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.
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.
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.
Best regards,
Martin Halbert, PhD, MLIS
Dean of Libraries and Associate Professor