POSITIONING AND POWER IN ACADEMIC PUBLISHING: PLAYERS, AGENTS AND AGENDAS This page intentionally left blank Positioning and Power in Academic Publishing: Players, Agents and Agendas Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Electronic Publishing Edited by Fernando Loizides Emerging Interactive Technologies Lab, University of Wolverhampton, UK and Birgit Schmidt University of Göttingen, State and University Library, Germany Amsterdam • Berlin • Washington, DC © 2016 The authors and IOS Press. This book is published online with Open Access by IOS Press and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. ISBN 978-1-61499-648-4 (print) ISBN 978-1-61499-649-1 (online) Library of Congress Control Number: 2016940262 Publisher IOS Press BV Nieuwe Hemweg 6B 1013 BG Amsterdam Netherlands fax: +31 20 687 0019 e-mail:
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[email protected] Cover design: IOS Press Cover image: Cultural Studies Divisional Library, Göttingen State and University Library; photo by Claudia Hake. LEGAL NOTICE The publisher is not responsible for the use which might be made of the following information. PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS v Preface Running a technology-informed conference such as the International Conference on Electronic Publishing (Elpub) for the twentieth time could be taken as a sign of saturation and maturity. However, if we consider technology as only one cultural aspect of our current scholarly communication ecosystem, we have to note that we continue to be in the middle of a digital transformation.