Set H – 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Michael Whitlock, Editor-in-Chief, The American Naturalist; Francis Ouellette, Associate Director, Informatics and Biocomputing, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research; David Baldwin, Managing Editor, Ecological Society of America Journals, Moderator

Most journals require that their authors share the data to support the conclusions presented in published papers. However, the devil is in the details when it comes to enforcing this requirement. Journal editors are being asked to arbitrate disagreements between authors and researchers with regard to just how much data must be shared. And the problem becomes even more complicated when a political agenda is behind the request for data. Come to this session to learn more about the issues surrounding data sharing.

H2. e-Journal Preservation

Eileen Fenton, Executive Director, Portico; Vicky Reich, Director, LOCKSS Program, Stanford University Libraries; Patricia Cruse, Director, Preservation, California Digital Library, Berkeley; Jayne Marks, SAGE Publications Inc.; Kevin Cohn, Product Development Manager, Atypon; Toni Tracy, Director, Publisher Relations, Portico, Moderator

The continued transition to reliance upon electronic resources has progressed dramatically, and researchers, students, faculty, and libraries share a common concern about the vulnerability of these resources and the need to take protective action today to ensure their ongoing availability. Publishers now have an important role to play in the digital preservation of their content and our panelists will share their own experiences in this important arena.

H3. Mind the Gap: Communicating Science to Diverse Audiences

Ivan Oransky, MD, Managing Editor Online, Scientific American; Jennifer Henry, Publishing Manager, Nature Publishing Group; Devora Krischer, Consulting Medical Editor, CVS Caremark, Moderator.

Internet access opens research and new science to everyone, from the general public to scientists in other disciplines. Patients stay abreast of medical research. And the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of science means findings must be accessible to scientists in other fields. Learn to make science relevant — and understandable — to disparate audiences.