SET C

This session will address the new paradigm proposed for an open access approach to copyright and permissions. Who owns the rights to intellectual content and what are the implications for reprint usage and revenue? Panelists will discuss access from the perspective of nonprofit organizations, commercial publishers, and authors.

C2. Forming Editorial Boards and Working with Them
James R. Scott, MD, Editor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ana Marusic, MD, PhD, Editor, Croatian Journal of Medicine
Torben Schroeder, MD, PhD, Editor, Danish Journal of Medicine
Steve Choi, MD, Deputy Editor, Canadian Medical Association Journal
Richard Horton, MD, PhD, Editor, The Lancet
John A. Overbeke, MD, PhD, Executive Editor, Dutch Journal of Medicine (Moderator)

When soliciting potential editorial board candidates, what qualifications would best suit the Editor’s needs and the needs of the governing organization? How do you attract and solicit the “right” candidates and does this selection contribute to the journal’s impact factor? Listen to experts answer these questions and describe ways to help board members focus on their roles and responsibilities.

C3. Postacceptance Journal Production: New Challenges in the Digital Age
Elizabeth Horowitz, Managing Editor, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,
American Society for Clinical Nutrition
Jane Seebold, Group Manager, Publication Services, American Geophysical Union
Linda Drumheller, Director, Editorial Production, American College of Physicians
Anna Trudgett, Editorial Manager, American Physiological Society (Speaker and Moderator)

Journal production isn’t what it used to be. In recent years it has evolved into a different, more complex undertaking. Suddenly new tasks were added and new questions emerged, encompassing multiple editions of the same article (including various forms of publishing ahead of print and the final print and online versions); processing a mix of different types of electronic art; dealing with murky technical issues of DOIs and PDFs; and needing to decide on various forms of archiving and on uneasy content management issues. The panelists will give you an excellent overview of the issues involved in get-ting today’s journals published.

C4 . Style Manuals: Update on the New Editions
Cheryl Iverson, Managing Editor, Archives Journals, American Medical Association, American Medical Association Manual of Style
Peggy Robinson, Editor, Scientific Style and Format
Anita Samen, Managing Editor, University of Chicago Press Books, Chicago Manual of Style
Margaret Perkins, Chief Manuscript Editor, University of Chicago Press Journals (Moderator)

With recent or looming publication of new editions of three major style manuals, here is an opportunity to find out from the experts what new material is covered, what rules have changed, and how the new manuals address publication and citation of sometimes-transient Internet, multimedia, and other electronic resources.