New Conference on serials acqusition

["Rollo Turner" <rollo.turner@dsl.pipex.com>]

I hope this conference may be of interest to this list. full programme 
details are on: 
http://www.subscription-agents.org/conference/200602/index.html

VALUE IN ACQUISITION
Conference Programme

To be held at The Royal College of Nursing, Cavendish Square, London
27/28 February, 2006

* Comparing and contrasting the methods of purchasing*

How acquisitions librarians think, and what it means for you
- Rick Anderson, Director of Resource Acquisition, University of Nevada

Show me the money! - Finding value in alternative acquisition strategies
- Paul Harwood, Director, Content Complete

The real cost of e-resources: administration costs in an academic library
- Sally Rumsey, Library, London School of Economics and Political Science

* Collection Management*

Libraries without librarians
- Mieko Yamaguchi, Head of Technical Services and Library Systems, 
University of Wales, Bangor

Collection management in the digital age
- Julie Bobay, Associate Director of Collections Management and Digital 
Scholarship, Indiana University Libraries

* Low price access*

Low price access for developing countries and the advantages for the 
customer
- Maurice Long, HINARI

No-compromise online information for developing libraries: dream and 
reality
- Tony McSean, Director of Library Relations, Elsevier

Future e-access price models for the developing world
- Alan Harris, Licensing Manager Africa and Developing Countries 
Initiatives, Springer

* Controlling Low Priced Access*

New business models and free access: impact on subscriptions
- Debbie Dore, Director, Swets Information Services UK

Keeping personal subscriptions out of the library
- Moritz Thommen, Director Sales and Distribution, S. Karger AG, Basel

* Aggregating content and the substitution of subscriptions*

Providing aggregation solutions: a future vision
- Jacqui Gilchrist, ProQuest

The value of aggregation
- Melissa Kenton, EBSCO Publishing

Aggregators and the primary journal: complementary or cannibalistic
- John Cox, Managing Director, John Cox Associates Ltd

The value and role of aggregations
- Helen Edwards, Head of Information Services, London Business School

Licensing content safely and profitably
- Steven Hall, Journals Sales & Marketing Director, Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Rollo Turner
Secretary General
Association of Subscription Agents and Intermediaries
10 Lime Avenue
High Wycombe
Bucks HP11 1DP, UK
www.subscription-agents.org
rollo.turner@dsl.pipex.co.uk

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