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The latest seminar from UK Serials Group is:

 

E-book: the new serial?

 


Wednesday 9 November 2005


The British Library Conference Centre, London, NW1

 


A seminar on e-books - business models, usage and marketing


 

When is the e-books market really going to take off and what are the
barriers for libraries in acquiring and marketing e-monographs and
e-textbooks?  Who is offering the best business model for e-books?  What are
library consortia doing in this area and why is good e-books metadata
important to the information community?  For debate and answers from
industry experts on all these issues and more, and a chance to participate
in product reviews from leading e-book publishers, sign up now for this UKSG
one-day seminar.

 

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PROGRAMME


 

10.00  Registration and coffee

            

10.30    Welcome from the Chair and JISC overview

Hazel Woodward, University Librarian and Director of the University Press,
Cranfield University

 

10.40  20/20 vision?  E-books in practice and theory

Andrew Wheatcroft, Director, The Centre for Publishing Studies, University
of Stirling

            

11.10  Acquiring e-books: an academic perspective

Jill Taylor-Roe, Head of Liaison & Academic Services, University of
Newcastle upon Tyne

 

11.40  E-books – reinventing the wheel?

Warren Holder, Electronic Resources Co-ordinator, University of Toronto

 

12.10  Questions and summary of the morning session

 

12.20  Lunch and e-book product demonstrations from the following companies:

            

Cambridge University Press                   OCLC/NetLibrary

Coutts                                                           Oxford
University Press

Dawson                                                        ProQuest

ebrary                                                            Springer

Elsevier                                                         Taylor &
Francis

John Wiley & Sons                                    Thomson Gale

 

13.45  About TIME: interoperable e-book metadata

Hugh Look, Senior Consultant, Rightscom Ltd

Godfrey Rust, Chief Data Architect, Rightscom/Ontologyx

 

14.15  Infinite riches in a little room: how can we manage, market and
modernise the e-books phenomenon?

Linda Bennett, Director, Gold Leaf

 

14.45  Break

 

15.00  The COUNTER Code of Practice for Books and Reference Works

Peter T Shepherd, Project Director, COUNTER

 

15.30    Panel discussion introduced and chaired by

Penelope Woolf, Editorial Director, Higher Education Department, Oxford
University Press

All the speakers from the seminar are invited to participate in the
discussion.

 

16.05  Final summing up

 

16.15  Close of seminar

 

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Fee


UKSG members                                           £100.00 + £17.50 VAT
(total £117.50)


Non-members
£130.00 + £22.75 VAT (total £152.75)

The fee includes refreshments and lunch.


Venue


The British Library Conference Centre

96 Euston Road

London

NW1 2DB                                                      Tel.: 020 7380
1933

Location details will be sent with confirmation of booking.


Cancellations


By 28 October 2005                                     Full refund


From 29 October to 2 November 2005 incl.          50% refund

From 3 November 2005                                           No refund


Bookings


Please book via the UKSG website - http://www.uksg.org/events/091105.asp  -
or contact:

Karen Sadler, UKSG Administrator

15a Stile Road, Headington, Oxford  OX3 8AG   UK       

Tel.:  +44 (0)1865 744279   Fax:  +44 (0)1865 742164   E-mail:
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Karen Sadler

UKSG Administrator

Tel. +44 (0)1865 744279

Fax. +44(0)1865 742164

www.uksg.org