Mergers - Fusion or Confusion?: Copenhagen, Denmark

This seminar is presented in conjunction with the Danish Serials Group and supported by the DEFF.  Many thanks to both organisations.  

Event Report

Please click here to read a report of the event from Helle Lauridsen from ProQuest who chaired the day.

Summary

Mergers are a very hot topic at present.  Universities, libraries and publishers are merging at an unprecedented rate, and the global information community is changing rapidly to create larger and more complex institutions.

This seminar focuses on the advantages and problems in large-scale operations and explains some of the processes involved in a large-scale merger (and the rationale behind them) from both the publisher and the library perspectives.

The challenges will be discussed by librarians and publishers who have been involved with mergers, and both practical details, as well as personal experiences, will be discussed.

Fee

UKSG/DEFF members            750 DKK
Non-members                       950 DKK

The fee includes refreshments and lunch.

Venue

Danmarks Biblioteksskole/Royal School of Library and Information Science
Birketinget 6
DK-2300 Copenhagen S
Denmark     

Tel.:  +45 32 58 60 66

Location details will be sent with confirmation of booking.

Programme

09.30 Registration and coffee

10.00 Why work together?
Helle Lauridsen, ProQuest – Chair and DSG representative
Graham Stone, The University of Bolton – UKSG representative
(Session in English)

10.10 Mergers at Copenhagen University – how did it go, what were the problems and what has come out of it?    (English version)
Ingbritt Butina, Deputy Librarian, Copenhagen University Library & The Royal Library
(Session in Danish)

10.35 When my arms can’t stay up anymore – excitement and reflection in the age of mergers
Alice Norhede, Faculty Librarian, The Danish Pharmaceutical Library, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
(Session in Danish)

11.00 Mergers and acquisitions in publishing: how and why do they happen?
Cliff Morgan, Vice President, Planning & Development Director, John Wiley & Sons Ltd
(Session in English)

11.35 Academic unification, administrative challenge: the Manchester experience
Diana Leitch, Deputy University Librarian, The University of Manchester
(Session in English)

12.10 Lunch

13.10 Handling a merger – the seamless transition for print and electronic journals
Jane Wright, Sales Development Manager, Swets Information Services
(Session in English)

13.40 Challenges with small organisation mergers: a focus on the small Danish FE schools    (English version)
Vibeke Galsbo, Head of Library, University College Jutland
(Session in Danish)

14.20 Break

14.50 Mergers - can cultures be merged?
Annette Risberg, Associate Professor, Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School
(Session in English)

15.30 Summary by the Chair

NB:  UK Serials Group reserves the right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its reasonable control without being obliged to refund monies.