Open Access Week programs continue on Tuesday, October 19 when Dr. Rob Kirby, Professor Emeritus–UC Berkeley and a member of the editorial board of Mathematical Sciences Publishers speaks on “Implications of Open Access for Mathematics Publishing”  in Thompson Library, Room 165 at 10:30 a.m.

Within the world of publishing, Dr. Kirby is known for his work to provide mathematical information at more reasonable costs.  His opinion piece in the Notices of the AMS entitled Fleeced? discusses the high price of commercial journals (focusing, of course, on mathematics), alternatives (including society publications and preprint servers), and touches on issues such as authors of articles giving up  rights to their work and refereeing or editing these high-priced journals.  Please join us for this interesting and informative presentation.