Society for Scholarly Publishing's Fall Seminars Nov. 7 - 8, 2005

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Register Now for the Society for Scholarly Publishing's Fall Seminars 
November 7-8, 2005

Knowledge Is Power, and Preparation Is the Key to Success! 

So Sharpen Your Skills at the SSP 2005 Fall Seminar Series
November 7-8, Philadelphia and Washington, DC

Publishers and publishing services vendors, librarians, scholars and
others interested in the business environment of scholarly publishing are
welcome. Please note SSP offers a reduced membership rate for librarians.

Philadelphia, PA

November 7

The ROI of Discoverability: If They Can't Find It, They Won't Use It and
Can't Buy It

Investing in discoverability pays off. Discoverability is affected by the
content itself and also by the titles and descriptions you assign to it,
from first creation through final dissemination. Explore it from the point
of view of the creators and the users of information, the librarians and
search engines that help them both, and the advertisers that underwrite
it.

November 8

Embracing Technology and Process Changes to Successfully Transform a
Scholarly Publisher

Understanding how to balance the significant gains associated with new
technology with the real costs - both human and financial - often linked
with widespread change can be daunting to publishers. Explore a variety of
book and journal technologies, the challenges some publishers have faced
when implementing them, how they overcame them, the process changes that
worked, as well as where the industry is headed next from a technology
perspective.

Washington, DC

November 7

Institutional Repositories: Opportunity or Threat

Will institutional repositories (IRs) become the backbone of the Open
Access movement? Learn why libraries are building Institutional
Repositories and explore how publishers view repositories and how we can
all work together - or is it a face-off? When repositories are networked
into Google Scholar, what will happen to publishing as we know it?

November 8

Copyright: Developments at the Core of Your Business

Explore broad issues pertaining to copyright assignment and your
organization's philosophy, focusing on policy, effects on discourse and
communication, and your business. Hear the latest on practical issues such
as interlibrary loan, fair use, digital rights management, versioning, and
access.

Visit the SSP website for more information at www.sspnet.org

You may contact MJ Genualdi with questions at mjgenualdi@resourcenter.com.

Society for Scholarly Publishing
(303) 422-3914
Fax: (303) 422-8894