Librarian Rate for SSP Annual Meeting, June 2-4, 2004, San Francisco

["October Ivins" <october.ivins@mindspring.com>]

Librarians are invited to register for the SSP Annual Meeting for $250,
almost half the member rate (if you are a librarian working in a library
and a member, this rate is for you too).  (After April 30th, the librarian
rate will increase to $300.)
 
SSP is the Society FOR Scholarly Publishing, not OF Scholarly Publishers,
and librarian viewpoints and input are welcomed.

Our conference theme this year 'Toward New Economies of Information Access,'
includes many sessions of shared interest, such as the three plenaries: 

o Larry Lessig, 'Fidelity to Purpose: Scholarly Publishing in the
  Digital Age'

o Carol Tenopir, 'Researching Researchers: What User Studies Tell Us'

o And the closing session, 'Open Access Debate: Toward a New Economy
  of Information Access?'

There are also four sets of concurrent sessions, covering topics such as 

* Electronic Journal Use, Users and Usage
* University Libraries: The New Players in Scholarly Publishing
* It's Not Just an STM World: Online Publishing Innovations in the
  Arts, Humanities and Social Services
* Searching Proprietary Scholarly Content
* Subject Browsing: The World Is Not Just Search (Data Visualization,
* Taxonomies, Finding Related Articles, etc.)
* Researcher Perspectives on Publishing

 and more.
	
For an additional fee, six timely and informative half-day seminars are
offered on June 2nd, providing focused advice on managing change, XML,
pricing issues, marketing to libraries, the latest publishing technology,
and linking.

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, or planning institutional repositories,
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

Best regards,

Amy Brand, abrand@crossref.org
Diane Scott-Lichter, Diane.Scott-Lichter@cancer.org 
SSP Annual Meeting Program Co-Chairs

October Ivins, MLS, october.ivins@mindspring.com 
Lois Smith, lois@hfes.org 
SSP Education Committee (Seminars) Co-Chairs