Content-Type: text/html << English text follows >> Kjære nordiske kollegaer, mens vinteren enda henger i nord, vil det være en god vitamininnsprøytning å delta i den ukes lange vår-skolen for bibliotekarer i Geneve, hvor vi på det tidspunkt forhåpentligvis allerede vil ha varme "sommer" dager. Hete blir sikkert også diskusjonen i arbeidsgruppene på skolen, et kursopplegg skreddersydd for de av dere som til daglig jobber i tekniske og naturvitenskapelig bibliotek. Skolen ledes av "rektor" Rick Luce, til daglig hovedbibliotekar ved Los Alamos National Laboratory i USA. Ta en titt på informasjonen nedenunder eller stikk innom nettstedet. Nøl ikke, skolen er begrenset til omlag 40 deltakere og det rekruteres "world wide", så det kan fort bli knapt om plasser - søk om reisemidler idag. Med hilsen Jens Vigen, lokal organisator *********************************************************************** International Spring School on the Digital Library and E-publishing for Science and Technology 3-8 March 2002 *********************************************************************** From 3-8 March 2002, a one-week course on digital libraries and e-publishing will be held on the premises of CERN in Switzerland. The course has been especially developed for librarians in the fields of science and technology. The course is being organised by Ticer B.V. and Tilburg University, renowned for their International Summer School on the Digital Library, in co-operation with the CERN Scientific Information Service and the Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library. The course director is Rick Luce, Research Library Director at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The course is aimed at providing knowledge support to academic libraries, research libraries, and publishers in the current transitional phase and to identify new roles and opportunities for them. The programme is designed for library managers, librarians, reference librarians, subject specialists, publishers and other information professionals in the fields of science and technology. Advanced libraries will mainly be addressed, without excluding the less technically advanced libraries. Participants should complete the course with a knowledge of: * the current changes in the information chain, possible roles and opportunities for physics astronomy, and mathematics libraries * the strategies of other (commercial and scholarly) players on the market * the organisational and technical aspects of electronic self-publishing; * different approaches to licensing and the forming of consortia * the experiences with integrating digital content in leading institutions Group discussions and workshops will enable participants to apply the new information to their own situation. The following subjects will be dealt with: * changes in the information chain * new roles of publishers on the Internet * the library as the information gateway, the library as a publisher * licensing options * library consortia * electronic pre-prints, document servers and the Open Archives Initiative * reference linking * library case studies Many international experts will present lectures, case studies, and demonstrations, including: Jonathan Clark Director, Elsevier Science, ScienceDirect, Netherlands Frederick J. Friend Director Scholarly Communication, University College London, United Kingdom Hans Geleijnse Director of Information Service and Systems, European University Institute, Library, Italy Emanuella Giavarra Copyright lawyer, Chambers of Mark Watson-Gandy, United Kingdom Gertraud Griepke Journals/LINK director, Springer-Verlag, Germany Rick Johnson SPARC Enterprise Director, The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), United States David Kohl Dean for Libraries, University of Cincinnati, 640 Langsam Library, United States Rick Luce Research Library Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Research Library, United States Teun Nijssen Senior Project Manager, Tilburg University, Computer centre, Netherlands Thomas W. Place Deputy Librarian, Tilburg University, Library, Netherlands Engelbert Zass Chemical Information Specialist, ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Zürich, Chemistry Biology Information Center, Switzerland A detailed programme, the biographies of the lecturers, and administrative details are available at the course web site: For more information, contact Ticer B.V. Mrs. Jola Prinsen P.O. Box 4191 5004 JD Tilburg The Netherlands Phone: +31-13-4668310 Fax: +31-13-4668383 E-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.ticer.n