Academic-Led Publishing Panel: Why Academic-Led and Why Now?
Channel: Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy
Date: 2019-02-07

This panel serves as an introduction to Academic-Led Publishing Day, focusing on the "what" and “why” behind the event. Panelists briefly share how they are involved in academic-led publishing and answer the questions: “Why do you believe more academic-led publishing initiatives are needed? And why is now the time for both scholarly institutions and individual scholars to get involved in academic publishing?” 

Moderated by Cheryl Ball, editor of Kairos, this roundtable included 

* Rebecca Kennison, Open Access Network Co-Founder
* Virginia “Ginny” Steel, Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian, UCLA Library
* Brian Cody, Co-Founder and CEO of Scholastica
* Max Mosterd, Head of Operations and Analytics for Knowledge Unlatched 
* Mike Taylor, open-access advocate and paleontologist with the University of Bristol
* Hugh Thomas, Editor-in-Chief for Algebraic Combinatorics 

For more information on #ALPubDay visit http://academicledpublishingday.com.