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MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <4AE1DD99.3060509@cnri.reston.va.us> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:45:13 -0400 Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@listserv.uh.edu> From: Bonnie Wilson <bwilson@CNRI.RESTON.VA.US> To: PACS-L@listserv.uh.edu In-Reply-To: <4ADED2B1.4020508.228@ucl.ac.uk> Dear Mr. Jones, Yes, I will add this to the D-Lib Calendar of Events and will list it in the upcoming issue of D-Lib Magazine. Best wishes, Bonita Wilson Editor D-Lib Magazine Kieron Jones wrote: > Hello there > > I would be extremely grateful if you would please disseminate news of > a major conference taking place called 'Subject Repositories'. The > event will see the launch of a new economics subject repository called > Economists Online and thematic discussions will also consider the > development of subject repositories more generally. > > Kind regards > Kieron Jones > > > Places are still available for an international conference taking > place at the British Library Conference Centre in London on 28-29 > January 2010: > > Subject Repositories: European collaboration in the international context > > The conference, which is the first of its kind, will explore the > development of subject repositories worldwide and will see the launch > of Economists Online, the key output of an EC-funded subject > repository project managed by the Nereus consortium of top European > economics libraries. Nereus members will showcase this subject > repository in both plenary and parallel sessions, sharing lessons > learned and engaging delegates in discussions of the main issues such > as content recruitment, search and retrieval services, usage > statistics and data sets. The two-day programme will also put > Economists Online into the wider context and will allow delegates to > hear about repository trends across three continents. > > Among the speakers are Chuck Henry, President of the Council on > Library and Information Resources, Clifford Lynch, Director of the > Coalition for Networked Information, Cathrine Harboe-Ree, University > Librarian at Monash University, who led the ARROW project and is > involved in leading the ANDS project, and Christian Zimmerman, > Economics professor at the University of Connecticut. Professor Nick > Barr of the London School of Economics will launch the Economists > Online portal. > > The delegate fee is £155 (approx. €175 and US$250) and includes > attendance at plenary and parallel sessions, refreshments during > breaks, two lunches and VAT. For further information about how to > book, speakers, travel information and hotels, please visit: > www.neeoconference.eu > > Please book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment! >
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