[Fwd: Open Access: Getting from Here to There:

["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

FYI...

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From: Alison Buckholtz <alison@xxxxxxx>

Hello all,

For those of you who will be attending ALA, the ACRL Scholarly 
Communications Discussion Group is sponsoring a session with the 
speakers from the SPARC-ACRL Forum.  (For details on the SPARC-ACRL 
Forum, please see <http://www.arl.org/sparc/core/index.asp?page=f48>. ) 
It promises to be an interesting, wide-ranging discussion, and your 
input at the session would be valued. Information follows.

We hope to see you there!

Best wishes,

Alison

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Open Access: Getting from Here to There:
An ACRL Scholarly Communications Discussion Group session with 
presenters from the SPARC/ACRL Forum

Open access to scholarly journals  access that is free to readers  is 
a powerful concept that has ignited the imaginations of researchers, 
librarians, administrators, and policy-makers. How will it work in 
practice, and how will it address the challenges presented by 
traditional publishing models based on subscription revenue?

Please join Joseph Branin, Dean of Libraries at Ohio State University; 
Helen Doyle, Director of Development and Strategic Alliances for the 
Public Library of Science; and Henry Hagedorn, Editor, Journal of 
Insect Science, for candid and stimulating discussion of the 
opportunities and challenges presented by this new publishing paradigm.

ACRL Scholarly Communications Discussion Group
SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 2004
2-4 P.M.
HYATT HOTEL, WINDSOR ROOM
SAN DIEGO