AAP/PSP Seminar Announcement

[Susan Soule <ssoule@cambridge.org>]

Posted on behalf of the Professional and Scholarly Publishing
Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP/PSP)

A new seminar from the AAP/PSP Journals Committee:

Making the Cut:
How Librarians Apply Metrics and Other Factors in Evaluating their Journals
Collections
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Association of American Publishers
71 Fifth Avenue (between 14th & 15th Streets)
New York, NY

Librarians need to prioritize when making title selections. There
are many tools and methods, as we know; but which are the most
effective in reaching librarians and finally our readers?  Join
us and hear firsthand from several librarians on the
measurements, the metrics, and to what extent these various tools
are used.

If you want the answers to the following questions and issues
then this seminar is for you:

-Who makes the selection, who is involved in the process and to what
  extent?
-Is cost the determining factor?
-How heavily do librarians rely on ISI's impact factors?
-How heavily do librarians rely on COUNTER statistics?
-To what extent is aggregated online hosting a determining factor?
-To what extent does bundling and consortia packaging affect decisions?
-Do processes vary based on discipline?
-Are there other determining factors the publisher should think about?

This will be an interactive session, so bring your questions for the
panelists.

Speakers: Madeleine Cohen, Assistant Director for Electronic
Resources, The New York Public Library - Science, Industry and
Business Library Nan Hyland, Collections Coordinator, Mann
Library, Cornell University Amy Lewontin, Collection Development
Librarian, Snell Library, Northeastern Juliette O'Neil Arnheim,
Chemistry Librarian, Princeton University A. Ben Wagner, Sciences
Librarian, University at Buffalo

For more information or to register, please contact:

Sara Firestone
Association of American Publishers
71 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003-3004
Email: sfirestone@publishers.org
Phone: (212) 255-0200
Fax: (212) 255-7007