Eric Merkel-Sobotta discusses the APE conference, the Berlin Institute for Scholarly Publishing, and a great love of horticulture
Tim Gillett travelled to the APE conference in Berlin earlier this year. Here, he spells out why it’s a must for those involved in academic publishing
Participants are: academic, educational, scientific, technological, medical, legal and professional publishers, university presses, researchers, authors, editors, librarians, teachers, learned and professional societies and associations, funding agencies, politicians and policy makers, subscription agencies and booksellers, recruiting agencies and technology providers.
Arnoud de Kemp, founder of the APE conference, has revealed his plans to create a foundation to continue the event way into the future
'Flying Dutchman’ Arnoud de Kemp, who turns 75 this year, reflects on a distinguished career in publishing
Robert-Jan Smits gave an impassioned update – and defence – of Plan S at APE 2019 in Berlin
The city of Berlin will once again play host to the APE conference in January, with the tagline: Publishing 2020: Ramping up Relevance.
The APE conferences are aimed at providing a better understanding of scholarly communication and the role of information in science, education and society. They encourage the debate about the future of value-added scientific publishing, information dissemination and access to scientific results, and offer an independent forum for ‘open minds’.
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Jonathan Bresman explains why the Starship Enterprise and Jurassic Park needed semantic search
Neil Blair Christensen
Neil Blair Christensen discusses the evolution of enriched scholarly research
Anna Clarkson
Anna Clarkson details a reconstruction of the publishing process
Harriet Clark
The repository has become an increasingly important part of an institution’s infrastructure, writes Harriet Clark
Jennifer Schivas
Jennifer Schivas re-examines semantic enrichment’s strategic importance
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Many believe open access funding agreements will tip the balance of publishing output. But not everyone, says Rebecca Pool
Amer Abukhalaf
Research institutions and funders need to be more aware of the phenomenon, writes Amer Abukhalaf
Manisha Bolina
The need for fast, accurate and enriched data has never been more pressing, writes Manisha Bolina
Nathan Cunningham
A national infrastructure for research data is necessary to effectively apply AI and machine learning, writes Nathan Cunningham
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Publishers’ power in the research ecosystem must be tackled on a sector-wide basis, writes Silke Machold
Phil Gooch
Phil Gooch looks back at the history of semantic enrichment, and how it will be used going forward
Simone Taylor
AIP Publishing's Simone Taylor talks digital books, inclusion, long-distance walking and gluten-free baking
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Keywords help people find visual content on search engines, photo libraries and in-house image databases, writes Clemency Wright
Prabhakar Bisen
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Advancements in digital technologies have played a vital role in modernising the entire scholarly publication process, writes Prabhakar Bisen
