From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]> How about communications between a university press and the library on the same campus, before and after a merger has occurred? Sandy Thatcher > 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 > [log in to unmask] > > 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 > [log in to unmask]