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

["Esther Bruls" <esther.bruls@xxxxxx>]

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@xxxxxx
URL http://www.ticer.nl/