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Scholarly Societies and the Search for Relevance

 Alice Meadows, head of society relations at John Wiley, talks with podcast host Stewart Wills about the challenges and opportunities for scholarly and professional societies in finding new value-adds in a competitive, Internet-driven environment — and how many of the “new” sources of relevance are rooted in things that have made societies central to their members’ professional lives for many years.
Scholarly Kitchen. Podcast.

Why open access is better for scholarly societies

In fact, a general move to open access would be the best outcome for scholarly society publishers. If the entirety of journal publishing magically metamorphosed somehow to an open-access system, scholarly society publishers would be much better off. From a strategic point of view then, the best course of action for scholarly societies and for the faculty and researchers who support them would be to promote a shift to open access as widely and as quickly as possible.
Blog entry.