution, Disruption & the Future was a one day Conference at the Edinburgh University Business School earlier this month. The event looked at how the publishing industry is changing and how it will continue to evolve given new platforms and digital tools.  This post looks at the first session titled Open Information, Innovation & Communication: Making Publicly Funded Information Free, which featured talks from Cameron Neylon (PLOS), Tom Pollard (Ubiquity Press), Matt McKay (STM) and Mark Lester (Open University) to discuss the key trends shaping scholarly publishing and open information. This session explored how open data, open access and digital communications can help to make cutting edge research more efficient and engaging for the widest possible audience. Warts and all, the full 2:26 hours worth of the recording of Session One is below. Spin forward (link) to skip out the intro. section if you wish to go direct to the first talk by Cameron Neylon ..."