NFAIS Forethought Strategic Summit - Transforming Content Through Transformed Systems, Day One

Join us for talks by Daniel Ayala, Secratic, Cindi Blyberg, OCLC, Mark Gross, Data Conversion Laboratory, Steph Garrett, PodDB, Chris Iannicello, The Optical Society (OSA), Lauren Kane, Morressier, Kevin Muha, SAGE Publishing, John Shaw, SAGE Publishing, and Chris Shillum, ORCID. Historically, scholarly publishing has focused on technology and platforms that primarily supported the handling of text. Systems were built to facilitate submission, review, editing, formatting, organization, storage, distribution, and discovery. Resources were poured into these systems and they became increasingly sophisticated. Now, we are seeing the emergence of technology and systems optimized for support of the new content types, formats, and interactions that are of increasing importance and visibility in scholarly communication. Traditional publications are still with us, but users need and expect more. New systems are required, but those striving to justify and build them face numerous challenges. Transformation requires extensive advance planning and buy-in from a variety of internal stakeholders. And it’s complicated. For example, over time, there may have been home-grown customization — who remembers now what that code or its associated metadata looks like? How many schemas might have been brought in at different times? How do you manage — and meet — the needs of multiple stakeholders, internal and external? Collaborative effort is essential even before any new system is introduced. In this program, we explored the challenges from both a management and a technology perspective to consider how the information community can develop systems that continue to add value to scholarly communication and success.

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Chris Iannicello

Director, Business and Content Intelligence, The Optical Society (OSA)

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Cindi Blyberg

Senior Product Manager, OCLC

Cindi Blyberg recently joined OCLC as a Senior Product Manager. Before OCLC, she worked for Springshare in Product Management and Other Duties As Assigned, for over 8 years. Cindi was pleased to bring 20 years of academic library experience to her information industry jobs, which she finds are truly a mix of librarianship and technology. Cindi lives in Lexington, KY with her family and two dogs.

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John Shaw

Chief Technology Officer, Sage Publications

John Shaw is the Chief Technology Officer at SAGE Publishing, a leading independent, academic and professional publisher of innovative, high-quality content. John is a 25-year veteran in the publishing industry. During his tenure, John has held management roles in Production, Composition, Abstracting and Indexing, Technology and Operations. He is currently responsible for SAGE's global electronic publishing technology program, including electronic peer review, content hosting platforms, semantic indexing & content enrichment, content encoding strategies, web technologies, online accessibility, electronic content delivery, video asset and content management strategies. John has a proven track record in recruiting and managing high-performing global teams, including an international staff and external development partners. John is actively involved in the industry, frequently speaking at key publishing events, including SSP, STM, ALPSP, PSP, and The Digital Publishing Summit. He has previously served as a board member of the The Society of Scholarly Publishing and CrossRef Board and is a member of the STM Future Labs group.

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Kevin Muha

President, Global Village Publishing, Sage Publications

For twelve years, Kevin Muha was the President, CEO and co-owner of Global Village Publishing, Inc. (GVPi) before being acquired by SAGE Publishing in early 2018. GVPi was a software development firm that focused on delivering high-quality publishing solutions such as eLibrary platforms, eCommerce capabilities, CRM solutions, CMS implementations and phone apps. Kevin led the company through 12 years of consistent growth while delivering quality solutions on-time and within budget. Since the acquisition, Kevin has led development teams that focus on continuing to deliver high-quality, custom solutions by taking advantage of the opportunities of being tightly integrated with SAGE. Prior to joining GVPi, Kevin spent 10 years working on a variety of projects in various industries as a software development consultant. Kevin received his MBA degree from the University of Maryland and his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University.

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Lauren Kane

Chief Strategy Officer, Morressier

Lauren Kane is chief strategy officer of Morressier, providing virtual conference solutions for professional and academic organizations and a platform for critical early-stage research. Prior to joining Morressier, she served as CEO of the strategic consultancy Delta Think and COO of the nonprofit scientific publisher BioOne. With seventeen years in scholarly communications, Ms. Kane has extensive experience working with societies, research organizations, and publishers to effectively navigate the evolving market landscape. A frequent industry contributor, Ms. Kane proudly serves as the 2020-2021 President for the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP). She holds a BA from Georgetown University and a MBA from the University of New Hampshire.

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Steph Garrett

Chief Executive Officer, PodDB

Steph Garrett is a product director, podcast producer, and entrepreneur based in Washington, D.C. Before founding her podcast data-services company, PodDB Inc., in 2016, Steph served as a Director of Product Innovation at SAGE Publishing, leading SAGE Video collections and overseeing the discoverability program of SAGE digital library content. With fifteen years of experience in product development, Steph has defined and managed dozens of commercial databases and software services adopted across Higher Ed. Steph still aggressively believes that delivering easy-to-use and valuable digital products for librarians is the best way to improve the library’s relationship and value to its patrons, specifically faculty, students, and researchers.