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2009 UKSG Conference: breakout sessions


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


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
Sarah Durrant, Association of Subscription Agents and Intermediaries


E-books in academic libraries: new challenges, best practice and lessons learned
Steve Sharp, University of Leeds; Sarah Thompson, University of York


Electronic journals – continuing access and long-term preservation: roles, responsibilities and emerging solutions

Terry Morrow, Tee Em Consulting


CrossCheck – detecting originality and plagiarism in academic publishing

Ian Bannerman, Taylor & Francis; Kirsty Meddings, CrossRef


‘Microlicensing’ – towards more effective mechanisms to support copyright compliance on the network

Mark Bide, Rightscom Ltd


How green can our value chain become?
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


The 21st century library – a whole new ball game?

Helle Lauridsen, ProQuest; Graham Stone, University of Huddersfield


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

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OPAC 2.0 and beyond
Dave Pattern, University of Huddersfield


The costs of the scholarly communications system and how they are met: an update on possible changes

Michael Jubb, Research Information Network

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
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


A student perspective on accessing academic information in the Google era

Clare Duddy, London Metropolitan University


Federated access management futures

Ian Young, University of Edinburgh


Marketing your collection

Ruth Wolfish, IEEE; Dianna Magnoni, Olin College of Engineering


Open APIs – getting stuff in and out
Richard Wallis, Talis


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


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
Tom Bishop, The Royal College of Surgeons of England; Sarah Butler, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain


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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