AHIS (UK & Ireland) Conference 2001


What's e-publishing ever going to do for us?
The gap between the vision and the reality of electronic full-text information on the internet

26th April 2001 at the Novartis Foundation, Portland Place, London

 


PROGRAMME
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10.00 Coffee and registration
10.30The changing face of scholarly publishing. Download presentation (pdf)
Robert Kiley, Information Service Manager, Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, looking at the different publishing models being developed, including PubMed and commercial services such as CrossRef, and examining the key drivers responsible for this change.
11.10 E-journal archiving.
David Inglis, Director, British Library Digital Library Programme.
National and international policies for guaranteed access to back issues of electronic journals, and plans for the archiving and supply of e-journal articles.
11.50 Citation linking in large-scale e-print archives and the Open Citation Project. Steve Hitchcock, Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton. Link to presentation
The implications of large-scale e-print archives for scholarly papers and the prospects for enhancing these with transparent global interoperability, using the Open Citation Project as a demonstration of the archive services which may emerge.
12.30 AHIS (UK & Ireland) AGM.
13.00 Lunch
14.15 The Internet and distance learning for continuous professional development in veterinary medicine. View presentation
Nick Short, Head of e-media, Royal Veterinary College.
A look at the use of various distance learning facilities and techniques which are available to the animal health worker and veterinary surgeon.
14.55 Intellectual property and publishing on the Internet.
Jill Durdin, Head, Copyright Enquiries, Copyright Directorate, The Patent Office. Following last year's stimulating talk on electronic copyright we have invited Jill to look at the current position from an intellectual property viewpoint.
15.35 Discussion with speakers
16.30 Tea & Close

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