ASA Annual Conference 2011

21st / 22nd February 2011

Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0RN, UK

 

Preliminary Programme

What follows is the preliminary programme for the 2011 ASA Conference. Some details may change between now and the conference start date but as speakers confirm the titles of their talks, these will be added to the programme as final. In all cases, speakers will speak for 20-25 minutes leaving time for a panel discussion with questions from the audience at the end of each session.

 

Monday February 21st

09:15        Registration; tea/coffee

09:50        Welcome and Introduction
                  Peter Lawson, Chairman, ASA


Keynote 1: Sign of the Times? The Rise of Market-Driven Purchase Models

Chaired by Sarah Durrant, Secretary General, ASA, and Principal of Red Sage Consulting

10:00       The Subscription is dead: long live...?
                  Rick Anderson, Associate Director for Scholarly Resources and Collections, University of Utah

10:30        This year's model: strategies for increasing access to research content
                  Mark Ware, Principal, Mark Ware Consulting

11:00        Title to be confirmed
                  Robert Kiley, Head of Digital Services, The Wellcome Trust

Panel discussion

11:30 Coffee/tea


Session 2:   Forever Changes: eBook Trends & Developments

Chaired by Peter Lawson, Chairman, ASA

12:00            Patron-driven acquisition and trends in eBook uptake
                      Ian Hames, Vice President of International Sales, eBrary

12:30           Title to be confirmed
                      Scott Wasinger, Managing Director, Business Development, NetLibrary Inc.


13:00-14:00     Networking Lunch


Session 3: Show Me the Value! The New Reality of Library-Publisher Negotiations
Chaired by Sarah Durrant, Secretary General, ASA, and Principal of Red Sage Consulting

14:00          A view from the publisher - title to be confirmed
                    David Hoole, Director, IP Policy and Licensing, Nature Publishing Group

14:30          A view from the library - title to be confirmed
                    Dr. Hildegard Schaeffler, Head of Serials and Electronic Media, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

15:00          A view from the research sector - title to be confirmed
                    David Prosser, Executive Director, Research Libraries UK (RLUK)

Panel discussion

15:30 Coffee/tea

 

Session 4: News International: Scholarly Information Provision Around the World
Chaired by Monika Krieg, Head of Publisher Relations, Harrassowitz

16:00          The scholarly and research information arena in China - title to be confirmed
                     Caitlin Meadows, Publishing Services Director, Charlesworth Group

17:00           The scholarly and research information arena in India - title to be confirmed
                      Professor Roshan Raina, Indian Institute of Management

17:30           Managing an overseas campus: the view from Nottingham
                     Dick Chamberlain, University Librarian, University of Nottingham

Panel discussion

18:00          Library Choice: Your Part in its Victory


18:15-19:30      Wine Reception

 

Tuesday February 22nd

08:30                 Tea/coffee


Keynote 2: The Road Ahead: The Future of Research Communication

Chaired by Robert Jacobs, Director of Publisher Relations, Swets

09:00          The future of UK higher education & research: the view from the library
                     Phil Sykes, University Librarian, University of Liverpool

09:30          The future of scholarly communication: the next five years
                     Brian Crawford, Director of Publications, American Chemical Society

Panel discussion


10:00 Tea/coffee


Session 6: The E-only Landscape: Journey Without Maps?

Chaired by Ann Lawson, Senior Publisher Relations Executive, Europe, EBSCO & Treasurer, ASA

10:30           How the move to e-only information provision is impacting the research sector
                     Michael Jubb, Director, Research Information Network (RIN)

11:00           Sharing experience: notes from an advanced electronic research library
                     Ingbritt Butina, Library Director, The Royal Danish Library

11:30           E-only pricing models: are publishers and their library customers on the same page?
                     Melinda Kenneway, Director, TBI Communications

12:00           The role of the intermediary in an e-only world
                     Mark Carden, Executive Vice President, Global Sales & Marketing, Publishing Technology plc

Panel discussion


12:30            Networking Lunch

 

Session 7:   With or Without You: Are Users Becoming the New Publishers?
Chaired by Sarah Durrant, Secretary General, ASA, and Principal of Red Sage Consulting

13:30             Show me the data! Why publishers need to deliver more of what users want
                       Toby Green, Head of Publishing, OECD Publishing

14:00             Nanopublication and its repercussions for the STM landscape
                       Jan Velterop, Concept Web Alliance

14:30             Using technology to enhance research communication
                        Moshe Pritsker, Managing Director, Journal of Visualized Experiments (JOVE)

Panel discussion


15:00              Conference ends

15:15              ASA Executive Committee Meeting (ASA members only)

 

 


Registration
Conference registration will be available via the ASA website from September 15th 2010. There will be a discount for early-bird registration and up to 30% discount for librarians from not-for-profit institutes.

 

Conference Sponsorship
Sponsorship opportunities for the conference are available. Please contact Sarah Durrant