Partnership in Academic Excellence












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                                       Partnership in Academic Excellence

                                    Fourth UNICA Scholarly Communication Seminar
                                    15-16 May 2008, Charles University, Prague
            Conference Programme

            14 MAY 2008
            5:00-8:00     
            Registration                                                                              

            7:00-8:00      Welcome Reception


            DAY 1- 15 MAY 2008
            Session 1: Supporting Research in Europe
            Chair: Paul Ayris

            9:00-9:15        Welcome by the Rector of Charles University
            Welcome by the UNICA President
            9:15-9:50        Keynote speaker: Norbert KROO (European Research Council)

            9:50-10:00      Paul Ayris (Chair of the UNICA Scholarly Communication Group):
                                     Overview of UNICA Scholarly Communication seminars
            10:00-10:30    Celina Ramjoué (European Commission, DG Research) 

                                     Access to scientific information: European Commission activities
            10:30-11:00    COFFEE BREAK
            11:00-11:30    Sijbolt Noorda (Chair of the EUA Working Group on Open Access):

                                    The future of open access and other digital opportunities for scie
            11:30-12:00    Marie Parakova and Jitka Stejskalova (Central Library of Charles University
            of Scientific Information of 1st Faculty of Medicine of CHU)

                                    The libraries of Charles University in Prague at present

            12:00-1:30      LUNCH

            Session 2: Innovations in learning environment
            Chair: Kaisa Sinikara
            1:30-2:00        Prof. José J. G. Moura (Director of the new library at Campus de Caparica

            Sciences & Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa):
            The role and shape of a modern university library – from Science to Culture
            2:00-2:30        Sandra Schaffert (Salzburg Research, EduMedia Group):

            Open Educational Resources as Facilitators of Open Educational Practices: Results
                and Recommendations of the EU-Project "OLCOS".
            2:30-3:00        Feedback from the academic community in developing library space and serv

            Paul Ayris (University College London):
                                    The library as place: what users want from libraries
            Kaisa Sinikara (University of Helsinki):

                                    Results of user surveys on library services 2005 and 2007 in Helsi
            3:00-3:30        COFFEE BREAK
            3:30-4:30        Discussion in breakout groups

            4:30-5:15        Reporting back to plenary session
            Evening           Photograph and CONFERENCE DINNER
            DAY 2-16 MAY 2008

            Session 3: Digital Archiving
            Chair: Filippos Tsimpoglou
            9:00-9:30        Bohdana Stoklasova, Jan Hutar (National Library of Czech Republic) and Pa

            (Charles University Computer Centre):
                                    Long-term preservation and accessing of digital documents in natio
            International context

            9:30-10:00      Richard Davies (LIFE Project Manager, The British Library):
                                     Costing Digital Preservation – the LIFE Project
            10:00-10:30    COFFEE BREAK

            10:30-11:00    Anne R. Kenney (Cornell University Library):
            Surveying the E-Journal Preservation Landscape
            11:00-11:30    Federico MILANI (European Commission, DG INFSO. E:Digital Content and Cogni

            Unit eContent and Safer Internet.)
                                    Digital Libraries policies of DG Information Society
            11:30-12:30    Discussion in breakout groups

            12:30-2:00      LUNCH
            Session 4: Collaboration to enhance access
            Chair: Françoise Vandooren


            2:00-2:30        Javier de Jorge (Universidad Complutense Madrid):
                                    Collaboration with Google Book Search

            2:30-3:00        Prof Michael Hatzopoulos (University of Athens):
                                    The EU DRIVER project network of institutional repositories


            3:00-3:30        COFFEE BREAK
            3:30-4:00        Sean Philips (Librarian, University College Dublin)
            Collaboration between university libraries and the research community in Ireland

            4:00-5:00        Discussion in breakout groups
            5:00-5:45        Reporting back from the day discussion groups
            5:45-6:00        Closing of the seminar by the Vice Rector

            6:00-7:00        VISIT of the Karolinum building
            THE SEMINAR IS FREE OF CHARGE FOR PARTICIPANTS FROM UNICA UNIVERSITIES