COPYCENSE

Scholarship means little without publication. But the definitions of ‘publication’ are undergoing major changes.

The digital age has brought unprecedented opportunities to share research discoveries with a global audience, prompting a revolution some have compared to post-Gutenberg times. Yet as the Internet and World Wide Web have unleashed new resources and capabilities, they have also challenged the conventions of how research is published and shared.

Featuring presentations by leading thinkers from the scholarly community, this conference explores:

• Current challenges in scholarly communication and publication
• The ways in which research is shared and exchanged
• The role of the public university in sharing the products of research
• Alternative publication systems, including “open access” publishing
• Recent movements to legislate free access to the products of research

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• The changing landscape of copyright and intellectual property

University of Minnesota. Publication, the Public University and the Public Interest. Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Coffman Memorial Union, University of Minnesota (East Bank Campus), 300 Washington Avenue S.E., Minneapolis, MN.

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