ALA/ACRL JOURNAL PRICES IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES
                           DISCUSSION GROUP

                   Saturday June 26, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
                New Orleans Convention Center, Room 91

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      COPYRIGHT: THE TRLN DOCUMENT "UNIVERSITY POLICY REGARDING
 FACULTY PUBLICATION IN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SCHOLARLY JOURNALS"

A joint committee of faculty, librarians, and university press editors
from Duke University, North Carolina State University, and the Univer-
sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has drafted a model policy for
author ownership of certain rights of publication. This proposal has
generated heated debate among librarians, scholars, and journal pub-
lishers, both for and against. The latest draft contains an essay
responding to comments about the previous draft.

Gary Byrd, Assistant Director for Finance and Planning, Health Scien-
ces Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and chair of
the committee responsible for the document, will discuss the reasons
for the policy and the committee's expectations.

Four panelists, each with a different perspective, will respond to
Byrd:

     A LIBRARIAN: Paul Mosher, Vice Provost and Director of Libraries,
          University of Pennsylvania

     A COMMERCIAL PUBLISHER: Eric Swanson, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

     A SOCIETY PUBLISHER: A.F. Spilhaus, Executive Director, American
          Geophysical Society

     A SCIENTIST: Jack Timberlake, Department of Chemistry, University
          of New Orleans

Following these brief presentations there will be a general discussion
of the issue of author retention of copyright. The committee, repre-
sented by Byrd, is eager to receive your comments on the issues treat-
ed in the policy.

Marcia Tuttle, Discussion Group Chair
Serials Department
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill