Public symposium to focus on the dramatic changes in academic publishing and their effect on promotion and tenure, library collections and the conduct of research

November 18, 2004

EVENT: Publishing and the Academy: Current Issues

Sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and the University of Texas Libraries. The symposium is free and open to the public.

Richard W. Lariviere, Dean, College of Liberal Arts, and Fred Heath, Vice Provost, University of Texas Libraries, will offer introductory remarks. Niko Pfund, Vice President and Publisher of the Academic, Professional and Medical Division of Oxford University Press, New York, and Kate Jury, Marketing Director, Oxford University Press, Oxford, will discuss global changes in publishing. Joanna Hitchcock, Director, University of Texas Press, and Charles Backus, Director, Texas A & M University Press, will discuss the university press, the monograph and the market place; followed by Dennis Dillon, Associate Director for Research Services, University of Texas Libraries, and Patrick Olivelle, Professor and Chair, Department of Asian Studies, who will address the implications these changes have on library collections and the academy. The program will conclude with a question and discussion session moderated by Dean Richard W. Lariviere. A reception follows in the foyer after the program.

WHEN: Tuesday, November 30, 2004, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: Avaya Auditorium, Applied Computation & Engineering Sciences Building (ACE). For details see: http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/ace.html. For information on parking, consult Campus and Parking Maps: http://www.utexas.edu/maps/.

WEB SITE: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/college_events/current/publishing/

For more information contact: Carole Cable, University of Texas Libraries, 512-495-4382