The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced that the next SPARC-ACRL Forum, ‘Campus Open Access Funds: The State of Play’ will be held at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA, on June 23, 2012, from 4:00-5:30 pm in the Grand Ballroom South at the Disneyland Hotel.
Co-sponsored by SPARC and ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries), the popular semi-annual forum focuses on emerging issues in scholarly communication.
This Forum will explore the current status of campus-based funds designed to support publication in Open Access Journals.
Speakers will examine the latest developments in creating, implementing and administering this crucial resource. Presenters will include Sue Kriegsman, Program Manager for the Office for Scholarly Communication at Harvard University Library; Chuck Eckman, Librarian and Dean of Library Services at Simon Fraser University, and Andrew Waller, Librarian at University of Calgary.
