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2004 Retreat

March 19-21

Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, Birmingham, AL


Friday, March 19
6:15: Van service from the Pickwick to Lister Hill Library (van will make two trips)
6:30: Reception: Reynolds Historical Library
7:30: Dinner: Reynolds Historical Library
9:30: Van service from LHL to the Pickwick Hotel
Saturday, March 20

8:30: Van service from the Pickwick to Lister Hill Library (two trips)

Continental Breakfast: Lister Hill Library, Ireland Room
9:00: Issues in Society Publishing

Guest speakers: Martin Frank, Executive Director, American Physiological Society and Mark Danderson, Director of Institutional Sales and Services, The New England Journal of Medicine.
10:15: Break
10:30: Discussion of Society Publishing Issues
12:00: Lunch (Ireland Room)
1:00: Reaching Out: Internal and External Library Efforts (is it worth it?)

I. Campus Communications

II. Outreach

Discussion leaders: Tom Singarella and Tom Basler
2:15: Break
2:30: What’s in a book (and what does it cost)?

Discussion leader: Barbara Shearer
3:45: BioMedCentral Consortium Agreement

Discussion leader: Tamera Lee
4:30: Van service to Pickwick Hotel
Evening: Dinner on your own
Sunday, March 21

8:30: Van service from the Pickwick to Lister Hill Library (two trips)

 

Continental Breakfast: Lister Hill Library, Ireland Room

9:00: Director’s Roundtable
12:00: Lunch (Ireland Room)
1:00: Van service to the Pickwick

Birmingham Dining Guide