The
Access 2005 conference (http://access2005.library.ualberta.ca/) will be
taking place in
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Keynote speakers and topics this year include:
Dr. Michael Geist is the Canada Research Chair of Internet and E commerce Law
at the
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/
The
Library and the Network - Lorcan Dempsey
Lorcan Dempsey is VP of Research for OCLC. He oversees the work of OCLC
Research and participates in OCLC's Strategic Leadership Team. Lorcan was named
OCLC Chief Strategist in March 2004.
http://orweblog.oclc.org/
Cliff's
Notes, 2005 - Clifford Lynch
Clifford Lynch has been the Director of the Coalition for Networked Information
(CNI) since July 1997. CNI, jointly sponsored by the Association of Research
Libraries and EDUCAUSE, includes about 200 member organizations concerned with
the use of information technology and networked information to enhance
scholarship and intellectual productivity.
http://www.cni.org/staff/clifford_index.html
A
Radioactive Metadata Record Approach for Interoperability Testing Based on
Analysis of Metadata Utilization - Dr. William E. Moen
Dr.
William Moen is a Fellow in the
http://www.unt.edu/wmoen/
The
complete list of topics and presenters is listed on our conference
website: http://access2005.library.ualberta.ca/schedule/index.html
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We are pleased to offer an early-bird registration rate until September 15,
2005: http://access2005.library.ualberta.ca/registration/
We are
anticipating capacity attendance so don't delay!!
For more information regarding our excellent conference hotel rates, please
visit our accommodation page:
http://access2005.library.ualberta.ca/accommodation.php
There
are a number of activities planned around Access this year including a METS
Opening Day Canada pre-conference on Saturday October 15th (http://access2005.library.ualberta.ca/?p=14), Hackfest
on Sunday October 16th (http://access2005.library.ualberta.ca/hackfest.php), and the
Netspeed Conference following Access on October 19th - 21st, 2005 (http://www.thealbertalibrary.ab.ca/netspeed/netspeed2005/info_2005.html).
We hope to see you in