[Sigsti-l] Digital Archives for Science & Engineering Resources (DASER-2) Summit, 29 April - 1 May 2005, Univ. Maryland

[Michael Leach]

Dear Colleagues,

2nd Digital Archives for Science & Engineering Resources Summit
     DASER-2:   29 April - 1 May 2005
University of Maryland, Adelphi, Maryland, USA

     The American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST) is
pleased to present the Second Digital Archives for Science & Engineering
Resources Summit (DASER-2: pronounced like "laser" except with a "d"), to
be held Friday evening, 29 April 2005, through Sunday afternoon, 1 May, at
the Inn & Conference Center of the University College of the University of
Maryland, Adelphi, Maryland.

  Building on the success of the first DASER Summit, which took place in
November 2003 at MIT, DASER-2 will examine new issues and challenges
related to digital archives and Science-Technology-Medicine (STM)
publishing. This conference will explore issues surrounding digital
libraries, institutional repositories and open access publishing, such as:

  - Impact of OA on the future of STM libraries;
  - Institutional repository models: what works and what doesn't;
  - Publisher-library collaboration strategies, now and in the near
future;
  - Institutional repository object issues--theses, datasets, learning
objects, etc.;
  - User needs and patterns related to digital libraries.

  If you attend, you will hear about projects from academia, non-profit
organizations, the commercial sector, and government initiatives, both in
the United States and abroad. In addition to our key note speaker, Jan
Velterop of BioMed Central, other confirmed speakers include:

          Jerry Cowhig, Institute of Physics Publishing
          Karla Hahn, University of Maryland
          Leslie Johnston, University of Virginia
          Robert Kelly, American Physical Society
          Michael Leach, President-Elect, ASIST
          David Osterbur, Harvard University
          Vivian Siegel, Public Library of Science
          David Stern, Yale University
          Peiling Wang, University of Tennessee

     This conference will offer participants a number of unique features.
Break-out sessions will be offered after each panel, where participants
will have the choice of visiting one or another speaker in a more informal
atmosphere-to ask further questions, discuss collaborations, share
anecdotes, and to develop strategies with their fellow participants.
There are no parallel sessions so you will be able to hear each speaker.
In addition, we will have a number of participants who will be blogging
during the conference.  This information should supplement your own notes
and provide further perspectives on the conference.  Dinner Friday
evening, when our key-note presentation will occur, and a Saturday
luncheon are included in the registration.

This Summit will be of special interest to the following groups:

   - science & engineering librarians
   - STM publishers
   - systems librarians
   - database & digital library professionals
   - managers of STM collections

     Further details can be found on the summit web site:

http://www.daser.org  or at http://www.asist.org

     Early bird registration fees are effective through 1 April 2005, so
register soon.

Venue

     The conference will be held at the Inn & Conference Center,
University of Maryland, University College, 3501 University Boulevard
East, Adelphi, Maryland, adjacent to the main campus of UMd in College
Park.  The area is accessible from three airports: Baltimore-Washington
International (BWI), Reagan National Airport (DCA), and Dulles
International (IAD).  Public transportation is also available.  For more
information on the conference center, please go to:

          http://www.marriott.com/wasum

     Accommodation is available at the Inn & Conference Center at a
special price, but there are only a limited number of rooms. These can be
booked directly with the hotel-further information can be found at the
DASER-2 Summit web site (http://www.daser.org).

     Questions?  Comments?  Feel free to contact me directly.  My
apologies for the cross-posting.

Michael Leach
President-Elect, ASIST

Director, Harvard University, Physics Research Library & Kummel Library
17 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
mrleach at fas.harvard.edu or leach at physics.harvard.edu
1-617-495-2878 (voice); 1-617-495-0416 (fax)