AAP/PSP Seminar Announcement

Posted on behalf of the Professional and Scholarly
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Division of the Association of American Publishers
(AAP/PSP)

A new seminar from the AAP/PSP Journals Committee:

Making the Cut:
How Librarians Apply Metrics and Other Factors in Evaluating
their Journals
Collections
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Association of American Publishers
71 Fifth Avenue (between 14th & 15th Streets)
New York, NY

Librarians need to prioritize when making title selections.
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are many tools and methods, as we know; but which are the
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effective in reaching librarians and finally our readers? 
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us and hear firsthand from several librarians on the=20
measurements, the metrics, and to what extent these various
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are used.

If you want the answers to the following questions and
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then this seminar is for you:

-Who makes the selection, who is involved in the process and
to what
  extent?
-Is cost the determining factor?
-How heavily do librarians rely on ISI=E2=80=99s impact
factors?
-How heavily do librarians rely on COUNTER statistics?
-To what extent is aggregated online hosting a determining
factor?
-To what extent does bundling and consortia packaging affect
decisions?
-Do processes vary based on discipline?
-Are there other determining factors the publisher should
think about?

This will be an interactive session, so bring your questions
for the
panelists.

Speakers: Madeleine Cohen, Assistant Director for
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Resources, The New York Public Library - Science, Industry
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Business Library Nan Hyland, Collections Coordinator,
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Library, Cornell University Amy Lewontin, Collection
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Librarian, Snell Library, Northeastern Juliette
O=E2=80=99Neil Arnheim,=20
Chemistry Librarian, Princeton University A. Ben Wagner,
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Librarian, University at Buffalo

For more information or to register, please contact:

Sara Firestone
Association of American Publishers
71 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003-3004
Email: sfirestonepublishers.org
Phone: (212) 255-0200
Fax: (212) 255-7007
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