JISC Collections AGM 2008 Programme
Programme
Theme: Data and Text Mining: Let the robots in, get the research out
The JISC Collections Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on the 20th November 2008 at The Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS. The AGM will start at 10:30 am and will close at 3:15 pm.
| Time |
Topic |
| 10:00 – 10:30 |
Registration and Coffee |
| |
PART ONE: Report from JISC Collections and AGM |
| 10:30 – 10:40 |
Welcome and Introduction
David House, Chair of JISC Collections |
| 10:40 – 11:05 |
Annual Review
Lorraine Estelle, CEO of JISC Collections |
| 11:05 – 11:20 |
JISC Collections AGM
Agenda
- To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31st July 2008. These Accounts appear as part of the Annual Report
- To receive the Report of the Auditors.
|
| 11:20 – 11:30 |
PART TWO: Data and Text Mining
Introduction and Aims |
| 11:30 – 11:55 |
Dr Sophia Ananiadou
The National Centre for Text Mining (NaCTeM) |
| 11.55 – 12.25 |
Break |
| 12:30 – 12:55 |
Dr Peter Murray Rust
Churchill College, University of Cambridge |
| 12:55 – 13:20 |
Richard Kidd
Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing, Project Prospect |
| 13:20 – 14:15 |
Lunch |
| 14:15 – 14:40 |
Alastair Dunning, JISC Programme Manager for Digitisation
The Million Book Challenge: data mining for scholarship |
| 14:40 – 15:10 |
Panel Session |
| 15:10 – 15:15 |
Summary and Close |
If you would like to attend our AGM please complete the registration form at http://survey.jisc.ac.uk/agm2008 to confirm your attendance. Please also inform us of any dietary requirements.