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Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 10:46:26 -0500
From: Scott Jaschik <Scott.Jaschik@CHRONICLE.COM>
Subject: online discussion on new model for journal publishing
Sender: Electronic Journal Publishing List <VPIEJ-L@listserv.vt.edu>
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The Chronicle of Higher Education is sponsoring a live, online discussion
with Manfredi La Manna, the founder of the Electronic Society for Social
Scientists, about his plan to challenge the dominant model in the
publishing of scholarly journals, on Wednesday, March 7, at noon U.S.
Eastern time. Mr. La Manna, an economist at St. Andrews University in
Scotland, argues that his model will make it possible for libraries to
subscribe to scholarly journals at much lower prices than those charged by
companies today. And at the same time, Mr. La Manna says that his model
will allow authors and peer reviewers to be paid. While these plans are
attracting considerable support from scholars, some of the major
publishers of scholarly journals question the viability of the project and
its assumptions. Mr. La Manna will respond to comments and questions about
his organization's plans and the state of journal publishing in the chat.

The Chronicle invites members of this list to read an article about his
effort and to join the live discussion at:
http://chronicle.com/colloquylive/2001/03/journal/chat.php3

Advance questions are encouraged, and may be posted now. After the
discussion is over, a transcript will be posted at that address.

Scott Jaschik
Editor
The Chronicle of Higher Education