IFLA Satellite Pre-Conference












 
Open Access to Science Information
Trends, Models and Strategies for Libraries




MAICh Conference Centre     

  

6-8 August 2010 Chania Crete Greece    

www.ifla-sat-chania.com   

              7 August 2010

 

The following Statement on Open access for open society was approved by the delegates of the IFLA pre-conference Satellite Meeting of the IFLA Sections: Science and Technology Libraries and Health and Biosciences Libraries, which took place in Chania, Crete, Greece at 6-8 August 2010.

                                                                                                                                                    

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Statement on Open access for open society

IFLA Satellite Pre-Conference

Open Access to Science Information

 

Trends, Models and Strategies for Libraries

We are pleased to announce a Satellite Meeting in conjunction with the World Library and Information Congress:

76th IFLA General Conference and Assembly,

"Open access to knowledge - promoting sustainable progress", 10-15 August 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden.

The pre-conference Satellite Meeting “Open Access to Science Information: Trends, Models and Strategies for Libraries”

will take place in the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICh) Conference Centre,

Chania, Crete, Greece at 6-8 August 2010.

 

The Satellite Meeting is organized under the umbrella of the Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis International Society - ASMDA International and it is aimed to all those in the Library and Information community interested in improving access to science information including life and physical sciences as well as medical and technical information.

We invite people to submit papers on the following topics:

1.      Libraries, Open access and heritage,

2.      Organizational changes,

3.      Open resources management and quality,

4.      Users and services,

5.      Staff contribution and staff enrolment,

6.      Copyright and licenses,

7.      Technological support: preservation, migration, sustainability and interoperability,

8.      Institutional Repositories enhancement,

9.      Academic authors’ contribution,

10.  Open Access Journals and libraries journal subscription policies.


Proposal submissions

Interested colleagues are invited to submit a proposal for a paper, a workshop or a session on the topics listed above which should not be more that 500 words long. A short curriculum vitae of the author(s) is also considered important.

 

Proposals should be send to:

Satellite Meeting Chair: Dr. Anthi Katsirikou, University of Piraeus Library, Greece (email: anthi@asmda.com ) or

Satellite Meeting Secretary: Ageliki Oikonomou, MSc, University of Piraeus Library, Greece (email: oikoang@yahoo.gr)


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Sponsors: IFLA’s Science and Technology Libraries and Health and Biosciences Sections

Co-sponsor: The Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis International Society-ASMDA International

The EMPATIC project has been funded with support from the European Commission.   http://empat-ic.eu/