What are your plans for Open Access Week this fall? Plan to attend an exciting new conference on Scholarly Communication! Your questions are always welcome! Thanks, Sue Sue Wiegand Periodicals Librarian 123 Cushwa-Leighton Library Saint Mary's College Notre Dame, IN 46556 574.284.4789 (Cross-posted--apologies if you receive this more than once--please share with all interested) *Michiana Scholarly Communication Librarianship Conference* 2014 theme: Scholarly Communication on a Shoestring: Launching scholarly communication programs at small and medium-sized university libraries Indiana University South Bend and Saint Mary’s College are proud to announce the *Michiana Scholarly Communication Librarianship Conference*, to be held on October 20, 2014. The only conference aimed specifically at small and mid-sized university libraries, the Michiana Scholarly Communication Librarianship Conference is ideal for librarians at institutions interested in launching a scholarly communication program. It is also a great opportunity for librarians currently working with scholarly communication initiatives to network and share experiences, best practices and ideas. This conference will feature presentations by a variety of experts in scholarly communication*s* as well as smaller roundtable discussions. Presenters include: *Lee Van Orsdel. *The conference Keynote Speaker has been the Dean of University Libraries at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan, since 2005. In 2012 the GVSU library won the ACRL’s Excellence In Academic Libraries Award. She previously held positions at Eastern Kentucky University, the University of Montevallo, and Samford University. She spent almost five years at EBSCO’s international headquarters working with major libraries in the Southeast. For sixteen years she co-authored *Library Journal*’s annual study of journal pricing, expanding it to include an ongoing analysis of the open access movement and its effect on traditional journal publishing. A frequent writer and speaker on scholarly communications reform, Van Orsdel is a founding member of the ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communications and a member of the SPARC Steering Committee. *Jere Odell* is a Scholarly Communications librarian at the IUPUI Center for Digital Scholarship. He promotes and supports open access publishing practices including the library's open access publishing fund, open journal system and institutional repository initiatives. In addition to advocating for new forms of scholarly communications, he provides education and consultation services relevant to authorship, metrics for impact, fair use and authors' rights. Prior to joining University Library, Jere worked as an embedded librarian in the IU Center for Bioethics, where he managed a special collection of bioethics resources while collaborating on information ethics, research ethics, community engagement and health policy projects. *Nazareth A. Pantaloni, III, J.D., M.S., Ph.D.* Nazareth Pantaloni is the Copyright Program Librarian in the Scholarly Communication Department of the Indiana University-Bloomington Libraries. He previously worked as Assistant Director for Copyright and Administration at the William and Gayle Cook Music Library, where he was responsible for music copyright and licensing at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Before working at IU, he worked as a law librarian and library administrator at Temple, Princeton, Villanova, Rutgers and Cornell Universities, and the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Pantaloni holds a M.S. degree from the College of Information Studies at Drexel University, a J.D. from the Beasley School of Law at Temple University, and a Ph.D. from Villanova University. He has taught courses on legal research and writing, copyright law, and music copyright and licensing. *Where*: The conference will be held in Administration Building’s Fireside Rooms on the first floor near the University Grille (Labelled “4” on the campus map <https://www.iusb.edu/portal/pdfs/CampusMap.pdf>). *When*: October 20, 2014. 9:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m. (Breakfast will be served from 8:45-9:45) *To register*: email Craig Finlay, Scholarly Communication librarian at IU South Bend, at scfinlay@iusb.edu. There is no registration fee. *Where to stay*: IU South Bend has negotiated rates with the following hotels: Double Tree by Hilton <http://doubletree3.hilton.com/en/index.html>, 123 N. St. Joseph St, South Bend. IU South Bend negotiated rate: $99. (574) 234-2000 Ivy Court Inn & Suites <http://www.southbend-hotel.com/>, 1404 Ivy Ct, South Bend. IU South Bend negotiated rate: $99. (574)-277-6500 *Timeline of events: * · 8:30-9:45 a.m. Registration and Breakfast: · 9:45 - 10:45 Keynote speech by *Lee Van Orsdel*: “Beginning with a single step: one library's journey to a scholarly communications program.” · 11-12:00 a.m. *Jere Odell*: “Building, growing and maintaining institutional repositories in a library setting.” · 12:00-1:00 Lunch · 1:00 -2:00 p.m. *Naz Pantaloni: “*Authors’ rights and copyright decoded.” · 2:10-2:45 p.m. Question and Answer with all presenters and closing remarks. *Where to park: *Conference parking will available anywhere in the lot for the Education and Arts building (Labelled “2” on the campus map <https://www.iusb.edu/portal/pdfs/CampusMap.pdf>). Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Sue Wiegand Periodicals Librarian 123 Cushwa-Leighton Library Saint Mary's College Notre Dame, IN 46556 574.284.4789