[Best wishes for a Happy New Year] Institutional Open Access Archives: Leadership, Direction and Launch 25-26 January 2005 at the University of Southampton, UK http://www.eprints.org/jan2005/
2005 is poised to be a breakthrough year for open access and, in particular, institutional open access archives in the UK: - JISC is set to announce a major call for projects on Institutional Open Access Archives (IAs) - research councils in the UK are considering their next moves on how to make research publications open access To help forward-thinking institutions embrace these exciting opportunities, the University of Southampton is offering two free one-day workshops. ** Day 1 (January 25th): a practical meeting for archive administrators and those offering technical support for archives This meeting will involve hands-on practical sessions on building and configuring repositories and attracting content. There will also be sessions on integrating the role of IAs with RAE reporting, e-science, marketing, education and training. ** Day 2 (January 26th): a strategic meeting for Pro Vice Chancellors, senior librarians, archive managers and researchers This meeting will feature speakers from RCUK, the British Library and the Wellcome Trust and others who are influential in, and have key insights into, forthcoming UK policy developments. The day will end with a research colloquium (Research Repositories: The Next Ten Years) held jointly with the EPSRC's Advanced Knowledge Technologies IRC. Demand for places will be high so please register now to ensure your institution is represented at one or both of the meetings. If you are unable to attend, please recommend it to someone else in your team who would be appropriate. There will be no charge for participating. FOR FURTHER DETAILS including registration instructions, please visit the meeting website at http://www.eprints.org/jan2005 The University of Southampton is the home of GNU EPrints software, the most widely used software for building Institutional Repositories, and the JISC TARDis project, which has been investigating the technical, cultural and academic issues which surround institutional repositories. --- Leslie Carr On Behalf of GNU EPrints and JISC TARDis project teams