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Dear Karen,

I would very much like to attend this seminar and will fax my booking 
form to you tomorrow. In the meantime I would be grateful if you could 
book a place for me.

Regards,
Arlene

Karen Sadler wrote:

>** Apologies for Cross-Posting **
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>UK Serials Group
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>COUNTER 
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>present a
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>Usage Statistics Training Seminar
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>Friday 9 December 2005 
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>University of Oxford
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>This one-day training seminar, organised by UKSG and Project COUNTER, will
>give a practical hands-on introduction for library staff on accessing,
>collating, utilising, presenting, and marketing e-journal 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 from a
>number of different standpoints. Future developments in the provision and
>exploitation of use measurement statistics will also be covered.
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>Please note:  In order to offer participants hands-on experience, attendance
>at this training seminar will be limited to 30, and will be restricted in
>this instance to library staff.  UKSG and COUNTER plan to run other training
>seminars on this topic around the UK, and hope to include those working in
>other sectors in the future.
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>For the hands-on session a basic knowledge of IT would be beneficial but the
>session leaders will provide clear examples of the operations and
>calculations needed.
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>Whilst recognising the widespread interest in usage statistics, this first
>training seminar, in what is planned to be a series, will be restricted to
>library staff – the group that perhaps more than any other is looking for
>clear guidance and help in this area.  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.
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>PROGRAMME
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>10.00   Registration and coffee
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>10.20   Welcome and introduction by the Chair
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>Peter Shepherd, Project Director, COUNTER
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>10.30      Project COUNTER – background, Codes of Practice, current
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>future developments
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>Peter Shepherd, Project Director, COUNTER
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>11.20   A publisher’s perspective on COUNTER: motivation, compliance,
>outcomes
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>Mike Hannant, Publishing Services Manager, Royal Society of Chemistry
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>11.55   Usage statistics: the broader view – link resolvers, portals,
>electronic resource management systems …
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>            Jenny Walker, Vice-President Marketing, Ex Libris
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>12.30   Lunch
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>13.30   Hands-on session
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>Cliff Spencer, Project Officer, University of Newcastle
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>Jill Taylor-Roe, Head of Liaison and Academic Services, University of
>Newcastle 
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>15.00   Tea
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>15.30   Experiences on the ground: usage statistics as a practical tool
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>            Jonathan McAslan, Electronic Resources Co-ordinator, OULS,
>University of Oxford
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>16.00   What will you do now?  Outcomes to take back to your library
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>A summary and some challenges from the Chair
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>16.30   Close of seminar
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>Fee
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>UKSG or COUNTER members                      £125.00 + £21.88 VAT (total
>£146.88)
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>Non-members                                                 £175.00 + £30.63
>VAT (total £205.63)
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>The fee includes refreshments and lunch.  
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>Venue
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>Oxford University Computing Services (Lecture Room 2)
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>13 Banbury Road
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>Oxford
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>OX2 6NN                                                         Tel.: 01865
>273200
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>Location details will be sent with confirmation of booking. 
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>Cancellations
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>By 30 November 2005                                    Full refund
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>From 1 to 5 December 2005 inclusive           50% refund
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>From 6 December 2005                                 No refund
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>Bookings
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>Please book via the UKSG website – http://www.uksg.org/events/091205.asp –
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>Karen Sadler, UKSG Administrator, 15a Stile Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 8AG
>UK
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>Tel.: +44 (0)1865 744279   Fax: +44 (0)1865 742164   E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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>Karen Sadler
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>UKSG Administrator
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>Tel. +44 (0)1865 744279
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>Fax. +44(0)1865 742164
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>www.uksg.org
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Arlene Healy,
Sub-Librarian (Science, Medicine & Engineering
& Electronic Information Services),
Trinity College Library,
College St.,
Dublin 2.
Tel: 00-353-1-6081459
E-mail: [log in to unmask]