International Summer School on the Digital Library 2000, Week 2

Thursday afternoon, 10 August 2000

Electronic scholarly communication

13.30 hrs RePEc: an Open Library for Economics (QZ 105)

  • scholarly dissemination
  • centralised vs. decentralised distribution
  • archives providers vs. service providers
  • relational metadata
  • the "open" library
  • involvement of libraries
Thomas Krichel
Lecturer in Economiccs, University of Surrey, Department of Economics, UK

14.30 hrs Coffee/tea (Foyer building Q)

14.45 hrs Pre-print servers and the access to research papers on the Internet (QZ 105)

  • position of the library in the information chain
  • fitness of the established mechanism for scholarly communication
  • alternative conceptual models and concrete initiatives (e.g. pre-prints)
  • the Open Archives Initiative, formerly Universal Preprint Service Initiative
  • the Santa Fe Convention of the Open Archives Initiative Libraries and the Open Archives Initiative
Herbert Van de Sompel
Head of library automation, University of Ghent, Central library, BE

15.45 hrs Coffee/tea (Foyer building Q)

16.00 hrs The need for new business models : document servers in support of teaching, learning and research (QZ 105)

  • scholarly publishing
  • roles of universities
  • document servers
  • new business models
  • copyright holders
Hans Roosendaal
Director scientific information, University of Twente, Dinkel Institute, NL

17.00 hrs Discussion

Thomas Krichel
Lecturer in Economiccs, University of Surrey, Department of Economics, UK

Hans Roosendaal
Director scientific information, University of Twente, NL

Herbert Van de Sompel
Head of library automation, University of Ghent, Central library, BE

17.30 hrs End of sessions

18.30 hrs Departure of the bus at hotel "Auberge de Bonheur"

18.35 hrs Departure of the bus at the student apartments

19.00 hrs Farewell dinner (Restaurant "Villa de Vier Jaargetijden" in town)

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