"Open-Access Journals: The future of academic publishing?"
Tuesday, May 3
Gary Muir, Psychology; Nelson Christensen, Physics, Carleton; Sam Demas, College Librarian, Carleton
Co-sponsor: Faculty Development Committee
How will faculty disseminate research five years from now? Are professional journals pricing themselves out of existence? Are open access journals a good place to publish? What might be the implications for tenure and promotion? For accessibility of scholarly research? Would this affect all disciplines in the same way? How should colleges respond? What about college libraries? Gary Muir and Nelson Christensen are knowledgeable about open access and will address these issues from a faculty scholar perspective. Sam Demas will raise questions about the need for institutional repositories and the potential effects of open-access on library collections.