[Sigsti-l] ASIS&T Summit on Digital Archives for Science & Engineering Resources (DASER), Nov 21-23, 2003

[Deborah L. Helman]

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ASIS&T Summit on Digital Archives for Science & Engineering Resources (DASER)
http://www.asis.org/Chapters/neasis/daser/index.html

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
$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
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