[Sigiii-l] Toward a User-Centered Approach to Digital Libraries Conference in September, 2003, Finland

[Arja Tuuliniemi]

Welcome to  "Toward a User-Centered Approach to Digital Libraries" 
Conference!

Time: September 8 - 9, 2003   Place: Espoo, Finland

The focus of the conference
- digital library users - their experience and expectations
- the digital library  - the possibilities it creates, the challenges we 
must meet

The topics include:
- New developments and future visions in the digital library environments
- Digital library users and usage patterns
- Evaluation of digital library programmes and digital services
- Usefulness and validity of digital resources in research
- Towards Open Access to scientific publications
- etc.

The speakers are leading experts in their fields. Keynote speakers: 
Linda Banwell, University of Northumbria; Carol Tenopir, University of 
Tennessee; Tapio Varis, University of Tampere; Sakari Karjalainen, 
Ministry of Education, Science Policy Division; Mel Collier, Tilburg 
University.

For the full programme see at 
http://www.lib.helsinki.fi/finelib/digilib/programme.html

Who should attend: researchers, library directors and specialists, 
decision makers and producers of networked services.

Register now!  at 
http://www.lib.helsinki.fi/finelib/digilib/registration.html
Reduced registration fees if you register before June 15th.