From: "Joan K. Lippincott" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:52:31 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [38.97.229.132] ([38.97.229.132] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.13) with ESMTPS id 22374724 for cni-announce@cni.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:00:55 -0500 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-16--468434565 Subject: Futures of Academic Publishing Symposium X-Original-Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 14:00:54 -0500 X-Original-Message-Id: X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) --Apple-Mail-16--468434565 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I am reposting a workshop announcement from Martin Halbert at University = of North Texas. The program on "Futures of Academic Publishing" will = feature a number of perspectives on developments in this arena. CNI = recently released a report of an executive roundtable on Institutional = Strategies and Platforms for Scholarly Publishing. There is growing = interest in new models of scholarly communication and publishing and an = ever increasing number of projects and initiatives seeking to test new = models. --Joan Lippincott ------------------------ Greetings, =20 The upcoming Futures of Academic Publishing Symposium will be held on = May 30-31, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. This event will bring together key = stakeholders from academic research, funding agencies, industry, and the = publishing field to explore the futures of academic publishing. = Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Scholarly Communication at the Modern = Language Association, will deliver a keynote address that will challenge = conference attendees to engage in an active discussion for two days of = how scholarly publishing can evolve to most effectively meet the needs = of academia and society.=20 =20 Other speakers will include Anne R. Kenney (Chief Academic and = Administrative Officer, Cornell University Library), Charles J. Henry = (President, Council on Library and Information Resources and Anvil = Academic Publisher), Catherine Mitchell (Director at California Digital = Library Publishing Group), Jim Gilden (Editor of SAGE Open Sales at SAGE = Publications), and many others. =20 For the symposium website, see http://openaccess.unt.edu/symposium/2013. =20 Early registration for the symposium will open March 1 on the conference = website. A limited number of seats are available on a first come-first = serve basis.=20 =20 This will be a highly interactive event, with conference participants = actively working on new projects in innovative academic publishing = during the two days of the event in workshops and clinics. The = symposium is made possible by generous sponsorship from the University = of North Texas and SPARC.=20 =20 Best regards, Martin Halbert, PhD, MLIS Dean of Libraries and Associate Professor University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #305190, Denton, TX, 76203 (ph) 940-565-3025 (web) http://dean.library.unt.edu= --Apple-Mail-16--468434565 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii I am = reposting a workshop announcement from Martin Halbert at University of = North Texas.  The program on "Futures of Academic Publishing" will = feature a number of perspectives on developments in this arena. =  CNI recently released a report of an executive roundtable on = Institutional Strategies and Platforms for Scholarly Publishing. There = is growing interest in new models of scholarly communication and = publishing and an ever increasing number of projects and initiatives = seeking to test new models.

--Joan = Lippincott
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Greetings,
 
The upcoming Futures of Academic Publishing Symposium will = be held on May 30-31, 2013 in Dallas, Texas.  This event will bring = together key stakeholders from academic research, funding agencies, = industry, and the publishing field to explore the futures of = academic publishing.  Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Scholarly = Communication at the Modern Language Association, will deliver a keynote = address that will challenge conference attendees to engage in an active = discussion for two days of how scholarly publishing can evolve to most = effectively meet the needs of academia and = society. 
 
Other speakers will include Anne R. Kenney (Chief Academic = and Administrative Officer, Cornell University Library), Charles J. = Henry (President, Council on Library and Information Resources and Anvil = Academic Publisher), Catherine Mitchell (Director at California Digital = Library Publishing Group), Jim Gilden (Editor of SAGE Open Sales at SAGE = Publications), and many others.
For the symposium website, = see