CERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication Welcome

CERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication Welcome All to the Third Workshop on the Open Archives Initiative This year’s title is: Implementing the benefits of OAI 12 February 2004 Implementing the benefits of OAI 1

The richest OAI event ever seen! • • 4 tutorials 19 highly qualified speakers 7 breakout sessions A Workshop closing panel of specialists • And an outstanding audience: more than 190 participants, among the most qualified people in the OAI landscape 12 February 2004 Implementing the benefits of OAI 2

Workshop history • OAI-1: The Open Archives Initiative (OAI) and Peer Review Journals in Europe (March 2001) • OAI-2: Gaining independence with e-prints archives and OAI (October 2002) • OAI-3: Implementing the benefits of OAI (Februari 2004) 12 February 2004 Implementing the benefits of OAI 3

Participant distribution: 12 February 2004 Implementing the benefits of OAI 4

Why this title? • OAI may be considered successful: – Protocol universally accepted – Software widely available – Repositories growing – Open Access achieved respectability • Benefit for libraries and scholarly communication remains rather limited! – Publisher’s big deals! – Peer review still problematic! • Full potential benefits of OAI not yet there! 12 February 2004 Implementing the benefits of OAI 5

A thick Welcome Package • OSI’s Guide to Institutional Repository Software • SPARC: Create Change brochure, membership form • JISC FAIR Programme guide • Local information: CERN and Geneva • Workshop information: agenda, lists of participants, etc. 12 February 2004 Implementing the benefits of OAI 6

A carefully prepared agenda • Speakers are invited to keep 2 -3 minutes free at the end of their presentation to leave room for questions – Participants are invited to seat where microphones are available (first part of the amphitheatre) – To activate the micro press the button and talk, then press the button again to release the micro 12 February 2004 Implementing the benefits of OAI 7

Registration buttons • If you have a green small button on your badge you have paid your registration fee • If you have a blue button you are a speaker or/and a Workshop organiser • If you have a yellow button on your badge card you are a CERN Library team member • If you have no coloured button on your registration card, you forgot to pay your fee and you should go and see Lamia, she is waiting for you! 12 February 2004 Implementing the benefits of OAI 8

Some additional practical information (1) • The Workshop will be webcast: 10 minutes after the end of each presentation a clickable link will appear next to the agenda item concerned, it will be the link to the webcasting file • This file, together with the speaker’s slides (except Jean-Claude’s), will remain permanently available on the CERN Web site 12 February 2004 Implementing the benefits of OAI 9

Some additional practical information (2) • This conference room, the surrounding corridors, the Library reading rooms and the close rooms are under a wireless internet access spot – This is not a good reason to connect and work on your mail during the workshop sessions • Lamia still has some (few) Swiss AC plug adapters • Lamia is also available to call a taxi, taxis are supposed to enter CERN site (attention to the meeting point) 12 February 2004 Implementing the benefits of OAI 10

Some additional practical information (3) • To use the Library X terminals to read email via the Web –Please see full instruction printed in your Welcome Pack 12 February 2004 Implementing the benefits of OAI 11

Some additional practical information (4) • CERN Hostel – To avoid complications please pay for your room at the hostel reception before 18: 00 on Friday – Hostel reception open 8: 00 - 18: 00 (closed Saturday/Sunday) • Toilets – Located just outside the amphitheatre and down the stairs next to the canteen entrance 12 February 2004 Implementing the benefits of OAI 12

If help needed • Ask Joanne or Lamia or any of the yellow button holders • The Library desk is staffed 8: 30 -19: 00 weekdays for further help • VERY IMPORTANT: if you go outside remember your badge to gain entry again!! 12 February 2004 Implementing the benefits of OAI 13

Thanks! • To our host: CERN and its library staff • To our sponsors (in alphabetical order) – JISC – OSI – SPARC and SPARC Europe • To LIBER for the initiative • More details on their activities and programmes on the Workshop Web home page and inside the Welcome Package 12 February 2004 Implementing the benefits of OAI 14