SCHOLCOMM - Begins Feb. 24

[Alan Boyd <alan.boyd@oberlin.edu>]

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To meet the increasing interest in scholarly communication issues and to
allow librarians and other interested parties to exchange opinions, views
and news, the Association of College and Research Libraries is proud to
announce the new listserv SCHOLCOMM.

SCHOLCOMM is a discussion group that provides a forum for the examination
and analysis of topics such as open access to scholarly information, new
models of scholarly publishing, increasing journal prices, copyright law
and policy, related technologies, and federal information law and policies
that impact the access of scholars, students, and the general public to
scholarly information. In addition to ongoing discussions of critical
issues, the list will contain:

� postings on upcoming conferences
� calls for papers
� legislative news announcements
� other relevant material

This listserv serves an audience of librarians, researchers, scholars,
policy makers, and all who have a vested interest in the sharing of
scholarly communication.

To subscribe to SCHOLCOMM list,

1) Go to the ALA web site by clicking on this link:

    http://www.ala.org/membership

    (If clicking doesn't work, "Cut" and "Paste" the line above into your
    Web browser's address bar.)

2) Click on ALA Lists and Discussion Groups

3) If you are already registered within the ALA structure of listservs,
simply log in and scroll down to SCHOLCOMM.  Click on SCHOLCOMM, and you
will be registered for the list.

If you are not already registered, you will need to follow the directions
to register for access to the entire site -- a simple and familiar
procedure.  Once registered, you can continue the directions in the
paragraph above to register specifically for the SCHOLCOMM listserv.

To send a message to the list, the address is:
scholcomm@ala1.ala.org


We look forward to hearing from you!  Discussions start on Monday, 
February 24, 2003.