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Date: Tue, 18 May 2004
From: John D'Ignazio (Assoc. of Research Libraries) <john_at_arl.org>
Subject: Meeting Announcement
The advance registration deadline for this preconference is Friday, May
21.
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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
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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