Bilkent University Library is very pleased and honored to announce that it will host the “Elsevier 1st Turkey Ebook Forum” conference to be hold on Wednesday, November 8, 2017, between 08.30 and 17.00, organized and sponsored by Elsevier. This conference aims to reveal the role of electronic book in scientific/academic communication and opinions and thoughts of different stakeholders about this phenomenon. All Bilkent members are invited to our conference. Participants are kindly requested to register at the following link until November 7th, at 15.00 o’clock.
Place: Main Library, Art Gallery
Register here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K6ZVGWX
PROGRAM
Elsevier 1st Turkey Ebook Forum
Bilkent University Library
November 8, 2017, Wednesday
08.30 – 17.00
08.30 – 09.00 | Registration
09.00 – 10.00 | Opening speech
Role of e-books in academic libraries: The Bilkent University Library perspective- Dr. Ebru Kaya, Bilkent Universitesity Library Director
10.00 -10.45 | EBooks as research facilitators: Helping researchers via content and technology and supporting libraries- Sales Director Online Books EMEA & Asia/Pacific.
10.45- 11.00 | Coffee break
11.00- 13.00 | 1st Session
EBook usage in Turkey and usage trends in Turkey — Mohamed Moawad
Expert session- Experience sharing by the invited Librarian.
13.00- 14.00 | Lunch
14.00- 16.00 | 2nd Session
Publishing process from an Authors perspective- Ass.Prof.Dr. Tolga Bölükbaşı, Bilkent University Department of Political Science and Public Administration Faculty Member
Ebook consortium experience sharing. Eg Colorado experience — Ayhan Akanay Saraçoğlu, Elsevier Sales Manager, Turkey
16.00 – 17.00 | Cockteyl reception & Networking session
Best regards,
Bilkent University Library Team