Fwd: Scholarly Communication Colloquium, Oct. 9

[Matthew Beacom <matthew.beacom@YALE.EDU>]

FYI

This may be of interest to some of you. It is free and open to the public.

Matthew Beacom

>Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 14:24:23 -0400
>From: Emily Silverman <essilverman@library.umass.edu>
>Subject: Scholarly Communication Colloquium, Oct. 9
>Sender: owner-acrlnec-l@bu.edu
>
>
>"Scholarly Publishing: Constructing a Brave New World"
>Tuesday, October 9, 2001  3:30 to 5:30 P.M.
>Massachusetts Room, Mullins Center, UMass Amherst
>
>Wine and Hors D'oeuvres Reception to Follow
>Free Parking on the West Side of the Mullins Center
>
>Please join us for this colloquium featuring three prominent figures in
>the international conversation about the future of scholarly
>communication.  The speakers will address the problematic economic
>issues of the current system of scholarly publishing; the damage the
>current system does to the research process, particularly in poorer
>countries and institutions; and how scholars and libraries are taking
>positive steps toward making changes in the system.  A panel of UMass
>faculty will serve as reactors to the speakers.
>
>David Shulenberger - Provost, University of Kansas
>Heather Joseph - President, BioOne, bioscience research journals on the
>Web
>Jean-Claude GuÈdon - Professor of Comparative Literature, University of
>Montreal
>
>David Shulenberger has been chief academic officer at the University of
>Kansas since 1993.  He is a Professor in the School of Business, where
>his teaching and research areas are business economics and labor
>relations, with a major focus on wage determination.  He is active
>nationally as an advocate for reform in the areas of scholarly
>communication and academic accreditation.  The Association of Research
>Libraries awarded to Shulenberger a Resolution of Commendation for
>Advancing the Cause of Scholarly Communication.
>
>Heather Joseph joined BioOne as President and COO in August 2000.
>BioOne, founded in 1999, is a collaboration of biology societies and
>libraries to electronically publish and distribute bioscience journals.
>Prior to joining BioOne, Joseph was Director of Publishing for the
>American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), where she managed the growth
>of Molecular Biology of the Cell, the first journal to partner with the
>National Institutes of Health's PubMed Central initiative.  She created
>a system to peer review and publish multimedia content in the journal.
>Before ASCB, Joseph held publishing positions with the Society for
>Neuroscience and Elsevier Science.
>
>Jean-Claude GuÈdon is the author of many articles in French and English
>on scholarly electronic publishing.  He is particularly known for his
>study of the system of scholarly publishing, and how it obstructs
>research and publishing, especially in poorer countries and
>institutions.  GuÈdon founded Surfaces, the first Canadian electronic
>scholarly journal, which began publication in 1991.  In 2000, he
>coordinated a special issue of La Recherche, the French equivalent of
>Scientific American.  GuÈdon received his Ph.D. in History of Science
>from the University of Wisconsin Madison in 1974.
>
>For more information, contact Jay Schafer, Coordinator of Collection
>Development at the UMass Amherst Libraries: 413-577-3813 or
>jschafer@library.umass.edu.
>
>The colloquium is sponsored by the UMass Amherst Office of the Senior
>Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost, the Office of the Vice
>Chancellor for Research, the Faculty Senate Research Council, the
>Faculty Senate Research Library Council, and the UMass Amherst
>Libraries.  It is free and open to the public.