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Welcome to AAUP 2014
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If you've just joined us, welcome! The AAUP 2014 Registrants Newsletter provides periodic updates, news, and tips to help you make the most of your time in New Orleans. You can expect notice of program changes, information about speakers, recommended readings, and much more. Read previous newsletters online.
AAUP staff are already in New Orleans setting up, so if you have any questions, please be aware that responses may be delayed.
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New Orleans Notices
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Note that the weather in New Orleans in June is hot and humid with occasional thunderstorms. Pack an umbrella and a sweater for any overzealous air conditioning in meeting rooms.
Among other attractions, you may be planning on checking out the New Orleans streetcars. Our LSU friends helpfully pointed out that a portion of the St. Charles line is undergoing maintenance, with buses connecting the line between St. Charles at Napoleon and St. Charles at Erato. Find system maps here.
And just a reminder of the sightseeing resources on the meeting website and in our June 6 newsletter.
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Getting Oriented
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Pre-meeting workshops, meeting sessions, supplier exhibits, and group meals will all take place in the New Orleans Marriott.
REGISTRATION DESK
Marriott Preservation Hall Lobby
Sunday, June 22
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Monday, June 23
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
1:30 - 5:00 PM
Tuesday, June 24
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
1:30 - 5:00 PM
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Speak Spanish? Pin for REUN
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Two representatives from the REUN (Red de Editoriales Nacionales, an Argentinian network of public university presses) will be in attendance at this year's meeting. If you speak Spanish and would be willing to help communicate or just chat, pick up a flag pin at the registration desk for your meeting badge to signify to our guests que hablas espaņol. As part of the AAUP's ongoing outreach to international presses, Peter Berkery represented the AAUP at a meeting of REUN and other Latin American university presses in Argentina in early June.
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Online Attendee Kit
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As a handy reference, many of the materials in the on-site registration packet PLUS additional links to maps and guides are available on the AAUP 2014 website in the Online Attendee Kit.
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AAUP Goes Mobile
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The meeting program and some supporting materials will be available in a mobile version. To access scan the QR code below or follow this link.
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Pre-Meeting Events
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PUBLISHING OPEN AND AFFORDABLE TEXTBOOKS
This workshop will take place in Studio 9 of the Marriott Preservation Hall from 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM. Registered attendees can pick up their badges from 8:00 - 9:30 AM in the Marriott Preservation Hall Lobby.
LET'S GET ANALYTICAL! MEASURING YOUR MARKETING
This workshop will take place in Studios 3 and 4 of the Marriott Preservation Hall from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Registered attendees can pick up their badges from 8:00 - 9:30 AM in the Marriott Preservation Hall Lobby.
ADVICE FOR EBOOK COMPLEXITIES AND QUALITY CONTROL
This workshop be held in Studios 1 and 2 of the Marriott Preservation Hall from 1:00 - 4:30 PM. Registered attendees can pick up their badges at the main AAUP registration desk at beginning at 11:00 AM.
JOURNALS NOW: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
This workshop be held in Studio 7 of the Marriott Preservation Hall from 1:00 - 5:00 pm. Registered attendees can pick up their badges at the main AAUP registration desk at beginning at 11:00 AM.
AAUP DIRECTORS MEETING
This meeting will take place from 12:30 - 4:30 PM in La Galeries 1 and 2. There is no extra charge for member press directors to attend this meeting, but you must be registered for it.
AAUP BUSINESS MEETING
all attendees welcome
The Business Meeting will begin at 4:30 in La Galeries 1 and 2, following the Directors Meeting. AAUP voting member presses (all Full and Associate Members) should send a representative or submit a proxy vote. Meeting materials, including proxy forms, are available online to members. After June 19, proxy votes MUST BE EMAILED to Tim Muench at tmuench@aaupnet.org.
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Breakfast Roundtables
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Morning people will have the opportunity to chat with colleagues at themed breakfast tables on Monday and Tuesday before sessions start. If one of the below topics is of interest to you, find the appropriately labeled table in the Acadia Ballroom on June 23 and the Bissonet Ballroom on June 24.
MONDAY BREAKFAST TABLES
App Development
Journals Staff
Managing Editors
New Press Directors
TUESDAY BREAKFAST TABLES
Brainstorming University Press Week
Copyright
List Sharing (Marketing)
Small Press Staff
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Program Updates
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What's New at Indie Bookstores is now
Building Relationships with Independent Bookstores
Tuesday, June 24
1:45 - 3:30 PM
Exhibitor prize drawings: Thomson-Shore will be offering an $100 Visa gift card. A complete list of prize offerings is posted in the Online Attendee Kit.
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Featured Session
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Help us reimagine AAUP! The Tuesday plenary itself has been reimagined as an interactive session around AAUP's new strategic plan. The AAUP board created the top levels of this plan to guide the organization in advancing scholarly publishing for all of its members. Press directors got started on this project at the 2012 directors meeting when they identified the role they wanted AAUP to play. In 2013, the directors refined their thinking and provided priorities for the new executive director, Peter Berkery. You will see the directors' handiwork front and center in this strategic plan. The articulated goals relate directly to the top goals identified by our membership during the past two directors meetings. Now it's your turn to influence AAUP's direction, by participating in this session and contributing ideas for innovative tactic to fulfill the strategic goals that have been set. REIMAGINING THE AAUP:
EVOLUTIONARY AND REVOLUTIONARY OPPORTUNITIESTuesday, June 24, 10:45 AM
Facilitators: Philip Cercone, Director, McGill-Queen's University Press; Barbara Kline Pope, Director, National Academies Press;
Meredith Babb, Director, University Press of Florida
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Recommended Reading
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The report will be relevant to many of the sessions and topics being covered at AAUP 2014 later this week, with information on a range of digital book publishing strategies: sales channels and distribution partners, XML workflows, various digital marketing and discovery services, metadata management and distribution, and much more.
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Booklover's Guide to NOLA
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LSU Press is providing free access to the
e-edition of The Booklover's Guide to New Orleans,
made possible through a partnership with Livrada. Pick up your access code at the registration desk.
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Thank you for registering for AAUP 2014! This newsletter is an ongoing source of updates and highlights for attendees preparing for the conference. An option to unsubscribe is below.
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