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*** Apologies for cross posting *** The Publishers Association, the Centre for Publishing at University College London and EDItEUR announce the next Digital Publishers Forum. These events examine digital issues of strategic importance to academic, professional, educational or trade publishers through a mix of presentations and discussion sessions. Wednesday 21 March 2012, 4-6pm, Roberts 106 LT, UCL, London WC1, followed by a reception in the Arts and Humanities Common Room, G24 This third seminar of 2012 will be chaired by Anthony Watkinson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Information Studies, UCL. Speakers include Robert Faber, Editorial Director of Reference, Oxford University Press, Anne Kail, UK Sales Manager of Credo Reference, and Ian Grant, Managing Director, Encyclopaedia Britannica. This forum is concerned with the huge changes in reference publishing over the last decade and how it has gone digital in a spectacular way, making a space for trusted resources in spite of Wikipedia, and working with librarians to enable discovery and reach new audiences. Our three speakers will tell the real story, warts and all, and look to future opportunities as well as threats. Robert Faber is Editorial Director of Reference and in charge of the wider discoverability programme at Oxford University Press. OUP successfully moved their reference collection online some time ago and have found a wider audience among the general public. They are seeking to establish meaning in the concept of discoverability. Anne Kail is the UK Sales Manager of Credo Reference. Her talk will focus on reference’s traditional role as a welcome to the library and its resources, which in the digital age is more important than ever. Credo leads users into all of a library’s other resources and Anne will cover how this works in some detail – this approach increases the usage of publishers’ content whether they have it in Credo or not. Ian Grant is the Managing Director of Encyclopaedia Britannica UK and has had a long career in trade publishing. He will talk about the ‘pain points’ that Britannica identifies in the reference and resources needs of faculty and students, and ways to apply balm to those pains through online and mobile publishing. Registration fee: These friendly, informal events allow ample time for questions and discussion, followed by drinks and an opportunity for further networking and discussion. The seminar fee is £46.00 for members of the Publishers Association, EDItEUR, CILIP, SCL and other library staff members and £92.00 for non-members. Registration: To download the registration form, please CLICK HERE <https://www.ucl.ac.uk/infostudies/digital-publishing-forum/dpregformmar2012 -1-1.doc> For further information, please contact: [log in to unmask] Anne Kail Credo Reference <blocked::mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] Phone 01865 339 450 Mobile 07515 328 591 Prama House, 267 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7HT Credo Reference, Library Journal's "Best Overall" 2012 lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn