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UKOLUG Meeting
**Molecular Biology Information Sources for Librarians**
Tuesday 9th March 1999, 10.00 - 16.00
Computer Training Suite, John Rylands University Library,
University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL
If you wish to find out what information resources are coming out of the
Genome Project then you should attend this workshop. It is intended for
Librarians and other Information Professionals who wish to understand what
the Genome Project is, how to find out more about it and how to carry out
straightforward searches of the major databanks available via the
Internet. The principal data resources will be reviewed, covering both the
human genome, plant and animal genomes, ethical/social issues as well as
information for the public and for patients. Delegates will be given an
opportunity for hands on using the sites mentioned.
**Programme**
10.00 Registration & Introduction
10.15 Overview & Objectives (Frank Norman, Deputy Librarian, National
Institute for Medical Research)
10.30 Genome Projects: maps, sequences and structures (Jose Saldanha,
Mathematical Biology, National Institute for Medical Research)
11.00 Break and Hands-on 11.30 Sequence databanks: record structure, key
fields (Jose Saldanha) 12.00 Integrated Interfaces-Entrez and SRS (Frank
Norman) 12.30 Lunch & Hands on 14.00 Future directions (Andy Brass,
Bioinformatics, University of
Manchester)
14.30 Other resources, and how to find them (Jose Saldanha)
15.00 Break and Hands-on
15.30 Ethical, legal, social issues & patent information (Frank Norman)
16.00 Close
**Cost (including lunch and refreshments)**
UKOLUG members 90UKP + VAT (105.75UKP); others 120UKP + VAT (141UKP)
Molecular Biology Information Sources for Librarians, 9th March 1999
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