Mark your calendar to attend the Spring Plenary program of the University Senate on Tuesday, March 3, 2009, from 12:15 to 3:15 pm. The program, titled Scholarly Publishing Today and Tomorrow: What you need to Know, will take place in the Assembly Room of the William Pitt Union, and a complimentary buffet lunch will be available. Pre-registration is not required.
The keynote speaker will be David Shulenburger, Vice President for Academic Affairs of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC). Concurrent breakout sessions after the keynote address will focus on the future of scholarly journals, authors’ rights, the role of institutional repositories, and the future of the university press publishing.