Open Research:
3rd London Conference on Opening Access to Research Publications
http://www.sherpa-leap.ac.uk/conference.html
SHERPA-LEAP London Eprints Access Project
Date: Monday 11 June 2007, 13.00 - 16.30
Venue: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS, University of London,
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1
Audience: Academic and research active staff
Admission: free, but booking is essential (please see below for details)
The conference will address a range of themes relating to Open Access,
including perspectives from researchers, publishers and funders. (see
programme)
http://www.sherpa-leap.ac.uk/documents/programme07.pdf
Confirmed speakers and conference topics include:
Dr Alma Swan, Director, Key Perspectives, UK
The present Open Access landscape and what might be over the horizon
Dr David Prosser, Director, SPARC Europe, UK
Repositories and research publications: policies and politics
Dr Frank Scholze, Stuttgart University, Germany
Metrics in an Open Access environment: an infrastructure for collecting
and aggregating usage data
Dr Astrid Wissenburg, Director of Information and Communication,
Economic and Social Research Council, UK
The UK Research Councils and access to scholarly publications
Nick Evans, Chief Operating Officer, Association of Learned and
Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)
Institutional Repositories and Open Access - a threat to society
publishers or an opportunity?
The Conference will be chaired by Professor Nicholas Mann, Dean of the
School of Advanced Study, University of London.
There will also be an opportunity for discussion and to put questions
before the panel of speakers.
A light lunch will be provided from 1pm, with the conference starting at
1.50pm.
Booking: CLOSED. If you would like to attend, please contact the
SHERPA-LEAP Project Officer: r.stockley -- ucl.ac.uk
Received on Sat Jun 09 2007 - 17:32:03 BST