151st ARL Membership Meeting
Washington DC
October 10–11, 2007

Meeting Overview

Program Session 1

Information, Knowledge, Authority, and Democracy [PDF]

Keynote address by Hunter R. Rawlings III, Professor & President Emeritus, Cornell University

ARL 75th Anniversary Gala Celebration

Reception and Dinner
Library of Congress
Great Hall, Jefferson Building

A Gala Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of ARL's Founding (1932–2007) [PDF booklet]

Photos

Program Session 2

Enabling E-Scholarship through National Centers for the Humanities & Social Sciences

Moderator: Catherine Murray-Rust, Colorado State University

Charles J. Henry, President, Council on Library and Information Resources

Clifford Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information

Program Session 3

The Responses of One Scientist and His Professional Society to Open Access [PDF]

Moderator: Marianne Gaunt, Rutgers University

Gary Ward, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, and Treasurer, American Society for Cell Biology

Program Session 4

The Future of University Publishing

Moderator: James Neal, Columbia University

The Ithaka Report: University Publishing in a Digital Age [PPS]
Laura Brown, consultant to Ithaka's Strategic Services Group

University Research Publishing or Distribution Strategies? [PDF]
David E. Shulenburger, Vice President, Academic Affairs, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges

Concurrent Topical Briefing Sessions Sponsored by Strategic Direction Steering Committees

Making the Shift to E-Only Publishing of Established Journals: Analysis of Barriers and Opportunities
Sponsored by Scholarly Communication Steering Committee

Moderator: James Neal, Columbia University

Background [PDF]

Judy Luther, President, Informed Strategies, and Rick Johnson, Senior Advisor, ARL

Assessing Blanket Licenses for the Research Library Community
Sponsored by Public Policies Steering Committee

Moderator: Winston Tabb, Johns Hopkins University

Background [PDF]

Nancy Eaton, Pennsylvania State University

Mark Haslett, University of Waterloo

Creating a Virtual Community for Interdisciplinary Research—VIVO
Sponsored by Research, Teaching, and Learning Steering Committee [PPS]

Moderator: Betsy Wilson, University of Washington

Background [PDF]

Janet McCue, Director of the Albert R. Mann Library and Associate University Librarian for Life Sciences at Cornell University

Concurrent Discussion Sessions

Organizational Climate and the Learning Organization [PPS]

Background [PDF]

Charles Lowry, University of Maryland

M. Sue Baughman, Assistant Dean for Organizational Development, University of Maryland

Organizing for the 21st-Century Library

Background [PDF]

Artemis Kirk, Georgetown University

Scholarly Publishing in ARL Libraries

Background [PDF]

Scholarly Publishing at Cornell University Library [PPS]
Anne Kenney, Cornell University

Scholarly Publishing: A Penn State Perspective [PPS]
Nancy Eaton, Penn State University

Carole Moore, University of Toronto

ARL Business Meeting

Sherrie Schmidt, ARL President and University Librarian, Arizona State University

Attendance List [PDF]