SPARC/ACRL Forum at ALA

[Ann Okerson <ann.okerson@yale.edu>]

Mark your calendars for the SPARC/ACRL Forum at ALA Midwinter!

SPARC/ACRL Forum
And Then There Was One: Industry Consolidation in Journal Publishing
and What It Means for Libraries

Saturday, January 25, 2003
4:00 - 6:00 pm
Sheraton Society Hill Hotel, Ballroom D

The current round of corporate acquisitions in the profitable STM
journal publishing industry appears to be concentrating enormous
market power in a few hands. What is the impact of this industry
consolidation on journal subscribers? On competition? On access to
information? What government scrutiny do these deals receive? Should
libraries be concerned? What can they do about it? These issues will
be examined by three speakers who are concerned by the trend:

Mark J. McCabe, Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Georgia
Institute of Technology

Theodore T. Bergstrom, Aaron and Cherie Raznick Chair of Economics,
Economics Department, University of California Santa Barbara

Mary M. Case, Director, Office of Scholarly Communication,
Association of Research Libraries

James Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University
Librarian, Columbia University will moderate the discussion

At the conclusion of the program, Sarah Thomas, University Librarian,
Cornell University will update the audience on the launch of Project
Euclid, an innovative partnership of independent publishers of
mathematics and statistics journals.

No reservations required.
Refreshments will be served.

Kerri Allen
Communications Manager
SPARC -- The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition
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