For immediate release:
March 12, 2008
For more information, contact:
Karla Hahn, ARL
202-296-2296
karla@arl.org
Jennifer McLennan, SPARC
202-296-2296 ext. 121
jennifer@arl.org
Washington DC—The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), along with the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) and the Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA), are co-sponsoring a live chat session on the newly mandatory NIH Public Access Policy. The session is the first in a new chat series, ACRL OnPoint, offered by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).
The chat session will be held March 27, 2008, starting at 2:00 p.m. EDT. It will be unmoderated and 30–45 minutes in length.
This informal chat session will provide the opportunity to connect with colleagues and experts to discuss how libraries are leveraging the new NIH policy on campus. ACRL Scholarly Communication Committee member Karen Williams and AAHSL President Linda Watson will convene the session. Join them to discuss actions your library is taking or could take, such as educating authors, offering deposit services, and partnering with your office of sponsored research.
The chat is free and open to the public. While no registration is necessary to participate, ACRL recommends creating a quick and easy Meebo chat room account for the best experience while participating in ACRL OnPoint discussions.
For more details, visit http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/OnPoint/onpoint.cfm.
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 123 research libraries in North America. Its mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is located on the Web at http://www.arl.org/.
SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), with SPARC Europe and SPARC Japan, is an international alliance of more than 800 academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication. SPARC’s advocacy, educational and publisher partnership programs encourage expanded dissemination of research. SPARC is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/sparc/.