Subject: Announcement - Scholarly Communication Symposium
Alan Burk (burk@unb.ca)
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 16:32:42 +0000
Message-Id: <199903192033.PAA01122@arl.org> From: "Alan Burk" <burk@unb.ca> To: arl-ejournal@arl.org Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 16:32:42 +0000 Subject: Announcement - Scholarly Communication Symposium
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One Day Symposium
Scholarly Communication: Options and Challenges
April 12, 1999
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, New Burnswick, Canada
I am pleased to announce a one day symposium, Monday April 12, 1999.
This will be held in conjunction with the Canadian Metadata Workshop
(http://www.hil.unb.ca/Texts/burk/metadata/) April 13, 1999 in
Fredericton New Brunswick.
Presenters:
Stevan Harnad - University of Southampton
Aldyth Holmes - Director of National Research Council Press
Margo Crist - Director of Libraries UMass-Amherst
Clifford Lynch - Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information
And a panel of University of New Brunswick faculty
Jack Passmore - Chemistry
Norman Siebrasse - Law
Allan Sharp - Physics
Program Theme:
Rising costs and journal cancellations have been with us for at least a
decade. This has led to several reports and recommendations. The AUCC
released their report, the Changing World of Scholarly Communication in
1996. This followed similar reports from the US and the UK. Perhaps
the most descriptive account of "the library problem" comes from "To
Publish and Perish", a special issue of Policy Perspectives, Pew Higher
Education Roundtable.
"For two decades the leaders of America's universities and colleges
have sought relief from the growing costs of providing access to an
ever-expanding volume of scholarly output. What they have learned
is that, however straight forward the problem appears, the path to
resolution has come to resemble nothing so much as a rumba: two
steps forward, three steps back, one to the side, twirl, and repeat."
In the last few years there have been many articles, reports and news
items discussing the changing fabric of publishing. Several innovative
publishing initiatives have evolved which challenge the traditional
models. Preprint servers and other not for profit publishing
partnerships are challenging the publishing industry and the academic
community. Do the new technologies provide a basis for a more
cost-effective solution? These changes do involve risks,
authentication and preservation, to name just two.
We are pleased that several key individuals have agreed to take a
day from their very busy schedules to guide us through some of
these issues.
Website and registration: http://www.hil.unb.ca/Texts/burk/scholarly/
Directed to: Univeristy administrators
Faculty looking for a cancelled journal
Librarians
Journal editors
Publishers
Location: The Auditorium, Wu Conference Centre
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Cost: $150.00 this fee will be reduced to $100.00 if you
are attending the Metadata Workshop on April 13, 1999.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
See the Workshop Web site with a link to a Web registration form:
http://www.hil.unb.ca/Texts/burk/scholarly/
(note upper and lower case matter)
For general information and questions about registration, contact
Karen Maguire
Library Administrative Officer
UNB Libraries
Phone (506) 453-4740
Fax (506) 453-4595
email: kmaguire@unb.ca
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Alan Burk, Associate Director of Libraries and
Director of Electronic Text Centre (http://www.unb.ca/etc/)
phone: 506-453-4740 fax: 506-453-4595
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