From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:45:44 -0600 I am interested in the claim here that Latin America is "a region of the world that publishes almost exclusively in Open Access." Since I know that there are many book publishers in Latin America that operate in the way commercial publishers in the U.S. do, may I assume that this claim is being made about journal, not book, publishing? Sandy Thatcher > From: Karen Meijer-Kline <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:22:36 -0800 > > ***Apologies for cross-posting*** > > The Public Knowledge Project (PKP) and the National Autonomous > University of Mexico (UNAM) are pleased to announce the Fourth > International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference, which will be held > from August 19 - 21, 2013 in Mexico City, Mexico. > > This is the first time that the PKP Conference is being held in Latin > America, a region of the world that publishes almost exclusively in > Open Access. The conference will provide a unique opportunity for > exchange on innovative work in scholarly publishing, with a focus on > the contributions of open source technologies. We look forward to > hosting editors, publishers, librarians, researchers, developers, > content aggregators, and PKP's growing user community from around the > world. > > Previous International PKP Scholarly Publishing conferences have > brought together a remarkable array of presentations and participants > from around the world. We anticipate an equally valuable experience in > 2013. > > Proposals that address one or more of the following topics are > especially encouraged: > > * Reports on institutional, national, and regional open access > policies, initiatives, and projects; > > * Sustainability and alternative models for open access publishing; > > * Quality, impact, and reach of Open Access publications; > > * Open Access and higher education; > > * Interoperability and information systems; > > * New reading and publishing technologies. > > The conference will consist of a mixture of plenary presentations, > parallel conference sessions, brief "lightning talks," posters, > workshops, and an exhibitor's hall. Presentations are welcome in both > English and Spanish, with simultaneous translation available for some > of the plenaries. > > Invited speakers will deliver plenary sessions around conference > themes. Parallel sessions last up to two hours and will be a mixture > of regular 15-minute presentations and 5-minute "Lightning Talks". > Sessions may consist of a case study, a research report, a "big idea" > in publishing, outlining of a specific problem, as well as other > options. > > Proposals (500 word maximum) should be submitted by March 1, 2013, > using the submission guidelines and form available on our web site. > All proposals will be subject to peer-review and decision will be > announced no later than April 15, 2013. (For more information please > see http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2013/pkp2013/schedConf/cfp) > > If you have any questions, please contact the PKP Conference Director, > Juan Pablo Alperin at [log in to unmask] or Karen Meijer-Kline, at > [log in to unmask] > > Best regards, > Karen > > Karen Meijer-Kline, MA MLIS > Communications and Member Services Officer > Public Knowledge Project (PKP) > Simon Fraser University Library > Email: [log in to unmask] > Skype: kmeijerkline