lib-ir: New Scholarly Communication ListServ - SCHOLCOMM -- Begins February 24

[Barbara Jenkins <jenkins@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU>]

>Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 09:42:15 -0600
>From: Mary Ellen Davis <mdavis@ala.org>
>Subject: [ACRLEADS:2491] SCHOLCOMM -- Begins February 24
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>To meet the increasing interest in scholarly communication issues and to
>allow librarians and other interested parties to exchange opinions,
>views and news, the Association of College and Research Libraries is
>proud to announce the new listserv SCHOLCOMM.
>
>SCHOLCOMM is a discussion group that provides a forum for the
>examination and analysis of topics such as open access to scholarly
>information, new models of scholarly publishing, increasing journal
>prices, copyright law and policy, related technologies, and federal
>information law and policies that impact the access of scholars,
>students, and the general public to scholarly information. In addition
>to ongoing discussions of critical issues, the list will contain:
>
>· postings on upcoming conferences
>
>· calls for papers
>
>· legislative news announcements
>
>· other relevant material
>
>This listserv serves an audience of librarians, researchers, scholars,
>policy makers, and all who have a vested interest in the sharing of
>scholarly communication.
>
>To subscribe to SCHOLCOMM list,
>
>1) Go to the ALA web site by clicking on this link:
>
>    http://www.ala.org/membership
>
>    (If clicking doesn't work, "Cut" and "Paste" the line above into your
>
>    Web browser's address bar.)
>
>2) Click on ALA Lists and Discussion Groups
>
>3) If you are already registered within the ALA structure of listservs,
>simply log in and scroll down to SCHOLCOMM.  Click on SCHOLCOMM, and you
>will be registered for the list.
>
>    If you are not already registered, you will need to follow the
>directions to register for access to the entire site - a simple and
>familiar procedure.  Once registered, you can continue the directions in
>the paragraph above to register specifically for the SCHOLCOMM listserv.
>
>
>
>To send a message to the list, the address is:
>
>scholcomm@ala1.ala.org
>
>
>We look forward to hearing from you!  Discussions start on Monday,
>February 24, 2003.
>
>
>
>
>**********************************************
>Mary Ellen K. Davis
>Executive Director
>Association of College & Research Libraries
>ACRL/ALA
>50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611
>voice: 312-280-3248
>fax: 312-280-2520
>medavis@ala.org
>http://www.ala.org/acrl.html
>
>
>Register for ACRL's 11th National Conference
>"Learning to Make a Difference"
>Charlotte, NC
>April 10-13, 2003
>http://www.ala.org/acrl/charlotte/