SYMPOSIUM: Seize the E-Journal: Models for Archiving Susan Wishnetsky 24 Mar 2004 22:38 UTC
I'm new to SERIALST and apologize if this has been previously posted. SW SYMPOSIUM: Seize the E-Journal: Models for Archiving Electronic journals are a fact of everyday life for librarians who work in all types of libraries all over the world. There have been many new developments in this arena. The Medical Library Association's (MLA) Collection Development Section invites you to an upcoming Washington D.C. area half-day symposium that may help answer your questions and may address some of your concerns. At the very least, it should bring you up to date! MLA membership is not required. WHEN: Wednesday, May 26, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m, following the conclusion of the Medical Library Association annual 2004 meeting WHERE: Hilton Washington, 1919 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009, tel. 202.483.3000, fax 202.232.0438, <http://www.hilton.com/>www.hilton.com WHO CAN ATTEND: Anyone, not just Medical Library Association members MORE INFORMATION: Medical Library Association Web Site http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2004/index.html; look under 'Meeting Symposia". SPONSORED BY: Medical Library Association, Collection Development Section This symposium will give participants the opportunity to become familiar with current electronic journal archiving models and discuss future-oriented collection development priorities and strategies for individual, organizational, consortia, and national libraries. The program will include presentations by the experts on their archiving models, input from reaction panel members on the impact, feasibility, and interest level in these models for various types of libraries, and breakout sessions that allow participants to discuss existing archiving models and future archiving priorities and standards. Facilitators and Panelists Betsy Humphreys, Associate Director for Library Operations, U.S. National Library of Medicine (Moderator) * Eileen Gifford Fenton, Executive Director, Electronic-Archiving Initiative, JSTOR * Erik Oltmans, Manager, e-Depot, National Library of the Netherlands * Victoria Reich, Director, LOCKSS Program, Stanford University Libraries and Academic Resources * Edwin Sequeira, Project Manager, PubMed Central, National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine Reaction Panel * Britain G. Roth, Director, Academic Information, Geisinger Health System * Mark Danderson, Director, Sales and Business Development, New England Journal of Medicine * T. Scott Plutchak, Director, Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama, and Editor, Journal of the Medical Library Association Susan Wishnetsky Serials and Electronic Collections Librarian Galter Health Sciences Library The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University 303 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60611-3008 (312) 503-9351 FAX (312) 503-1204 pasiphae@northwestern.edu