Science Library Pad

IFLA Science Portals presentations up

The presentations from IFLA Science Portals 2008 are up

http://lib.tkk.fi/ifla/IFLA_Science_Portals/

which reminds me I haven't managed to blog my conference notes yet (too much microblogging these days).

Topics included

• The Role of Librarians in the Era of Digital Information
• Science.Gov and Worldwidescience.Gov
• Science, Technology and Medicine at the British Library
• Past and Future of Portal Building for Scientific Communities - the INIST Experience

Err, and for full disclosure, a very brief presentation from me as well.

Science Policies and Science Portals - registration open

Registration is now open for

IFLA 2008 Satellite meeting
Science Policies and Science Portals

Canada, Montreal, Polytechnique Montreal - Friday August 8th 2008

I also made an Upcoming.org event.

I've proposed a tag: ifla2008science

IFLA 2008 satellite conferences for science and medical libraries

IFLA 2008 will be in Quebec City this year, but I have discovered there are quite a few associated satellite meetings in different venues.  I don't know if I will go to IFLA proper, but I plan to attend the science portals preconference in Montreal.  Here are a few of the events that are relevant to science libraries:

Disappearing disciplinary borders in the social science library - global studies or sea change?
Dates: 6-7 August 2008
Location: University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Contact person: Lynne M. Rudasill <mailto:rudasill@uiuc.edu> 
Website: http://ilabs.inquiry.uiuc.edu/ilab/ssls/

National Science Policies and Science Portals
Dates: 8 August 2008
Location: Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal (Montreal)
Contact person: Irma Pasanen <mailto:irma.pasanen@tkk.fi> 
Website: http://lib.tkk.fi/ifla/IFLA_Science_Portals

The role of evidence based research in medical libraries
Dates: 9 August 2008
Location: Québec City (exact location to be advised)
Contact person: H. Todd <mailto:h.todd@library.uq.edu.au> 
Website: to be announced

Rethinking Access to Information: Evolving perspectives on information content and delivery
Dates: 6-7 August 2008 (arrival and social event of 5 August)
Location: Boston Public Library, Boston, MA (USA)
Contact person: Poul Erlandsen <mailto:poer@dpu.dk> 
Website: website with link from IFLA website