First International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference: Call for =

[Heather Morrison <heatherm@eln.bc.ca>]

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**with apologies for cross-posting**

First International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference: Call for Papers

The Public Knowledge Project is pleased to announce that the
first international PKP conference will be held from July 11-13,
2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The conference will provide opportunities for those involved in
the organization, promotion, and study of scholarly communication
to share and discuss innovative work in scholarly publishing,
with a focus on the contribution that open source publishing
technologies (such as, but not restricted to, PKP's OJS, OCS, and
OA Harvester) can make to improving access to research and
scholarship on a global and public scale

The conference will appeal to all segments of the PKP community:
software developers and technical support specialists; journal
publishers, editors, and staff; librarians; and researchers in
scholarly publishing. As well, prospective and first time users
of OJS and other PKP software will be able to learn more about
the systems and establish contacts with the PKP community.
Experienced implementers and developers will have an opportunity
to participate in technical sessions and exchange information.
All attendees will be able to attend a range of topical sessions
on trends in scholarly communication and publishing, open access
initiatives, open source software, academic and library
communities, and future plans for OJS, OCS, and the Open Archives
Harvester.

The conference will commence with an opening keynote session on
the evening of July 11 with John Willinsky, the founder of the
Public Knowledge Project and creator of the OJS software. There
will be several pre-conference workshops on July 11, and the main
conference program will present a combination of concurrent and
single track sessions concluding at noon on July 13.

The Call for Papers and link to online submission form can be found at:
http://ocs.sfu.ca/pkp2007/callforpapers.php

For more details about the conference, see the PKP Conference web
site at:
http://ocs.sfu.ca/pkp2007/

Heather Morrison
PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference Committee
&
Project Coordinator
BC Electronic Library Network
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Phone: 604-268-7001
Fax: 604-291-3023
Email:  heatherm@eln.bc.ca
Web: http://www.eln.bc.ca
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