Hosted by the Journals Committee
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been one of the most impactful and fast-moving technological developments of recent times. Please join us for an open discussion about how it is affecting us as University Presses operating in the scholarly communications sector.
Some topics we are hoping to discuss include (but are not limited to):
- Authorship – how are our authors, editors, and societies engaging with AI? What guidance or advice can we provide, and how might we work with them to determine best practice? What is the role of the publisher relative to other actors (authors, editors, societies, institutions, funding bodies, etc)?
- Peer review – how is AI impacting peer review? What (if any) AI tools might facilitate the process?
- External-facing policy – what resources are available to help determine AI policy and what stages are we at with the creation of our AI policies? What do you need?
- Internal use of AI – What guidance might we follow ourselves? How might we use AI in our daily workflows? Are there tips and tricks we might share?
- Licensing – if a Press is considering licensing content to LLMs, how might we go about that (as a single publisher, group of publishers or through a third party, e.g. JSTOR)? How can we regulate or monitor that use to make sure author copyright is respected?
- Challenges – what are the major challenges you are grappling with at the moment with regard to AI?
Participants will have the chance to discuss all the above and share insights from their own experiences with fellow association members. We’ll follow Chatham House Rules, and this session won’t be recorded.
Moderators:
Sally Hoffmann, Cambridge University Press; Clare Hooper, Liverpool University Press; Fern Ennis, Liverpool University Press; Sarah Muncy, American Historical Review