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2005 SSP 27th Annual Meeting

Concurrent 3C – Politics and Publishing: Are We Going to Get Bashed Again?

Question: What’s a nice industry like scholarly publishing getting involved with politics for? Answer: We have no choice. Politics, legislation, and regulations are everywhere! The information industry and scholarly publishers have to be aware of what is going on in Washington because so many pieces of legislation, and the regulations implementing that legislation, affect where the industry is today and where it will be going in the future. No one can make strategic plans for the next month, the next year, or the next decade without knowing under what conditions we will be operating. For example, the federal government wants to make biomedical journals more widely and freely available. That may be fine for some researchers, but how does a publisher make articles freely available and stay in business? And it is not just open access; it’s OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control), the Patriot Act regulations, etc., etc. Speakers in this panel will discuss the need for some regulations, how publishers are coping, and also (read ACLU) how others feel current regulations don’t go far enough or go too far.

Speakers

Eamon Fennessy
Peter Farnham
Charles Baron
Michael Ricciuti