Set H

Tuesday, 23 May 2005

H1. Changes in the Freelance Environment

Cindy Brown, Medical Journals Production Manager, Blackwell Publishing; Chris Davis, Managing Editor, American Occupational Therapy Association Press; Susan Metzger, Editorial Services Director, Allen Press; Seth Beckerman, Principal, Business and Technical Communications

Freelance editing has changed significantly over the last few years. Topics for this panel discussion will include recruiting, vetting, and training freelancers; how technology has affected freelancing; and the never-ending battle of cost vs quality. Speakers will represent journals and publishers that hire freelancers and freelancers themselves.

H2. Scientific Authorship and Editing in the Developing World

James Tumwine, Editor, African Health Sciences Makerere University; Ana Marusic, Editor, Croatian Medical Journal; Thomas Goehl, Environmental Health Perspectives; Phyllis Freeman and Anthony Robbins, coeditors, Journal of Public Health Policy

This session will explore the problems of research and publishing in developing and newly emerging countries. We hope to start a dialogue between the editors from North and South and West and East — how to learn from each other and how to work together to improve publishing for the global scientific community.

H3. Evolving Roles of Aggregators and A&I Services

Ted Freeman, Director of Electronic Publishing, Allen Press (moderator); other speakers TBA

Now that we have "big deals" and CrossRef, how do aggregators and A&I services serve journals and readers? What value do they add now, and what might they look like in the future?

H4. The Latest on Open Access to Biomedical Publications

John Ward, Director, Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Editor, MMWR (moderator); Sharon Terry, President and CEO, Genetic Alliance; Peter Banks, Publisher, American Diabetes Association; Sheldon Kotzin, Chief of the Bibliographic Services Division, National Library of Medicine and Executive Editor, MEDLINE

The issue of open or public access to biomedical publications will be explored from the perspective of an academic publisher, a patient advocate, and from the National Library of Medicine. Participants are encouraged to join in the discussion.