From: "Diane Goldenberg-Hart" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Thu, 05 May 2016 14:40:10 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from triplicate-girl.cni.org (account diane@cni.org [192.100.21.35] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.9) with ESMTPSA id 30512903 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Thu, 05 May 2016 13:29:57 -0400 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_EF387BB4-BF5C-4592-858B-C8549EC2187E" X-Original-Message-Id: <4F1BC202-E16C-40E0-BF74-6F12501E77C8@cni.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2104\)) Subject: 2016 OA Symposium and Alexandra Elbakyan X-Original-Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 13:29:57 -0400 References: X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2104) --Apple-Mail=_EF387BB4-BF5C-4592-858B-C8549EC2187E Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Dear CNI Community, We are sharing with you an exciting development regarding the upcoming = OA symposium at the University of North Texas, where newsmaker Alexandra = Elbakyan (of Sci-Hub) was recently added to the lineup. Online = registration is now closed so see instructions below if you are = interested in attending. -Diane Goldenberg-Hart CNI Communications =20 Greetings, =20 The upcoming 2016 Open Access Symposium will be held on May 19-20 here = at the University of North Texas near Dallas. The keynote will be = Professor Johan Rooryck, former executive editor of the Elsevier journal = Lingua, who led a revolt against the pricing and copyright policies of = the Dutch publishing giant. For the full line-up of speakers, see = https://openaccess.unt.edu/symposium/2016/ = =20 A last minute surprise speaker has been added to the symposium =E2=80=93 = Alexandra Elbakyan, the rebel creator of the Sci-Hub repository. = Elbakyan will (of necessity) be speaking via Skype from Kazakhstan; we = anticipate a lively presentation and follow-up Q&A. Her presentation = will not be recorded (because of live in-room translation from Russian = and other reasons), so please join us if you want to hear her speak.=20 =20 While online registration for the event is now closed, a limited number = of seats are still available on a first-come, first-serve basis; email = me if you are interested in attending, with a subject line of =E2=80=9C201= 6 OAS Registration Request=E2=80=9D. We look forward to seeing you in = sunny Texas! =20 Best regards, =20 Martin Halbert (Ph.D., MLIS) UNT Dean of Libraries and Associate Professor Martin.Halbert@unt.edu --Apple-Mail=_EF387BB4-BF5C-4592-858B-C8549EC2187E Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Dear CNI Community,

We are sharing with you an = exciting development regarding the upcoming OA symposium at the = University of North Texas, where newsmaker Alexandra Elbakyan (of = Sci-Hub) was recently added to the lineup. Online registration is now = closed so see instructions below if you are = interested in attending.

-Diane = Goldenberg-Hart
CNI Communications
 
Greetings,
 
The upcoming 2016 Open Access Symposium will be = held on May 19-20 here at the University of North Texas near = Dallas.  The keynote will be Professor Johan Rooryck, former = executive editor of the Elsevier journal Lingua, who led a revolt against the pricing and copyright = policies of the Dutch publishing giant.  For the full line-up of = speakers, see https://openaccess.unt.edu/symposium/2016/
 
A last minute surprise speaker has been added to the = symposium =E2=80=93 Alexandra Elbakyan, the rebel creator of the Sci-Hub = repository.  Elbakyan will (of necessity) be speaking via Skype = from Kazakhstan; we = anticipate a lively presentation and follow-up Q&A.  Her = presentation will not be recorded (because of live in-room translation = from Russian and other reasons), so please join us if you want to hear = her speak. 
 
While online registration for the event is now closed, a = limited number of seats are still available on a first-come, first-serve = basis; email me if you are interested in attending, with a subject line = of =E2=80=9C2016 OAS Registration Request=E2=80=9D.  We look = forward to seeing you in sunny Texas!
 
Best regards,
 
Martin Halbert (Ph.D., MLIS)
UNT Dean of Libraries and = Associate Professor

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