SAGE ANNOUNCES WINNER OF ALPSP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TRAVEL GRANT

["Wrye, Ashley" <Ashley.Wrye@sagepub.com>]

SAGE ANNOUNCES WINNER OF ALPSP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TRAVEL 
GRANT

Los Angeles, CA (June 9th, 2011) - SAGE today announced that 
Patrick Carr has won the SAGE travel grant for a librarian at the 
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers 
(ALPSP) International conference 2011.

Patrick, Head of Electronic & Continuing Resource Acquisitions at 
Joyner Library, East Carolina University won the place by 
answering the question "Why should librarians be talking to 
publishers in 2011? with the following:

"To foster transformative and sustainable enhancements in patron 
services through dialogue, collaboration, and innovation"

Two runners up were also selected by the judging panel:

Sharon Duan, E-Content Advisor, Information Management and 
Innovation Library and Learning Resources Centre entered with:

"To influence and inform the publishing world, so that publishers 
and libraries are fully prepared to meet current and future"h 
scholarly needs"

Judith A. Koveleskie, Periodicals Librarian at Seton Hill 
University, Reeves Memorial Library entered with:

"They are partners in providing resources which are interesting, 
attractive, and credible to a world that is drowning in 
misinformation"

"We received 50 entries from librarians around the world, many of 
which touched on issues about collaboration, which was the key 
thing we hope this grant will facilitate," said Clive Parry, 
Global Marketing Director, SAGE. "We were delighted to see so 
much enthusiasm for greater connections between librarians and 
publishers in developing user-centric content delivery solutions 
for the future, and look forward to hearing Patrick's views from 
the conference."

The ALPSP conference takes place this year from 14-16th September 
at Heythrop Park near Oxford. The SAGE travel grant will provide 
Patrick Carr with a free place at the conference, including entry 
to the ALPSP awards dinner, plus costs towards his travel and 
accommodation.

On accepting his grant, Mr Carr said: "I am honoured by my 
receipt of the SAGE travel grant and am greatly looking forward 
to attendance at the ALPSP International Conference. Now is a 
time in which effective communication and partnership between the 
library and publishing communities is truly essential. I am 
excited to have the opportunity to participate in that discussion 
this September at the ALPSP International Conference."

For more information about the conference please visit: 
www.alpspconference.org<http://www.alpspconference.org>