For What It’s Worth: The Hidden Costs of Scholarly Communication

This year’s symposium focuses on the economics of scholarly communication. Can information and publication really be “free”? What are the costs hidden and otherwise? Who pays? Who benefits? What are the implications for researchers? for publishers?

Join us to learn about SCOAP3* and exchange ideas with our expert panel on open access, intellectual property management, and digital content preservation.

For speaker profiles, updates and registration information go to http://forwhatitsworth.wikispaces.com

* Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics

Staying up too late trying to finish reading for your exam or to finish researching for a paper? Why do it? Come to Iris’ free speed reading workshop and read at the speed of thought.

Thursday, February 19th
12pm-1pm
Straton Hall
Campbell Auditorium
CLASS SPACE IS LIMITED

Rsvp: www.irisreading.com/drexel

We’ve added four new flatbed scanners on the 2nd Floor of Hagerty.  We noticed lots of books around the scanners on the Lower Level, so we thought that putting scanners closer to the book stacks might help some of you out.  The scanners are on the tall desks at the edge of the large atrium, next to the stairs on the 2nd floor.  Let us know what you think!

The Mack School of Law is now in exam period, so the Legal Research Center is closed to non-Law students.  The Legal Research Center will re-open to the University community on Saturday, February 21st.