In what has become an annual tradition at the Charleston Conference, Rick Anderson will host and moderate a debate on a proposition that represents a hot topic in the world of libraries and scholarly publishing.
This year's proposition is "Resolved: Transformative Agreements Represent the Best Possible Mechanism for a Full Transition to Open Access." We will first poll the audience to determine how many in attendance agree with the proposition and how many oppose it. Then one debater will make an opening statement in favor and another will make a statement in opposition. Each will then present a brief response to the other, after which there will be discussion with the audience. Following the discussion period, the audience will be polled again -- and whichever debater has moved the most votes to her or his side will be declared the winner.
In what has become an annual tradition at the Charleston Conference, Rick Anderson will host and moderate a debate on a proposition that represents a hot topic in the world of libraries and scholarly publishing.
This year's proposition is "Resolved: Transformative Agreements Represent the Best Possible Mechanism for a Full Transition to Open Access." We will first poll the audience to determine how many in attendance agree with the proposition and how many oppose it. Then one debater will make an opening statement in favor and another will make a statement in opposition. Each will then present a brief response to the other, after which there will be discussion with the audience. Following the discussion period, the audience will be polled again -- and whichever debater has moved the most votes to her or his side will be declared the winner.
Rick Anderson is University Librarian of Brigham Young University. He has worked previously as a bibliographer for YBP, Inc., as Head Acquisitions Librarian for the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, as Director of Resource Acquisition at the University of Nevada, Reno, and as Associate Dean for Collections & Scholarly Communication at the University of Utah. He serves on numerous editorial and advisory boards and is a regular contributor to the Scholarly Kitchen. He has served as president of NASIG and of the Society for Scholarly Publishing, and is a recipient of the HARRASSOWITZ Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award. Rick is the author of three books, including Scholarly Communication: What Everyone Needs to Know(Oxford University Press, 2018), which is currently being translated into both Japanese and Chinese.
