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Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México
Dirección
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International Conference on University Libraries
“Open
access: an alternative of access to scientific information”
October
26 - 27, 2006
Teatro
Museo de las Ciencias “Universum”
Ciudad
Universitaria, Mexico City
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Program |
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Overall
Objective: |
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The
goal of the conference is to discuss and analyze possible
solutions for the renewed challenges faced by libraries due to
the fast evolution of information and communication technologies
as well as the emergence of new and dynamic proposals like the
Open Access Initiative. |
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October
26th. |
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9:00
a 9:30 |
Opening
Ceremony
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9:30
a 10:30 |
Keynote
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Richard
Luce. Emory University. USA Open
Access: current state and perspective. USA
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10:30
a 12:30
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Successful
initiatives
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Objective: |
To
discuss the origin and achievements of Open Access initiatives
considered successfull on a national and international level. The
role of the OA initiatives regarding access, organization and
diffusion of scientific knowledge will be addressed with
emphasis in its sustainability in face of the traditional model
–of access and profitability—imposed by the most prominent
editors and brokers
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Speakers: |
Natalia
Timiraos, BioMed
Central.
United Kingdom
Lotte
Jorgensen. Directory of Open Access Journal, Lund University
Libraries. Sweden
Armando
Vieyra Ávila. Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Mexico
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Chairperson: |
José
Antonio Yañez de la Peña. OCLC. Mexico |
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12:30
a 13:00 |
Coffee
Break
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13:00
a 15:00 |
Scholarly
information: users & generators
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Objective: |
To
analyze and discuss the interchange of positions of actors
intervening in the scholarly information cycle in the face of
the advantages and disadvantages posed by the free access to
scholarly and technical information through the Internet.
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Speaker: |
Mario
Salvador Caba Vinagre. Universidad Veracruzana. Mexico
José
Pedraza Chaverri. Facultad de Química, UNAM. Mexico
Jaime
Herrera Barrientos. Centro de Investigación Científica y
Educación Superior (CICESE). Mexico
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Chairperson: |
Lourdes
Rovalo de Robles, DGB, UNAM. Mexico
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15:00
a 16:30 |
Break
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16:30
a 18:30 |
Central
libraries and their role in university life. Commemorative
roundtable of the 50th. anniversary of UNAM’s Central Library.
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Objective: |
To
analyze
the significance, perception of the role, and functions of
university central libraries in the academic life of their
institutions, in face of the emergence of new technologies and
information behavior
of their users
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Speakers: |
Mariangela
Fujita. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho.
Brasil
Alvaro
Arias Cruz. Colombia
Adriana
Hernández Sánchez, DGB-UNAM. Mexico
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Chairperson: |
Silvia
González Marín, DGB-UNAM. Mexico
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October
27th. |
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9:30
a 10:30
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Keynote
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Jean
Claude Guédon. University
of Montreal. Canada
Open
access: Why optimizing
scientific communication is important for Mexico?
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10:30
a 12:30 |
Institutional
repositories
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Objective: |
To
understand and sheld light on the different concepts, models and
processes involved in the construction of institutional
repositories, encouraging
the exchange of work experiencies within the university field.
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Speakers: |
Jacinto
Alfonso Dávila Quintero. Universidad de los Andes (ULA),
Venezuela
Henry
N. Jerez Morales, Corporation for National Research Initiatives
(CNRI).
USA
Clara
López Guzmán. DGSCA-UNAM. Mexico
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Chairperson: |
Alberto
Castro Thompson, DGB-UNAM. Mexico
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12:30
a 13:00 |
Coffee
Break
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13:00
a 15:00 |
Digital
preservation and conservation
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Objective: |
To
share experiences and exchange opinions on digital preservation
and conservation actions, initiatives and projects, considering
problems, strategies, metadata standards and technological infrastructure.
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Speakers: |
Seamus
Ross. University of Glasgow. Scotland, United Kingdom
Fernando
Osorio Alarcón. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia.
Mexico
Dante
Ortiz Ancona, DGB-UNAM. Mexico
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Chairperson: |
Pedro
Angeles Jiménez, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, UNAM.
México
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Registration:
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Through
UNAM's Dirección General de Bibliotecas website [http://dgb.unam.mx]
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Registration
fee:
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$100
USD
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Contact: |
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Secretaría
Técnica de Difusión y Relaciones (DGB –UNAM)
Tel.
(52-55) 5622 3952 / 70/ 71
Email: difusion@dgb.unam.mx |
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