About

ElPub conference proceedings

The ElPub conference, held annually between 1997 and 2020, presents the results of research on various aspects of digital publishing, involving a diverse international community from all disciplines in the sciences and humanities.

The last ElPub conference was held in 2020; the texts of the 2018, 2019 and 2020 conferences are available on the website.

Elpub conference has featured research results in various aspects of digital publishing for over two decades, involving a diverse international community of researchers across the disciplines in the sciences and the humanities, librarians, developers, publishers, entrepreneurs and administrators. It is unique as a platform for both researchers, professionals and the broader community.

The Conference is held annually and contains a multi-track presentation of refereed papers as well invited keynotes, special sessions, demonstrations, and poster presentations, all of them being archived in the Elpub Digital Library.

Past conferences

2018 ELPUB Conference Toronto, Canada

Connecting the Knowledge Commons: From Projects to Sustainable Infrastructure

2017 ELPUB Conference Limassol, Cyprus

Expanding Perspectives on Open Science: Communities, Cultures and Diversity in Concepts and Practices

2016 ELPUB Conference Göttingen, Germany

Positioning and Power in Academic Publishing: Players, Agents and Agendas

2015 ELPUB Conference Valletta, Malta

Scale, Openness and Trust: New Avenues for Electronic Publishing in the Age of Infinite Collections and Citizen Science

2014 ELPUB Conference Thessaloniki, Greece

Let’s put data to use: digital scholarship for the next generation

2013 ELPUB Conference Karlskrona, Sweden

Mining the Digital Information Networks

2012 ELPUB Conference Guimarães, Portugal

Social Shaping of Digital Publishing: Exploring the interplay between Culture and Technology

2011 ELPUB Conference Istanbul, Turkey

Digital Publishing and Mobile Technologies

2010 ELPUB Conference​Helsinki, Finland

Publishing in the networked world: Transforming the Nature of Communication

2009 ELPUB Conference Milan, Italy

Rethinking Electronic Publishing: Innovation in Communication Paradigms and Technologies

2008 ELPUB Conference Toronto, Canada

Sustainability in the Age of Web 2.0

2007 ELPUB Conference Vienna, Austria

Openness in Digital Publishing: Awareness, Discovery and Access

2006 ELPUB Conference Bansko, Bulgaria

Digital Spectrum: Integrating Technology and Culture

2005 ELPUB Conference Leuven-Heverlee, Belgium

From Author to Reader: Challenges for the Digital Content Chain

2004 ELPUB Conference Brasília – DF, Brazil

Building Digital Bridges: Linking Cultures, Commerce and Science

2003 ELPUB Conference Minho, Portugal

From information to knowledge

2002 ELPUB Conference Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

Technology Interactions

2001 ELPUB Conference Canterbury, UK

2001 in the Digital Publishing Odyssey

2000 ELPUB Conference Kaliningrad, Russia

Electronic Publishing in the Third Millennium

1999 ELPUB Conference Ronneby, Sweden

Redefining the Information Chain – New Ways and Voices

1998 ELPUB Conference Budapest, Hungary

Towards the Information-Rich Society

1997 ELPUB Conference Canterbury, UK

New Models and Opportunities