Beyond the Beginning: The Global Digital Library
This international conference, with the overall theme of “Realising the Digital Library”, will feature invited speakers from around the world, including Australia, Europe, Japan and the United States.
The conference is being coordinated by UKOLN on behalf of JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee for the Higher Education Funding Councils), the British Library Research & Innovation Centre, CNI (the Coalition for Networked Information, Washington), CAUSE (the Association for Managing and Using Information Resources in Higher Education, Colorado) and CAUL (the Council of Australian University Libraries).
The conference will take place on the 16th and 17th of June 1997, at the QEII Conference Centre, Westminser, London
The registration fee for this two-day, non-residential conference is 140 pounds sterling. A booking form and further details are at URL:
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/global-digital-library/
Or, if you prefer, please email or telephone Hazel Gott at UKOLN on h.a.gott@ukoln.ac.uk or +44 (0)1225 826256.
Conference Programme
| Monday 16 June | |
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| 09.30-10.45 | Registration |
| 10.45-12.45 | Welcome Keynote address by Michael Fitzgerald, Vice-Chancellor,Thames Valley University 1st Main Session: The Dynamics of the Information Market |
| 12.45-14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00-15.00 | 1st Parallel Session: (a) Digital Library Coalition and European Union Projects (b) Electronic Libraries Programme and The Digital Library in Japan |
| 15.00-15.30 | Tea |
| 15.30-16.30 | 2nd Parallel Session: (a) Quality Management of Internet Resources and Report on Information Fatigue (b) The Information Profession and Information Professionals |
| 16.30-17.30 | 2nd Main Session: Copyright/Intellectual Property Rights: an international update |
| 18.30-20.00 | Reception at the new British Library, St Pancras |
| Tuesday 17 June | |
| 09.00-10.00 | 3rd Main Session: Lifelong Learning the Context of the Digital Library and Re-engineering the Learning Process |
| 10.00-10.30 | Coffee |
| 10.30-11.45 | 3rd Parallel Session: (a) CNI Project: Assessment of Network Services & Systems and Evaluation of eLib Programme (b) Metadata - Policy Level Issues for Implementation with speakers from the UK, the US and Australia |
| 11.45-12.45 | 4th Main Session: Digital Library Plans for European National Libraries: the example of Britain, Germany and the Netherlands |
| 12.45-14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00-15.00 | Panel Discussion |
| 15.00-15.30 | Closing Address by Donald Langenberg, Chancellor, University of Maryland System |