The Chicago Collaborative

Pat ThibodeauJohn Tagler

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What/who is the collaborative

Concepts behind inception

History

Strategies

Initiatives

Other challenges/issues

Feedback from you

Questions

Scholarly Communications

Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries

Bio-medical associations

Publishers

Editors

Founding Members

Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries

Association of American Medical CollegesCouncil of Academic Societies

Association of American PublishersProfessional and Scholarly Publishing Division

Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology/DC Principles

International Association of Sciences, Technical & Medical Publishers

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors

Society for Scholarly Publishing

Stakeholders in scholarly communication have the same ultimate goal –sharing and disseminating information and ensuring “users” receive relevant and appropriate information

April 2008 invitations

May 22, 2008 1st meetingin Chicago

June 2008 AAHSL administrative support

September 17, 2008 2nd meeting

April 8, 2009 3rd meeting

November 2009 future meeting

StrategiesBroad, higher level

opportunities, challenges

Share ideas/interests of association represented

Equal partners in dialogueConsensus driven statementsAssociations approve resolutions

Educational Initiatives

Informational sessions

Educating authors

Libraries 101

Bio-medical publishing 101

Other Grand Challenges

Preservation/archiving

Effective STM authorship

Peer review/quality assurance

Dynamic content containers

Branding STM content

Future of the journal

Expected OutcomesPosition papers, statements on

issues

Dialogues with experts, broader constituents

Sustainable mechanism for conversations, actions

Trusted venue for scholarly communication discussions

Feedback?

Questions?

Who is missing?

Future issues?

What is your role?

Thank you!