FYI -- Original Message -- From: "David Prosser" To: Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 19:00:09 EDT Subject: Open Scholarship 2006: New Challenges for Open Access Repositories *Apologies for cross-posting* The University of Glasgow, SPARC Europe and LIBER are proud to announce: OPEN SCHOLARSHIP 2006: NEW CHALLENGES FOR OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORIES This inaugural conference will be held at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK on 18-20 October 2006. Open Scholarship 2006: New Challenges for Open Access Repositories is a companion European Conference to the OAI meetings at CERN in Geneva, and to the Nordic Scholarly Communication Conferences, and is aimed at Librarians, University Administrators, funders, academics and technical specialists. Open access and the development of OA repositories are transforming scholarship and bringing new opportunities and challenges for researchers, librarians and publishers. Open Scholarship 2006 is a pan-European conference which will focus on these new challenges and opportunities. In addition to tutorial sessions on advocacy and policy issues as well as functionality and software issues, OS 2006 will address key themes presented by many leading European practitioners in the field of Open Access. Key themes will include: * Repository Developments * Added Value Services * Quality Assessment * Policies and Implementation * Sustainability The conference will also provide an opportunity for posters to be submitted and displayed in a dedicated slot in the programme. Posters should address one of the themes of the conference and be no larger than 1m x 1m. Further details about the poster session, including the list of themes is available at http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/openscholarship/posters.shtml To register and for further information about the conference, including the preliminary programme go to: http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/openscholarship The organising committee gratefully acknowledges our sponsors: JISC, LIBER, SHERPA, SHERPA-Leap, Ex Libris, SURF, EPrints.org, SPARC Europe and Proquest. For further information please contact us at openscholarship@lib.gla.ac.uk We look forward to seeing you in Glasgow in October, The Organising Committee, Open Scholarship 2006 Shamprasad M. Pujar Assistant Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: 91-22-2841 6514 E-mail: pujar@igidr.ac.in URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in <!--.MailHeader { font-family: "Arial"; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; }//--> FYI -- Original Message -- From: "David Prosser" To: Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 19:00:09 EDT Subject: Open Scholarship 2006: New Challenges for Open Access Repositories *Apologies for cross-posting* The University of Glasgow, SPARC Europe and LIBER are proud to announce: OPEN SCHOLARSHIP 2006: NEW CHALLENGES FOR OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORIES This inaugural conference will be held at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK on 18-20 October 2006. Open Scholarship 2006: New Challenges for Open Access Repositories is a companion European Conference to the OAI meetings at CERN in Geneva, and to the Nordic Scholarly Communication Conferences, and is aimed at Librarians, University Administrators, funders, academics and technical specialists. Open access and the development of OA repositories are transforming scholarship and bringing new opportunities and challenges for researchers, librarians and publishers. Open Scholarship 2006 is a pan-European conference which will focus on these new challenges and opportunities. In addition to tutorial sessions on advocacy and policy issues as well as functionality and software issues, OS 2006 will address key themes presented by many leading European practitioners in the field of Open Access. Key themes will include: * Repository Developments * Added Value Services * Quality Assessment * Policies and Implementation * Sustainability The conference will also provide an opportunity for posters to be submitted and displayed in a dedicated slot in the programme. Posters should address one of the themes of the conference and be no larger than 1m x 1m. Further details about the poster session, including the list of themes is available at http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/openscholarship/posters.shtml To register and for further information about the conference, including the preliminary programme go to: http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/openscholarship The organising committee gratefully acknowledges our sponsors: JISC, LIBER, SHERPA, SHERPA-Leap, Ex Libris, SURF, EPrints.org, SPARC Europe and Proquest. For further information please contact us at openscholarship@lib.gla.ac.uk We look forward to seeing you in Glasgow in October, The Organising Committee, Open Scholarship 2006 Shamprasad M. Pujar Assistant Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: 91-22-2841 6514 E-mail: pujar@igidr.ac.in URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in