Science Publishing Alternatives: A Forum

Electronic publishing and the Internet are changing the face of scientific communication, raising questions about the publication of scientific research results. Access to the scientific record is also an issue of considerable discussion in the scientific community and the libraries that serve it. Some of the questions being asked are:

To explore these and related questions, Johns Hopkins University Libraries sponsored a Forum on Publishing Alternatives in Science on October 1, 2001 from 2pm to 4pm in the West Lecture Hall of the Wood Basic Science Building. The following individuals participated:

James Neal (Audio File)
Vice President of Information Services & University Librarian
Columbia University
Moderator

Professor David E. Schulenburger(Audio File)
Provost
University of Kansas
Keynote Speaker
The Crisis of Scholarly Publishing

PANEL:

 

Barbara Starfield (Audio File)
Professor, University Distinguished Service Professor, Health Policy & Management, Professor, Population & Family Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Professor, Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

Jonathan Bagger (Audio File)
Professor, Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, Kennedy Krieger School of Arts & Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
Stephen Desiderio (Audio File)
Professor, Molecular Biology & Genetics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University and Associate Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Press Coverage of Forum

Information about and discussion of these issues can be found on the sites listed below.

Advocacy & Issue Focused Organizations & Initiatives

Publishers / Publishing / Archiving