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SSP Keynote: Rearchitecting Science, by Adam Bly

May 28, 2009 By Adam

8:51:38 AM: The opening session of the Society for Scholoarly Publishing Annual Conference is about to start. #ssp09

8:52:32 AM: Intro by October Ivins, outgoing president is on stage. Says there are 580 attendees (53 international) at this meeting. #ssp09

8:53:39 AM: 8 past presidents and three founding members in attendance. #ssp09

8:55:13 AM: Special addition to the program: Library of Congress Copyright Office is hosting a lunch roundtable. Find Jewel Player for info. #ssp09

8:56:21 AM: Note: Floor locations in the program are incorrect. 1st floor meand 4th, 2nd means 3rd. #ssp09

8:58:06 AM: All of my Twitter posts are being posted here for this session: #ssp09

9:00:24 AM: Jay Schafer (co-chair of conference) is on stage. Thanking program committee members and others who helped. #ssp09

9:01:16 AM: Electronic program evaluation form will be sent via email after the conference. #ssp09

9:03:12 AM: Lois Smith is now introducing Adam Bly, CEO of Seed Media Group — the keynote speaker. #ssp09

9:05:04 AM: Bly was the youngest ever researcher at the National Research Council of Canada, received Golden Jubilee Medal from QEII. #ssp09

9:05:44 AM: Adam Bly is on stage talking about dinner last night with scholarly publishing greats. #ssp09

9:06:18 AM: Start with 30,000-50,000-foot view of the industry. #ssp09

9:07:05 AM: Current world themes. Financial Crisis, Geopolitical problems, environment. #ssp09

9:07:52 AM: The world is interconnected. Can’t understand epidemics or markets without understanding climate change. #ssp09

9:08:55 AM: Everything is a cycle, and interconnected. Showing image of Tuvalu as example. Sought “climate change refugee” status from Australia. #ssp09

9:09:19 AM: Obama quote about hte importance of investing in science. #ssp09

9:10:08 AM: Bly: “Science is now widely viewed as the key to … transformation in the 21st century.” #ssp09

9:10:50 AM: Now is the time to be optimistic about what we know, and what we CAN know. #ssp09

9:11:05 AM: RT @TAC_NISO: Bly: Support for & investment in science is critical for a economic growth and prosperity #ssp09

9:11:35 AM: Showing Hubble deep field. Our place in the cosmos. #ssp09

9:12:27 AM: Fusion experiment begins in California tomorrow. NASA’s Kepler is looking for planets like Earth. #ssp09

9:13:10 AM: RT @nickwwpt: Most optimistic meeting I have been to this year..so far anyway #ssp09

9:13:41 AM: Bly’s youth was full of chemistry sets, “blowing things up,” and science fairs. #ssp09

9:14:28 AM: Went into biomedical work. Started seeing science as “something that moves the world.” #ssp09

9:15:29 AM: Launched Seed because he wanted to advance the idea that “Science is Culture.” #ssp09

9:16:15 AM: “Today we stand on the cusp of a great 21st century scientific renaissance.”

9:16:58 AM: “Today science can be more to us than just a subject.” Can be the primary lens through which we view the world. #ssp09

9:17:57 AM: Human rights, city planning, democracy, are all influenced by science. #ssp09

9:18:15 AM: Science is more critical than ever in terms of it’s power to change the world.

9:19:39 AM: Bly hopes that what he says transcends science and talks about knowledge. #ssp09

9:20:44 AM: “Flip-flopping is almost a virtue” if you are an architect of knowledge.

9:21:03 AM: @edrodriguez I understand. Live tweeting a conference for the next two days. It will be safe after that!

9:21:41 AM: Massive change in the industry. Shifts in industry and world. #ssp

9:23:12 AM: To my followers: Live-tweeting a conference for next two days. If you”unfollow the torrent” as @edrodriguez says, it will be over on Sat.

9:23:36 AM: Scientist are in an during quest for the truth.

9:23:52 AM: Scientist are in an during quest for the truth. Observation: Science is not a closed system.

9:24:44 AM: CP Snow talked about 2 cultures: science and the humanities 50 years ago. Now, science is porous.

9:25:57 AM: 65% of scientists cite literature as having an influence on their science. Especially neuroscience. #ssp

9:26:27 AM: “Science is fundamentally a human endeavor.” #ssp

9:27:16 AM: Global collaboration is fundamental. 62% of scientists are actively involved in international collaboration. #ssp

9:27:43 AM: 77% scientists say that peer review is still a fundamental part of science.

9:28:18 AM: 70% say that science can advance the cause of peace in the world.

9:29:09 AM: 61% of scientists feel obliged to speak with journalists. Bly says that youger people will increase that number. #ssp

9:30:28 AM: 83% of scientist feel obliged — as scientists — to be environmentally conscious. Have not mobilized this group. #ssp

9:31:07 AM: 5 million working scientists in US today. 22 million degree holders. Huge growth in recent years. #ssp

9:32:04 AM: Greatest scientist population density is under 34 demographic. #ssp

9:32:51 AM: Today the world creates 15 Petabytes of new data in a day. #ssp

9:33:41 AM: Radio took 38 years to reach the user base Facebook had after two. #ssp

9:34:39 AM: 84% of scientists believe that papers should be freely available. 44% feel strongly about this.. #ssp

9:35:00 AM: RT @pablofe: so far, the keynote #ssp09 could have applied to several points in history

9:36:32 AM: Scientists are now using the web to post sophisticated info online (e.g. real-time data).

9:36:52 AM: 34% of scientists now blog. #ssp

9:37:53 AM: RT @cfmeds: What about the other 20-40%. 30% of scientists not interested in world peace? (That’ll be the evil scientists?) #ssp09

9:38:14 AM: “Science is a culture of DIY.” #ssp

9:39:14 AM: Scientists fix things. Scientists don’t wait for us. However, these DIY methods don’t integrate, and are redundant. #ssp

9:40:23 AM: It was 20 years ago that the world wide web was created by a scientist to solve a problem. #ssp

9:41:46 AM: China and India will always have more scientists than the US, UK or Canada.

9:43:11 AM: As China and the Arab world advance, the issue for us is not just output. Will science be done the same way with these changes? #ssp

9:44:21 AM: What will science look like with Chinese and Arab influences? #ssp

9:45:19 AM: Seed launched science blogs in Brazil, and they quickly overtook science blogs in Germany. #ssp

9:46:30 AM: Science has changed: Large Hadron Collider, supercomputers, multidisciplinary cancer research. #ssp

9:47:39 AM: The scholarly publishing industry came to be in another revolution: the industrial revolution. #ssp

9:49:01 AM: In 1800s, we needed a way to disseminate accurate scientific information. Needed a way to communicate. #ssp

9:49:56 AM: Scientists used to communicate their findings via letters. #ssp

9:51:18 AM: RT @annmichael: Adam Bly #ssp09 are blogs the current version of the letters Adam is showing us now? [AW: I was thinking the same thing.]

9:53:02 AM: Bly: “We need to architect a brand new infrastructure … based on the understanding of a new generation of innovators.” #ssp

9:54:27 AM: We need a digital core, not just digital tools. #ssp

9:54:58 AM: RT @TAC_NISO: Problem with looking back on nature of science in 17th C is the present scale is impossible for 1 person to understand all

9:55:46 AM: We need a free flow of information – today’s system is designed to limit it. #ssp

9:57:07 AM: We need to advance interdisciplinary science. We should see a wave of mergers and joint ventures in the scholarly publishing community. #ssp

9:58:27 AM: We need to go further to connect the developed and the developing world. Insure that IP rights allow for innovation. #ssp

9:59:53 AM: Librarians: we need to extract new knowledge from information. #ssp

10:01:31 AM: The challenge is to develop a new level of information literacy. #ssp

10:04:11 AM: Societies and conferences bring scientists together. We need to now “think virtually” to let them do science together. #ssp

10:04:53 AM: Bly: “We need to lead the social change toward universal science literacy.” #ssp

10:06:20 AM: Publishers need to collaborate. “They’re not ‘our readers.'” Scientists and scholars pursue truth. They need information. #ssp

10:08:31 AM: Science publishers need to think about whether or not we are servicing scientists. #ssp

10:10:09 AM: Scientists’ blogs are like the letters of the 19th century. Today, the challenge is to make these contribute to the scholarly record. #ssp

10:12:58 AM: Seed is launching ResearchBlogging 2.0 today, and ReseachBloggingConnect, a free application to take blogs back into journals. #ssp

10:13:40 AM: Announcement: ResearchBlogging can now link to arXiv.org and PubMed from within posts. #ssp

10:14:33 AM: New channel on ScienceBlogs to advance the conversation about information science. #ssp

10:15:51 AM: ScienceBlogs just surpassed 2 million unique visitors on the network this past week. #ssp

10:17:18 AM: New data visualization project from GE: http://healthimagination.com #ssp09

10:17:57 AM: RT @TAC_NISO: Not sure I appreciate the advertisements that Bly ended with. #ssp09

10:18:12 AM: RT @nickwwpt: Fellow SSP tweeters if you want to meet up feel free to use our booth(206) as a staging point in coffee break..#ssp09

10:19:41 AM: Bly wants a world connected by science and imagination. #ssp09

10:20:53 AM: Adam Bly on scientific publishers: “Scientists rely on us, and the world relies on them.” #ssp09

SSP Sessions I Plan to Attend (and Liveblog)

May 28, 2009 By Adam

I am at the Society for Scholarly Publishing‘s Annual Meeting in Baltimore this week. In addition to participating in the wrap up panel on Friday at 2 p.m. and recording some multimedia pieces while I’m here, I will be trying my hand at liveblogging (and live tweeting via @AdamWeiss on Twitter) the sessions I attend.

So, for those of you who are at the meeting and want a heads up on what will be covered, here are the titles, times, and descriptions of the sessions I plan to attend. Of course, I will also attend the Keynote and Plenary sessions that all attendees will be able to see.

Thursday 5/28/2009

Concurrent 1C: Publishing for the Google Generation (10:45 AM to 12:15 PM)
Google, Facebook, YouTube, IM, MySpace, Second Life- the last few years have seen the emergence of a new generation of Web tools that are a way of life for today’s students and young professionals. These young users have grown up using online information in a completely new way.
Knowing which of these products and services is here to stay and which isn’t, how they are being used and why, and what impact they will have on the way we publish and disseminate scholarly content is key for all publishers, large and small.
This session will feature a panel of experts from the publishing and information worlds to discuss their experiences in publishing for the “Google generation,” as well as their projections for what’s likely to be in store next.

Concurrent 2B: Market Big, Spend Small (2:00 PM to 3:30 PM)As operating budgets face increasing pressure from the uncertain global economy, many organizations are carefully scrutinizing expenses for places to cut costs from already lean budgets. Marketing and advertising budgets are often targeted when hefty cuts are levied, in part because the expenses associated with these activities seem unnecessary compared with other expense items. With so many organizations competing for the same pool of potential members and subscribers, reaching this audience is more important than ever. Do lower-cost options such as e-mail blasts and online brochures really work? Or do we need direct mail and social networking to reach other end users? Does the effectiveness of various types of marketing vary around the world?This session will present cost-effective and effective ways to market publications and associated services to markets around the world. We look at low-cost activities and how they can be combined with other types of promotions for added effectiveness.

Concurrent 3A: Brave Adventures: New Publishing Models for the “Now” World (4:00 PM to 5:30 PM)

Will disruptive innovation create brave new content forms and business models for scholarly publishing as it has in many related industries? Can we imagine what new models might look like? Where can we look for the adventurers who are charting new paths?
Join us to hear from speakers who are rethinking the mission, forms, and business models of publishing today. They will provide concrete examples and bold ideas of what the future might bring.
Whether you are currently piloting new models or just thinking about them, this session can help stimulate your vision for the future as well as suggest ways to bridge from traditional models to the new.

Friday, 5/29/2009

Concurrent 4C: Publishing 2.0… (10:45 AM to 12:15 PM)Publishing 2.0 Tools and Technologies Shaping the Future of Publishing

What tools and technologies will have the biggest impact on publishing in the near future? What do publishers need to know to better evaluate their technology investment decisions?
This session presents examples in which publishers have evaluated and implemented new technologies in the areas of semantic taxonomies, mobile applications, and social media. Join us for a free-flowing discussion and be prepared to participate in an interactive question and answer session.
This is one time where attendees will be asked to keep their cell phones turned on as audience members will be encouraged to ask questions and submit responses via text messaging.

Testing the Twitter LiveBlog Plugin before the SSP09 Meeting

May 27, 2009 By Adam

5:37:25 PM: Preemptive apologies for the next rapid-fire string of tweets about Baltimore…

5:39:27 PM: I visited the National Aquarium today. Cool place, and big. Not sure it was worth the $27.95 it cost to walk around and see a Dolphin show.

5:42:19 PM: The dolphin show at the Aquarium only cost $3 extra, so that was certainly worth the money.

5:44:05 PM: I also visited the USCGS Taney, a 1930s-era Coast Guard Cutter that is similar to the one my Dad served on in the 60s.

5:44:41 PM: It was quite cool to see a ship like the one my dad lived on for 4 years. 327 feet long, but that’s not much space for months at a time.

5:45:58 PM: The first time I tested Twitter LiveBlog, I got a bunch of new posts, not one post that updated with each tweet. Has anyone else seen that?

5:47:17 PM: If anyone is in Baltimore and wants to meet up for dinner with a Podcaster/Digital Media Strategist, get in touch. I’m here for #ssp09.

5:49:27 PM: The USCG Taney was worth the $10. Most ship museums I’ve been on require a guide, but here I was allowed to wander on my own.

5:49:49 PM: I was the only one on board the ship for most of the 90 min I was visiting. It was quite cool to have a 327-foot military ship to myself.

5:54:32 PM: This Twitter LiveBlog test would be a lot easier if the hotel wifi wasn’t flakey. Isn’t the Hilton Garden Inn supposed to be business-savvy?

5:57:58 PM: Twitter LiveBlog test so far: Only one post, and it updates (good), but it’s slow (not good). Tweets show up on the site 5+ minutes late.

6:02:59 PM: The lag in posts appearing might be due to the bad wifi I’m on. Hilton says they’re working on it, but can’t answer “hours or days?” Really?

6:05:11 PM: If anyone wants to see the Twitter LiveBlog output, check here:

6:05:24 PM: Testing simultanious posting from my iPhone, along with adding pictures. http://twitpic.com/62u50

6:07:52 PM: That’s my temporary “corner office” if anyone was curious (http://twitpic.com/62u50).