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color=#000000 size=3><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000080 size=2>SPARC e ACRL hanno
reso disponibili le interviste ai top executive di PLoS, BioMed Central e
Hindawi sul tema della sostenibilita' dei modelli OA realizzate nell'ambito del
15th SPARC-ACRL Forum on Emerging Issues in Scholarly Communication del 23
giugno scorso.<BR><BR>Tra gli speakers, Mark Patterson, director of publishing
di Public Library of Science (PLoS); Bryan Vickery, deputy publisher
per<BR>BioMed Central e Editorial Director di Chemistry Central; Paul
Peters,<BR>director of business development di Hindawi Publishing
Corporation.<BR><BR>Moderava la sessione Alma Swan, Key Perspectives
Ltd.<BR><BR>Le interviste offrono un'analisi approfondita sui modelli economici
adottati dai tre editori e un confronto su una serie di aspetti inclusi Impact
Factor, nuovi modelli e modelli tradizionali, basi per la determinazione delle
publication fees, ruolo della membership istituzionale nel modello
economico.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000080 size=2>Podcast e slides
dell'evento sono disponibili sul sito<BR></FONT><</FONT><A
href="http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/ala07"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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color=#000080 size=2>Di seguito il messaggio apparso su
Lib-licence<BR><BR>Benedetta Alosi</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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color=#000000 size=3><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000080 size=2>Benedetta
Alosi<BR>Centro di Ateneo per le Biblioteche<BR>Sistema Bibliotecario di
Ateneo<BR>Universita' degli Studi di Messina<BR>Via dei verdi, 65 - 98123
Messina</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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color=#000000 size=3>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Jennifer McLennan"
<</FONT><A href="mailto:jennifer@arl.org"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>jennifer@arl.org</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000
size=3>><BR>To: <</FONT><A href="mailto:liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>><BR>Sent: Wednesday, November
07, 2007 12:22 AM<BR>Subject: SPARC & ACRL release materials re. progress of
OA journal<BR>publishing<BR><BR><BR>> For Immediate Release<BR>> November
6, 2007<BR>><BR>> SPARC and ACRL release materials on the progress of open
access<BR>> journal publishing<BR>><BR>> WASHINGTON, DC & CHICAGO -
NOVEMBER 6, 2007 - SPARC (The<BR>> Scholarly Publishing and Academic
Resources Coalition) and the<BR>> Association of College and Research
Libraries (ACRL), have<BR>> released interviews and analysis exploring in
depth the views of<BR>> three major open access publishers on the challenges
of<BR>> sustainability. The materials were produced in conjunction
with<BR>> the 15th SPARC-ACRL Forum on Emerging Issues in Scholarly<BR>>
Communication, which took place on June 23, 2007.<BR>><BR>> The Forum,
which is held at every meeting of the American Library<BR>> Association,
offered participants the opportunity to engage in<BR>> conversation with top
executives from the three organizations.<BR>> Speakers included Mark
Patterson, director of publishing for the<BR>> Public Library of Science;
Bryan Vickery, deputy publisher for<BR>> BioMed Central and Editorial
Director for Chemistry Central; and<BR>> Paul Peters, director of business
development for Hindawi<BR>> Publishing Corporation. Alma Swan of Key
Perspectives Ltd.,<BR>> moderated the session. Podcasts and slides from the
event are now<BR>> available at <</FONT><A
href="http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/ala07"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/ala07</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>>.<BR>><BR>> The new
materials offer a deeper level of insight into the three<BR>> publishers'
business models and include:<BR>><BR>> *
Interviews (in podcast and written formats) with each<BR>> executive
exploring each organization's approach in
detail.<BR>><BR>> * A matrix comparison of
the publishers' views on 11 aspects<BR>> of maintaining their operations,
including: the financial<BR>> viability of the company; the basis for
charging publication<BR>> fees; new and traditional impact factors; and the
role of<BR>> institutional memberships in the business model.<BR>><BR>>
These tools for campus outreach were produced for SPARC and ACRL<BR>> by Alma
Swan of Key Perspectives Ltd. and may be downloaded<BR>> through
<</FONT><A href="http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/ala07"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/ala07</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>>.<BR>><BR>> For more
information, visit the SPARC Web site at<BR>> <</FONT><A
href="http://www.arl.org/sparc/forum"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.arl.org/sparc/forum</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000 size=3>> or the ACRL Web site at<BR>><BR><</FONT><A
href="http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/scholarlycomm/scholarlycommunication"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/scholarlycomm/scholarlycommunication</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>.cfm>.<BR>><BR>>
Contacts:<BR>><BR>> Kara Malenfant<BR>> ACRL<BR>> </FONT><A
href="mailto:kmalenfant@ala.org"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>kmalenfant@ala.org</FONT></A><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000 size=3>> (312) 280-2510<BR>><BR>> Jennifer
McLennan<BR>> SPARC<BR>> </FONT><A href="mailto:jennifer@arl.org"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>jennifer@arl.org</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>> (202) 296-2296
x121<BR>><BR>> ##<BR>><BR>> SPARC<BR>><BR>> SPARC (Scholarly
Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition),<BR>> with SPARC Europe and
SPARC Japan, is an international alliance<BR>> of more than 800 academic and
research libraries working to<BR>> create a more open system of scholarly
communication. SPARC's<BR>> advocacy, educational and publisher partnership
programs<BR>> encourage expanded dissemination of research. SPARC is on the
Web<BR>> at <</FONT><A href="http://www.arl.org/sparc/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://www.arl.org/sparc/</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000
size=3>>.<BR>></FONT><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>