BEYOND THE BEGINNING
The Global Digital Library

QEII Conference Centre, Westminster, London
Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 June 1997


Draft Programme
(as of 29-May-1997)

Monday 16 June
09.30-10.45 Registration
10.45-11.00 Welcome by John Arbuthnott, Chair, Joint Information Systems Committee, UK
11.00-11.45 Opening Keynote address:
Information, Knowledge & Learning: the library in the digital age
(Michael Fitzgerald, Thames Valley University, UK)
11.45-12.45 First Plenary Session:
The Dynamics of the Information Market
(Peter Lyman, University of California, Berkeley, US)
The Global Scholarly Information Infrastructure: global access to scholarly information - the quest for sustainable partnerships
(Neil McLean, Macquarie University, Australia)
12.45-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.00 First Parallel Session:
(a)
Telematics for Libraries: European union projects and initiatives
(Patricia Manson, European Community, Luxembourg)
The Electronic Libraries Programme: hybrid libraries, clumps and perservation
(Chris Rusbridge, Electronic Libraries Programme, UK)
(b)
Priorities for Digital Library Research - A View from the BLRIC
(Graham Jefcoate, British Library Research & Innovation Centre, UK)
The Digital Library in Japan
(Tamiko Matsumura, University of Library & Information Science, Japan)
15.00-15.30 Tea
15.30-16.30 Second Parallel Session:
(a)
Dying for Information?: a report on the effects of information overload in the UK and worldwide
(Paul Waddington, Reuters, UK)
(b)
The Information Profession and Information Professionals
(Gerry Bernbom, Coalition for Networked Information, US)
Information Navigators
(Judith Elkin, University of Central England, UK)
16.30-17.30 Panel Session:
Copyright/Intellectual Property Rights: an international update
(Charles Oppenheim, De Montfort University, UK)
(Graham Cornish, The British Library, UK)
(Sarah Sully, JSTOR, US)
18.30-20.00 Reception and tour of the new British Library, St Pancras
Welcome by Brian Lang, Chief Executive, The British Library
Tuesday 17 June
09.00-10.00 Second Plenary Session:
Distributing the Library to the Learner
(Peter Brophy, University of Central Lancashire, UK)
Re-engineering the Learning Process
(Ronald Watts, Organisation Plus, Australia)
10.00-10.30 Coffee
10.30-11.45 Third Parallel Session
(a)
Cost, Quality and Value: accessing the networked information value chain at Indiana University
(Christopher Peebles, Indiana University, US )
CNI's 'Assessing the Academic Networked Environment' Project: an update
(Joan Lippincott, Coalition for Networked information, US)
Evaluation of eLib Programme
(John Kelleher, The Tavistock Institute,UK)
(b)
Metadata: a UK Implementation
(Lorcan Dempsey, UK Office for Library & Information Networking, UK)
Metadata: moving from planning to implementation
(Cliff Lynch, University of California, US)
In the Company of Strangers: challenges and opportunities in metadata implementation
(Maxine Brodie, State Library of New South Wales, Australia)
11.45-12.45 Third Plenary Session:
Digital Library Plans for European National Libraries: the example of Britain, Germany and the Netherlands
Beyond The British Library
(David Inglis, The British Library, UK)
Steps Towards a Digital Library
(Werner Stephan, Die Deutsche Bibliothek, Germany)
12.45-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.30 Concluding Keynote Address
Beyond Candle Factories: higher education in the information age
(Donald Langenberg, University of Maryland System, US)
14.30-15.15 Fourth Plenary Session
Authentication: progress in the US and the UK
(Cliff Lynch, University of California, US)
(Norman Wiseman, Joint Information Systems Committee, UK)
15.15-15.45 Tea and Departure


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