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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style>Invitation to important conference on Open Access Publishing, 29 and 30 November</span></b><span style><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style>You are invited to a major two-day conference</span></b><span style> to look at how implementing the Finch Review on Open Access Publishing will affect researchers and learned societies in the
arts, humanities and social sciences.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style>Dame Janet Finch will co-chair the event, which takes place at the Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX on 29 and 30 November. It is sponsored by the Times Higher Education magazine and the
publishers SAGE, Routledge, and Wiley Blackwell,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style>The Academy of Social Sciences is running the event in the wake of questions about the switch to open access. Non-science disciplines are unsure there will be sufficient funding to pay for papers to be published
in journals under the new ‘gold option’ system, and learned societies are concerned that their journal income will fall.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style>The first day of the conference is for researchers, both within and outside of universities, and senior university managers. It looks at the implications of the review for individual academics, for the 2020 Research
Excellence Framework exercise, and for authors’ rights and intellectual property.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style>Speakers include: Professor Dame Lynne Brindley, Member of AHRC Council and former Chief Executive of the British Library; Professor Tim Blackman, Pro Vice Chancellor, The Open University; Professor Robert Dingwall,
who will bring an independent perspective; Paul Hubbard, Head of Research Policy, HEFCE; Maureen Duffy, President of Honour, British Copyright Council; Professor Charlotte Waelde, Professor of Intellectual Property, Law, University of Exeter; and Jude England,
Head of Social Sciences, The British Library.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style>The second day is for senior managers of learned societies and is chaired by Professor Martin Hall, Vice-Chancellor, University of Salford, a member of the Finch Committee. It looks at the implications of the review
for journals and the business models of learned societies in the UK and US.<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style>It includes a panel discussion on the future of journals with senior managers at Routledge, SAGE and Wiley Blackwell. Other speakers include Sally Hardy, Chief Executive of the Regional Studies Association; Professor
Stephen Bailey, Professor of Public Law, University of Nottingham; Dr Rita Gardner, Director of the Royal Geographical Society; and Dr Felice J Levine, Executive Director, American Educational Research Association.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style>For more details of the event, see:
<a href="http://www.acss.org.uk" target="_blank">www.acss.org.uk</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style>To book a free place, please contact Tony Trueman, Academy Press Officer, at <a href="mailto:t.trueman@acss.org.uk" target="_blank">t.trueman@acss.org.uk</a> or on 07964 023392.</span></b> </p>
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