Subject: SPARC-ACRL Forum addresses Harvard open access policy
From: "Geller, Marilyn" <mgeller_at_lesley.edu>
For immediate release
April 22, 2008
For more information, contact:
Jennifer McLennan
SPARC
(202) 296-2996 ext. 121
jennifer_at_arl.org
Kara Malenfant
ACRL
(312) 280-2510
kmalenfant_at_ala.org
SPARC-ACRL Forum addresses Harvard open access policy
Washington, DC & CHICAGO ¬ April 22, 2008 ¬ SPARC (the Scholarly
Publishing
and Academic Resources Coalition) and the Association of College and
Research Libraries (ACRL) announce that the SPARC-ACRL Forum during
the 2008
American Library Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif., will provide a
timely
look at ³Campus Open Access Policies: The Harvard Experience and How
to Get
There.² Co-sponsored by the Association for Library Collections and
Technical Services? Continuing Resources Section (formerly Serials
Section)
(ALCTS-CRS), the forum will give an up-close look at the recent vote
by Harvard¹s
Faculty of Arts and Sciences enabling open access to their scholarly
articles in
an institutional repository.
The Harvard vote grants the university the rights necessary to archive and
make freely available on the Internet articles written by Arts and
Sciences
faculty members. It is the first time the faculty of a U.S. university has
voted for an open access directive and the first time a faculty has
granted
permission to the university to make its articles available through open
access.
The forum will offer an exploration of the motivations behind the Harvard
policy, the groundwork invested in its creation, reactions and outcomes to
date, and the broader implications of this historic step. Headlining the
event will be Stuart M. Shieber, professor of computer science at Harvard,
director of the Center for Research on Computation and Society, faculty
co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and the key
architect of the policy.
Shieber will be joined by Catherine Candee, executive director, Strategic
Publishing and Broadcast Initiatives, from the office of the president of
the University of California, who will relate similar activity in the UC
system; and by Kevin L. Smith, JD, scholarly communications officer at
Duke
University, who will suggest legal considerations for institutions
following
the open access policy path.
The 17th biennial SPARC-ACRL Forum will be held from 4 ¬ 5:30 p.m. on
Saturday, June 28, in room 210 A-C of the Anaheim Convention Center. The
ACRL Scholarly Communications Discussion Group will additionally host an
open conversation about issues that surface at the Forum from 4 ¬ 5:30
p.m.
on Sunday, June 29, in room 203 B. Please consult the final program to
verify room assignments.
The Forum will be available via SPARC podcast at a later date. For more
information, visit the SPARC Web site at http://www.arl.org/sparc/forum
<http://www.arl.org/sparc/forum> .
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SPARC
SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), with SPARC
Europe and SPARC Japan, is an international alliance of more than 800
academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of
scholarly communication. SPARC's advocacy, educational and publisher
partnership programs encourage expanded dissemination of research.
SPARC is
on the Web at http://www.arl.org/sparc/.
ACRL
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division
of the
American Library Association (ALA), represents more than 13,500
academic and
research librarians and interested individuals. It is the only individual
membership organization in North America that develops programs, products
and services to meet the unique needs of academic and research librarians.
Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand
the role
that academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research
environments.
ALCTS
The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), a
division of the American Library Association (ALA), is comprised of nearly
5,000 members from across the United States and 42 countries from
around the
globe. It is the premier resource for information specialists in
collection
development, preservation, and technical services and is the leader in the
development of principles, standards, and best practices for creating,
collecting, organizing, delivering, and preserving information
resources in
all forms.
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Jennifer McLennan
Director of Communications
SPARC
(The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition)
http://www.arl.org/sparc
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Save the date: The SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2008
November 17 ¬ 18, 2008 | Baltimore, MD
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(202) 296-2296 ext 121
jennifer_at_arl.org
Marilyn Geller
Collection Management Librarian
Lesley University Library
30 Mellen Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Email: mgeller_at_lesley.edu
Phone: 617-349-8859
Received on Fri Apr 25 2008 - 06:02:53 EDT