NISO Virtual Conference - Long Form Content: Ebooks, Print Volumes and the Concerns of Those Who Use Both

These half-day events cover a range of important and timely topics in more depth than our monthly webinars. With expert speakers from across the information community, they include a mix of formats — keynotes, case studies, perspectives, and vision interviews. Recordings are shared immediately with registered participants, and made openly available after two years.

Catherine Ahearn is the Senior Project Editor at PubPub and a founding member of the MIT Knowledge Futures Group. She joined the PubPub team in 2017 as its first community manager and works with prospective and existing PubPub publishers, authors, and editors to support their projects on the platform. Previously she has worked in creative services at EMA and in publishing at the TS Eliot Research Project, and the New England Review. She holds a PhD in Editorial Studies from Boston University and a BA in Literary Studies from Middlebury College.

Gina Donato has more than 20 years’ experience working in education, technology, and publishing in the USA and Europe. She began her career at Elsevier nine years ago focusing first on book development before shifting her focus to digital-first initiatives. Currently, Gina uses her deep knowledge of content and technology to bridge the gap between Content, Product, and Technology teams to drive enterprise-wide initiatives that help Elsevier’s digital solutions advance science and research.

Jaclyn Kovach is a Product Manager at ASTM International. She has been with the organization and within the publishing industry for almost two years, and specializes in product management of third party content. Her education includes a Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering and a Master in Engineering Management.

Kara Laufer Levesque is a Digital Content Project Manager at ASTM International. She has over a decade of experience in project management and seven years of experience in publishing. Kara has managed the production of online and print journals as well as standards and translated content. She currently focuses on the production of third party content for ASTM's Compass platform.

Kathryn Conrad is Director of the University of Arizona Press and president-elect of the Association of University Presses. She has held marketing and editorial positions at the University of Missouri Press, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, and River Styx literary journal. She holds a Master of Arts in Library and Information Science from the University of Arizona.

Kevin S. Hawkins is assistant dean for scholarly communication for the University of North Texas Libraries, where he founded the library publishing program and directs services to help researchers understand and adapt to changes in how researchers communicate with one another. Prior to joining UNT in 2014, he was director of publishing operations for Michigan Publishing, the hub of scholarly publishing at the University of Michigan Library which includes the University of Michigan Press and other brands and services. Kevin has also worked as visiting metadata manager for the Digital Humanities Observatory, a project of the Royal Irish Academy. He has served on advisory boards for Project MUSE, the Open Access Publishing Cooperative Study, and Editoria, served as the first president of the board of the Library Publishing Coalition, and has contributed to major standards for digital publishing: the Journal Article Tag Suite (ANSI/NISO Z39.96-2012), EPUB 3.0, and the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Guidelines.

Melissa has worked in STM publishing for 18 years and has been a part of the print to digital transformation of the industry. In her current role, she manages eBook content on the ScienceDirect platform. She is passionate about the value of book content and collaborates with librarians, researchers, and students to develop digital solutions that advance scientific learning and accelerate research.

Tzviya Siegman is Wiley’s Information Standards Lead. Tzviya wrote and maintained Wiley’s ebook specifications and stylesheets and serves as Wiley’s liaison to industry standards groups. She currently works in Wiley’s Architecture Strategy Group, joining her interests in content architecture, standards, accessibility, and linked data. Tzviya co-chairs the W3C Publishing Working Group and serves on the W3C Advisory Board, helping to make the web and publishing better friends.