UKSG News.

This section presents news briefs related to the United Kingdom Serials Group (UKSG) as of November 2004. The finishing touches are being made to the speaker line-up and programs at the UKSG 2005 Conference and Exhibition at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland from April 11 to 13. Booking forms will be mailed out to all and sundry before Christmas. Details regarding exhibiting will be available in early January 2005. The Scientific Publications: Free for All? seminar is taking place on November 23 at the Geological Society in London, England. The aim of the event is to help busy professionals in the serials world digest and interpret the conclusions and recommendations from the British House of Commons Science and Technology Committee report on scientific publications so that they can understand the implications for their own spheres of operation. A report of the event and a selection of the papers will featured in the March 2005 issue of Serials. The brainchild of Christine Fyfe, the e-journal technical update courses were introduced this year and have been universally well received, all the better for having such a genial and knowledgeable presenter as Simon Inger from Scholarly Information Strategies to demystify the subject.