2007 SSP 29th Annual Meeting at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Concurrent 1A: The Coverless Book
Speakers
Michael Jensen
In 2002 Michael Jensen was appointed Director of Web Communications
for the National Academies. He remains Director of Publishing
Technologies at the National Academies Press, which makes more than
3600 books (more than 600,000 pages) from the National Academy of
Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of
Medicine, and the National Research Council fully browsable and
searchable online for free (www.nap.edu). This site receives more
than a 1.5 million visitors per month, and boasts of some of the most
advanced search and discovery tools available on any publisher’s
site, most of which were initially developed by Mr. Jensen. In 2001,
Michael Jensen received the National Academies’ “President’s Award,”
its highest staff honor. Previously, Michael Jensen was Electronic
Publisher at the Johns Hopkins University Press, and Electronic Media
Manager at the University of Nebraska Press. He has been involved in
publishing on the Internet since 1989, serves on several Boards of
Directors, and is a frequent speaker and consultant on electronic
publishing issues.
for the National Academies. He remains Director of Publishing
Technologies at the National Academies Press, which makes more than
3600 books (more than 600,000 pages) from the National Academy of
Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of
Medicine, and the National Research Council fully browsable and
searchable online for free (www.nap.edu). This site receives more
than a 1.5 million visitors per month, and boasts of some of the most
advanced search and discovery tools available on any publisher’s
site, most of which were initially developed by Mr. Jensen. In 2001,
Michael Jensen received the National Academies’ “President’s Award,”
its highest staff honor. Previously, Michael Jensen was Electronic
Publisher at the Johns Hopkins University Press, and Electronic Media
Manager at the University of Nebraska Press. He has been involved in
publishing on the Internet since 1989, serves on several Boards of
Directors, and is a frequent speaker and consultant on electronic
publishing issues.
Kim Collins
Kim Collins has worked as an academic librarian since 2000, with 8 previous years experience in the museum field (NGA and High Museum of Art). She is currently the collection management subject liaison coordinator at Emory Universitys Robert W. Woodruff Library. Her responsibilities include approving electronic resource requests, helping with budget allocations, and overseeing team projects, such as Emorys recent EBL e-book pilot.
Charles Henry
Charles J. Henry, President of the Council on Library and Information Resources
(CLIR), was previously vice provost and university librarian at Rice University,
where he was responsible for the Digital Library Initiative and Digital Media
Center. He was also publisher of the Rice University Press. He is a trustee of
the Digital Library Federation and chair of the advisory committee for the
Information Resource Center at the International University of Bremen. He serves
on the advisory board of Stanford University Libraries and on the ACLS
Commission on Cyberinfrastructure in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
(CLIR), was previously vice provost and university librarian at Rice University,
where he was responsible for the Digital Library Initiative and Digital Media
Center. He was also publisher of the Rice University Press. He is a trustee of
the Digital Library Federation and chair of the advisory committee for the
Information Resource Center at the International University of Bremen. He serves
on the advisory board of Stanford University Libraries and on the ACLS
Commission on Cyberinfrastructure in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
