From: Erin Gallagher <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 16:20:59 +0000

Dear Colleagues,

I thought you might be interested in sharing this call for papers with
other colleagues via e-mail or Facebook--or even better, submitting an
abstract yourself!  I’m guest editing this issue of Against the Grain;
details below.

Thanks,

Erin

***Please pardon any duplication***

Call for Papers:  Speak Up!--Communication between Academic Librarians
and Scholarly Publishers

I invite you to submit brief abstracts (1-2 paragraphs) prior to
September 4th, 2015 for the December/January 2015/2016 issue of
Against the Grain.

We are interested in a variety of perspectives and combinations of
perspectives.  Distributors, publishers, vendors, consultants, library
patrons, and library workers are encouraged to send your ideas to
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We’re particularly interested in:

·  best (or worst) practices from the library side and from the
scholarly publisher/vendor/provider side.  What works and what
doesn’t?  How did you arrive at these realizations?

· how do libraries take advantage of fruitful publisher relationships
to negotiate for better pricing/license terms/etc.?

· how relationships between libraries and publishers have evolved as a
result of models like evidence-based acquisition, demand-driven
acquisition, “big deal” packages, pay-per-view, etc.

· how librarians have adopted concrete policies or even created
specific positions in the library to deal with publisher
communications.

· how consortia handle publisher communications.

· perspectives on the future of library/publisher communications and
how we can improve even further.

Erin Gallagher
Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian
Olin Library
Rollins College
Winter Park, FL 32789
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