International Autumn School on the Digital Library in Geneva

[Jens Vigen <Jens.Vigen _at__ cern.ch>]

Liebe deutsche Kollegen, ich haufe ihr in Genf zu sehen!

Jens Vigen, local organiser.
 
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International Autumn School on the Digital Library and E-publishing for
Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics

http://cwis.kub.nl/~ticer/autumn01/
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From 9 - 14 September 2001, a one-week course on digital libraries and
e-publishing will be held on the premises of CERN in Switzerland. The
course has been especially developed for librarians in the fields of
physics, astronomy and mathematics. The course is being organised by Ticer
B.V. and Tilburg University, renowned for their International Summer
School on the Digital Library, in co-operation with the CERN Scientific
Information Service and the Los Alamos National Laboratory Research
Library. The course director is Rick Luce, Research Library Director at
Los Alamos National Laboratory. 

The course is aimed at providing knowledge support to  academic libraries,
research libraries, and publishers in the current transitional phase and
to identify new roles and opportunities for them. The programme is
designed for library managers, librarians, reference librarians, subject
specialists, publishers and other information professionals in the fields
of physics, astronomy and mathematics. Advanced libraries will mainly be
addressed, without excluding the less technically advanced libraries. 

Participants should complete the course with a knowledge of: 

	* the current changes in the information chain, possible roles and
	  opportunities for physics astronomy, and mathematics libraries 
	* the strategies of other (commercial and scholarly) players on
	  the market 
	* the organisational and technical aspects of electronic
	  self-publishing; 
	* different approaches to licensing and the forming of
	  consortia 
	* the experiences with integrating digital content in
	  leading institutions 

Group discussions and workshops will enable participants to apply the new
information to their own situation. 

The following subjects will be dealt with: 

	* changes in the information chain 
	* new roles of publishers on the Internet 
	* the library as the information gateway, the library as a
	  publisher 
	* licensing options 
	* library consortia 
	* electronic pre-prints, document servers and the Open
	  Archives Initiative 
	* reference linking
	* library case studies

Many international experts will present lectures, case
studies, and demonstrations, including: 

                 Martin Blume (The American Physical Society, USA) 
                 David Dallman (CERN, Switzerland) 
                 Hans Geleijnse (European University Institute, Italy) 
                 Emanuella Giavarra (Chambers of Mark Watson-Gandy, United Kingdom) 
                 Gertraud Griepke (Springer-Verlag, Germany) 
                 André Heck (Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory, France) 
                 Carol Ann Hughes (Questia Media, USA) 
                 Rick Johnson (The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition, USA) 
                 Michael Jost (FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany) 
                 David Kohl (University of Cincinnati, USA) 
                 Rick Luce (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA) 
                 Teun Nijssen (Tilburg University, The Netherlands) 
                 Thomas W. Place (Tilburg University, The Netherlands) 
                 Marten Stavenga (Elsevier Science, The Netherlands) 
                 Herbert Van de Sompel (Cornell University, USA) 
                 Jens Vigen (CERN, Switzerland) 

A detailed programme, the biographies of the lecturers, and administrative
details are available at the course web site:
http://cwis.kub.nl/~ticer/autumn01/. 

A course brochure can be requested at the address below, or by filling out
the form at http://cwis.kub.nl/~ticer/autumn01/form.htm. 


             Contact 

             Ticer B.V.
             Mrs. Jola Prinsen
             P.O. Box 4191
             5004 JD Tilburg
             The Netherlands
             Phone: +31-13-4668310
             Fax: +31-13-4668383
             E-mail: ticer _at__ kub.nl
             http://www.ticer.n