2nd PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference, July 8-10, 2009,

[Heather Morrison <heatherm@eln.bc.ca>]

**	with apologies for duplication	**

Quick link to 2nd International PKP Scholarly Publishing 
Conference Website: http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2009

SECOND INTERNATIONAL PKP SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING CONFERENCE
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT

The Public Knowledge Project is pleased to announce that the 
second international PKP conference will be held from July 8 - 
10, 2009 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The first PKP 
conference was an overwhelming success with presentations and 
participants from around the world.  A selected set of conference 
papers was subsequently published in the October 2007 issue of 
First Monday.

The conference will appeal not just to members of the PKP 
community, but to anyone interested in trends and developments 
for scholarly publishing and communication.  There will be a wide 
range of topical sessions on new reading and publishing 
technologies; open access initiatives; alternative publishing and 
funding models; national and international collaborative 
projects;  new roles and partnerships for libraries, scholarly 
publishers and others; and sustainability for open access 
publishing and open source software.  Prospective and first time 
users of OJS and other PKP software will be able to learn more 
about the systems and establish contacts with the PKP community. 
Experienced implementers, developers, and system administrators 
will have an opportunity to participate in technical sessions and 
exchange information.

The conference will commence with an opening keynote session on 
the evening of July 8 convened by John Willinsky, the founder of 
the Public Knowledge Project.  There will be several 
pre-conference workshops on July 8, and the main conference 
program will present a combination of concurrent and single track 
sessions during on July 9 and 10.  The conference will conclude 
with three special symposia on community and network building 
intended for each of the core PKP constituents:  journal editors 
and publishers; librarians; and software developers.

The conference will be hosted at Simon Fraser University's 
downtown campus and will be adjacent to a wide range of 
accommodations, restaurants, and other popular tourist 
destinations.  Please mark the July 8 - 10 dates on your 2009 
calendars. The PKP partners look forward to welcoming you to the 
second PKP conference. Session proposals will be accepted until 
January 15, 2009 and conference registration opens October 15, 
2008. For more information, please visit the conference web site: 
http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/ index.php/pkp2009

The Public Knowledge Project is a federally funded research 
initiative at Simon Fraser University, Stanford University, and 
the University of British Columbia.  It seeks to improve the 
scholarly and public quality of academic research through the 
development of innovative online environments. PKP has developed 
free, open source software for the management, publishing, and 
indexing of journals and current conferences. The PKP software 
suite is comprised of three modules in production: Open Archives 
Harvester, Open Journal Systems, and Open Conference Systems, and 
two in development: Lemon8-XML and Open Monograph Press.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Public Knowledge Project is pleased to announce that the 
second international PKP conference will be held from July 8 - 
10, 2009 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The first PKP 
conference was an overwhelming success with presentations and 
participants from around the world.  A selected set of conference 
papers was subsequently published in the October 2007 issue of 
First Monday.

The conference will consist of a mixture of plenary talks and 
parallel conference streams intended for the following groups:

-       journal editors and publishers
-       researchers in scholarly publishing
-       librarians and information specialists
-       open source software developers and system administrators

Papers and presentation proposals that address one or more of the 
following topics are especially encouraged:

- New reading and publishing technologies, e.g. integration of 
Web 2.0 features;

- Open access initiatives;

- Alternative publishing and funding models;

- National and international collaborative projects;

- New roles and partnerships for libraries, scholarly publishers, 
and others;

- Sustainability for open access publishing and open source 
software.

Parallel sessions will each be up to 1 hour in length.  They may 
consist of a workshop, a case study, a research report, a set of 
3 presentations on a single theme, a panel discussion as well as 
other options.

Proposals for papers or presentations should be submitted by 
January 15, 2009, using the submission guidelines and form 
available at http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2009/

Heather Morrison, MLIS
Second International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference Planning Team
heatherm@eln.bc.ca
778-782-7001