Networked Information in an International Context

A CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY UKOLN IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BRITISH LIBRARY, CNI, CAUSE AND JISC

9th and 10th February 1996 at the Ramada Hotel, Heathrow, UK

ANNEX 1: PROGRAMME

Friday 9 February

10.00 - 11.00 Conference registration

OPENING SESSION:

11.05 - 11.15 York Theatre Welcome

Lynne J Brindley, British Library of Political & Economic Science, UK

11.15 - 11.30 York Theatre Introduction

Paul Evan Peters, Coalition for Networked Information, US and Jane Norman Ryland, CAUSE, US

11.30 - 12.15 York Theatre University Libraries Review Group, Two Years On : Achievements, Plans and Problems

Sir Brian Follett, University of Warwick, UK, Introduced by Paul Evan Peters

PROJECT BRIEFINGS:

12.15 - 13.15 York Theatre ELECTRONIC JOURNALS

The CLIC Electronic Journal Project
Henry Rzepa, Imperial College, UK
Internet Archaeology : Overcoming the Obstacles and Using the Opportunities Seamus Ross, The British Academy, UK

12.15 - 13.15 Windsor Room TEACHING AND LEARNING

New Learning Communities in the Networked Environment
Jana Bradley, Indiana University at IUPUI, US

13.15 - 15.00 Lunch

PROJECT BRIEFINGS:

16.00 - 16.30 Tea

PROJECT BRIEFINGS:

16.30 - 17.30 Windsor Room TECHNICAL ISSUES

Electronic Support for Scholarly Communication: Developing an Electronic Community
Dov Gabbay, Imperial College, UK and Hans Jürgen Ohlbach, Max Planck Institute, Germany

16.30 - 17.30 York Theatre NETWORKED INFORMATION DISCOVERY AND RETRIEVAL

A Summary of the Findings of CNI’s NIDR Research Initiative
Clifford Lynch, University of California, Office of the President, US

17.30 - 19.00 Free period

19.00 - 20.00 Reception

20.00 Dinner

Saturday 10 February

09.30 - 10.30 York Theatre The British Library and Networking Research

Terry Cannon, British Library Research and Development Department, UK and John Mahoney, British Library
Introduced by Derek Law, King’s College London Library, UK

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee

PROJECT BRIEFINGS:

11.00 - 12.00 Windsor Room ELECTRONIC JOURNALS

From Ephemeral to Integral : Collaborative Management of Electronic Journals
Barbara McFadden Allen, CIC Center for Library Initiatives, US

11.00 - 12.00 York Theatre MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE ISSUES

Information Services: Threat or Opportunity?
Richard Field, University of Edinburgh, UK
Empowering the Millennium Citizen : Public Library Networking Initiatives - The Library Association Millennium Project and Project EARL
Philippa Dobson, LA/EARL/UKOLN Joint Public Libraries Networking Initiative, UK

12.00 - 13.00 Lunch

PROJECT BRIEFINGS:

13.00 - 14.00 Windsor Room TEACHING AND LEARNING

Technology Enhanced Language Learning : A Consortium Approach
Graham Chesters, The TELL Consortium, University of Hull, UK
IT POINT : Networking in the Community
Gulshan Kayam and Sue Turner, IT POINT Project Solihull, UK

13.00 - 14.00 York Theatre TECHNICAL ISSUES

Administrative Computing Meets the Web : Discover the Possibilities David Koehler, Princeton University, US

14.00 - 15.00 York Theatre

Changing Costs of Information in the Networked World
Richard West, California State University, US.
Introduced by Paul Evan Peters

15.00 - 15.15 York Theatre Closing Session

Paul Evan Peters, Coalition for Networked Information, US

15.15 Tea and Departure

British Library R&D Report 6250
© The British Library Board 1996
© Joint Information Systems Committee of the Higher Education Funding Bodies 1996

The opinions expressed in this report are those of the contributors and not necessarily those of the sponsoring organisations.

RDD/C/187

The primary publication medium for this report is via the Internet at URL http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/papers/bl/rdr6250/
It may also be purchased as photocopies or microfiche from the British Thesis Service, British Library Document Supply Centre, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 7BQ.

This report of the conference was prepared by The Marc Fresko Consultancy Telephone +44 181 645 0080 E-mail marc@easynet.co.uk

Converted to HTML by Isobel Stark of UKOLN, July 1996