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Public Access to Government-Sponsored Research Renaissance Mayflower, State Room 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Join us as we explore the 'comparative advantage' that the Federal Government holds in the Open Access debate. James King, Chief Librarian of the Naval Research Laboratory, will lead a well-rounded panel discussion through the history, issues, legislative efforts, and opportunities related to Open Access and US Federal Government-sponsored research. Specifically, we have Heather Joseph, formerly of BioOne and currently the Executive Director of SPARC (Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition), who will discuss her group's advocacy efforts related to Open Access and the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006. The second speaker is Michael Mabe, formerly VP at Elsevier and currently CEO of the International Association of STM Publishers (with membership representing nearly all major society and commercial publishers), who will present the commercial and society publisher perspective on the Open Access debate including the Brussels Declaration opposed to many of the tenants of Open Access. Our final speaker is Dr. Neil Thakur, the point person for the National Institutes of Health Public Access policy who will share the NIH perspective in this debate and their progress to date. This event is part of the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC [http://www.ala.org/annual] and will take place in the State Room of the Renaissance Mayflower from 1:30-3:30pm. This event is being sponsored jointly by the ALA Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table (FAFLRT) [http://www.ala.org/faflrt] and the Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) [http://www.locl.gov/flicc]. Please direct question to James King, event coordinator, at [log in to unmask] or 202-767-2357. Other FAFLRT activities at ALA Annual: Friday, June 22 Careers in Federal Libraries Library of Congress, Mumford Room 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Tour the Newest Federal Government Library - US Census Bureau U.S. Census Bureau Library, Suitland, MD 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm (repeat on Tuesday) FAFLRT Award Reception Army Navy Club, Washington, DC 6:00 - 8:00 pm Saturday, June 23 Finding Environmental Information in the New Millennium: Continuing the Dialogue Grand Hyatt Washington [Apr. 19, becomes a Westin] Independence B-C 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Sunday, June 24 FAFLRT Membership Meeting Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, Regency A 8:00 am - 10:00 am FAFLRT Board Meeting Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, Ticonderoga 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Monday, June 25 FAFLRT Board Meeting Doubletree Washington, Terrace Ballroom 10:30 am - Noon Tuesday, June 26 Tour the Newest Federal Government Library - US Census Bureau U.S. Census Bureau Library, Suitland, MD 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (repeat from Friday) -James R. James King, MLS Chief Librarian Naval Research Laboratory Ruth H. Hooker Research Library "NRL Partner in Research" for over 80 years! [log in to unmask] (202) 767-2357