ACRL/ARL Institute on Scholarly Communication

ACRL seeks applicants for the first Scholarly Communication Institute, co-sponsored with the Association for Research Libraries, to be held in Los Angeles, July 12-14, 2006. The deadline for application is March 1, 2006. Acceptance to the Scholarly Communication program is limited to 100 individuals, and selection is on a competitive basis. Read details about the program as well as the online application form and instructions. FAQ

Participants will work with experts in the field to understand how to better engage faculty at their institution around the crisis in the systems of scholarly communication. You will also learn about the emergence of new models for scholarly communication as well as strategies for creating systemic change. These will include:

* Faculty activism (e.g. editorial board control, author rights, copyright management, and self-archiving)
* New publishing models
* Digital repositories
* Legislative and policy advocacy

Institute planners are committed to creating an experience that allows people with varied expertise to explore scholarly communications issues together. The goal is to have the cohort represent a wide range of professional backgrounds, types and sizes of institutions, and roles within the institutions. Examples of institutional roles include:

* Librarians who work directly with faculty members on campus
* Library administrators
* College and university faculty and administrators
* Those responsible for Digital Repositories
* Librarians with collection development responsibilities.

Source: Open Access News Blog (12 Feb 2006) [FullText]