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<font size=3>[Forwarding from the conference organizing committee.
--Peter Suber.]<br><br>
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</font><font face="Calibri" size=3><b>ANNOUNCING: 1st Conference for Open
Access Scholarly Publishers, 14-16 Sept 2009<br><br>
</b>The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, OASPA
(</font><a href="http://www.oaspa.org/">
<font face="Calibri" size=3 color="#800080">www.oaspa.org</a></font>
<font face="Calibri" size=3>), and the Directory of Open Access Journals
(DOAJ)
(</font><a href="http://www.doaj.org/">
<font face="Calibri" size=3 color="#800080">www.doaj.org</a></font>
<font face="Calibri" size=3>) are pleased to announce that they will
jointly host the <b><i>1st Conference for Open Access Scholarly
Publishers</i></b> in Lund, Sweden from the 14th-16th September 2009 at
the Scandic Star Hotel. <br><br>
The conference is directed towards the interests of independent open
access journals and professional publishing organizations, as well as
librarians, suppliers and other stakeholders. Also those who are
interested in learning more about open access publishing and exploring
opportunities are welcome.<br><br>
Participants will have the opportunity to hear from many leading
figures within the open access publishing movement, and to participate in
workshops that will highlight a number of important issues related to
open access publishing. A growing speakers list already includes: Lars
Bjornshauge, Director Lund University Library Head Office/DOAJ, John
Willinsky, Public Knowledge Project/OJS, Geoff Bilder, CrossRef, Kaitlin
Thaney, Creative Commons and Jens Vigens, CERN/SCOAP3. <br><br>
Additional information on the conference, registration and proposal
submissions can found on the conference website at: <br>
</font><a href="http://www.oaspa.org/coasp/">
http://www.oaspa.org/coasp/<br><br>
</a><font face="Calibri" size=3><b>Early bird fees will be
available.<br><br>
</b>Members of OASPA are also invited to participate in the first General
Meeting of OASPA which will be held in the afternoon on September 16th at
the end of the conference.<br><br>
The organizing committee, the DOAJ and OASPA look forward to welcoming a
broad and international spectrum of publishers and publishing suppliers
to the first conference to specifically focus on open access and
publishing. <br>
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