The National Library of Medicine and University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth are hosting an all-day symposium on February 26, 2010, entitled New Trends in Scholarly Communication: Maximizing Author Impact.
The scientific symposium is available for academic professionals and other interested individuals and will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in downtown Fort Worth (600 Commerce St, Fort Worth, TX 76102). Lectures and discussion will include:

• Author rights
• Discipline and institutional repositories
• New methods of publishing
• Preservation of intellectual assets
• NIH Public Access Policy

Registration is available through February 24th and costs $50, which covers light breakfast, lunch, and valet parking. For more information or to register, please refer to the symposium Web site.