International Spring School on the Digital Library and E-publishing for Science and Technology 2002

Monday, 4 March 2002

Introduction to electronic publishing and the role of the library

9:00 hrs Welcome and introduction to the course (building 593, room R-010)

  • opening
  • practical information
  • learning objectives
  • course methods
Jola Prinsen
Deputy manager, Ticer B.V., NL

9:20 hrs Introduction to electronic publishing (building 593, room R-010)

  • transformation of the current publishing field
  • changes in the information chain
  • change factors
  • publishing industry
  • impact on the principal players in the information chain
  • changing role of the intermediary/librarian
  • the library as a publisher, a facilitator and a gateway to information
Hans Geleijnse
Director of Information Service and Systems, European University Institute, IT

11:00 hrs Coffee/tea (sponsored by Dialog Europe throughout the week)

11:15 hrs IT and electronic publishing: issues, trends and developments (building 593, room R-010)

  • metadata
  • pre-print server technology
  • SGML and XML
  • formats of e-journals and e-reports
  • hardware support and requirements
Teun Nijssen
Senior project manager, Tilburg University, Computer Centre, NL

13:00 hrs Lunch

14:15 hrs A group photo will be taken of the Spring School class

14:30 hrs Case study: Electronic journals and electronic publishing at Los Alamos (building 593, room R-010)

  • initiatives
  • experiences
  • lessons learned
Rick Luce
Library Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Research Library, USA

15:30 hrs Electronic journals and electronic publishing at CERN : a case study (building 593, room R-010)

  • initiatives
  • experiences
  • lessons learned
David Dallman
Senior Scientific Information Officer, CERN, Scientific Information Service, CH

16:30 hrs Coffee/tea

16:45 hrs Workshop (building 593, room R-010)

Rick Luce
Library Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Research Library, USA

David Dallman
Senior Scientific Information Officer, CERN, Scientific Information Service, CH

17:30 hrs End of sessions

18:00 hrs Joint dinner at the self-service CERN restaurant

19:30 hrs End of programme

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Tilburg Innovation Centre for Electronic Resources
Ticer, PO Box 4191, 5004 JD Tilburg, The Netherlands,
telephone +31-13-466 83 10, telefax +31-13-466 83 83, e-mail ticer@uvt.nl,
Last updated 22 February 2002.