May 12, 11am EST
- Stephanie Lovegrove Hansen (moderator)
- Andrew Smeall, VP, Product Innovation, Sage
- Jane Jiang, Director of Libraries at Union College of Union County
- Jeremy Little, VP, AI Software Engineering, Silverchair
Research increasingly happens outside traditional publishing platforms, with scholars using AI chat tools, research assistants, and agent-based systems that access content through APIs and emerging protocols like Model Context Protocol (MCP). This session explores how publishers can maintain relevance and deliver value when content consumption moves beyond their owned platforms. We'll discuss the technical infrastructure needed to support external AI access, the business model implications of content delivery through third-party tools, and strategies for ensuring proper attribution, rights management, and quality control when AI systems become intermediaries between publishers and end users. The conversation will look at both the challenges of distributed access and the opportunities for publishers to expand their reach and impact in an AI-native research workflow.
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