From: w.wakeling_at_neu.edu
Colldv-l readers may be interested in this posting from SSP...
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SSP June events: Annual Conference and *first* PDR Corporate
Library/Scholarly Publisher Forum
1) Librarian Rate for SSP Annual Meeting, June 7-9, 2006 Washington DC
Librarians are invited to register for the SSP Annual Meeting for $300.
(These rates will increase after May 10th.)
SSP is the Society FOR Scholarly Publishing, not OF Scholarly Publishers,
and librarian viewpoints and input are welcomed. Our conference theme
this year "Beyond Borders and Bindings" focuses on international and
technological developments of formats old and new. Librarian and
consultant Marshall Keyes delivers the keynote and many sessions of shared
interest are offered, concluding with a Town Hall discussion "The Impact
of Search Technologies on Scholarly Publishing".
For an additional fee, five half-day seminars are available on June 7th,
providing state of the art advice on access authorization, consortia sales,
benchmarking and authoring tools.
If you want to learn more about the business environment of publishers and
are interested in influencing publishers' decisions as an informed
customer, this meeting is a great opportunity to meet the publishers who
want to meet you. If you are working in digital library initiatives,
starting an open access journal, planning or managing institutional
repositories, handling access and authorization, managing federated search
engines, new content formats and more, you'll find many areas of practical
advice.
Please view our web site for a full description of the conference venue,
programs, speakers and exhibits, and for registration information:
https://www.sspnet.org
Please note that hotel rooms must be reserved by May 9th for the conference
rate.
The venue is the spacious, newly renovated Marriott Crystal Gateway one
Metro stop from Reagan National Airport in DC.
2) SSP/PDR Corporate Library/Scholarly Publisher Forum
The FIRST Pharma-Documentation Ring Corporate Library/Scholarly Publisher
Forum is coming up on June 15th in Baltimore immediately following the SLA
Annual Meeting. Since many European and U.S. scientific, biomedical and
technical librarians from corporate, pharmaceutical and academic sites will
be in Baltimore, the Education Committee has assembled an expert group of
librarians and publishers to discuss purchasing and licensing requirements,
pricing models, rights and copyrights and new technology. Registration for
this full-day event is limited to 50 attendees. Sign up now to insure your
attendance.
Please view our web site for a full description of the conference venue,
agenda, and speakers, and for registration information:
https://www.sspnet.org
(Ms.) October Ivins, MLS
Board Member, Society for Scholarly Publishing
Ivins eContent Solutions
telephone 781-793-9283 (EST)
october.ivins_at_mindspring.com
Received on Thu May 11 2006 - 01:21:14 EDT