[Asis-l] Ray English lectures on Scholarly Communication March 21 at John Carroll Univ, NORASIST get-together before the talk

[Penny O'Connor]

ASIST and SLA Colleagues,

Ray English, Director of Libraries at Oberlin College will speak March 21 at
John Carroll University. His lecture, Scholarly Communication, Strategies
for Change, is at 7 p.m. Details are below. 

NORASIST members and friends are invited for an informal professional
get-together at 5:30 p.m. at Pizzazz, on the edge of the JCU campus. Please
drop me an e-mail if you would like to be part of the Pizzazz group, and I
will make a reservation. The menu there is pasta and pizza. Directions to
Pizzazz:  http://maps.citysearch.com/map/view/7997133
p.s. my spies at JCU tell me that Mapquest to the Pizzazz address 20680
North Park Blvd 44118 is a good way to go straight to the entrance of JCU.

Penny O'Connor
4534 Grayton Road, Cleveland OH 44135-2324
pjo at earthlink.net
(216)676-4859 at home

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SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION,
STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE

A lecture presented by
Ray English, Azariah Smith Root Director of Libraries, Oberlin College

Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
Muer Room, Grasselli Library
John Carroll University
20700 North Park Blvd University Heights OH 44118

*Why is it important for the academic community to exercise greater control
of its scholarship?
*How does the current system of scholarly publishing erode authors' rights?
*What are the alternatives for dissemination and preservation of
scholarship?
*How can we ensure the retention of rights to the intellectual property
created on our campuses?

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About Ray English:
*Director of Libraries, Oberlin College
*Named Academic/Research Librarian of 2006 by the Association of College and

Research Libraries(ACRL)
*Chair of the ACRL  Scholarly Communications Committee
*Chair, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resource Coalition Steering
Committee
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For directions to JCU and Grasselli Library, follow this link:
http://www.jcu.edu/library/location/location.htm

For additional information about the lecture by Ray English,
contact Jeanne Somers, Director
Grasselli Library and Breen Learning Center
216-397-3053 - jsomers at jcu.edu
Library phone number: 216-397-4233