• Libraries are paying too much for access to scientific information.
• Subscriptions to electronic journals should be lower than the prices for the printed volumes.
• Publishers should not "engage in excessive pricing" when they are developing and experimenting with new on-line products.
• What is the rationale behind the pricing models for scientific, technical and medical information?

Please join us for a lively discussion of these issues and more with Academic Press, The University of California Press, and HighWire Press and hear reactions from librarians and faculty. There will be time for discussion.

Speakers:

--Laura Parker, Sales Representative, Electronic Publishing, Academic Press (http://www.academicpress.com)
--Sandra Whisler, Assistant Director, University of California Press (http://www.ucpress.edu)
--Vicky Reich, Assistant Director, HighWire Press, Stanford University Libraries (http://highwire.stanford.edu)

Reactors:

Discussion:

--From the Audience

Date: Friday May 8, 1998
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Refreshments provided)
Location: California State University, Hayward -- University Union Room 311

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