Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 11:47:15 +0000
From: GEDYE Richard <GEDYER@OUP.CO.UK>
Subject: SeminarTHE MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION IN LIBRARIES
SPIDERS OR FLIES: THE MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION IN
LIBRARIES
A two-day seminar organised on behalf of the National Acquisitions
Group and United Kingdom Serials Group by Mary Morley and Hazel Woodward at
Eynsham Hall, Witney, Oxfordshire
7 and 8 May 1997
`Spiders or flies' will concentrate on the issues, policies and practices
involved in making information in electronic form available to users in all
types of libraries, with papers covering such strategic issues as user
interfaces; networks; hardware and infrastructure; economic policies; copyright
and training.
The programme will give senior managers in the academic, commercial and public
library environments, as well as publishers and electronic information
providers, access to informed thinking on the various aspects of this
rapidly-changing area. It will also offer an ideal opportunity for delegates
to update their knowledge through participation in exchange of experience
discussions with professional colleagues. The seminar is the third joint
initiative of the two major professional interest groups NAG and UKSG, and
follows the success of `Taming the electronic jungle' and `Endangered species?'
PROGRAMME
WEDNESDAY 7 MAY
11.10 Parlour games: keynote address
Derek Law
Director of Information Services and Systems,Kings College London
11.45 Information for all? The public library dimension
Bill Macnaught
Director of Libraries and Arts, Gateshead Libraries
13.45 Access versus holdings: beyond the rhetoric
John Blagden
University Librarian, Cranfield University
14.30 Access to information for a local community: practical problems
and solutions
Heather Kirby
Head of Reference and Information Services, Croydon Libraries
15.45 The digital mousetrap
Neil Smith
Assistant Director, Digital Library Project, The British Library
16.30 Discussion, with speakers' panel
19.30 dinner
THURSDAY 8 MAY
9.00 Tightening the Net: copyright restrictions in the digital age
Sandy Norman
Information Manager (Legal and Parliamentary), The Library Association
9.45 How sticky is the Web?
Johannes Velterop
Managing Director, Academic Press Ltd
11.00 Managing the transition from paper to electronic text: implications
for libraries and publishers
Paula Kingston
Acorn Project Manager
11.45 Training as a means to manage rapid change
Kay Flatten
TAPin Project Manager
13.45 Funding the provision of electronic information
Tom Graham
University Librarian, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
14.30 Discussion, with speakers' panel
Summing up
Bernard Naylor
University Librarian, University of Southampton
BOOKING FORM
Surname................................................(Dr/Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms)
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Registration:
NAG or UKSG member: 215stg (+ VAT)
Non-member: 225stg (+ VAT)
Special dietary requirements:
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Fee includes meals and refreshments throughout the seminar, and accommodation
for the night of 7 May.
Payment:
Cheque to follow (payable to the UK Serials Group)
Invoice required
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Closing date: 11 April 1997
Email completed form to:
Jill Tolson, Business Manager, UK Serials Group
uksg@dial.pipex.com
Further details available from Jill Tolson,
tel 01993 703466 fax 01993 778879
