EDINA Serials Forum: Helping you manage your journal collections

Booking is now open for this free half-day event on Friday 21st March 2014 focusing on some of the key issues in journal management - with presentations and discussion of the overarching themes and successful approaches in addressing them.

This is an opportunity to learn more about developments of EDINA activities in this area -covering the redeveloped SUNCAT (http://www.suncat.ac.uk), as well as community initiatives such as the UK LOCKSS Alliance  (http://www.lockssalliance.ac.uk/) and Keepers Registry (http://thekeepers.org/), focussing on long-term access to journal content.

Join us for a lively debate and afternoon tea.

Presenters: Zena Mulligan (SUNCAT), Fred Guy (Keepers Registry, SUNCAT) and Adam Rusbridge (Keepers Registry, UK LOCKSS)

Location:

Edinburgh:  Friday 21st March 2014, Main Library, University of Edinburgh

Draft Agenda:

1.00 - 1.30 pm              Registration and tea/coffee

1.30 - 1.45 pm              Putting the Serials Forum and EDINA services in

context

1.45 - 2.30 pm             Managing your journals - how SUNCAT can help you

fulfil your ILL requests; keep your catalogue up to date and analyse your collection (including use cases; details of the redevelopment; demo of the new service, and future plans)

2.30 - 3.00 pm              Forum discussion on SUNCAT issues

3.00 - 3.30 pm              Tea/coffee and cake

3.30 - 4.15 pm              Securing continuing access to e-journal content:

how EDINA's services can help (with reference to the Keepers Registry, UK LOCKSS Alliance, and PECAN initiatives)

4.15 - 4.45 pm              Forum discussion on Keepers Registry, LOCKSS,

PECAN etc. issues

4.45 - 5.00 pm              Summary and next steps

                 

Registration and event details:

http://edina-serials-forum-edinburgh.eventbrite.co.uk

For further information about the Forum please contact the EDINA helpdesk at edina@ed.ac.uk