Ray English lectures on Scholarly Communication March 21 at John Carroll Univ, NORASIST get

ASIST and SLA Colleagues,

Ray English, Director of Libraries at Oberlin College will
speak March 21 at
John Carroll University. His lecture, Scholarly
Communication, Strategies
for Change, is at 7 p.m. Details are below. 

NORASIST members and friends are invited for an informal
professional
get-together at 5:30 p.m. at Pizzazz, on the edge of the JCU
campus. Please
drop me an e-mail if you would like to be part of the
Pizzazz group, and I
will make a reservation. The menu there is pasta and pizza.
Directions to
Pizzazz:  http://ma
ps.citysearch.com/map/view/7997133
p.s. my spies at JCU tell me that Mapquest to the Pizzazz
address 20680
North Park Blvd 44118 is a good way to go straight to the
entrance of JCU.

Penny O'Connor
4534 Grayton Road, Cleveland OH 44135-2324
pjoearthlink.net
(216)676-4859 at home

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SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION,
STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE

A lecture presented by
Ray English, Azariah Smith Root Director of Libraries,
Oberlin College

Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
Muer Room, Grasselli Library
John Carroll University
20700 North Park Blvd University Heights OH 44118

*Why is it important for the academic community to exercise
greater control
of its scholarship?
*How does the current system of scholarly publishing erode
authors' rights?
*What are the alternatives for dissemination and
preservation of
scholarship?
*How can we ensure the retention of rights to the
intellectual property
created on our campuses?

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About Ray English:
*Director of Libraries, Oberlin College
*Named Academic/Research Librarian of 2006 by the
Association of College and

Research Libraries(ACRL)
*Chair of the ACRL  Scholarly Communications Committee
*Chair, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resource Coalition
Steering
Committee
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For directions to JCU and Grasselli Library, follow this
link:
http
://www.jcu.edu/library/location/location.htm

For additional information about the lecture by Ray
English,
contact Jeanne Somers, Director
Grasselli Library and Breen Learning Center
216-397-3053 - jsomersjcu.edu
Library phone number: 216-397-4233



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