Register now for MLA Scholarly Publishing Symposium

["Karen Albert" <karenalbert48@gmail.com>]

MLA Symposium -- Learn about Open Access, Public Access, and the 
issues facing health sciences libraries!

Scholarly Publishing Issues: The Challenges and Opportunities 
Facing Libraries in an Open Access Environment

May 23, 2007, 1:30-5:30 p.m.
Philadelphia PA
$175 MLA Members
$210 Nonmembers

Registration:  http://mlanet.org/am/am2007/index.html

Sponsored by the MLA Scholarly Publishing Task Force, 
Governmental Relations Committee, Collection Development, 
Leadership and Management, and Technical Services Sections, and 
Association of Academic Health Science Libraries.

Over the past decade, the scientific, technical, and medical 
(STM) publishing industry has changed dramatically as open access 
models challenge traditional approaches to scholarly publishing. 
For librarians, the last few years have brought confusion and a 
new commplexity to the scholarly publishing arena. The response 
of the publishing industry and government to these new models is 
having an impact on libraries, patrons, researchers, and 
publishers. The symposium will define open access and explain how 
it compares to public access. Speakers will explore the influence 
of open access on small and large libraries, and how publishers 
are reacting to the changes in scholarly publishing. Participants 
will have an opportunity to discuss how librarians, libraries, 
and MLA can respond to new developments in scholarly publishing 
and communications, as well as identify additional questions for 
our speakers.

Speakers include:
Heather Joseph, SPARC
Gordon Tibbitts, Blackwell Publishing
Karen Albert, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Ann Okerson, Yale University

For MORE details about the symposium visit:
http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/mlasymposium07/scholarlypub

Pat Thibodeau
Chair, MLA Scholarly Publishing Task Force and Symposium Planning
       Group
Duke University Medical Center Library
Box 3702
10 Bryan-Searle Drive, 103 Mudd Building
Durham NC 27710
919 660-1150  fax:  919 681-7599
thibo001@mc.duke.edu


-- 
Karen Albert, MLS, AHIP
Director of Library Services
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Phila., PA 19111
karenalbert48@gmail.com
karen.albert@fccc.edu
215-728-2711