Tune in for these upcoming NISO educational events in August! A single
registration allows you to gather an unlimited number of staff in a
conference or classroom setting to listen in to leaders in the profession.



Even if staff is unable to attend the live broadcast due to scheduling
conflicts or travel, links to the archived recording are sent within 24-48
hours of the event to maximize the value of your training dollars.



Here’s what’s in store:



*Open Source Publishing Technologies: Current Status and Emerging
Possibilities
<https://www.niso.org/events/2019/08/open-source-publishing-technologies-current-status-and-emerging-possibilities>*



*NISO Webinar, Wednesday, August 14, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm (Eastern Time)*



This session will focus on discussions of open source publishing platforms
and systems. What is the value proposition? What functionalities are
commonplace? Where are the pitfalls in adoption and use by publishers or by
libraries? What potential is there for scholarly societies who are
similarly responsible for publication support and dissemination? Given the
rising interest in open access and open educational resources, this session
will offer professionals a sense of what is available, a sense of practical
concerns and a general sense of their future direction.



Confirmed speakers include *Peter Murray*, *Open Source Community Advocate,
Index Data; **Maria Stanton, **Director of Production*, and *Christine
Fruin, **Scholarly Communication and Digital Projects Manager, American
Theological Library Association*; and *Paul Shannon*, *Chief Technology
Officer, eLife*.


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NISO Virtual Conference, From Submission to Publication: Creating and
Conveying Quality
<https://www.niso.org/events/2019/08/submission-publication-creating-and-conveying-quality>Wednesday,
August 21, 12:00pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)

One on-going concern in scholarly communication has to do with publication
time lags and ultimately, any delays to research dissemination. How can
publishing systems more efficiently support peer-review? How rapidly can a
manuscript move from completed draft to the status of preprint to a final
version of record? Certainly in recent years, there have been calls for
more efficient and more transparent manuscript transfer and exchange.
However, ensuring quality of publication has always entailed a certain
degree of lag as materials moved through the editorial and production
process. This event will examine some of the nuances of the process as well
as emerging possibilities for improvement.

A natural follow-up question then would be how best to guard against
predatory publishers – those who would seduce researchers into submitting
good work to questionable periodicals. No author wants to pay hefty feeds
for publication lacking the checks of peer review or editorial oversight.
Are whitelists (or conversely, blacklists) the right approach in guiding
researchers to the best journals for their scholarly output? What about
badges for publications (whether in traditional formats or not)? Or will
such protective approaches simply expand existing issues associated with
regard to metrics for use in gauging impact and/or reach?

Confirmed speakers for this event include: *Kent Anderson, *Founder,
Caldera Associates; *Brian Cody, *Co-Founder and CEO, and* Danielle
Padula, *Community Development Manager, Scholastica; and *Sally
Ubnoske, *Senior
Business Systems Analyst, Aries Systems. The event page is being updated
weekly with confirmed speaker names and the preliminary agenda.
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