[LINK] Wiley Chairman on Open-access Publishing in Canberra

[Tom Worthington]

Mr Peter Booth Wiley, Chairman of the Board, John Wiley & Sons, will 
speak on "Open-access and scholarly publishing in the 21st century" at 
the Australian National University in Canberra, 12:30 pm, 6 September 
2012: http://publicpolicy.anu.edu.au/events/content/more.php?id=7401

     Public Lecture

     Title: Open-access and scholarly publishing in the 21st century

     Speakers: Mr Peter Booth Wiley, Chairman of the Board, John Wiley & 
Sons

     Date: 6/9/12

     Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

     Description: Peter Booth Wiley is the Chairman of the Board of John 
Wiley & Sons, a global publishing house founded in 1807. A member of 
Wiley’s Board of Directors for 28 years and Chairman for 10, he 
represents the sixth generation of his family to participate in the 
leadership of the company. During his time as Chairman, Wiley & Sons has 
moved content online, in interactive and user-friendly applications.

     A former journalist and newspaper columnist, Wiley is the author of 
five books including a history of libraries and the San Francisco Public 
Library and was the senior editor and lead writer of Knowledge for 
Generations: John Wiley & Sons and the Global Publishing Industry, 
1807-2007.

     Wiley is a member of the Board of Directors of the University of 
California Press, the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, and 
of the Library Advisory Council of California State Polytechnic 
University, San Luis Obispo. Wiley writes and speaks frequently about 
the history of publishing, the writing experience, and the 
transformation of publishing as a global undertaking in a digital 
environment.

     Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, the flagship journal of the 
Crawford School of Public Policy, will be published online three times a 
year by Wiley Blackwell, with all contribution made freely available 
from Wiley Online Library.

     This lecture is presented by the Asia and the Pacific Policy 
Society at the Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU.


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