SPARC/ACRL Forum Announcement

[Alison Buckholtz <alison@arl.org>]

If you'll be attending ALA's upcoming Midwinter Meeting or are based in
the San Diego area, please join us at our upcoming SPARC/ACRL Forum:  
"Open Access: Getting from Here to There."  The event is open to the
public and no reservations are necessary.  Details follow below, and you
can also go to <http://www.arl.org/sparc/core/index.asp?page=f48> for
information.

See you there!

Best wishes,

Alison Buckholtz, SPARC
alison@arl.org

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SPARC/ACRL Forum: "Open Access: Getting from Here to There"
ALA Midwinter Meeting, San Diego, CA
Saturday, January 10, 2004, 4:30-6:00 pm
Convention Center Rm. 15 A/B

It's hard to argue with the goal of open access to scholarly research
articles. But how do we go about realigning firmly entrenched traditions
and financial models to exploit the tremendous potential of our networked
digital environment? The forum's expert panel looks for strategies and
answers by concentrating on:

*	the risks of open access publishing,
*	cost recovery measures for open-access publishers, and
*	the crucial role of libraries in generating momentum.

The panel will be moderated by Jim Neal, SPARC's Chairman.  Panelists
include Helen Doyle, Director of Development and Strategic Alliances,
Public Library of Science; Henry Hagedorn, Editor, Journal of Insect
Science; and Joseph Branin, Director of Libraries, Ohio State University.

This event is open to the public and no reservations are necessary. For
more information: sparc@arl.org.