ACRL Preconference

 
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Date: Wed, 5 May 2004
From: John D'Ignazio (Association of Research Libraries) <john_at_arl.org>
Subject: Meeting Announcement

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ACRL Preconference
Scholarly Communications 101
Friday, June 25, 2004
Orlando, Florida
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Receive an overview to the scholarly communications landscape from the
ACRL 
preconference "Scholarly Communications 101."  This full-day
preconference, 
offered by the ACRL Scholarly Communications Committee, will be held
prior to 
the ALA Annual Conference in Orlando on Friday, June 25, 2004.  Become
fluent 
with scholarly communications issues and trends and position yourself to

participate in campus communications programs and other advocacy
efforts.  
Preconference topics will include:

The developing crisis in the system of scholarly communication: 

-Trends related to scholarly journals, including pricing, declines in
library 
subscriptions, and related access issues 

-Licensing -- threats to access, economic issues 

-Increasing corporate control of journal publishing, including industry 
consolidation and anti-trust issues 

-Trends related to monographs, including declines in collecting levels, 
economic pressures on university presses, declines in monographic
publishing 

-National policy issues related to copyright issues -- threats to fair
use 
and the public domain

Strategies for change:
-Antimerger activity
-Editorial board control
-Declaring independence
-Electronic publication
-Open access journals
-Open access repositories
-Licensing strategies
-Legislative and policy advocacy

Recent scholarly communications developments

Actions for faculty and librarians

Featured presenters include Dwayne K. Buttler, Associate Professor,
University 
of Louisville; Ray English, Director of Libraries, Oberlin College;
James Neal, 
Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian,
Columbia 
University; Lee Van Orsdel, Dean of Libraries, Eastern Kentucky
University; and 
Karen Williams, Team Leader, University of Arizona.

Registration materials are available online at 
www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/annual/an2004/registration.htm. 

Questions should be directed to 800-525-2433, ext. 2522, or
acrl_at_ala.org.

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