Thursday, 30 October
SESSION 1 : WELCOME & KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Chair: Prof Hennie Viljoen |
Welcome
| Prof Estian Calitz, Executive Director Finances, University of Stellenbosch
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Keynote address:
Information access in the virtual scientific environment
| Prof Michael Chanowski, Medialab, The Netherlands
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SESSION 2 : PERSPECTIVES ON THE COST OF INFORMATION
Chair: Mr Johan Engelbrecht
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Pricing and paying for scientific information during a period of transition
| Ms Madeleine McPherson, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
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To collect or to connect
| Mr Wim Luijendijk, Ebsco, The Netherlands
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The cost of information: a university librarian’s perspective
| Mr John Tsebe, University of the North, South Africa
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Discussion
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SESSION 3 : STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
Chair: Ms Joan Rapp |
Strategic partnerships: An international view
| Mr Jay Jordan, OCLC
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The South African Site License Initiative
| Ms Susan Veldsman, SASLI
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Strategic partnerships: The role of Sabinet
| Mr Gerhard Kemp, Sabinet
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Discussion
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Friday, 31 October
SESSION 4 : WHO PAYS THE FERRYMAN?
Chair: Mr Adriaan Coetzee
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Increasing expectations and stable budgets: a consortial perspective
| Ms Ann Okerson, Yale University and Coordinator NERL, USA
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Open Archive initiatives
| Prof Raf Dekeyser, Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium
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Discussion
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SESSION 5 : THE AFFORDABILITY OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES
Chair: Mr Wiliam Bennett
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How are we going to afford to pay the Ferryman?
| Prof Derick Law, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
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| Discussion |
Closure
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