ALA Midwinter 2002: SPARC/ACRL Forum
Academic Institutions Transforming Scholarly Communications
Saturday, January 19, 2002 9:30-11:00 am

This session illustrated for SPARC members and librarians interested in scholarly communication the variety of ways that academic institutions are transforming the scholarly communication process. The session included practical solutions and ideas for academic institutions contemplating next steps in this area. The meeting began with presentations from the panel:

1. Ken Frazier
   Welcome and introduction

2. Eric F. Van de Velde
   Digital Collections at Caltech
   Director of Library Information Technology
   California Institute of Technology

3. Catherine Candee
   Electronic Publishing Initiatives in Academic Environments
   Director, Scholarly Communication Initiatives
   California Digital Library

4. David Cohn
   The Role of the Scientist in Academic Publishing
   Managing Editor,
   Journal of Machine Learning Research