Across two presentation sessions and a Q&A panel, this event will explore the relationship of, and dynamics between authors, publishers, university libraries and a wider academically informed readership. The sessions will both address academic production; the first will focus on books, while the second will relate to academic articles and journals.
Schedule:
11:00: Registration
12:00: Welcome address from organiser, Andreas Hess MRIA
12:20: Session 1: Academic Book Publishing
- Prof. John B. Thompson (Professor of Sociology, University of Cambridge, Director of Polity Press, UK)
- Ruth Hegarty (Head of Publications, Royal Irish Academy)
- General discussion and Q&A
13:45: Lunch
2.30pm: Session 2: Academic Journal and Article Publishing
- Prof. Richard Whatmore (Co-director of St. Andrews' Center of Intellectual History and editor-in-chief of 'History of European Ideas')
- Prof. Samantha Ashenden (Professor of Politics, University of Liverpool, UK/Former editor-in-chief of and editorial board member of 'Economy and Society')
- General discussion and Q&A
15:50: Tea & Coffee
16:15: Roundtable Discussion
17:00: Closing Remarks
17:30 Reception
This event is supported by CONUL, the UCD School of Sociology and the College of Social Sciences and Law at UCD
