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Symposium Program
The Changing Landscape of Scholarly Communication in the Digital Age
February 11-13, 2009
Annenberg Presidential Conference Center
Texas A&M University
College Station
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
(video of evening session)
7:30 p.m. Welcome and Introduction:
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academics, Texas A&M
Opening Keynote:
"Archives, Online Edition-Making, and the Future of Scholarly Communication in the Humanities"
Program Officer for Scholarly Communications, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
8:45 p.m. Reception
Thursday, February 12, 2009
(video of first morning session)
8:00
a.m.
Continental
Breakfast
Welcome:
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academics, Texas A&M
Convener and Master of Ceremonies:
Interim Vice Provost, Texas A&M
8:30 – 9:45 a.m.
“Scholarly Authority in the Age of Abundance: Retaining Algorithmic Relevance in the New Landscape”
Director of Publishing Technologies, National Academies Press
Introduction and Moderator:
Edward R. Campbell '39 Press Director, Texas A&M University Press
9:45 – 10:15 a.m.
Break
(video of second morning session)
10:15 – 11:30 a.m. “The Harvard Open Access Policy”
James O. Welch, Jr. and Virginia B. Welch Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Office of Scholarly
Communication, Harvard University
Introduction and Moderator:
Associate
Dean for Digital Initiatives and Professor of Computer Science, Texas A&M, and Co-Director of
the Texas Digital Library
12:00 –
1:30 p.m. Lunch
(video of first afternoon session)
“Intellectual Property Rights and the Open Access Movement”
Scholarly Communications Advisor, University of Texas at AustinIntroduction and Moderator:
Theresa A. Maldonado
Interim Vice President for Research and Executive Associate Vice President for Research, Texas A&M
1:45 – 3:00 p.m.
(video of second afternoon session)
“The Future of University Presses and Other Institutional Publishers”
Stanford University
Librarian, Director of Academic Information Resources, Publisher of HighWire
Press, and
Publisher of Stanford University Press
Introduction and Moderator:
Dean of University Libraries, Texas A&M
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 – 4:45
p.m.
(video of third afternoon session)
Vice
President for Academic Affairs, National Association for State Universities and
Land Grant Colleges
Introduction and Moderator:
Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M
7:30
p.m.
Introduction:
President
Texas A&M
Keynote Address:
"University Missions, Academic Values, and Information Technology"
Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information
8:45 p.m. Reception
Friday, February 13, 2009
8:00 a.m. Continental
Breakfast
8:30 – 9:45 a.m. Roundtable
Panel
(video of first morning session)
“How will new technologies and mandates affect opportunities and standards for the publication and evaluation
of scholarship in all fields at Texas A&M?”
Moderators:
Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives and Interim Vice President and Associate Provost
for Diversity, Texas A&M
Director, Melbern
G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research and Professor of History, Texas A&M
9:45 – 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 – 11:15 a.m. Roundtable Panel
(video of second morning session)
“What steps should Texas A&M now take to facilitate,
enhance, and fund this institution’s commitment to
scholarly communication and
the publication of research and ideas?"
Moderators:
Interim Vice Provost, Texas A&MTenneco Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M
11:15 a.m. What Do We Do From Here?
(video of third morning session)
Interim Vice Provost, Texas A&M