Dec 18, 2016
Hyde Park Debate
Resolved: APC-Funded Open Access is Antithetical to the Values of Librarianship
In Favor: Alison Scott, UC Riverside
Opposed: Michael Levine-Clark, University of Denver
The debate will be conducted in general accordance with Oxford
Union rules. All in the audience will vote their opinion on the
resolution before the debate begins using text message voting, and
the vote totals will be recorded. Each speaker will offer a formal
opening statement, followed by a response to each other's
statements, and then we'll open the floor to discussion. At the
conclusion of the debate, another vote will be taken. The winner of
the debate is the one who caused the most audience members to
change their votes. Members of the audience have an opportunity to
make comments and pose questions as well.
www.charlestonlibraryconference.com
Michael Levine Clark
University of Denver Libraries
Dean and Director
Michael Levine-Clark, the Dean and Director of the University of Denver Libraries, is the recipient of the 2015 HARRASOWITZ Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award. He writes and speaks regularly on strategies for improving academic library collection development practices, including the use of e-books in academic libraries, the development of demand-driven acquisition models, and implications of discovery tool implementation.
Alison Scott
University of California, Riverside
Associate University Librarian for Collections & Scholarly
Communication
Alison has strategic responsibility for the ways and means by which the University of California, Riverside Library’s collections grow and change. Alison joined the UCR Library in 2014, following services as Head of Collection Development for the George Washington University Libraries, Charles Warren Bibliographer for American History at Harvard University, and Head of the Popular Culture Library at Bowling Green State University. She holds a B.A. in English literature from Whitman College, an M.L.S. and M.A. in religion from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in American studies from Boston University.