From: Mary Case <marycase_at_cni.org>
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THE SPECIALIZED SCHOLARLY MONOGRAPH IN CRISIS
OR
HOW CAN I GET TENURE IF YOU WON'T PUBLISH MY BOOK?
SEPTEMBER 11-12, 1997
WASHINGTON, DC
CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY:
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PRESSES
ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH LIBRARIES
"Saving 'Tenure Books' From
a Painful Demise"
Chronicle of Higher Education, 11/1/96
"Profit Squeeze for Publishers
Makes Tenure More Elusive"
New York Times, 11/18/96
Recent headlines in the New York Times and the Chronicle of Higher
Education warn of the dangers posed by the threat to the specialized
scholarly monograph. The primary market for specialized
monographs--research libraries--has been burdened over the past decade
with significant increases in the costs of science and technology
journals, resulting in dramatic decreases in monographic purchases.
Faced with this eroding market and declining subsidies from both
universities and funding agencies, university presses can no longer
afford to publish the specialized research which is central to their
mission. As a consequence, young faculty are not getting tenured or
promoted, undermining the future of education and scholarship in the
humanities and social sciences.
This conference on the specialized scholarly monograph brings together
faculty, administrators, publishers, and librarians to focus attention
on an issue central to the entire academic enterprise. It examines the
current state of scholarly communication and explores the potential of
new technologies to provide both new means of dissemination and new
formats for conducting research and communicating the results.
The conference examines:
* the issues involved in the creation and dissemination of scholarly
communication from the perspectives of a university administrator, scholar,
publisher, and librarian;
* the functions and costs involved in the scholarly communication process,
examining the factors which have contributed to the endangered status of the
monograph;
* expectations for young faculty, and how and why they are changing;
* how the issues differ across fields and disciplines and how these variables
affect the decisions made by the presses;
* current experiments in monographic publishing; and
* new frameworks in scholarly communication and how these might provide
new models for creation and dissemination of research.
INVITED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
John D'Arms, ACLS
Scott Bennett, Yale University Library
Stanley Chodorow, University of Pennsylvania
Sandria Freitag, American Historical Association
Joanna Hitchcock, University of Texas Press
Peter Nathan, University of Iowa
Marlie Wasserman, Rutgers University Press
PROGRAM OUTLINE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
8:30 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
9:30 a.m. Welcome & Introduction
9:45 a.m. Panel I: Overview of Scholarly Communication Issues
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Panel II: Economics of the Specialized Monograph
2:30 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Panel III: Changing Expectations for Faculty
4:30 p.m. Panel IV: Impact of the Current Environment
5:30 p.m. Reception
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Panel V: Experiments in Monographic Publishing
10:00 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Panel VI: New Frameworks for Scholarly Research &
Communication
11:30 a.m. Panel VII: Engaging the Issues
12:30 p.m. Panel VIII: Lunch & Concluding Speaker:
Future Directions
LOGISTICS
FEES
$250 if paid in full by June 30; $300 after June 30. A $50
non-refundable deposit will be accepted, with full payment due by
September 5.
MEALS
A continental breakfast and lunch will be served both days and are included in
the registration fee. Also included is a reception on Thursday evening.
LOCATION
The conference will be held at the Marriott at Metro Center in downtown
Washington, DC. Located at 775 12th Street, NW, the hotel is adjacent
to the Metro Center subway station and is within walking distance of
museums, galleries, and shopping. It is located one mile from Union
Station, five miles from National Airport, and 25 miles from Dulles.
RESERVATIONS
The room rate is $149 a night, plus applicable taxes, for
conference attendees. To make reservations, call (800) 228-9290. Be
sure to call before August 20 and specify MONOGRAPH CONFERENCE to
receive the special room rate.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Name
Title
Institution
Address
City
State/Province
Postal Code/Zip/Country
Phone Fax
Email
Visa Mastercard Expiration
Account #
Signature
Prepayment is required. Checks should be payable in U.S. funds to the
Association of Research Libraries and mailed to:
ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH LIBRARIES
Mary Jane Brooks - Monograph Conference
21 Dupont Circle, NW
Washington, DC 20036
phone: (202) 296-2296 fax: (202) 872-0884
email: maryjane_at_cni.org
The sponsors reserve the right to cancel this event
prior to sending out confirmations to participants
and recommend that you not make non-refundable reservations before
receiving your confirmation.
For more information or to register online, see
<http://arl.cni.org/scomm/epub/program.html>
--
Mary Case, Director
Office of Scholarly Communication
Association of Research Libraries
21 Dupont Circle, N.W., Suite 800
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 296-2296 X112
Fax: (202) 872-0884
Internet: marycase_at_cni.org
Received on Wed Jun 25 1997 - 17:57:21 EDT