[Sigdl-l] Public Access to Government-Sponsored Research

[James King]

Public Access to Government-Sponsored Research Renaissance Mayflower, State
Room 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
 
Join us as we explore the 'comparative advantage' that the Federal
Government holds in the Open Access debate.  James King, Chief Librarian of
the Naval Research Laboratory, will lead a well-rounded panel discussion
through the history, issues, legislative efforts, and opportunities related
to Open Access and US Federal Government-sponsored research.  Specifically,
we have Heather Joseph, formerly of BioOne and currently the Executive
Director of SPARC (Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition), who
will discuss her group's advocacy efforts related to Open Access and the
Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006.  The second speaker is Michael
Mabe, formerly VP at Elsevier and currently CEO of the International
Association of STM Publishers (with membership representing nearly all major
society and commercial publishers), who will present the commercial and
society publisher perspective on the Open Access debate including the
Brussels Declaration opposed to many of the tenants of Open Access. Our
final speaker is Dr. Neil Thakur, the point person for the National
Institutes of Health Public Access policy who will share the NIH perspective
in this debate and their progress to date. 

This event is part of the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC
[http://www.ala.org/annual] and will take place in the State Room of the
Renaissance Mayflower from 1:30-3:30pm.  This event is being sponsored
jointly by the ALA Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table (FAFLRT)
and the Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC).  Please
direct question to James King, event coordinator, at james.king at nrl.navy.mil
or 202-767-2357.

-James

R. James King, MLS
Chief Librarian
Naval Research Laboratory
Ruth H. Hooker Research Library
"NRL Partner in Research" for over 80 years!

james.king at nrl.navy.mil
(202) 767-2357