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Ann Okerson presented a report on the SCOAP3 project and its current activities.
SCOAP3 is the first project to convert all of the peer-reviewed journals of a discipline to open [...]
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Charles Watkinson from Purdue University, moderator, introduced this session by noting that Open Access (OA) books are the next frontier in publishing. How different are they from journals? We need to develop our positions, but [...]
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Emily Gore, DPLA Director for Content, began by providing a brief outline of the background of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
The DPLA is our attempt [...]
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Leila Salisbury, Director of the University Press of Mississippi, introduced this panel of two university press directors.
She noted that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the Association of American University Presses (AAUP). The vast [...]
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The e-book market is significantly expanding, but how is it affecting usage of printed book collections. For example, when the same book is available in both print and electronic form to the same audience, is [...]
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One of the best sessions was this humorous and highly insightful one with university provosts. Many librarians probably don’t know what provosts do, and may only see them very occasionally at administrative meetings. They may [...]
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