** Apologies for Cross-Posting **

 

UK Serials Group, in association with Project COUNTER are pleased to
announce the second-running of this very popular seminar:

 


Usage Statistics Training Seminar


 


Tuesday 27 June 2006 


The University of Manchester


 

The course will also run on 19 September in Edinburgh, and 30 November in
Oxford – full details on these dates will be announced in due course.

 

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This one-day training seminar, one of a series organised by UKSG and Project
COUNTER, will give a practical hands-on introduction to accessing,
collating, utilising, presenting, and marketing e-resource usage statistics,
both COUNTER-compliant and otherwise.  The latest news on COUNTER activities
will also be presented, and experts from different sectors will provide
their perspectives on the role and importance of usage statistics.  Future
developments in the provision and exploitation of use measurement statistics
will also be covered.

 

Please note:  To allow participants hands-on experience, attendance at this
training seminar will be limited to 30.  UKSG and COUNTER plan to run other
training seminars on this topic, with sessions in Edinburgh and Oxford to be
offered this autumn.

 

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Those attending are invited to consult the Project COUNTER website
(www.projectcounter.org <http://www.projectcounter.org/> ) in advance,
although the COUNTER Codes, etc. will be fully covered during the seminar. 

Please note:  In order to get most benefit from the hands-on session,
participants should have a basic working knowledge of Excel: advanced
knowledge is not required.

 

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PROGRAMME


10.00  Registration and coffee

 

10.30  Welcome and introduction by the Chair

Peter Shepherd, Project Director, COUNTER

 

10.40  Project COUNTER – background, Codes of Practice, current activities,
future developments

Peter Shepherd, Project Director, COUNTER

 

11.25  A publisher’s perspective on COUNTER

David Sommer, Commercial Director, MPS Technologies

 

12.05  Experiences on the ground: usage statistics as a practical tool in
the library 

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

 

12.45  Lunch

 

13.45  Hands-on session

Cliff Spencer, Project Officer, University of Newcastle

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

 

15.30  Tea

 

16.00  What will you do now?  Outcomes to take back to base

A summary and some challenges from the Chair

 

16.30  Close of seminar

 

Fee

UKSG or COUNTER members       £125.00 + £21.88 VAT (total £146.88)

Non-members                                   £175.00 + £30.63 VAT (total
£205.63)

The fee includes refreshments and lunch.  

 

Venue

Lascelles Williams Training Room, Kilburn Building

The University of Manchester

Location details will be sent with confirmation of booking. 

 

Cancellations

By 20 June 2006                                           Full refund

From 21 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]

 

 

 

Karen Sadler

UKSG Administrator

Tel. +44 (0)1865 744279

Fax. +44(0)1865 742164

www.uksg.org