Cornell University Library is pleased to sponsor a forum for debate on the dynamics of science publishing in the early 21st century. Four panelists–an academic researcher, a science librarian, a commercial publisher, and a university publisher–will offer their candid assessment and professional perspective on the state of the STM publishing industry and its impact on authors, libraries, and the consumers of science scholarship.

This discussion, open to all, will be held on Thursday, October 9, 2008 from 3-4:30PM in room  102 Mann Library.

The panelists are:

Dr. Philippe C. Baveye is currently Director and Chair of Soil Ecosystem Modelling,SIMBIOS Centre, University of Abertay Dundee, Dundee, Scotland. He also is Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Hydrology (Elsevier).  He was formerly an Associate Professor, Cornell University in Biological and Environmental Engineering.

Friso Veenstra, is the publisher responsible for Elsevier’s journals in earth and planetary sciences.

Terry Ehling is the Director of the Center for Innovative Publishing at Cornell University Library. She is responsible for the administration and overall management of Project Euclid, a complex, collaborative, non-profit on-line journal publishing initiative for mathematics and statistics.

John M. Saylor is  Cornell University Library’s  Interim Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Communication and Collections and is also the Director of the Engineering Library.

For more information contact John Saylor 5-4134