Research Leadership Network Conference Schedule

Research Leadership Network
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Hotel del Coronado -San Diego, California

12:30-12:45 p.m.
Box Lunch

12:45-1:00 p.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Speaker: Nalini Jairath, PhD, Associate Professor, The Catholic University of America, and Chair, Research Leadership Network (RLN)

1:00-3:00 p.m.
Use of Open Access Journals for Research Dissemination
Join this exciting panel of presenters as we discuss the benefits and limitations related to the use of open access publications in nursing research; current models of open access publications; and institutional considerations such as submission costs, impact factor, and copyright issues. Panel members also will discuss the scholarship of open access journals as viewed by various types of institutions and information on starting open access publication venues.
Speakers: Jan Nick, PhD, Associate Professor, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA; Dori Ann Gardner, Elsevier Publications, Philadelphia, PA; and Sheila Davis, PhD, Professor, School of Nursing, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS

3:00-3:30 p.m.
Business Meeting conducted by the RLN Steering Committee
This meeting is open to RLN members and guests.