[Dspace-general] ELPUB 2008 Announcement

[Rea Devakos]

Hi everyone

I've attended this conference in the past - it is an interesting mix of 
librarians, academic publishers, researchers and programmers.

It is usually held in Europe - indeed this is the 1st N Am conference.

Apologies for cross posting.

rea

ELPUB 2008 Open Scholarship: Authority, Community and Sustainability in 
the Age of Web 2.0

Registration for the conference, to be held in Toronto June 25-27 2008 
is now open. To find out more about the meeting, to register, or to 
learn about accommodations and travel options, please visit our website 
at:    http://www.elpub.net

ELPUB has a reputation for providing a relaxed yet stimulating venue for
discussion on diverse aspects of scholarly communications and 
publishing. In order to keep with past ELPUB tradition, conference 
enrollment is limited to 200 individuals (including speakers). We 
encourage you to register online as soon as possible to avoid 
disappointment.

*Early bird fee is closed on April 30th, 2008.*

We look forward to welcoming you to Toronto this June!

About ELPUB 2008:
Scholarly communications, and in particular scholarly publications, are
undergoing tremendous changes. Researchers, universities, funding 
bodies, research libraries and publishers are responding in different 
ways, from active experimentation with new models and adaptation of 
existing practices, to strong resistance or rejection of new 
communication methods. ELPUB 2008 will focus on a number of key issues 
surrounding the future of scholarly communications that arise as a 
result of the intersection of semantic web technologies, the development 
of cyberinfrastructure for the humanities and the sciences, and new 
dissemination channels and business models.

The three-day event will begin with a full day of technical workshops. 
The following two days will feature contributed papers examining a broad 
range of technical, conceptual, policy, and financial aspects of 
scholarly communication. Poster presentations and demonstrations of new 
publishing and research tools will form part of the program. A plenary 
session on funding and access policies for publicly funded research, and 
a special session on open access developments in transitional and 
developing countries will round out the program. The conference will 
begin and end with special keynotes by John Willinsky and Stevan Harnad.

The final agenda for the conference will be available online in late 
March,after the peer-review of submitted papers has been completed and 
acceptances have been confirmed.

For further inquiries, please email elpub2008 at elpub.net or
chan at utsc.utoronto.ca


Leslie Chan            Susanna Mornati
General Chair          Program Chair

ELPUB 2008   http://www.elpub.net