Dear Colleague(s),
We would like to announce the following seminar:
Unlocking Hidden Treasures: Improving Access to Key 18-20th
Century Research Material: British government publications,
1688-1995; 19th century pamphlets; 19th-20th century printed
and archive collections in church history and Christian theology.
Date: 1st June 2001
Time: 10.30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Venue: The British Library Conference Centre, The British Library,
96 Euston Road, London, NW1
Cost: No charge. Lunch and refreshments will be provided
The seminar will be of interest to researchers and information
professionals working in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
If you would like to attend, please fill in the registration form
at the end of this message, and do not hesitate to circulate the
information to others who might be interested.
Programme:
10.30 - 11.00: Coffee and Registration
11.00 - 11.15: Introduction and welcome
Ronald Milne, Director of the Research Support
Libraries Programme (RSLP)
11.15 - 11.45: The Use of Official Publications in Academic Research
Dr Tony Cutler, Royal Holloway, University of London
11.45 - 12.15: BOPCRIS: Unlocking Key British Government Publications,
1688-1995.
Simon Brackenbury and Janette Cochrane, BOPCRIS (British
Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information
Service)
12.15 - 12.45: BOPCRIS: From Catalogue to Full-text Digital Library
Simon Brackenbury, BOPCRIS Project Manager
12.45 - 13.45: Lunch
13.45 - 14.15: The Use of Pamphlets in Academic research
(to be confirmed)
14.15 - 14.45: 19th Century Pamphlets and Revelation
Dr. Marie-Pierre Detraz, RSLP Project Manager, the
University of Birmingham
14.45 - 15.15: Coffee
15.15 - 15.45: Mapping Research Collections:
Revelation - Linda Needham, Revelation Project Officer
BOPCRIS - Simon Brackenbury
15.45 - 16.00: Conclusions / final questions
This event is organised by the project teams of three projects funded
by the Research Support Libraries Programme (RSLP):
BOPCRIS: Unlocking key British government information, 1688-1995
http://www.bopcris.ac.uk/
----------------------------------------------------------------
British Official Publications (government and parliamentary reports)
constitute an immense body of material on the development of British
society. BOPCRIS aims to save researchers time and effort in finding
relevant publications by enabling them, from their own desktops, to:
(a) search and browse a Web-based finding tool (containing details
of over 25,000 key documents) (b) read abstracts, and view detailed
consistent subject indexing (c) find out the nearest location of
relevant documents (d) read the full-text version of selected documents.
19th Century Pamphlets Project:
http://www.is.bham.ac.uk/rslp/pamphlets.htm
----------------------------------------------------------------
The purpose of the project is to enhance access to the most important
collections of pamphlets published between 1801-1914 that are held
in academic libraries across the UK. There will be two main outcomes:
the computerisation of card catalogues and the setting-up of a web-based
guide to pamphlets collections.
Revelation: Unlocking Research Resources for 19th and 20th Century
Church History and Christian Theology
http://www.is.bham.ac.uk/rslp/revelation.htm
----------------------------------------------------------------
The aims of the project will be twofold: the computerisation of
relevant card catalogues and the development of a web tool mapping
the most important archive and printed collections held in up to 40
university, public and specialised libraries in the UK.
For further information please contact:
- Simon Brackenbury for BOPCRIS ([log in to unmask])
- Marie-Pierre Detraz for 19th Century Pamphlets and Revelation
([log in to unmask])
To register, please fill in the form below and send it to Annette
Barber (see details below), preferably by e-mail ([log in to unmask]), by
4 May 2001:
REGISTRATION FORM
Surname: .................................…………… (Prof/Dr/Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms)
First Name: ..................................................
Job Title:…………………….
Department: .......................................................
Institution: ...................................................
Address: .......................................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
.................................
Best Regards
Annette Barber
RSLP Project Assistant
Information Services
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham B15 2TT
Tel: 0121-414-6575
|