SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE HOUSE OF COMMONS
PRESS NOTICE Committee Office, House of Commons, No. 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA Tel. Nos. 020 7219 2793-2794 (Fax. No. - 0896) email: [email protected] No. 22 of Session 2003-04, dated 12 February 2004 SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS FIRST TWO EVIDENCE SESSIONS Monday 1 March and Monday 8 March 2004 at 4.15 pm WITNESSES: Monday 1 March Reed Elsevier Blackwell Publishing Taylor & Francis Nature Publishing Group Monday 8 March Panel 1 The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) The Institute of Physics Oxford University Press Panel 2 BioMed Central Public Library of Science (PLoS) Axiope For further information, please ring the Committee staff on 020 7219 2793/4, or refer to the Committee Office Information Line on 020 7219 2033. Previous press notices and publications are available on our website C www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/science_and_technology_commit tee.cfm Notes for those wishing to attend a public meeting of the Committee Members of the public wishing to attend should present themselves at St Stephen=s Entrance, or Portcullis House if appropriate, where they will be directed through security and to the appropriate Committee Room. It is advisable to allow about 15 minutes for this. It is possible for the Committee Room designated for the hearing to change at short notice, but such room changes will be clearly indicated. Please ensure that mobile phones and pagers are turned off before entering the Committee Room. Under no circumstances should members of the public address the Committee while in session. It is not possible for seats to be reserved in the Committee Room but every effort is made to ensure sufficient seating. Standing in Committee Rooms is permitted at the discretion of the Chairman. Those attending meetings are asked to remain silent throughout. Notes for Editors Under the terms of Standing Order No. 152 the Committee is empowered to examine the Aexpenditure, policy and administration of the Office of Science and Technology and its associated public bodies@. The Committee was appointed on 12 November 2001. The Committee announced its inquiry into scientific publications on 10 December 2003, see Press Notice No 03 of Session 2003-04. Further sessions with libraries, academics and Government are planned for April and May. Witnesses to be announced.
