SERIALS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES: OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIBRARIES, PROBLEMS FOR THE LAW AND THREATS TO PUBLISHERS

I consider it to be a great honour that I was invited to present the keynote address for the Second European Serials Conference. It is especially pleasing that the Conference is really growing in a European direction. There are not only more countries represented but, as you know, it is now a joint effort of the UKSG and the newly founded Dutch Serials Group and I hope that the next conference will include at least three organising serials groups. I would like to congratulate the United Kingdom Serials Group and the Dutch NVB Serials Group on their achievements and wish them all the best for the future.