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SUMMARY:Re-engineering the scholarly journal - Mark Patterson\, Director o
 f Publishing\, Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DTSTART:20101116T180000Z
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CONTACT:Professor John Naughton
DESCRIPTION:*ABSTRACT*\n\nThe use of online media is allowing the processe
 s of scholarly communication to be reinvented and re-engineered.  Open acc
 ess to research information is a key first step because it removes all bar
 riers\nto the access and reuse of the information\, thereby maximizing its
  impact. At PLoS\, the initial focus has therefore been to establish a suc
 cessful and sustainable open-access publishing operation.  Having\nachieve
 d this goal\, PLoS is now exploring new ways to enhance scholarly communic
 ation through online publications that publish new findings more\nrapidly\
 , and new products that facilitate the evaluation and organization of cont
 ent after publication.\n\n*About the speaker*\n\nMark Patterson was a rese
 archer in human and yeast genetics for 12 years before moving into scienti
 fic publishing in 1994 as the Editor of _Trends in Genetics_.  After a few
  years at Nature\, where he was involved in the launch of the _Nature Revi
 ews_ Journals\, he moved to PLoS in 2003.  As an editor\, Mark helped to l
 aunch several of the PLoS Journals and was appointed as Director of Publis
 hing in 2005.  He also helped to found and serves on the Board of the Open
  Access Scholarly Publishers Association.
LOCATION:Wolfson College\, Old Combination Room (OCR)
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