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The UK Serials Group are pleased to announce the latest date and venue for
our very successful new E-Journal Technical Update Course:
Thursday 12 May 2005 – Sheffield Hallam University
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Everything you always wanted to know about e-journals but were afraid to ask
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E-Journal Technical Update
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Many of us working directly with e-journals in libraries or as
intermediaries or publishers would like to feel more confident in our
understanding of the basic technology. Managing e-journals and making them
available to end-users is quite different from dealing with print, but many
of us have moved from one to the other, picking up expertise informally.
Even then, we probably all have gaps in our knowledge and understanding, and
the need to gain a proper balanced overview of the technical environment is
crucial if we are to do our jobs effectively.
To meet the needs of the groups identified above, the UK Serials Group is
offering a practical one-day 'E-Journal Technical Update' course. At the
end of the day you will have a good understanding of the underlying
technicalities and feel more confident in your day-to-day work. The course
will be invaluable for anyone from a non-technical background working with
e-journals. Numbers are limited so that individual help can be given during
the day – the atmosphere will be friendly and supportive. The format will
be a mix of taught and discussion sessions.
Course Content
Scholarly Information Strategies have developed the course exclusively for
UKSG, to be presented by Simon Inger, who will bring a wealth of experience
of technical and business matters concerning electronic journals.
The course will be continually updated, but core content will include:
The Development of E-Journals
· Identifying the major companies involved in e-journal provision
· The differences between gateway, aggregator, e-journal host and
publisher web sites and search engine-based gateways
· The benefits of electronic journals
· The rise of linking, including CrossRef and the DOI
· Linking from library web pages and OPACs
· Corporate intranets
Access Control and User Authentication
· Definition of terms - access control, user authentication
· Organisational hierarchies
· User authentication methodologies
· IP address ranges, firewalls and proxies
· Access control methodologies
· Why gateways and publishers both have to know IP addresses
· Organising access to content efficiently
Navigating Users to Content
· User navigational behaviour
· Which starting point for a user?
· Library web pages
· OpenURL link servers (e.g. SFX) and supporting services
· Google
· Open Archives and Open Access (including OAI-PMH)
· Author web sites
· Organising access to open archives
Fee
UKSG members £145.00 + £25.38 VAT
(total £170.38)
Non-members £195.00 + £34.13
VAT (total £229.13)
The fee includes refreshments and lunch.
NB: Those completely new to dealing with journals should first attend the
UKSG’s ‘Serials Resource Management for the 21st Century: An Introduction’
course which is run regularly in a variety of locations. This one-day
course covers all aspects of the serials industry and includes a
non-intensive introductory technical session.
Bookings
Full booking details will be available on the UKSG web site
http://www.uksg.org <http://www.uksg.org/>
Week commencing 18 April.
A venue map will be sent with confirmation of booking.
For further information please contact:
Karen Sadler, UKSG Administrator
15a Stile Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 8AG UK
Tel.: +44 (0)1865 744279 Fax: +44 (0)1865 742164
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Karen Sadler
UKSG Administrator
Tel. +44 (0)1865 744279
Fax. +44 (0)1865 742164
www.uksg.org
