Where possible, we have obtained presentation slides from the briefing session speakers at the 32nd UKSG Annual Conference. These are posted below, along with links to reviews of the sessions on UKSG's LiveSerials blog. Slides and reports of the conference's plenary sessions can be found here.
Group A: Monday 30th March and Tuesday 31st March 2009
Moving to e-only from a library perspective?
Sarah Pearson, University of Birmingham
- view slides (PowerPoint show)
- read review on UKSG's LiveSerials conference blog
Getting (slightly) technical – an introduction to linking
Ross MacIntyre, MIMAS, The University of Manchester
The Evolved Agent: what information intermediaries are doing to bring benefit to the information chain in the digital age
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Sarah Durrant, Association of Subscription Agents and Intermediaries
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E-books in academic libraries: new challenges, best practice and lessons learned
Steve Sharp, University of Leeds; Sarah Thompson, University of York
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Electronic journals – continuing access and long-term preservation: roles, responsibilities and emerging solutions
Terry Morrow, Tee Em Consulting
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- read review on UKSG's LiveSerials conference blog
CrossCheck – detecting originality and plagiarism in academic publishing
Ian Bannerman, Taylor & Francis; Kirsty Meddings, CrossRef
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‘Microlicensing’ – towards more effective mechanisms to support copyright compliance on the network
Mark Bide, Rightscom Ltd
How green can our value chain become?
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Michael Leuschner, Swets
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Usage Factor, Transfer and KBART: updates on UKSG’s current work in the information community
Richard Gedye, Oxford University Press; Ed Pentz, CrossRef; Charlie Rapple, TBI Communications
- view Richard Gedye's slides (PowerPoint show)
- view Charlie Rapple's slides (PowerPoint show)
The 21st century library – a whole new ball game?
Helle Lauridsen, ProQuest; Graham Stone, University of Huddersfield
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- read review on UKSG's LiveSerials conference blog
How users navigate publisher platforms - 2004 to 2008
Marthyn Borghuis, Elsevier
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If you love your content, set it free?
Mike Ellis, Eduserv
OPAC 2.0 and beyond
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Dave Pattern, University of Huddersfield
- view slides (link to Slideshare)
- read review on UKSG's LiveSerials conference blog
The costs of the scholarly communications system and how they are met: an update on possible changes
Michael Jubb, Research Information Network
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Group B: Tuesday 31st March and Wednesday 1st April 2009
Implementing an Electronic Resource Management System – challenges, benefits and future plans
Anne Knight, Cranfield University
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The good, the bad and the ugly: why elegant electronic publishing costs real money
Chris Beckett, Atypon
COUNTER in context
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Peter Shepherd, COUNTER
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The evolving role of the institutional repository in promoting library research support
Jessica Eustace and Garret McMahon, Trinity College Dublin
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- read review on UKSG's LiveSerials conference blog
A student perspective on accessing academic information in the Google era
Clare Duddy, London Metropolitan University
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- read review and summary of Q&A on UKSG's LiveSerials conference blog
Federated access management futures
Ian Young, University of Edinburgh
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- read review on UKSG's LiveSerials conference blog
Marketing your collection
Ruth Wolfish, IEEE; Dianna Magnoni, Olin College of Engineering
Open APIs – getting stuff in and out
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- read review of Wolfish and Magnoni on UKSG's LiveSerials conference blog
Richard Wallis, Talis
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Reliable management and curation of research data
John Milner, UK Research Data Service
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United Kingdom Research Reserve (UKRR): the way ahead
Francis Boyle, Imperial College London
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Identifying institutions – looking at NISO’s I² (Institutional Identifiers) Working Group
Tina Feick, HARRASSOWITZ Booksellers and Information Agents
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Publishing and cataloguing datasets: it’s time everyone got involved
Toby Green, OECD Publishing
“How many thousand??!”: the licensing landscape for membership organisations
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- read review on UKSG's LiveSerials conference blog
Tom Bishop, The Royal College of Surgeons of England; Sarah Butler, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
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So, your publishers are looking to change hosting platforms again: what you need to know about the decisions and challenges publishers face in making the switch
John Shaw, SAGE
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