Publishing Developments

UK Serials Group 2010 Summary

LiveSerials: Hannah Whaley’s UKSG summary: “
LiveSerials

A number of themes started to recur through the sessions and discussions, as summarised:

Big deal bubble must burst, as it is unsustainable for many institutions

We must move further towards open access, but it is not yet clear how

Journal impact factor isn’t good enough anymore, we need to
review the commentary and produce new ranking factors

Linked information is nearly here, allowing informal and pre-publish conversations to be viewed and measured in a structured way on the web

The age of the article is here, meaning metrics, usage and discoverability will increasingly be at article level rather than the ‘journal container’

Just-in-time must replace just-in-case, as no one can maintain a full array of items that may only occasionally be required