With the sponsoring I see for this event, my euphemistic feelings is that there seems to be strong conflicts of interest for the scholar on the program. Interesting. Laurent
Le 16 nov. 2012 à 18:04, Stevan Harnad a écrit : > > If there was any residual doubt as to the degree to which the Finch policy > recommendations are dominated by and oriented toward the needs of the > publishing community and not the needs of the research community, here's an > announcement from Sage publications... > > SH > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Peter Suber <peter.su...@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 10:26 AM > Subject: [sparc-oaforum] Fwd: OA event - Academy of Social Sciences/ SAGE > To: SOAF post <sparc-oafo...@arl.org>, BOAI Forum post > <boai-fo...@ecs.soton.ac.uk> > > > [Forwarding with permission from Katie Baker at Sage Publications. --Peter > Suber.] > > Invitation to important conference on Open Access Publishing, 29 and 30 > November > > > > You are invited to a major two-day conference to look at how implementing the > Finch Review on Open Access Publishing will affect researchers and learned > societies in the arts, humanities and social sciences. > > > > Dame Janet Finch will co-chair the event, which takes place at the Royal > Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX on 29 and 30 November. > It is sponsored by the Times Higher Education magazine and the publishers > SAGE, Routledge, and Wiley Blackwell, > > > > The Academy of Social Sciences is running the event in the wake of questions > about the switch to open access. Non-science disciplines are unsure there > will be sufficient funding to pay for papers to be published in journals > under the new ‘gold option’ system, and learned societies are concerned that > their journal income will fall. > > > > The first day of the conference is for researchers, both within and outside > of universities, and senior university managers. It looks at the implications > of the review for individual academics, for the 2020 Research Excellence > Framework exercise, and for authors’ rights and intellectual property. > > > > Speakers include: Professor Dame Lynne Brindley, Member of AHRC Council and > former Chief Executive of the British Library; Professor Tim Blackman, Pro > Vice Chancellor, The Open University; Professor Robert Dingwall, who will > bring an independent perspective; Paul Hubbard, Head of Research Policy, > HEFCE; Maureen Duffy, President of Honour, British Copyright Council; > Professor Charlotte Waelde, Professor of Intellectual Property, Law, > University of Exeter; and Jude England, Head of Social Sciences, The British > Library. > > > > The second day is for senior managers of learned societies and is chaired by > Professor Martin Hall, Vice-Chancellor, University of Salford, a member of > the Finch Committee. It looks at the implications of the review for journals > and the business models of learned societies in the UK and US. > > > > It includes a panel discussion on the future of journals with senior managers > at Routledge, SAGE and Wiley Blackwell. Other speakers include Sally Hardy, > Chief Executive of the Regional Studies Association; Professor Stephen > Bailey, Professor of Public Law, University of Nottingham; Dr Rita Gardner, > Director of the Royal Geographical Society; and Dr Felice J Levine, Executive > Director, American Educational Research Association. > > > > For more details of the event, see: www.acss.org.uk > > > > To book a free place, please contact Tony Trueman, Academy Press Officer, at > t.true...@acss.org.uk or on 07964 023392. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "SPARC OA Forum" group. > To post to this group, send email to sparc-oafo...@arl.org > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > sparc-oaforum+unsubscr...@arl.org > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/a/arl.org/group/sparc-oaforum > > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > GOAL@eprints.org > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal Laurent Romary INRIA & HUB-IDSL laurent.rom...@inria.fr
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