eIFL.net General Assembly 2008 Program

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Arrival in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Wednesday 5th and departure on Sunday, 9th

November 6
9:00 - 9:10		Welcome by the Vice Rector of New Bulgarian University - Prof. Ljudmil Georgiev
9:10 - 10:00		eIFL.net Update - Rima Kupryte
10:00 - 11:00		eIFL.net Strategic Plan presentation (in preparation for the group discussion on next day) - Arnold Hirshon
11:00 - 11:45		Coffee break
11:45 - 12:30		Keynote: Inspiration from SciELO - Abel L. Packer
12:30 - 14:00		Lunch
14:00 - 14:45		eIFL-OA update - Iryna Kuchma
14:45 - 15:30		Elections: presentation of candidates
15:30 - 15:45		Introduction to speed dating for the following time with vendors - Susan Veldsman
	Coffee will be available
15:45 - 18:45		Parallel Sessions: Vendors’ time and eIFL country consortia clinic
19:30		Departure for dinner sponsored by Proquest and Bulgarian Information Consortium. Gloria Palace Restaurant

November 7
9:00 - 9:30		eIFL IP Update - Teresa Hackett
9:30 - 10:00		eIFL FOSS Update - Randy Metcalfe, Tigran Zargaryan
10:00 - 10:30		eIFL Negotiations Update - Susan Veldsman
10:30 - 11:15		Coffee break
11:15 - 12:00		eBooks: studies by eBrary - Ian Hames
12:00 - 12:30		eBooks: New pricing models and access - Susan Veldsman
12:30 - 14:00		Lunch
14:00 - 15:30		eIFL Strategic Plan group discussions
15:30 - 16:00		Coffee break
16:00 - 18:30		Parallel Sessions: Vendors’ time and eIFL country consortia clinic
19:00		Departure for dinner sponsored by American Psychological Association (APA). Sky Plaza Restaurant

November 8
9:00 - 10:30		Digitization Panel
	9:00 - 9:15	Case studies of low cost digitization projects in the eIFL network - Repke De Vries
	9:15 - 9:30	Endangered Archives Program of the British Library - Lynda Barraclough
	9:30 - 10:15	World Digital Library Project - Michelle Rago
10:30 - 11:00		Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30		eIFL’s first unconference: Introduction to methodology by Iryna Kuchma followed by group discussions of topics proposed by participants
12:30 - 13:30		eIFL Programs Panel
	Time for questions and discussion
13:30 - 15:00		Lunch
15:00 - 19:00		Sightseeing of Sofia sponsored by New Bulgarian University
19:30		Dinner sponsored by EBSCO. Vodenitzata Restaurant