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UK Serials Group are pleased to offer this new seminar in London on 20 June:
E-Resources Publishing Today: An Introductory Overview
Tuesday 20 June 2006
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London
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This one-day seminar aims to provide an insight into the role that
electronic publishers play in producing content for libraries and,
ultimately, end users. It will look at four distinct types of electronic
resource: electronic journals, online books, aggregated databases and
digital archive collections. Each of these resources has unique production
processes, business models and technology challenges. All of these
resources appear to the end user as content. The seminar will provide clear
information about the production processes, business models and delivery
methods of each, as well as looking at the external factors such as open
access and digitisation initiatives which are challenging these traditional
publishing practices. The afternoon breakout session will allow delegates
to explore the issues raised in the presentations.
The seminar is aimed at professionals working in the information industry
who wish to know more about the differences between the types of electronic
resources available, as well as the underpinning product development and
production processes that take place to make these resources available. It
will also give an up-to-date view of other current initiatives, and will
look at the challenges that suppliers and libraries face in promoting usage
of these paid-for resources.
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Programme
09.30 Registration and coffee
09.50 Welcome, opening and introductions by the Chair and UKSG
representative
Jill Taylor-Roe, Head of Liaison & Academic Services, University of
Newcastle
10.00 From author to reader in an electronic world: an overview of the
online journal publishing process
Paul Calow, Journal Sales Manager Europe, Blackwell Publishing
An overview of the production process of e-journals, which will also cover
business models,
and external factors such as open access.
11.00 Everything you wanted to know about aggregated databases
Gareth Smith, National Sales Manager UK and Ireland, EBSCO
Information Services
An overview of the production process of journal aggregators and the
challenges they face.
Who uses aggregated databases? What are they comprised of? Why are they so
popular?
12.00 Lunch
13.00 E-books: moving from the experimental into the mainstream
Christoph Chesher, Group Sales Director, Taylor & Francis
An overview of the different types of e-books available, the production
processes involved
in making e-book content available electronically, and the variety of
business models
available to libraries.
14.00 Why’s this one different? Digitising non-print archives
Caroline Kimbell, Manager: Library Partnerships, Thomson
Learning (EMEA)
An overview of the production process of digital collections, looking at
different content
types including books, journals, newspapers and ephemera, and highlighting
the
technological developments that are impacting on teaching, learning and
research.
15.00 Workshop discussions and feedback sessions
Items for discussion will cover online journals/books/databases
and digital archives.
16.00 Close of seminar
Fee
UKSG members £90.00 + £15.75 VAT (total £105.75)
Non-members £115.00 + £20.13 VAT (total £135.13)
The fee includes refreshments and lunch.
Venue
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (Collegiate Suite)
London
NW1
Location details will be sent with confirmation of booking.
Cancellations
By 13 June 2006 Full refund
From 14 June 2006 No refund
Bookings
Please book via the UKSG website – www.uksg.org – or contact:
Karen Sadler, UKSG Administrator
Tel.: +44 (0)1865 744279
Fax: +44 (0)1865 742164
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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