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["October Ivins" <october.ivins@mindspring.com>]

and Travel Grants
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Society for Scholarly Publishing - 2007 Annual Meeting and Travel
Grants

1) SSP Annual Meeting - June 6-8, 2007

The 29th Annual Meeting for the Society for Scholarly Publishing
will be held June 6-8, at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. This
year's program, "Imagining the Future: Scholarly Communication
2.0," promises to be an exciting and thought-provoking event. Is
"Web 2.0" just a buzzword, or are there real opportunities for
scholarly publishing lying beneath the hype? One of our speakers
this year is Tim O'Reilly, who coined the phrase "Web 2.0." Come
find out how evolving Internet strategies and technologies can
empower you and your organization by joining us in San Francisco!

Additional featured speakers are Larry Sanger
(Wikipedia/Citizendium), Paul Duguid (UC Berkeley), and David
Worlock (Outsell, Inc).

Don't miss:

* Pre-meeting seminars (June 6) on hot topics: content licensing,
copyright, business usage data, and society publishing

* Practical and cutting-edge program sessions for publishers,
editors, librarians, scholars, printers, agents, wholesalers,
booksellers, and other participants

* Nationally recognized experts in many aspects of scholarly
communication

* Exhibitors' Marketplace and receptions

* Formal and informal networking opportunities

Preliminary program brochures will be mailed in a few weeks, and
the brochure PDF will be posted on the website. But session
abstracts, speakers, registration rates, and hotel details are
available now at http://www.sspnet.org.

2) SSP Conference Travel Grant Program

If you are a student in a publishing or library/information
science program, or have working in this field for less than
three years, please consider applying for a grant to attend the
SSP Annual Meeting.  If you're not a potential candidate, but
know someone who is, please share this announcement with your
colleague or prot=E9g=E9.  We welcome help promoting the Conference
Travel Grants.

Following last year's successful inauguration of this program,
students of publishing and information science, and early-career
publishing professionals in the first three years of employment,
are invited to apply for one of 10 grants. The awards will
support travel to and attendance at SSP's 29th Annual Meeting and
membership for 2007.

Successful applicants will be granted free registration at the
Annual Meeting and will be eligible for reimbursement of up to
$1,000 for travel and lodging expenses incurred to attend the
meeting. Applications must be completed online. The application
deadline is March 17, 2007. Grant awardees will be selected and
notified by March 31, 2007.

The SSP Board has developed several supporting programs that will
help grant awardees optimize their experience. Awardees will be
paired with mentors who hold senior management positions within
SSP member organizations. Mentors will help grantees plug into
the educational and networking opportunities available at the
Annual Meeting.  Additionally, the meeting program will offer
several opportunities designed to engage those who are relatively
new to the industry.

SSP is a dynamic membership organization, working to advance the
development of members through education and networking.

(Ms.) October Ivins, MLS
Society for Scholarly Publishing, Board and
 =09Chair, Marketing Committee
Ivins eContent Solutions
telephone 781-793-9283 (EST)
october.ivins@mindspring.com
www.sspnet.org