ELPUB 2018
International Conference on Electronic Publishing 2018
Important Dates
About ELPUB 2018
ELPUB 2018 marks the 22nd edition of the International Conference in Electronic Publishing and the 10th anniversary of the meeting being held in Toronto, Canada. 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. The Conference is held annually and contains a multi-track presentation of refereed papers as well as invited keynotes, special sessions, demonstrations, and poster presentations.
Topics
Commons, Knowledge sharing, Library and information studies, Open access, Publishing, Open science, Community-based researchCall for Papers
This year's conference theme 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.
- How do we move from an approach entirely based on temporary projects to an approach based on community-based sustainable infrastructure?
- What kinds of social and technical infrastructures could support the Knowledge Commons?
- What values and services are being delivered, by which stakeholders, and for whom?
- What governance and financial models are possible?
- Given the global nature of scholarly communication, how do we ensure that the designs of the Commons are inclusive of voices from the global South?
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 year’s 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.
We invite contributions from members of the community whose research and experiments are focused on long-term sustainability within the Knowledge Commons, and transforming the nature of scholarly communications.
More information about topics, submission information and important dates can be found on our website: www.elpub.net
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