The
issue of predatory publishing will be discussed in a free program at the
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Colorado
librarian Jeffrey Beall will present “Predatory Publishers: A Serials Crisis
for the 21st Century” at 10:15 a.m. Friday, April 25, in room 104 at University
Library, 900 Reserve St. A breakfast reception begins at 9 a.m.
A
librarian for 24 years, Beall will expose the predatory practices of journals
that charge authors to publish scholarly articles. He will explain the negative
effects that predatory publishing has on science and how the open-access
movement has contributed to the problem.
Beall
is the scholarly communications librarian at the University of Colorado,
Denver. He writes the blog “Scholarly Open Access” and has been published in
several journals, including Nature.
Register
at goo.gl/CDIxcR. For information, call 715-346-4204 or email nnelson@uwsp.edu.
Metered
parking will be available in Lot R on the corner of Portage and Reserve
streets.
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