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Register for the faculty forum: Sustainable Models for Society Publications

An event especially for--but not exclusive to--faculty active in professional societies and publishing

The University of Minnesota Libraries present

Sustainable Models for Society Publications:
Faculty Talking to Faculty
Monday, April 25th • 2:00-4:00 p.m.
120 Elmer L. Andersen Library, University of Minnesota
Refreshments will be served

A. Townsend PetersonSpecial Guest Speaker, A. Townsend Peterson
University Distinguished Professor
Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center
The University of Kansas, Lawrence

Three faculty members from the University of Minnesota from across disciplines will participate in the forum. The panelists will give short presentations on their current societies and publishing models as well as serve as respondents to the special guest speaker's presentation.

The three faculty panelists include:

• Douglas Arnold, Professor of Mathematics, and President of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• Jean Wyman, Head of the School of Nursing, and Vice President of the American College of Nurse Midwives; President of the Midwest Nursing Research Association, the Western Journal of Nursing Research.
• Becky Yust, Head of the Department of Design Housing and Apparel, and Editor of Housing and Society, the journal of the Housing Education and Research Association

A recent trend with professional societies is to outsource publication functions to commercial publishers. A few challenges result from this trend -- Libraries with static budgets cannot afford the price increases that accompany the shift to commercial publishers, while societies may see increased revenue they are losing readership.

1. What options might societies, libraries, and commercial publishers consider to create a win-win situation for the dissemination of scholarly research and for the financial stability of professional associations?


2. How might libraries and societies keep access to the publications readily available?

Professional associations site publications as benefits of membership. Restricting access to society publications to members-only inhibits the option of the scholarly journals becoming part of the open access model for scholarly communications.

1. Are there other ways associations might manage their benefits packages that does not compromise readership?


2. Should societies keep their publications exclusive to members only?

Reserve your seat now!
(registration requested by Monday, April 18)

Posted by stemp003 at April 4, 2011 10:59 AM