NASIG and the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) have announced a joint full-day program, 'Evolving Information Policies & Their Implications: A Conversation for Librarians & Publishers.' The program is scheduled for May 27, 2015, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, Virginia (DC) on the first day of each organisation's annual conference.
Attendees will learn about public policy issues ranging from open access, grant funder submission and publication requirements, management and preservation of data sets, to access for the print disabled, intellectual property, copyright law and fair use. Speakers will address the current status and speculate about potential developments, all with a view to helping attendees gain a better understanding of current information policy and its impact on our current and future roles.
Three expert speakers have been recruited to address these topics from the perspectives of the publishing, librarian and vendor communities that make up the core of the respective memberships. Jayne Marks, Vice President of Publishing, Wolters Kluwer will represent the publishing perspective. T. Scott Plutchak, formerly Director of the Lister Hill Library of Health Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and now Director, Digital Data Curation Strategy at the same institution, will address the librarian viewpoint. Caitlin Tresande, Head of Research Policy, Digital Science and Senior Strategy Editor for Nature will provide the vendor perspective.
In addition, two speakers who are intellectual property and copyright experts will share their knowledge and opinions. The entire day will have ample opportunities for audience questions and will conclude with a wrap up panel with all five speakers sharing their predictions and responding to questions.
Registration for the event will open on the websites of both organisations in March. NASIG offers no competing programming, but SSP will also offer preconference seminars on the same day.
