2007 Conference: Policy, Pricing and Purchasing

25th / 26th February 2007

20 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0RN, UK.

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DAY 1

The structure of purchasing decisions
Warren Holder, Electronic Resources Coordinator, University of Toronto, Canada

Purchasing in the corporate organisation
Michael Christensen, Serials Acquisition Management Officer, Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark

Putting usage statistics to work in the purchasing life cycle
Terry Bucknell, Electronic Resources Manager, University of Liverpool

Discussion with the panel followed by lunch

The Dark Art of Pricing and Business Models: Does the journal have a price any longer?
John Cox, Managing Director, John Cox Associates

Pricing the package
Nick Evans, Members Services Manager, ALPSP and Tamsyn Honour, Swets Information Services UK

Tea

Business models that work
Ian Snowley, Director, Academic Services
University of London Research Library Services, and President-Elect the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)

A Value Driven Approach to eJournal Procurement
Armand Brevig, Global Category Lead, Scientific and Business Information, AstraZeneca

Discussion with the panel followed by reception


DAY 2

Where are consortia heading? [1]:  The UK model
Paul Harwood, Director, Content Complete

Where are consortia heading? [2]: The USA
Ann Okerson, Associate University Librarian for Collections and International Programs, Yale University, USA

Where are consortia heading? [3]: Europe
Nol Verhagen, University Librarian, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands

Coffee

New forms of discovery - The academic view
Margaret Flett, IT Services Development Officer, UCL Library Services, University College London

Discovery - empowering the user
Mark Jewell, Director Business Information Services, Lehman Brothers

Intermediation in the new user environment
Chris Beckett, Director, Scholarly Information Strategies Ltd.