Highlights from the 2008 SSP Annual Meeting
Thank you for joining us at the 30th Annual SSP Conference in Boston!
If you were able to join us at the SSP 30th Anniversary gala at the Skywalk Observatory at the Top of the Hub you will recall a wonderful evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, music and breathtaking panoramic views of Boston. Please enjoy the pictures from the event www.flickr.com/ccctradeshows.
Presentation materials and information can be found on our Events site.
SSP Travel Grant Winners
Five students and five early-career professionals were awarded grants to attend the SSP 30th Annual Meeting, from among 61 applicants. Read the story in News. The Travel Grant winners gathered in the Exhibit Hall on Friday, May 30, for a group photo. Pictured, from left: Phillip Roberts, CABI; Eric Garner, SAGE Publications; Stacey Meeker, UCLA; Will Wakeling, Travel Grant Committee Chair; Alexandra Lindgren-Gibson, Arizona State University; Martha Preddie, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Tali McKell Beesley, Cengage Learning; Kaitlin Costello, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Mary Vasquez, Rockefeller University Press; and Ann Medaille, University of North Texas. (Winners not pictured: Maggie Dickson, Carolina Digital Library and Archives, UNC Chapel Hill; Tracey Minzenmayer, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.)
New on SSPnet!
Extra! Extra! SSPnet.org is your portal into the dynamic world of the Society for Scholarly Publishing! Don't miss these exciting features:
- Discover how your peers are harnessing the power of cutting-edge Web innovations in Publisher Reports on New Technologies.
- Get to know more about an SSP member from Google Scholar, Darcy Dapra, in the latest interview featured in our Publishing Professional Profiles.
- Exciting new publishing job openings are posted everyday on the SSP Job Bank - find your next career move here!
- 2008 promises many exciting industry events - check out the latest on the SSP Events Calendar
2008 Travel Grant Winners Say "Thanks"
The third year of the SSP Travel Grant program brought 10 students and early-career professionals to the 30th Annual Meeting. The recipients give us their impressions here. More...
Gems from the SSP 30th Annual Meeting
A group of SSP members-turned session reporters bring their varied perspectives to summaries of 30th Annual Meeting sessions. More...
SSP: Our 30 Years in Context, Part I
SSP Historian Barbara Meyers Ford catalogues the timeline of significant events leading up to the founding of SSP in 1978, and how the Digital Age has propelled the field and the Society since the beginning. More...
