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For immediate release
April 7, 2008
For more information:
Jennifer McLennan
(202) 296-2296
jennifer @ xxxxxxx
SPARC ANNOUNCES NOVEMBER DIGITAL REPOSITORIES MEETING
Organizers put out call for presentation proposals
Washington, DC =AD April 7, 2008 =AD SPARC, in partnership with SPARC=20
Europe and SPARC Japan/National Institute of Informatics,=20
announces the SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2008, to be held=20
November 17-18, 2008 at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in=20
Baltimore, Maryland.
Coming on the heels of two groundbreaking developments - a recent=20
vote by Harvard=B9s Faculty of Arts and Sciences enabling the=20
university to offer access to their articles in an institutional=20
repository and implementation of a new National Institutes of=20
Health public access policy - the meeting will enable=20
stakeholders to explore next steps for the burgeoning open=20
archiving movement.
Librarians, researchers, funders, administrators, government=20
officials, publishers, and technologists from around the world=20
will share their experiences and best practices in building and=20
supporting institutional and disciplinary digital repositories.=20
The focus will be on effective engagement with scholars and=20
scientists to expand the sharing of research outputs via open=20
repositories.
The program, developed by a diverse and expert program committee,=20
will delve into four key areas: The Policy Environment, New=20
Horizons, Campus Publishing Strategies, and Value-Added Services.=20
These tracks will be supplemented with an Innovation Fair, where=20
new technologies, strategies, and approaches will be highlighted,=20
and a Practicum on marketing and advocacy.
The program committee invites proposals for presentations at the=20
November meeting. Visit the conference Web site at=20
http://www.arl.org/sparc/ir08/ for details on the program and how=20
to submit a proposal. The deadline for submissions is May 30,=20
2008.
Members of the 2008 Program Committee include: Jun Adachi (SPARC=20
Japan), Raym Crow (SPARC), Richard Fyffe (Grinnell College),=20
Susan Gibbons (University of Rochester), Melissa Hagemann (Open=20
Society Institute), Karla Hahn (Association of Research=20
Libraries), Bill Hubbard (SHERPA), Rick Johnson (SPARC), Michelle=20
Kimpton (DSpace Foundation), Norbert Lossau (Goettingen State and=20
University Library and DRIVER), Joyce Ogburn (University of=20
Utah), Terry Owen (University of Maryland, College Park),=20
Kathleen Shearer (Canadian Association of Research Libraries),=20
Alma Swan (Key Perspectives Ltd.), Sean Thomas (Massachusetts=20
Institute of Technology), Susan Veldsman (eIFL), and Charles=20
Watkinson (The American School of Classical Studies at Athens).
This is the first North American SPARC digital repositories=20
conference since the organization=B9s popular 2004 meeting, which=20
drew hundreds of participants from around the globe and set the=20
stage for some of the key developments of the past four years.
Registration will open in May. For more information, visit the=20
conference Web site at http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/ir08/.=20
Companies or organizations interested in conference sponsorship=20
opportunities should contact Jennifer McLennan at=20
jennifer @ xxxxxxx.
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SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition),=20
with SPARC Europe and SPARC Japan, is an international alliance=20
of more than 800 academic and research libraries working to=20
create a more open system of scholarly communication. SPARC's=20
advocacy, educational and publisher partnership programs=20
encourage expanded dissemination of research. SPARC is on the Web=20
at http://www.arl.org/sparc.
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