Program of the Third Annual Meeting of COAR in Uppsala, Sweden

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Location: Pub 19

Venue: Svartbäcksgatan 19, Uppsala

Afternoon Arrival, Optional: individual Sightseeing in Uppsala
19.00 Warm-up Dinner (self-paid)

Monday, May 21, 2012

Location: Carolina Rediviva (University Library), Uppsala

Venue: Dag Hammarskjölds väg 1, Uppsala, Sweden

08:30 – 09:15 Registration
09:15 – 13:15 Morning Session
09:15 – 10:15 Welcome

  • Norbert Lossau, COAR e.V.
  • Ulf Göranson, Director of the University Library Uppsala
  • Ulf Kronman – Openaccess.se (Presentation)
  • Aina Svensson – The DiVA consortium and publishing system (Presentation)
10:15 – 11:00 Keynote – Regional focus (Prof. Xiaolin Zhang, NSL China) (Presentation)
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:45 Topics 1: Filling repositories with content – How to bring OA and licensing together: Best Practices

  • Birgit Schmidt (UGOE) – “Promoting Open Access through National Licenses in Germany” (Presentation)
  • Ralf Schimmer (MPG) – “Open Access and Licensing in the Max Planck Society” (Presentation)
  • Silvia Nakano (MYNCIT) – “Efforts in relation to governmental contracts with publishers and Open Access deposit under the management of the Science & Technology Electronic Library of Argentina” (Presentation)
12:45 – 13:15 2 minute madness – Introduction of posters
13:15 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 17:00 Afternoon Session
14:00 – 15:00 Working Groups – Parallel Sessions

  • Review last year’s work
  • Finalize plans for upcoming year
  • Task/project assignments
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00 General Assembly – COAR-members and partners only!
19:00 Conference Dinner, sponsored by the National Library of Sweden

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Location: Carolina Rediviva (University Library), Uppsala

Venue: Dag Hammarskjölds väg 1, Uppsala, Sweden

09:15 – 13:15
 Morning Session
09:00 – 10:30 Topics 2: Repository Networks and Services

  • Eloy Rodrigues (UMINHO) – “The Interoperability Roadmap” (Presentation)
  • Devika Madalli (Indian Startistical Institute, Bangalore) – “Digital Repositories, Interoperability and Services” (Presentation)
  • Hideaki Takeda (NII) – “NII National-wide Repository Network –Vision and Practice–” (Presentation)
  • Donatella Castelli (CNR-ISTI) – “Open Access e-infrastructures for Europe” (Presentation)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Interactive Workshop
12:30 – 13:00 Plenary: Presentation of results
13:00 – 13:15 Closing Remarks and Farewell
13:15 – 14:00 Lunch Break
Afternoon
 Optional Social Program and Strategic Meeting
14:30 – 16:00 Optional: Guided tour through Carolina Rediviva and Uppsala Library’s older collections and the cultural heritage
14:15 – 18:00 Strategic Meeting: Executive Board, Working Group Chairs/Deputy Chairs, representatives from regions and Office
19:00 Dinner (self-paid)

For a full overview of the presentations and posters see here.