[Dspace-general] OPEN SCHOLARSHIP 2006: NEW CHALLENGES FOR OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORIES

[Peter Morgan]

Forwarded at the request of the organisers.
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Peter Morgan
Project Director, DSpace at Cambridge
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>== Apologies for any 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 sofwtare 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 fit into the one of the themes 
>addressed by the conference [and be no larger than 1m x 1m]
>
>Further details about the poster session 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 at lib.gla.ac.uk
>
>We look forward to seeing you in Glasgow in October,
>
>The Organising Committee,
>Open Scholarship 2006
>
>
>Paul Ayris, MA, Ph.D.
>Director of UCL Library Services and UCL Copyright Officer
>UCL (University College London)
>Gower Street
>London
>WC1E 6BT
>
>Tel. +44 (0) 20-7679-7834 (Internal Ext: 37834)
>Fax  +44 (0) 20-7679-7373
>
>Mobile: 07771974051
>E-mail: p.ayris at ucl.ac.uk
>