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JSTOR and the Research Information Network

 

Thursday 13 September 2007 , 09.00 to 12.00.  Digital Content and the
Researcher
 (Immediately prior to the Sustaining the Digital Library Symposium)

St. Trinneans Room in St. Leonards on the Pollock Halls, University of
Edinburgh
http://www.ed.ac.uk/explore/places/buildings/pollock-halls.html

How have scholars and librarians responded to the opportunities and
challenges of digital scholarship? What are their expectations for the
future development of online information resources? How is research
practice changing in the digital environment?

To address these questions, the Research Information Network (RIN) - in
collaboration with JSTOR - is holding a workshop in Edinburgh on 13
September 2007. A distinguished panel of speakers drawn from both JSTOR
and the library community in the UK will provide updates and reports on
new projects and recent studies.

JSTOR <http://www.jstor.org>  is a not-for-profit organization with a
dual mission to create and maintain a trusted archive of important
scholarly literature and extend access to the archive as broadly as
possible. The key role of the RIN <http://www.rin.ac.uk/>  is to give
the strategic leadership required to establish a national framework for
research information provision, and to generate effective and
sustainable arrangements for meeting the information needs of the
professional research community.

Programme

9.00        Registration 

9.15        JSTOR Update 
               Mike Spinella 
                    Executive Director, JSTOR

9.30        19th Century Pamphlet Digitisation Project 
               John Kiplinger
                    Director of Production, JSTOR 
                    & 
                    Chris Fowler
                    Head of IT Strategy, University of Southampton

10.15      Questions and Discussion

10.30      Break 

10.50      RIN Studies of Researchers 
               Michael Jubb
                    Director, RIN

11.10      Questions and Discussion

11.20      JSTOR/Ithaka Faculty & Librarian Studies 
               Mike Spinella 
                    Executive Director, JSTOR 
                    &
                    Bruce Heterick
                    Director of Library Relations, JSTOR

11.50      Questions and Discussion 

12.00      Close 

There is no registration fee for this workshop, but space is limited. If
you are interested and available to attend, please RSVP by contacting
David McTaggart of the National Library of Scotland by 11th September
2007.  [log in to unmask]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jill Evans

Service Development Manager

Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries

National Library of Scotland

33 Salisbury Place

Edinburgh

EH9 1SL

 

T: 0131 623 3940

M: 07931459292

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F: 0131 623 3984

http://scurl.ac.uk

 


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