5th Course "Electronic Resources and Electronic Publishing" in August 2004 (Ticer)

["Esther Bruls" <esther.bruls@uvt.nl>]

Dear reader,

We would like to draw your attention to the fifth edition of the course
"Electronic Resources and Electronic Publishing", to be held from 10 till
13 August 2004 in Tilburg, the Netherlands. The course aims to support
university and research libraries in the current transitional phase and to
identify new roles and opportunities for them. Als highly relevant for
publishersand related businesses!!!!

Where and when

Tilburg University, the Netherlands, Tuesday evening 10 up to and
including Friday 13 August 2004.

Target group

Library managers/directors, IT or systems librarians, licensing officers,
and digital library project managers from academic and research libraries.
The course is also highly relevant for publishers. Participants will
rapidly be able to apply the acquired skills to their own organisation, as
they will learn - by means of case studies and the associated practical
approach - to deal with the problems and challenges that different
organisations face.

Subjects

Changes in the information chain and trends in e-publishing; library
consortia: success, realism, myths and second thoughts; IT trends and
developments; changing views on copyright issues; licensing options; new
roles of publishers on the Internet; the art of negotiating; electronic
preprints: the Open Archives Initiative; document servers in support of
education and research; open access in practice.

Course director

Hans Geleijnse, CIO, Director of IT Services and University Librarian,
Tilburg University, NL, is responsible for strategic policy development
and coordination in the field of the university's information and
computerization policy. Hans has been heavily involved in library
consortia, digital library and electronic publishing initiatives.

Programme

Tuesday afternoon, 10 August 2004
* Optional tour of the Tilburg University library
* Welcome buffet

Wednesday, 11 August 2004
* Welcome and introduction to the course (Hans Geleijnse, Chief
  Information Officer, Director of University Library and Director IT
  Services, Tilburg University, NL)
* Trends in e-publishing (Donald King, Research professor, University
  of Pittsburgh, School of Information Sciences, USA)
* Consortia (Arnold Hirshon, Executive Director, NELINET, USA)
* IT trends and developments (Teun Nijssen, Security Advisor, Tilburg
  University, NL)
* Licensing: international developments and best practices (Emanuella
  Giavarra, Copyright lawyer, Chambers of Mark Watson-Gandy, UK)
* Workshop: subject to be determined (Hans Geleijnse, Chief
  Information Officer, Director of University Library and Director IT
  Services, Tilburg University, NL)
* Joint dinner

Thursday, 12 August 2004
* Renegotiating Elsevier (Arnold Hirshon, Executive Director, NELINET,
  USA)
* Elsevier strategy (Jonathan Clark, Technology director, Elsevier,
  NL)
* Workshop: The art of negotiating (Hans Roosendaal, Professor of
  Scientific Information, School of Business, Public Administration &
  Technology, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Twente, NL)
* The future of e-publishing and the role of universities in the value
  chain (Hans Roosendaal, Professor of Scientific Information, School of
  Business, Public Administration & Technology, Dept. of Computer
  Science, University of Twente, NL)
* Joint dinner

Friday, 13 August 20
* Open archives (Herbert Van de Sompel, Research and prototyping team
  leader, Research Library, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA)
* Open access (Mark Patterson, Senior Editor, Public Library of
  Science (PloS))
* Workshop: Open archives and getting scholars involved (Thomas Place
  Deputy librarian, Tilburg University library, NL and Sylvia Van
  Peteghem, Chief Librarian, University of Ghent, BE)
* Conclusions (Hans Geleijnse, Chief Information Officer, Director of
  University Library and Director IT Services, Tilburg University, NL)

Website http://www.ticer.nl/04elres/

In 2004 the International Ticer School, formerly known as the
International Summer School on the Digital Library, will offer the
following library management courses.

* The Digital Library and e-Publishing for Science, Technology, and
  Medicine (4.5 days)
  CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, 13-18 June 2004
* Return on Investment for Libraries and Information Services (2 days)
  Tilburg University, the Netherlands, 27-29 June 2004
* Electronic Resources and Electronic Publishing (3 days)
  Tilburg University, the Netherlands, 10-13 August 2004
* Library Strategy and Key Issues for the Future (2 days)
  Tilburg University, the Netherlands, 15-17 August 2004
* Change: Making it Happen in your Library (3 days)
  Tilburg University, the Netherlands, 17-20 August 2004

Organisation

The courses are organised by Ticer B.V., known from the International
Summer School on the Digital Library, in cooperation with Tilburg
University in the Netherlands, the Los Alamos National Laboratory Research
Library in the USA, the CERN Scientific Information Service in
Switzerland, Informationland in the Netherlands/UK, the Netherlands
Association for Library, Information, and Knowledge Professionals (NVB),
Heriot-Watt University in the UK, and University of Leeds in the UK.

Contact

Ticer B.V.
Ms Anja Huijben and Ms Esther Bruls
P.O. Box 4191
5004 JD Tilburg
The Netherlands
T. +31 - 13 - 466 8310
F. +31 - 13 - 466 8383
E. ticer@uvt.nl
URL http://www.ticer.nl/