From: Elizabeth Wallace <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 13:08:46 -0700

*Apologies for cross posting*

The Publisher/Vendor Relations Discussion Group of the ACRL Science &
Technology Section invites you to join us at the 2016 ALA Midwinter Meeting
in Boston for:

The Rise of the Mega Journal: Is Bigger Better?

Sunday January 10th, 8:30am-10:00am, Boston Convention and Exhibition
Center, Room 156C

The mega journal: open access, peer-reviewed, and typically defined by a
very large number of papers published compared to other scholarly journals.
In recent years a number of commercial publishers, scholarly and
professional societies, and university presses have branched out into this
relatively new form of scholarly communication. Please join us for a timely
discussion on the origin of the mega journal, and where it fits within the
larger publishing landscape.

Panelists:

* Dr. Nandita Quaderi  Publishing Director, Open Research, Nature
Publishing Group

* Dr. Deborah Sweet  Editor and Publishing Director, Cell Press

* Dr. Jason Wilde  Chief Publishing Officer, American Institute of Physics

The panel moderator is Scott Warren, Associate Dean for Research and
Scholarship at Syracuse University Libraries

Larayne Dallas
Elizabeth Wallace
Co-Chairs, STS Publisher/Vendor Relations Discussion Group

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Elizabeth Wallace
Collections Librarian, Science & Technology Library
and Winspear Business Library
University of Alberta Libraries
Edmonton, AB T6G 2J8
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