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Tuesday, 1st July 2003

"Open-access publishing finds official favor"

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OCLC
Presentations and Reports from the OCLC May, 2003 Members Council Meeting
You can also a webcast of the presentations.
Presentation Slides:
* President�s Report
Kristin Senecal, President, Members Council
* The Local Library Environment in the Context of the State
Jay Starratt, Dean of Library and Information Services, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
* Library Access Cooperative: Business Plan
Chip Nilges, OCLC Director, WorldCat Services
Ericka McDonald, OCLC Manager, Library Access Services
* OCLC President�s Report
Jay Jordan, President and CEO
* Chair's Report
Bill Crowe, Chair, OCLC Board of Trustees
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Scholarly Information
Source: The Scientist
Full-Text, "Open-access publishing finds official favor"
From the article, UK government backing for open-access publishing while proponents move to promote it more widely.
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Scholarly Information
Source: Online
"Open Access and the Case for Public Good: The Scientists' Perspective"
From Michelle Romero's article, Who should have control over access to scientific knowledge? Who will determine the shape of the future?" In his keynote speech to the International Symposium on Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science, held March 10-11, 2003, in Paris, France, David Dickson from Science and Development Network was referring to the impact of science communication on public policy. But his questions summed up the entire 2-day symposium, which focused on the flow of scientific information between its creators and users and the threats posed to it by legal, commercial, and technical pressures. "Focused," however, may not be quite the right word.
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Information Architecture
Source: Online
Personas: Setting the Stage for Building Usable Information Sites
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Archives and Repositories--United Kingdom
Source: Historical Manuscripts Commission
Full-Text, Accessions to Repositories 2002
In its annual 'Accessions to Repositories' survey the Historical Manuscripts Commission (HMC) collects information from over two hundred record repositories throughout the British Isles about manuscript accessions received in the previous twelve months.

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