With apologies for cross-posting
There are still a few places left on the JIBS User Group event "A + I :
RIP?" on 13 November in Manchester - see details and registration link
below.
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In advance of this, we would like to collect some data about cancellations -
or potential cancellations - of A&I databases (eg Medline, Web of Science,
Philosopher's Index) at UK institutions. It is a short survey, which should
take maximum 5 minutes to complete.
The results of the survey will be presented at the event. Individual
institutions will not be identified and your responses will be treated as
confidential.
Whether or not you are able to attend the event, and even if you are not
planning any cancellations, we would be really grateful if you could
complete the survey so that we can get as complete a picture as possible.
The results of the survey will be presented at the event.
The survey is available at
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=cl_2bFgC1F6mCoJjXqawlykg_3d_3d
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Event details:
As institutional budgets come under increasing pressure, will abstracting
and indexing services survive, and do they deserve to?
Services such as Science Direct report that the majority of links to their
articles come from Google or Google Scholar. Do our academics, researchers
and students simply want Google Scholar attached to a huge PDF dump? If so,
why spend valuable funds on anything else?
The widely-held belief was that federated searching and cross-search
software developments would help save the A&I services but is this the case?
Will new services - like Summon cross-search software which has an alliance
with publishers to index content - challenge the supremacy of Google?
These issues will be debated at the JIBS User Group November meeting and AGM
The workshop and lunch are FREE to members of organizations that are JIBS
members and 50 GBP to non members
Full details of speakers etc are at:
http://www.jibs.ac.uk/events/workshops/airip/programme.htm
Registration form is at:
http://www.jibs.ac.uk/events/workshops/airip/bookform.htm
Thank you
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Sue Cumberpatch
JIBS User Group Chair
Library & Archives
University of York
YORK YO10 5DD, UK
Tel : +44 (0)1904 433891
Email : [log in to unmask]
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