e-Journals are forever?

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e-Journals are forever?

Preservation and Continuing Access to e-journal Content

A DPC, EDINA and JISC joint initiative.
British Library
26th April 2010

 


The benefits of online access to scholarly journal content are now taken for granted but there are threats to continuity of such access.  Clarity is needed on who is doing what, what has been agreed, and what mechanisms exist for continued access, with shared responsibility for the material support and sustainability of archiving and access schemes.
The threats of digital preservation are becoming well known and the community of researchers and librarians look to policy makers and funders for assurance that archiving schemes can be made viable: that content will continue to exist. There is now growing and urgent concern about assurance of access to back content should budget restrictions result in subscription cancellations: that there is 'post-cancellation access'. Following several reports and studies a variety of archiving agencies and schemes have emerged to assist libraries and publishers manage these risks – but the options can seem confusing.
This one-day workshop, jointly sponsored by the DPC, EDINA and JISC brings together those responsible for e-journal strategy and archiving action in the UK. The aim is to share information on collaborative activities and identify basis for action at institutional, national and international levels.

The event is free of charge, but places are limited so early reservation is recommended. Priority registration will be offered to DPC Members and members of the UK LOCKSS Alliance.

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Programme (this programme may be subject to changes)

09:30-10:00
Registration, tea & coffee
Session One: Setting the Agenda (Chaired by Neil Grindley, JISC)
10:00-10:10
Welcome and introduction
Dr William Kilbride, DPC
10:10-10:30
Tony Kidd, Glasgow University Library
10:30-10:50
Peter Burnhill, EDINA
10:50-11:10
Nancy McGovern, ICPSR
11:10-11:20
Q&A
11:20-11:40
Coffee & Tea
Session Two: Policy and Action (Chaired by Peter Burnhill, EDINA)
11:40-12:00
Responsibility and Policy in Action at the UK National Level [no slides were used for this presentation]
Derek Law
12:00-12:20
Lorraine Estelle, JISC collections
12:20- 12:40
David Tempest, ELSEVIER
12:40-13:00
Michael Jubb, RIN
13:00-13:15
Q&A
13:15-14:00
Lunch
Session Three: Improving the UK Response (Chaired by William Kilbride, DPC)
14:00-14:20
Gordon Tibbitts, CLOCKSS
14:20-14:40
Eileen Fenton, Portico
14:40-15:00
Lee-Ann Coleman, British Library
15:00-15:20
Adam Rusbridge, UK LOCKSS Alliance
Panel Session:
15:20-16:10
Considering Academic Library Policy
Paul Gemmill, RCUK, RLUK/SCONUL, JISC, Elsevier.
16:10-16:15
Close
William Kilbride, DPC

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