Oxford
2003

Oxford 2003

July 25-26, 2003

Somerville College, Oxford University,
Oxford, UK

Theme: Authors to Readers: Who Are We Serving? How? and How Well?

An informal meeting of leading library and information industry participants

devoted to thinking through and debating the new world order in collection development

Programme

Thursday, July 24

Somerville College, Oxford University

Conference

11:00 - 12:00

Registration at Somerville College

12:00 - 17:00

Luncheon and Punting (Optional)

Organizers: Helen Jenderson, Simon Inger

17:00 - 18:00

Registration at Somerville College (Continued)

18:00 - 19:00

Evening Reception at the Blackwell's Bookshop

19:30 - 22:00

Dinner at Somerville College

Adam Hodgkin
xrefer and nephew of Dorothy Hodgkin, distinguished graduate of Somerville College

Introduction

Richard Charkin
CEO, Macmillian

Dinner Keynote - The Scholar, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Friday, July 25

Somerville College, Oxford University

Conference

08:00 - 08:45

Breakfast at Somerville College

08:45 - 09:30

Opening Remarks

David Seaman
Director, Digital Library Federation

Keynote - Authors to Readers: Observations and Challenges for Librarians, Publishers and Intermediaries

09:30 - 12:30

Panel 1: What Are Users Using and Why?

(Break at 10:30)

Convener

Liz Chapman
Librarian, Taylor Institution, Oxford University

Derek Law
Head, Information Resources Directorate, University of Strathclyde

The Social Role of Digital Libraries

Clare Jenkins
Director of Library Services, Imperial College, London

Serve You Right?

Phil Davis
Life Sciences Bibliographer, Cornell University

What Usage Statistics Say About Online User Behaviour

Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee

Science Journals and Science Students: Bringing Them Together

12:30 - 13:30

Luncheon at Somerville College

13:30 - 17:00

Panel 2: Branding - How Important Is It?

(Break at 15:00)

Convener

Chris Beckett
Scholarly Information Strategies Ltd

Michael Mabe
Director of Academic Relations, Elsevier Science, Oxford

What Do Authors Really Care About? - What 50,000 Authors Tell Us Each Year

Malcolm Campbell
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford

Impact Factor: Is It All Academics Care About?

Peter Boyce
American Astronomical Society

The High Productive User: What Are They Up to? Are They Influenced by Brands?

Jerry Cowhig
Managing Director, Institute of Physics Publishing

How the Society Publisher Perceives Brand

Pippa Scoones
Sales and Marketing Director, Blackwell's Publishing

What Do Publishers Do When They Go Home?

17:30 - 19:00

Reception at Oxford University Press

Liz Chapman
Librarian, Taylor Institution, Oxford University

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Librarians' Lives

Saturday, July 26

Somerville College, Oxford University

Conference

08:00 - 08:45

Breakfast at Somerville College

08:45 - 09:30

Opening Remarks

Colin Steele
Director of Scholarly Information Strategies, The Australian National University

Keynote - Digital Dreams or Nightmares? Creator to Consumer in the Twenty-First Century

09:30 - 12:00

Panel 3: Growth or Marketshare - What Drives Mergers and Acquisitions in the Publishing Industry?

(Break at 10:30)

Convener

Dan Halloran
CEO, Blackwell's Book Services

Mark Rowse
CEO, Ingenta

What Makes the Deal Attractive to Buyers and Sellers

Antoine Dresh
Vice President, Goldman Sachs

Sebastian Grigg
Partner & Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

Consolidation Dynamics in the Professional Publishing Industry

John Cox
John Cox Associates

Where Are the Industry, the Profession, and the Art Headed?

12:00 - 12:30

Closing Session

Convener

Ward Shaw
Founder, CARL and UnCover, and Independent Investor

13:00

Luncheon at Somerville College

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Contacts

For further information about the Retreat Series please contact Katina Strauch, Rebecca Lenzini or Michele Casalini.

Proceedings

Listed in order of program schedule