Program for Thursday, May 4, 2006

CONVOCATION OF MEMBER SOCIETY EDITORS ON THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF SOCIETY JOURNALS - AMERICAN CENTER FOR PHYSICS, COLLEGE PARK MD

HISTORY - DON LEVY, Chair

Opening Remarks - Marc Brodsky, American Institute of Physics 10:30 am
History & Future of the Society Journal - John Cox, John Cox Associates 10:35 am
Differences between Commercial & Society Publishing - Brian Crawford, American Chemical Society 11:15 am
PROLA: How a Step Back was a Step Forward - Martin Blume, American Physical Society 11:45 am
Bibliometric View of Trends in Science Publishing/International Trends - Mary Van Allen, Thomson Scientific 12:05 pm
Lunch 12:30 pm

NEW MODELS OF PUBLISHING: Robert Milkey, CHAIR

Why us? Why now? What next? - Paul Ginsparg, Cornell University 1:30 pm
Data and Journals: What Do Readers Need? - Michael Kurtz, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 2:10 pm
Institutional Repositories - Bernard Rous, Association of Computing Machinery 2:40 pm
Break 3:10 pm

Open Access: What Society Editors Should Know - Michael Duncan, CHAIR, Heather Joseph, SPARC

3:30 pm
Moderated Panel Discussion with audience participation 4:00 pm
Wrap up - Marc Brodsky 4:55 pm

ARTIST’S RECEPTION

Opening of Patrick Hughes Exhibition British artist famous for his works using optical principles of reverse perspective Hors d’oeuvres and drinks.

 

5:00 pm