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** Apologies for Cross-Posting ** Please note an advance date for your diaries: UK Serials Group will be holding a seminar Measure for Measure, or, Much Ado about Nothing: Measuring the quality and value of online journals To be held on Thursday 14 June 2007 At Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London This highly topical seminar brings together a range of eminent speakers to explore the ways in which the quality and value of online journals and their published output can be assessed, from the latest developments in long-standing citation-based assessment methods to newer technologies which have yet to be developed into reliable standards, including usage-based measures and linking metrics. Our experts will also consider the wider environment in which such measurements take place, in terms of the influence of quality measures on author and reader behaviour, the differing perceptions of value between disciplines, and the development of national quality initiatives such as the UK's Research Assessment Exercise. The seminar will be of keen interest to librarians, publishers and all those with a stake in understanding the multi-faceted topic of determining the quality of journals. Full details of this seminar, and how to book, will be available on our website by end of w/c 23 April, following the completion of our annual conference. Karen Sadler UKSG Administrator Tel. +44 (0)1865 744279 Fax. +44(0)1865 742164 www.uksg.org