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The substantial rise in the number of e-resources available to libraries is dramatically accelerating the transition to the all electronic library. Back volume collections, e-book databases and aggregations, and magazines in electronic form or with interesting electronic components are now coming on to the market on almost a daily basis. But how have they been absorbed and can libraries and business professionals continue to purchase such a wide variety of electronic content? To what extent is the demand being generated by the users, and what are their likely future requirements of these electronic resources? Will the supply chain manage to absorb the accelerating pace of change, will the budgets be there in the future and can publishers rely on a ready market for these new products? These are just a few of the many issues discussed by some of the world's leading specialists in journals, books and magazines to try and see a little further into these rapidly changing markets. This conference draws together publishers, librarians and intermediaries to discuss the major issues surrounding the explosion of e-resources.
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Programme
DAY 1
9.00
Registration, coffee, etc
9.25
Welcome
Peter Lawson, Chairman, ASA
Session Theme: Library requirements for effective usage of e-resources
(Chair: Peter Lawson, ASA)
Overview of future user requirements and likely impacts on the library
T Scott Plutchak, Director, Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Systems requirements to meet future needs
Susan Eales, Electronic Services Development Manager and Hassan Sheikh, Electronic Services Development Manager, Open University
New forms of effective intermediation
Simon Inger,Consultant
Discussion followed by Tea and Coffee
Session Theme: Distribution and Marketing of e-journals
Experience with consortia - a view from a specialist publisher
Peter Williams, Academic Director, Professional Engineering Publishing
Consortia strategies to beat the big guys
David Charles, David Charles e-licensing
Discussion followed by Buffet Lunch
Why don't consortia buy from smaller publishers?
Cary Bruce, EBSCO
Making sense of usage data
John Cox, Deputy Librarian, National University of Ireland, Galway
How constrained are library budgets?
David Baker, Principal, University College Plymouth St Mark & St John & Chair, JISC Content Services Committee
Discussion followed by Tea and Coffee
The need for intermediation delivering value to libraries and publishers
Robert Jacobs, Swets
Business models: e-resource access and management systems
Moshe Efron, Teldan TDNet Group, Israel
Discussion followed by reception
DAY 2
Session Theme: E-magazines
(Chair: Rollo Turner, ASA)
Challenges for magazine publishers in the online environment
Hugh Look, Rightscom
Likely changes to magazines in e-format
Sean Fishpool, Head of Product Development, Magicalia
User and distribution requirements
Sara Berry, Head of Central Information Services, Clifford Chance LLP
Discussion and Coffee
Session Theme: E-books
(Chair: Rollo Turner, ASA)
Business models and User Services
Monika Krieg, Publisher Relations, Harrassowitz
E-books in practice, some thoughts on access, functionality and licensing
Rafael Ball, Head of Central Library, Research Centre Juelich, Germany
The digital supply chain - buying and selling e-books in a rapidly changing landscape
Mark Carden, Senior VP and General Manager, EMEA, MyiLibrary Ltd
Discussion followed by close of conference and buffet lunch