From: Scott A Warren <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 21:35:59 +0000 For anyone attending ALA and interested in scholarly publishing, this session may be of interest (and in full disclosure, I’m the moderator). The Publisher/Vendor Relations Discussion Group of the ACRL Science & Technology Section invites you to join us at ALA Midwinter 2015 in Chicago for: Publishing and the Society Sunday February 1st, 8:30am – 10:00am, McCormick Place West, W176a Scholarly and professional societies play an essential role in STEM publishing and account for many of the world’s oldest academic publishing operations, predating most of their commercial counterparts. Please join us for a discussion of the unique role of the society publisher within the scholarly publishing environment, and the future challenges and opportunities they face. Panelists: · Robert Harington, Associate Executive Director, Publishing, American Mathematical Society · Stephen Hawthorne, Executive Director, Publishing, Royal Society of Chemistry · Stephen Moss, Chief Operating Officer, IOP Publishing · Mary Warner, Assistant Director of Publications, American Geophysical Union The panel moderator is Scott Warren, Interim Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship at Syracuse University Libraries. The PVRDG co-chairs who put the session together are Elizabeth Wallace, University of Alberta Libraries, & John Carey, Hunter College, CUNY) Please join us for a lively Sunday morning discussion. Thanks, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scott Warren Interim Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship Syracuse University Libraries E [log in to unmask]