Managing E-Resources - Issues and Challenges

London
Thursday 27 October 2005

This one-day seminar will highlight the issues and challenges posed by the increasingly diverse and extensive range of e-resources managed by libraries and will also explore the skills needed to manage them effectively. It will also cover related topics such as budgetary control, purchasing decisions and collection management, as well as considering the user perspective and the role of publishers, traditional library vendors and aggregators. Four speakers will provide practical insights into the diverse and demanding range of activities associated with the management of electronic collections in the library environment.

Programme

Presentations from the seminar

• Strategic overview: the politics of e-access and e-funding in the library environment - Jill Taylor-Roe
• Managing E- Resources in the Library - a practitioner's view - Steve Glover
• Living up to expectations 1 - local support and promotion - Frank Black
• Living up to expectations 2 - an intermediary's view of customer support - Esther Conway

Fee
UKSG members £85.00 + £14.88 VAT (total £99.88)
Non-members £105.00 + £18.38 VAT (total £123.38)

The fee includes refreshments and lunch.

Venue
British Library of Political and Economic Science
Conference Room R301
Lionel Robbins Building
10 Portugal Street
London
WC2A 2HD

Tel.: 020 7955 7229

Cancellations
By 17 October 2005 - Full refund
From 18 to 21 October 2005 inclusive - 50% refund
From 22 October 2005 - No refund

Bookings
*This event has now passed*
Karen Sadler
UKSG Administrator
15a Stile Road
Headington
Oxford
OX3 8AG
UK

Tel: +44 (0)1865 744279
Fax: +44 (0)1865 742164
E-mail: karen@uksg.org