Registration Open! SSP Fall 2007 Educational Seminar Series

["Shana Kimball" <shana.kimball@gmail.com>]

For Immediate Release - October 11, 2007

Advancements in technology, economics, competition, and culture 
continue to transform the operations of scholarly publishing. And 
the challenges and opportunities related to open-access 
publishing, institutional repositories, electronic-workflows, 
pricing and licensing grow increasingly complex.

Can you keep up?  SSP can help you stay on top of the things you 
need to know. Registration is now available for the SSP Fall 2007 
Educational Seminar Series. The meetings will be held Monday, 
November 12 through Wednesday, November 14 at the American 
Geophysical Union in Washington, DC.

Join your colleagues and a range of industry speakers to take 
part in thought-provoking discussions and attend in-depth 
sessions surrounding these wide-ranging issues:

*Opportunities for Publishers in a World of Institutional 
Repositories

Monday, Nov. 12 (full day)

Are IRs a threat to publishing business models?  Or are they an 
opportunity for publishers to discover new material, create 
virtual communities, and enrich their books and journals? Join 
this session as we examine digital repositories with specific 
focus on the opportunities they offer to all types of 
organizations.

* Technology Blitz: A Practical Update on the Next Generation 
Technology

Tuesday, Nov. 13 (am)

Learn about the latest technology trends from industry leaders 
and hear real-world case studies from publishers now utilizing 
the next generation of technology. Hot topics include Web 
2.0/collaborative technologies, anti-plagiarism detection, and 
search engine optimization.

* Changing Workflows in Book Production

Tuesday, Nov. 13 (pm)

Front-end versus back-end XML?  Which output formats for 
full-text e-Books? This practice-oriented seminar will help you 
navigate the dizzying variety of production challenges presented 
by new workflows.

* New Business Models for New (and Gently Used) Content

Wednesday, Nov. 14 (am)

Do value-added features add revenue?  Can aggregating and mashing 
create wholly new products? Will print advertising dollars move 
online?  This half-day session will explore how a broad range of 
educational, commercial, and scholarly publishers are capturing 
the "long tail" of their markets with innovative business models.

* Innovations in Pricing and Licensing

Wednesday, Nov. 14 (pm)

Publishers are changing their relationships with institutional 
subscribers by virtue of new pricing models and licensing 
techniques. This half-day session presents a variety of novel 
approaches being applied by scholarly publishers - from SERU to 
value-based pricing to open access models. Register for a single 
session or all seminar offerings to take advantage of this 
opportunity for lively conversation and excellent networking 
opportunities.  Detailed session descriptions/speaker rosters and 
online registration are available at www.sspnet.org.