[LINK] Free Lunchtime Seminar at the NLA - Chris Rusbridge

[Kristen Ritchie]

Dear Tony

Would it be possible to post this to ozlib announce?  Would people on your
LINKS group be interested also?  There will be some discussion about eLib
and hybrid libraries etc.

Thank you!

Kristen
Kristen Ritchie
Coordination Support Branch
National Library of Australia
CANBERRA ACT  2600

Ph:  02 6262 1522
Fax:  02 6273 2545
Email:  kritchie@nla.gov.au
http://www.nla.gov.au/initiatives/



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National issues facing the UK Higher Education Sector in the provision of
its information and research infrastructure

Chris Rusbridge, Programme Director of the UK Electronic Libraries Programme
(eLib), [http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/] will be presenting a
lunchtime seminar (12.15-1.30pm) in the National Library Theatre (Lower
Ground Floor) in Canberra on Wednesday 23 February 2000.

Chris is currently managing the final phase of the eLib programme. eLib was
established in 1995 by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
[http://www.jisc.ac.uk/] within the United Kingdom with the aim of engaging
the Higher Education community in developing and shaping the implementation
of the national electronic library.

Early eLib projects addressed issues such as document delivery, access to
network resources, electronic journals and digitisation.  More recently eLib
projects have concentrated on large scale resource discovery, or clumps;
preservation; and turning early projects into services. The current phase of
eLib also includes a major stream of hybrid library (combination of print
and electronic information) projects in the UK [see
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/elib/projects.html#hl].

Chris recently set up the JISC/NSF (US National Science Foundation)
international programme [http://www.jisc.ac.uk/progs/index.html#nsf] which
aims to foster collaboration between US researchers and research teams from
other countries on joint research projects to progress the development of
the digital library concept.  He has also played a key role in the
development of new strategic frameworks for future programmes, including
developments to support the Distributed National Electronic Resource (DNER).
[http://www.jisc.ac.uk/pub99/dner_desc.html]

Chris has previously been a developer of engineering, database, and
transaction processing systems before moving to higher education computing
support in Australia.  He later became Director of Information Technology
Services at the University of Dundee, and also worked as IT Coordinator in
the University of South Australia Library before taking his current post.

There is no charge and no need to register for the seminar -  just bring
your own lunch.


Kristen Ritchie
Coordination Support Branch
National Library of Australia
CANBERRA ACT  2600

Ph:  02 6262 1522
Fax:  02 6273 2545
Email:  kritchie@nla.gov.au
http://www.nla.gov.au/initiatives/