Digital Libraries à la Carte 2008

Digital Libraries à la Carte 2008

This modular course prepares librarians for the future. Some modules are also relevant to publishers, researchers, lecturers and IT specialists.

The modules are one day each. You can attend one or more modules. Modules 3a and 3b are held in parallel, as are modules 5a and 5b.

MODULES

Module 1: Strategic Developments and Library Management
Module 2: Technological Developments: Threats and Opportunities for Libraries
Module 3a: Hands-on: Library 2.0
Module 3b: Change: Making it Happen in Your Library
Module 4: Libraries - Partners in Research and Open Access
Module 5a: Libraries - Partners in Teaching and Learning
Module 5b: Put Yourself in the DRIVER’s Seat - Practical Training for Building a European Repository Network

The course will take place at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, from Monday 25 up to and including Friday 29 August 2008. There is a welcome reception or dinner on Sunday evening 24 August. Lectures start daily at 8.45 AM, end at 5.45 PM, and are followed by a joint dinner.

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FULL PROGRAMME

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LECTURERS

• Stephen Abram, Vice President, Innovation, SirsiDynix, Canada
• Leora BaronDirector, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Teaching & Learning Center (TLC), United States
• Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies and Research, Vanderbilt University, Jean and Alexander Heard Library, United States
• Guus van den Brekel, Coordinator Electronic Services, University Medical Center Groningen, Central Medical Library, Netherlands
• Birte Christensen-Dalsgaard, Director of Development, State and University Library, Denmark
• Barbara Galik, Executive Director, Bradley University, Cullom-Davis Library, United States
• Debra Gilchrist, Dean, Libraries and Media Services, Pierce College Library, United States
• Wolfram Horstmann, CIO Scholarly Information at Bielefeld University, Bielefeld University Library, Germany
• Lucy Jeynes, Drector, Larch Consulting Ltd, United Kingdom
• Martin Lewis, Director of Library Services and University Librarian, The University of Sheffield, Western Bank Library, United Kingdom
• Norbert Lossau, Director, Goettingen State and University Library, Germany
• Wendy P. Lougee, University librarian and McKnight Presidential Professor, University of Minnesota, 499 O. Meredith Wilson Library, United States
• Paolo Manghi, DRIVER Project Software Architect, National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Information Science and Technology (ISTI), Italy
• Peter Murray-Rust, University of Cambridg, Unilever Centre for Molecular Sciences Informatics, United Kingdom
• Roswitha Poll, Former Chief Librarian, Münster University, Germany
• Christoper Pressler, Director of Research and Learning Resources, The University of Nottingham, Information Services, United Kingdom
• David Prosser, Director, SPARC Europe, United Kingdom
• Vanessa Proudman, Project Manager, Tilburg University, Library and IT Services, Netherlands
• Martin Reid, Law Librarian & Academic Support Manager: Social Sciences, University College London, Library Services, Main Library, United Kingdom
• Christina Tovoté, Pedagogical Developer, Stockholm University Library, Sweden
• Herbert Van de Sompel, Team Leader Digital Library Research, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Research Library, United States
• Sylvia Van Peteghem, Chief Librarian, Ghent University, Library, Belgium
• Jan Wilkinson, University Librarian and Director, The University of Manchester, The John Rylands University Library, United Kingdom
• Alex Wright, Writer and Information Architect, United States

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