ASA Conference 2010

22nd / 23rd February 2010

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


Final Programme

Monday February 22nd

08:45                Registration; tea/coffee

09:15                Welcome and Introduction
                          Peter Lawson, Chairman, ASA


Keynote session: The Economic Downturn: Threats, Opportunities, Costs, Benefits

09:30               Year two of the 'great recession': North American research libraries in fiscal crisis
                          Charles Lowry, Executive Director, ARL Libraries

10:00                The new dynamics of the information supply chain
                          Debbie Dore, Chief Commercial Officer, Swets

10:30                Navigating to calmer waters? A leading publisher's experience of the economic downturn 
                          Roger Horton, Chief Executive, Taylor & Francis Group

                          Panel discussion

11:00               Coffee/tea


The Big Deal in the economic downturn: disaster or opportunity?

11:30               "Long is the way and hard..." Managing Big Deals in the current economic climate.
                          Jill Taylor-Roe, Head of Liaison, Academic Services & Special Collections,
                          Newcastle University  Library

12:00                Shift Happens: From big deals to better deals - serving more of the people more of the time
                          Bill Russell, Sales and Marketing Director, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

12:30                Short term gain vs. long term pain: the true cost of cutting back on intermediary services
                           Ian Middleton, Vice President and General Manager of EBSCO, UK

                          Panel discussion


13:00-14:00    Lunch


Information supply in the C21st: Changes in management, delivery, demand and use

14:00              Research behaviour in the new information landscape
                        Ian Rowlands, Department of Information Studies, University College London

14:30              The scholarly communications conundrum: notes and queries from libraryland
                        Debby Shorley, Director of Library Services, Imperial College & JISC Collections Board

15:00              Publishing prospects 2010-2020: Digital decade or digital decimation?
                        Michael Mabe, CEO of International Association of STM Publishers

                         Panel discussion

15:30               Coffee/tea


Ebooks: Marketplace innovations, opportunities and setbacks.

16:00              Digital Piracy
                        Mark Majurey, Digital Development Director, T&F Informa

16:30              EBooks Do Furnish a Room: Don't They?
                        Economics of the eBooks supply chain and likely future developments

                        Richard Gisborne, Head of Corporate, Professional and Institutional Sales,
                        Blackwell Information Services

                          Panel discussion


17:00-19:00    Wine reception


Tuesday February 23rd

08:45-09:30      Coffee/tea


The Economy (II): 2010 and Beyond: The Shape of Things to Come

09:30                  The good, the bad & the ugly: the impact of the economic downturn on academic libraries
                            Hazel Woodward, University Librarian, Cranfield University; Director of Cranfield Press

10:00                  The view from The City: Stories from information specialists at the frontline,
                             how they coped, changes they've seen, and what comes next.

                             Richard Grove, Commercial Director, Prenax

10:30                   Out There: the scholarly landscape
                             Jerry Cowhig, Managing Director, Institute of Physics Publishing

                             Panel discussion

11:00-11:30       Coffee/tea


Innovations and possible futures...

11:30                  Central administration of OA fees on behalf of UK HE institutions
                             Paul Harwood, Deputy CEO, JISC Collections, UK

12:00                   C21st Rights Management (and what it might mean for agents)
                             Alicia Wise, Chief Executive, Publishers Licensing Society

12:30                   The future of scholarly journals
                             Michael Jubb, Director, Research Information Network (RIN)

                             Panel discussion

13:00-14:00       Lunch (all delegates) followed by ASA Executive Committee Meeting (members only)

 

 

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Conference Sponsors

The ASA would like to thank the following organisations who have generously sponsored the 2010 ASA Conference: