Proceedings of the Conference ISBN 0-930357-51-5 ©  2001   International Council for Science, UNESCO and individual contributors Editor's Note   by Dennis Shaw Session I. Introduction Opening address Gisbert Glaser, Acting UNESCO Assistant Director for Science [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Opening address Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, President, International Council for Science [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Keynote address - The importance of the effective dissemination of information for science Philippe Busquin, EU Commissioner for Research represented by Jurgen Rosenbaum, Chief of Information and Communication Unit, Directorate-General Research [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Opening address Sir Roger Elliott, Chairman ICSU Press [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Session II. General issues Principles for a new system of publishing for science David Shulenburger, University of Kansas, USA [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] The contribution of electronic communication to science - has it lived up to its promise? Ana Maria Cetto, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] The changing role and form of scientific journals Michael Keller, University Librarian, Stanford University, USA [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Session III. Responses from the scientific community Creating a global knowledge network Paul Ginsparg, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] E-BioSci: an Europe-based platform for e-publishing and information integration in the life sciences Les Grivell, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO),Germany [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] The SciELO Model for electronic publishing and measuring of usage and impact of Latin American and Carribean scientific journals Abel Packer, Director, Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) Project, Brazil [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Session IV. Economic issues Economic models for the electronic publishing of scientific journals Pieter Bolman, President, Academic Press [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Scientific publishing in the Asia-Pacific region Phua Kok Khoo, Chairman, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Financial considerations for scientific publishing in developing countries: The case for the People's Republic of China Steven K. Luk, Director, The Chinese University Press, Hong Kong, P.R. China [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] The role of non-profit organizations such as learned societies in Japan Kunio Tada, Yokohama National University, Japan [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Session V. Legal and ethical issues Why Nature is not threatened by the Internet Sir John Maddox, former Editor, Nature, UK [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] New legislation on copyright and databases and its impact on science Thomas Dreier, Professor of Intellectual Property, Karlsruhe Technical University, Germany [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Ethical and privacy issues - particularly in the biomedical sciences Richard Smith, Editor, British Medical Journal, UK [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Session VI. Issues in electronic publishing Publication and use of large data sets John Rumble, President, ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] New practices for electronic publishing: How to maintain quality and guarantee integrity Joost Kircz, KRA Publishing Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] The importance of aggregators Simon Inger, CatchWord Ltd., UK [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Session VII. Secondary publishing facilities Neuroinformatics: a new enabling field of neuroscience research in the IT area Stephen Koslow, National Institute of Mental Health, USA [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Referencing and retrieval of scientific articles Eric Swanson, John Wiley [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Metadata for referencing and archival use Juha Hakala, Helsinki University Library, Finland [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Session VIII. Contributions of other stakeholders The changing role of Learned Societies Anthony Durniak, Staff Executive, Publications, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] The changing role of the librarian - a virtual library and a real archive Alex Klugkist, Chief Librarian, University of Groningen, the Netherlands [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Final Session Concluding session - Epilogue Sir Roger Elliott, Chairman ICSU Press [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Is electronic publishing being used in the best interests of science? The publisher's view Derk Haank, Chief Executive Officer, Elsevier Science [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Is electronic publishing being used in the best interests of science? The scientist's view Steve Berry, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, USA [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP]   [PPT Slides] Reports of Breakout Sessions Report of Breakout Session 1 on Economic Issues Chair: Robert Campbell Rapporteur: Nathalie Ferrand [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Report of Breakout Session 2 on the Functions and Purposes of Scientific Journals Chair: Martin Blume Rapporteur: Hilda A. Cerdeira [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Report of Breakout Session 3 on the Behaviour and Expectations of Scientists Chair: Sally Morris Rapporteur: Aldyth Holmes [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Report of Breakout Session 4 on Initiatives and Developments in Developing and Transitional Countries Co-chairs: Lishan Adam, and Carol Priestley Rapporteur: Praditta Siripan [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] Report of Breakout Session 5 on Legal Issues Chair: Ferris Webster Rapporteur: Kai-Inge Hillerud [HTML.ZIP]   [PDF]   [Postscript]   [PS.ZIP] This document was generated by TeXWeb (Win32, v.1.4) on February 19, 2002.