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• (2005-06-09) Webcast: Tune In to June 15 Seminar on Google's Digitization Project
  Topic: Google’s Library Digitization Project: Reports from Michigan and Oxford
  Date: June 15, 2005
  Time: 1:00 p.m. EDT (12:00 p.m. CDT, 11:00 a.m. MDT, 10:00 a.m. PDT)
  Duration: 1 hour
  Late last year, five major libraries: Harvard, the University of Michigan, the New York Public Library, the University of Oxford, and Stanford University each negotiated an agreement with Google to embark on a massive digitization project. The Google project holds out the promise of online full-text searching and expanded digital access for tens of millions of volumes and envisions not only a major change in the way library resources are delivered to patrons, but an important shift in digital technologies and culture.
  
  Attend this seminar to hear from two of the participating libraries and learn about their history, plans, and dreams for the project.
  

• (2005-04-15) April 15th Forum on Scholarly Publishing
  You are invited to join Dr. Wanda Howell, Faculty Senate Chair, and UA faculty serving as editors of scholarly journals for a discussion of the implications of the changing world of scholarly publishing. Topics will include the issues and challenges faced by junior faculty looking to publish their research results, how faculty can encourage a transition to sustainable scholarly journals, and the future of alternative publishing models.

  Forum on Scholarly Publishing
  Moderated by Dr. Wanda Howell, Faculty Senate Chair
  Date: Friday, April 15, 2005
  Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Lunch will be provided)
  Location: The University of Arizona Library, Special Collections Conference Room
  Sponsor: The University of Arizona Library, Scholarly Communications Team
  
  (Special Collections is adjacent to the UA Main Library on the corner of University Boulevard and Cherry Avenue on the UA campus. See its location in the campus map.

  RSVP with Elizabeth Saxe at (520) 626-3025 or saxee@u.library.arizona.edu by April 8.

• (2005-03-10) ACRL live webcast: "Google, digital repositories and distance education and YOU"
  on Thursday, March 10, 11:00 am at SEL308. This Webcast features a real-time conversation between Clifford A. Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information, and Michael A. Keller, University Librarian, Director of Academic Information Resources, Publisher of HighWire Press, and Publisher of the Stanford University Press, at Stanford University. The live Web cast will be held on Thursday, March 10, 2005, at 1:00 p.m. EST (lasting until approx. 2:00 p.m.).
  
  Lynch and Keller will discuss issues that keep librarians up at night including: googlization, digital repositories, distance education, and privacy. The participants will have the opportunity to query Keller and Lynch. The session will be moderated by Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Consulting Research Scientist, Office of Research, OCLC, Inc.
• (2005-02-18) SLA webcast: "Initiatives for Change: Digital Access, Sharing & Intellectual Property" by MacKenzie Smith, Associate Director for Technology at the MIT Libraries - Friday, February 18 11:30-1:00.
• (2005-01-21) SLA webcast: "Open Access: Implications and Cost Models" by David Stern, Director of Science Libraries and Information Services at Yale University.
• (2004-12-08)The DVD Making Copyright Work for Your Library was broadcast as part of the College of DuPage's 2004-05 teleconference series on December 6th and 8th. Please contact Yan for checkout.
• (2004-05-28) RL/OLMS Webcast Institutional Repositories: Revealing Our Strengths Cosponsored by SPARC and CARL Thursday, June 10, 2004, 12 noon-1:30 p.m. Pacific, and re-show Friday, June 18, 2004, 12 - 1:30PM. (Webcast Power point file )

  Institutional repositories (IRs) represent a rapidly growing movement in scholarly communication to collect, preserve, and provide access to the digital resources of scholarly research. In this live, interactive Web presentation you will learn more about IRs and their increasing importance to scholarly communication. By providing you with direct access to hands-on experts, this Webcast gives library staff, campus faculty, and administrators an opportunity to explore this topic in a shared learning environment.

  Rick Johnson, SPARC Enterprise Director, will begin this session with an introduction to the Webcast, followed by three panelists who will discuss institutional repositories' benefits, uses, and users. In addition, the panelists will address concerns and answer viewer questions as a means to begin or further discussion on campuses.

  Panelists
  * Susan Gibbons, Assistant Dean for Public Services & Collection Development, University of Rochester, River Campus Libraries
  * Daniel Greenstein, Associate Vice Provost for Scholarly Information, University Librarian for Systemwide Library Planning and the California Digital Library (CDL)
  * Kathleen Shearer, Research Associate, Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL)

• (2004-04-29) Library Resources Spending Reductions 2004-2005
• (2004-04-23) Dr. Pitts, chair of the UC faculty senate, spoke "Shaping the Future of Scholarly Communication at the University of California" . The presentation is available online.
• (2004-04-05) The ALPSP Principles of Scholarship-Friendly Journal Publishing Practice.
• (Feb 25, 2004) A webcast was held on Feb 17, 2004 at AllIS meeting. 13 librarians attended (not counting Scholarly Communication Team).
  The webcast title is "Scholarly Communication: Taking Stock, Charting Next Steps", which is in four parts. Presentation #2 slides Changing the Market and Policy Environment are available by James Neal.
• (Feb 5, 2004) "Changes at the Journal of Algorithms": the entire editorial board ultimately decided to resign from the Journal of Algorithms (owned by Reed Elsevier) in favor of launching a new journal to be called ACM Transactions on Algorithms. On January 21, 2004, the ACM Publications Board approved a proposal for a new journal dedicated to Algorithms, ACM Transactions on Algorithms(TALG). TALG's editorial board is the editorial board that resigned from the Journal of Algorithms. The three Editors of JALG, Zvi Galil, David Johnson and Don Knuth, are members of the new editorial board.
• (Jan 28, 2004) The Scholarly Communication Team had conversation with new librarians at the University of Arizona Library during the lunch time. 100% of new librarians will receive basic information about copyright and scholarly communication within six months of hire.
• (Jan 23, 2004) The Science-Engineering Team has graciously made this open to the rest of the Library.The Science-Engineering Team will be meeting with Alan Newell, a founding editor of Physica D, a Reed Elsevier journal, next Thursday, Jan. 29 from 1-2 pm. Dr. Newell would be interested in hearing from librarians about how we are managing increasing serials prices and suggestions for editorial boards on how to respond to publishers regarding pricing and open access in order to be more responsive to the research community. Please join SET and Dr. Newell for a wide-ranging discussion about scholarly communication issues next Thurs. Jan 29, 1-2 pm, Special Collections Conference Room, SC205.
• (Jan 8, 2004) Challenges for Chemists, Chemistry, and the ACS.
• (Dec 25, 2003) The redesigned Scholarly Communication website is going to be launched on December 25, 2003.