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​​​The cost of information: Who Pays the Ferryman?

30 - 31 October 2003​​


Academic libraries have become expensive entities and authorities struggle to provide the necessary funding to maintain balanced and up-to-date library collections. The fluctuating value of the South African monetary unit, price increases and the format in which electronic full-text information is being packaged and offered to libraries by publishers, all contribute to the problem.

Library cooperation in obtaining national site licenses still has a long way to go and does not provide significant financial relief. At this symposium these issues, as well as alternatives for traditional scientific publishing, will be discussed by experts in the field of library management, by suppliers and by publishers.

Librarians and information professionals, educators and publishers are invited to attend this symposium and to bring their own views, questions and contributions to the discussion table.

Programme​

Thursday, 30 October
SESSION 1 : WELCOME & KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Chair: Prof Hennie Viljoen
Welcome
​Prof Estian Calitz, Executive Director Finances, University of Stellenbosch
​Keynote address:
Information access in the virtual scientific environment
​Prof Michael Chanowski, Medialab, The Netherlands

SESSION ​​​2​ : PERSPECTIVES ON THE COST OF INFORMATION​
Chair: Mr Johan Engelbrecht​
Pricing and paying for scientific information d​​uring a period of transition
Ms Madeleine McPherson, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
To collect or to connect
​​Mr Wim Luijendijk, Ebsco, The Netherlands
The cost of information: a university librarian’s perspective
​Mr John Tsebe, University of the North, South Africa
​Discussion
SESSION 3 : STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
Chair: Ms Joan Rapp​
​​Strategic partnerships: An international view​
​Mr Jay Jordan, OCLC
​The South African Site License Initiative
​Ms Susan Veldsman, SASLI
Strategic partnerships: The role of Sabinet
​Mr Gerhard Kemp, Sabinet
​Discussion​
Friday, 31 October
​​SESSION 4 : WHO PAYS THE FERRYMAN?
Chair: Mr A​driaan Coetzee​
​Increasing expectations and stable budgets: a consortial perspective
Ms ​​Ann Okerson, Yale University and Coordinator NERL, USA
​Open Archive initiatives
​Prof Raf Dekeyser, Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium
​Discussion​
SESSION 5 : THE AFFORDABILITY OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES
Chair: Mr Wiliam B​ennet​​​t​
​How are we going to afford to pay the Ferryman?
​​Prof Derick Law, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
​Discussion
​​Closure
Bladsy Inhoud
Approval Status Approved
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