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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabeth Wallace Collections Librarian, Science & Technology Library and Winspear Business Library University of Alberta Libraries Edmonton, AB T6G 2J8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------