From vjkjk@yahoo.com Sun May  2 16:14:58 2004
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 05:43:08 -0800 (PST)
From: JK Vijayakumar 
To: AGRILIB 
Cc: digilibindia ,
     Lis-Forum 
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Elsevier Foundation Grants for attending International
    TICER School

Dear All,

The course "Electronic Resources and Electronic
Publishing" will take place at Tilburg
University, the Netherlands, from Tuesday evening
10 August up to and including Friday afternoon 13
August 2004, with an optional programme on
Tuesday afternoon. Details are available at
http://www.ticer.nl/04elres/index.htm

Elsevier Foundation Grants (Last Date15 June
2004)

Participants from developing countries can apply
for an Elsevier Foundation Grant for the course
"Electronic Resources and Electronic Publishing",
made available by the Elsevier Foundation. The
Elsevier Foundation are willing to sponsor 4
participants from Asia, Africa or South America.
You can only apply for a grant if you originate
from a country which is mentioned in the first
five columns of the OECD "DAC List of Aid
Recipients as at 1 January 2003", countries
indicated in this list as developing countries
and territories (official development
assistance). The grant includes: 
the course fee (including 3 lunches and 3
dinners); accommodation in a student room for the
duration of the course;an economy class return
flight to an airport near Tilburg;travel and
health insurance during your stay in Tilburg. 

The sponsorship does not cover costs which are
not mentioned above, e.g., visa fee,
transportation in your own country, public
transport in the Netherlands from the airport to
Tilburg and back, breakfasts, remaining dinners
and lunches, and personal expenses. 
If you want to apply for this grant, please send
an email to the course coordinator Ms. Anja
Huijben at Anja.Huijben@uvt.nl before 15 June
2004. The email should contain the following
information: 

-what organisation you work for; 
-what your job title is and what your work
entails; 
-what country you are from; 
-a short biography or curriculum vitae; 
-your motivation to apply for this course; 
-why you are the right person to sponsor; 
-how you intend to distribute the knowledge your
gained during this course in your country; 
-what kind of activities your institute develops
in the field of digital libraries. 

Incomplete applications will not be taken into
consideration. Please do not fill out the
official application form as well, because you
will then be treated as a normal applicant and
will thus receive an invoice for your
participation. 

The following international experts have
confirmed their contribution to the course. The
list is continuously updated.

 Jonathan Clark
Technology Director, Elsevier, Netherlands  
 Hans Geleijnse
Chief Information Officer, Director IT Services
and Librarian, Tilburg University, Netherlands  
 Emanuella Giavarra
Copyright lawyer, Chambers of Mark Watson-Gandy,
United Kingdom  
 Arnold Hirshon
Executive Director, NELINET, United States  
 Donald W. King
Research Professor, University of Pittsburgh,
School of Information Sciences, United States  
 Teun Nijssen
Security Advisor, Tilburg University, IT
Services, Netherlands  
 Mark Patterson
Senior Editor, Public Library of Science,
European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom
 
 Thomas W. Place
Deputy Librarian, Tilburg University, Library,
Netherlands  
 Hans E. Roosendaal
Professor of Scientific Information, University
of Twente, School of Business, Public
Administration & Technology, Department of
Computer Science, Netherlands  
 Sylvia Van Peteghem
Chief Librarian, University of Ghent, Library,
Belgium  
 Herbert Van de Sompel
Digital Library Research & Prototyping, Los
Alamos National Laboratory, Research Library,
United States  

Details are available at
http://www.ticer.nl/04elres/index.htm

Ticer B.V., PO Box 4191
5004 JD Tilburg
The Netherlands
telephone +31-13-466 83 10
telefax +31-13-466 83 83
e-mail Ticer@uvt.nl
http://www.ticer.nl 
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J.K.Vijayakumar
INFLIBNET


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