The Publications Service of the Autonomous University of Barcelona has taken part in the II Forum Vives Meeting on University Publishing of the Xarxa Vives of Universities, held on 14–15 May at the University of Alicante.
The meeting brought together managers and technical staff from university publishing services with the aim of analysing the main challenges and opportunities in the sector. Representing the UAB publishing house, Joan Carles Marset, head of the service, attended the event.
The event focused on the transformation of the university publishing model, particularly in areas such as digitalisation, internationalisation, data management and the incorporation of artificial intelligence into editorial processes.
The institutional welcome was delivered by the Vice-Rector for Research at the University of Alicante, Juan Mora, who highlighted the role of the Xarxa Vives in promoting university knowledge in Catalan and in developing shared publishing projects.
During the meeting, the platform La Conversa was presented, a Catalan-language science communication initiative promoted by the Xarxa Vives with the participation of 18 universities, designed to bring research closer to society in a context of information overload and misinformation.
One of the main sessions focused on artificial intelligence applied to publishing, featuring Professor Antonio Ríos from the Department of Languages and Computer Systems at the University of Alicante, who presented various experiences in automating editorial processes such as review, proofreading and translation.
The meeting also included a training block focused on data analysis and digital tools. In this context, functionalities of the Open Journal Systems platform were presented for accessing language statistics, as well as a new plugin developed by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia that enables the generation of automated journal summaries and links articles to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The event concluded with the round table “Present and future of university presses”, featuring representatives from Eumo Editorial, the Polytechnic University of Valencia and the University of Alicante, who discussed the presence of Catalan in academic publishing and research evaluation processes.
The UAB Publications Service positively values the meeting, which has helped strengthen collaboration between university publishing services and advance the digital transformation of academic publishing.
Source: University of Alicante (UA) and Forum Vives of University Publishing of the Xarxa Vives of Universities: https://www.vives.org/2026/05/19/serveis-publicacions-aborden-integracio-ia-processos-editorials/
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