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Subject: UK Serials Group - 20th Anniversary Conference, 7-9 April 97

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20th Anniversary Conference and Exhibition
7 - 9 April 1997
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

Programme

Monday 7 April

10.00           Registration and Exhibition viewing, James Watt Centre

11.15 - 11.45   Opening of Conference:  Welcome and introduction
                Will Wakeling, Chair, UKSG and Michael Breaks, University
                Librarian, Heriot-Watt University

11.45 - 12.15   A Taste of Edinburgh
                Sue Stuart, Edinburgh & Lothians Tourist Board

12.15 - 12.45   Keynote paper: Consortia licensing: a win-win situation?
                Pieter Bolman, President, Academic Press, USA

12.45 - 14.00   Lunch and Exhibition viewing, Exhibition area

14.00 - 14.30   Back to the future: the history of serials 1997-2017
                Ian Mowat, University Librarian, University of Edinburgh

14.30 - 15.00   Site licensing: lessons from the Pilot Site Licensing Initiative
                Martin White, TFPL and CHEMS PSLI Evaluation Team

15.00 - 15.30   Refreshments, Exhibition area

15.30 - 16.30   Concurrent sessions

                A       Quality control in the e-journal environment

                1.      Ensuring the quality of the Chemical Internet
                        Henry Rzepa, Reader in the Chemistry Department,
                        Imperial College, London

                2.      The commercial journal publisher: tales from the
                        editorial back office
                        Rosie Altoft, Director of New Media Development,
                        John Wiley & Sons Ltd

                B       Preservation and archiving in the e-journal environment

                1.      The digitisation of journal literature: towards
                        sustainable development
                        Michael Breaks, University Librarian,
                        Heriot-Watt University

                2.      Virtual stacks: storing and using electronic journals
                        Michael Alexander, Document & Image Processing Manager,
                        British Library Information Systems

16.30 - 17.30   Product reviews
                Exhibition viewing

18.30           Reception for first-time delegates
19.00           Dinner
20.30           Quiz
21.45           Scottish dancing
20.30 - 23.00   Informal coffee lounge
23.00 - 01.00   Disco

Tuesday 8 April

08.30 - 10.00   Product reviews
                Exhibition viewing

10.00 - 10.30   Refreshments, Exhibition area

10.35 - 11.35   Workshops (see below for details)

11.45 - 12.15   All-or-none:  there are no stable hybrid or half-way solutions
                for launching the learned periodical literature into the
                post-Gutenberg galaxy
                Matt Hemus, Cognitive Sciences E-print Archive, University
                of Southampton

12.15 - 12.45   Paper: the reliable technology?
                Bryan Coles, Chairman, Scientific Information Committee of
                the Royal Society

12.45 - 14.00   Lunch and exhibition viewing

14.00 - 15.00   Workshops (see below for details)

15.00 - 15.45   Refreshments and exhibition viewing

15.45 - 16.15   Online journals in the UK:  eLib and beyond
                Steve Hitchcock, Open Journal Project (Multimedia Research
                Group), University of Southampton

16.15 - 16.45   Publishing serials for the information society: is there
                a commercially viable future?
                Mark Bide, Consultant, Mark Bide & Associates

16.45 - 17.30   Library poster session
                (This is an opportunity for individual delegates or groups
                of delegates to present a focussed study/project of interest
                to the membership informally. Full details from the
                address below.)

19.00           Coaches leave for Conference Dinner
19.30           Reception and Conference Dinner, Royal Museum, Edinburgh
                After dinner speaker:  Laurie Taylor, writer and broadcaster
22.45           Coach tour back to University
23.00           Disco

Wednesday 9 Aprll

09.00 - 09.55   AGM
                Greetings from Claus Pedersen, Chair, European Federation of
                Serials Groups and Beverley Geer-Butler, President of NASIG

10.00 - 11.00   Concurrent sessions

                A       Pricing and access control: the digital issues

                1.      Simple Simon's experience of buying a virtual pie -
                        the pieman's perspective
                        Suzanne Wilson Higgins, Director, B H Blackwell

                2.      E-journals - what price access?: the customer's view
                        Colin Harris, University Librarian, Manchester
                        Metropolitan University

                B       The customer is always right?: delivering new services
                        and products

                1.      Testing the water: a publisher's view
                        Anthony Watkinson, Intellectual Property Director,
                        Thomson Science & Professional

                2.      Agents: coming up with the goods?
                        Albert Prior, Publisher Relations Manager, Swets and
                        Zeitlinger

11.00 - 11.30   Refreshments, Exhibition area

11.30 - 12.00   Designing the e-journal: why bother?
                Cliff McKnight, Reader in the Department of Information and
                Library Studies, Loughborough University

12.00 - 12.30   You'll wish it was all over: the bibliographic control of grey
                literature with reference to print football fanzines
                Hazel Hall, Lecturer in Information Management, Queen Margaret
                College, Edinburgh, and Neil Smith, Inland Revenue Scotland,
                Edinburgh

12.30   Close of Conference and lunch

Workshops

It will greatly benefit all workshop participants if they can undertake some advance preparation
in their chosen subjects, and bring with them to the sessions any documentation from their own
organisations likely to be of general interest.

1.      Electronic copyright
        Sandy Norman, Library Association

This workshop will concentrate on the effects of copyright law on electronic media and the
issues surrounding digital copying and use of copyright protected works. Participants will have
the opportunity to raise questions and discuss solutions to the problems of balancing the need
to protect works and the need to give access to information and knowledge.

2.      Serials in special libraries and corporate expectations: he who pays
        the piper calls the tune
        Liz Killean, formerly Civil Aviation Authority

This session aims to open up for discussion issues such as e-journals, the
Internet, journal costs and the value rather than the cost of services - such as those of a good
subscription agent - in relation to senior management's perception of the library and its worth.

 3.     Electronic current awareness and document supply
        Michael Archer, Astra Charnwood

Current awareness services used to be manual - typed bulletins, circulated by post and
generating ILL requests.  Now it is possible for users to do their own current awareness from
electronic sources and obtain the documents
'immediately'.  Is this what is wanted?  What are the pros and cons?  Bring along examples of
your current awareness services - advanced or not - for discussion.

4.      Article identifiers in an electronic world
        Norman Paskin, Elsevier Science Ltd

This workshop will review recent and planned developments in the area of article (document)
identifiers.  We will review, among other initiatives, simple identifiers (such as PII),
identifiers with some additional meaning
(such as SICI), proposals for identifier systems which can link to ordering
 or rights databases (eg: DOTI), and activities from the Internet world
(URLs, PURLs and URNs).  Questions, answers and contributions will all be welcome.

5.      Subject searching on the Internet
        Sue Welsh, OMNI (Organising Medical Networked Information)

In 1997 there is no shortage of search tools aiming to guide the Internet user to the right
resources - so why do we still find search and retrieval difficult on the information
superhighway?  The variety of tools available can, in itself, be off-putting, as well as their
number.  This workshop will review the current options available to the Internet searcher,
including search engines, virtual libraries and the subject based information gateways
(SBIGs) funded by the Electronic Libraries Programme.  Likely future developments will also be
reviewed.

6.      Bridging the gap - CD-ROMs
        Paul Williams, B H Blackwell

The concentration of this workshop will be to bridge the gap on CD-ROM network licensing.
Networking of CD-ROM databases is now commonplace but the licensing issues inherent within this
can be a minefield. Licence scenarios will be discussed.

7.      Official publications: towards the millennium
        Glyn Price, The Stationery Office (formerly HMSO)

Significant influences will shape the way in which we gain access to official information in the
run up to the next century.  Amongst these are the privatisation of HMSO in October 1996,
government policies on
Internet publishing and the trend towards publishing on demand.  This workshop will summarise
the present situation and stimulate discussion on the implications for information supply and
delivery.

8.      Focus groups
        Elizabeth Hart, University of Huddersfield

This introductory workshop will provide a definition of focus groups, why and when they might be
used and the advantages and disadvantages of the method.  There will be a practical session
which will allow delegates to see how focus groups could be organised in their libraries and the
time and resources required.

9.      Training for change
        Catherine Smith, NHS Executive Northern & Yorkshire

No-one likes to be left behind, but in this very fast moving world, how do we keep pace with
everything that is going on and how it affects our work and life in general?  Are we going to be
eagles and soar high to achieve our aims, or are we ostriches as far as developments are
concerned?
How much do we have to enhance our skills and how much do external factors influence our
decision-making?  How much and how often, and at what cost, is training undertaken?

10.     Library management systems and serials
        Mandy Lantz, Ise Valley Information Services, and
        Brian Hackett, University of Huddersfield

The selection of a new library management system is a major event for any library.  This
workshop examines the implications of moving to a new LMS for the serials librarian, whose
requirements may not be the prime consideration in the selection process.  Subjects covered will
include what you should ask for in a new system and what problems you will be likely to
encounter during conversion!

11.     Developments at the ISSN UK Centre
        David Baron, ISSN UK Centre

In 1998 there will be significant changes in the way the ISSN UK Centre is financed and
operated. This workshop will provide an opportunity for customers of the Centre to find out more
about the proposed changes and to contribute to the planning process by taking part in a
discussion of the issues involved.

Full residential member fee: stlg 250 + VAT.  Part- and non-residential options available.

Closing date: 14 March

For a full programme and booking form, or further information, please contact:

Jill Tolson
UK Serials Group Business Manager
114 Woodstock Road
Witney  OX8 6DY
UK

Tel:  +44 (0)1993 703466
Fax:  +44 (0)1993 778879
E-mail:  uksg@dial.pipex.com
Http://epip.lboro.ac.uk/uksg/