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The Farewell Fellow Lecture

The Farewell Fellow Lecture

The Farewell Fellow Lecture
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 1:00-3:00 PM
Philoteket, 2nd floor at the University Library of Southern Denmark
 

Every year The University Library of Southern Denmark invites an internationally recognized researcher who can contribute to the development of the Library’s services in various ways. The farewell fellow lecture marks the ending of each fellowship. There will be a reception after the lecture.


Jon Tennant
What should the future of scholarly communication look like?

The world of scholarly communication is currently witnessing the greatest revolution since the origin of the printing press. While the WWW was designed almost 30 years ago to accelerate the sharing of scientific research, there have been many obstacles to achieving this. The scholarly publishing industry continues to reap unprecedented profits by delaying progress to Open Science, creating a dysfunctional market system, and abusing a faulty incentive and reward system for researchers. If we want science to be working better to help address the major problems that our society faces, something has to change. This talk will address three key evolving themes here, and what the future of scholarly communication might look like. The first is the evaluation system, which is still based on analog features such as the journal brand and impact factor. How can research communities instill greater rigour and responsibility in research evaluation? The second is the power of communities and collective action, particularly in the context of new 'transformative agreements' being signed between national consortia and big publishers. And the third is bridging the North-South divide. Research is increasingly global, and how can we learn from the failures and successes from different parts of the world to help create a future scientific communication ecosystem that is fair, sustainable, and helps to promote a healthier research culture.

Date:
12/11/2019
Time:
13:00 - 15:00
Location:
Philoteket, Campusvej, Odense
Campus:
Odense
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