There are still places on the 2001 Animal Health Information Specialists
(AHIS) UK & Ireland Conference
What's e-publishing ever going to do for us? The gap between the vision
and the reality of electronic full-text information on the internet
Novartis Foundation, 41 Portland Place London W1
Thursday April 26 10 am - 4 pm
PROGRAMME
10.00    Registration with coffee and pastries
10.30 The changing face of scholarly publishing. Robert Kiley,
Information Service Manager, Wellcome Library.  Looking at the different
publishing models being developed, including PubMed and commercial
services such as CrossRef, and examining the key drivers responsible for
this change.
11.10    E-journal archiving. David Inglis, Director, British Library
Digital Library Programme.
National and international policies for guaranteed access to back issues
of electronic journals, and plans for the archiving and supply of
e-journal articles.
11.50    Citation linking in large-scale e-print archives and the Open
Citation Project. Steve Hitchcock, Department of Electronics and
Computer Science, University of Southampton.  The implications of
large-scale e-print archives for scholarly papers and the prospects for
enhancing these with transparent global interoperability, using the Open
Citation Project as a demonstration of the archive services which may
emerge.
12.30   AHIS (UK & Ireland) AGM.

1.00    Lunch

14.15   The Internet and distance learning for continuous professional
development in veterinary medicine. Nick Short, Head of e-media, Royal
Veterinary College.
A look at the use of various distance learning facilities and techniques
which are available to the animal health worker and veterinary surgeon.
14.55  Intellectual property and publishing on the Internet. Jill
Durdin, Head, Copyright Enquiries, Copyright Directorate, The Patent
Office.
Following last year's stimulating talk on electronic copyright we have
invited Jill to look at the current position from an intellectual
property viewpoint.
15.35   Discussion with speakers

15.55   Tea and Close

Co-operation and collaboration: on the previous day, Wednesday April
25th, the ASVIN Project (Assessing Veterinary Information Needs,
http://www.asvin.ac.uk) will hold a free all day seminar at The British
Library in London. For further information about this please email
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AHIS Conference fees: £60 members; £80 non-members
Details: Sandra Tatum, Animal Health Trust, Lanwades Park, Kentford,
Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 7UU
(01638 751000) email [log in to unmask]

Tom Roper, Head of RCVS Library and Information Service
Tel (library):+44 (0)20 7222 2021
Direct line:+44 (0)20 7202 0721
Fax:+44 (0)20 7222 2004
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Web site: http://www.rcvs.org.uk