Registration Now Open For "Libraries, Authors, and Publishing" September 18 Online Conference

Keynote speaker Andrew Richard Albanese will kick off the conference. Albanese is features editor at Publishers Weekly. He has covered the publishing and information technology fields since 1999, and has written for numerous publications, including Lingua Franca, and Salon.com. Prior to joining Publishers Weekly, he was a reporter and editor at Library Journal, and a former editor with Oxford University Press and Regan Books.

Breakout sessions will be of interest to both academic and public library staffs. Topics include:

• open textbooks
• the library as a for-fee publishing service or managing editor
• the Open Journal System
• how libraries can become active in publishing
• partnerships among the public library, high school, and Smashwords
• legal issues you should consider as libraries consider publishing services

Check the conference website for registration and programming information.