[Asis-l] ASIST Summit on Digital Archives for Science & Engineering Resources, Nov 21-23, 2003, Cambridge, MA

[Michael Leach]

     Advanced registration has just opened for the Summit on Digital 
Archives for Science & Engineering Resources (DASER).  This Summit, 
sponsored by the American Society for Information Science & Technology 
(ASIST) New England Chapter (NEASIST) and the Scientific and Technical 
Information Systems Special Interest Group (SIG STI), in cooperation with 
the Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics Division of SLA, will take place Friday 
through Sunday, 21-23 November 2003, at the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology (MIT), in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  

     Few would dispute the growing use and importance of digital resources 
in support of science and engineering research throughout the world.  The 
need to provide stable, forward and backward access to these resources has 
long been a goal of the information, engineering and scientific 
communities.  Recent developments such as the Open Archive Initiative 
(OAI) and the emergence of open source tools such as EPRINTS  and Dspace 
have led to the creation of a number of scientific and engineering digital 
archives.  

     This Summit will include panels and presentations from academia, 
non-profit organizations, the commercial sector and government 
initiatives, both in the United States and abroad, including:

	DSpace  (MIT)
	BioMed Central 
	ADS (Astrophysical Data System) 

     Our key-note speaker will be Clifford Lynch, Executive Director of 
the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI).  

     Early-bird registration will be $90 for ASIST and SLA-PAM members and 
$125 for non-members.  Rates increase after the 24th of October.  The 
registration fee includes a full, catered luncheon on Saturday. 
Registration is limited to 150 in order to retain the networking 
opportunities and other advantages of a small conference.  

     Further information can be found at: 
http://www.asis.org/Chapters/neasis/daser/index.html