I Hear the Train A Comin Four trends to watch out for John Sack Stanford University HighWire Press

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I Hear the Train A CominFour trends to
watch(out for)John SackStanford
UniversityHighWire Press

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Trends/Vectors

• Popular Culture
• Teaching/Learning/Research Culture
• Online Technology Design
• Publishing Process Business

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Popular Culture

• No library or publication is an island
• Born digital is about a generation of people,
  not documents
• Low-fi is hi-fi enough

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Teaching, Learning, Research Culture

• Democratizing technology has affected the
  workflow
• But should it direct it?
• Publishing must capture the scholars work in all
  its scope
• The future scholars tools are not todays
  scholars tools
• Readers?, browsers?, users?, customers?

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Online Design Technology

• Articles in pieces, in time, in motion
• Media-rich articles
• Compound fractures

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Publishing Process Business

• Publish now, edit later
• Take responsibility for the rest of the story
• Design innovation outpaces usage measurement
  standardization
• Biodiversity in funding sources

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• Thank you.
• Comments and ideas are welcome.
• --John Sack, Director
• HighWire Press
• Stanford University
• sack_at_stanford.edu