 | Tuesday, 23 August 2005 |
 | Module 2: Technological Developments: Threats and Opportunities for Libraries |
| 8:30 hrs | Registration, Coffee/tea (Coffee corner)
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| 8:45 hrs | Welcome and Introduction (EZ 4)
Hans Geleijnse
Chief Information Officer, Director IT Services and Librarian, Tilburg University, NL |
| 9:00 hrs | Wikis: Disruptive Technologies for Dynamic Possibilities (EZ 4)
- the general nature and structure of select wikis
- the features and functions of popular wiki software engines
- the content and use of wikis by select businesses, colleges and universities, and libraries
- speculation about the wiki as an environment, framework, and venue for Disruptive Scholarship, a proposed model for alternative scholarly authorship, review, and publishing
- full abstract
Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian/Bibliographer, Iowa State University Library, USA |
| 10:00 hrs | Discussion (EZ 4)
Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian/Bibliographer, Iowa State University Library, USA |
| 10:30 hrs | Coffee/tea (Coffee corner)
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| 11:00 hrs | Advances in Access Management: From IP-Ranges to Shibboleth (EZ 4)
- access management to digital library resources based on users' IP-addresses
- Shibboleth, single-sign-on access
- features and technology of Shibboleth
- current status of Shibboleth in the US and European countries
- implications and benefits of Shibboleth for access to digital library
- Shibboleth in Switzerland and some other cases
- indirect access via a Shibboleth enabled proxy
- direct access to content providers
- what may be expected in the years to come
- full abstract
- Gerry's PowerPoint presentation [PPT file]
Ueli Kienholz
Project Leader, SWITCH, Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure (AAI) project, SUI |
| 12:00 hrs | Discussion (EZ 4)
Ueli Kienholz
Project Leader, SWITCH, Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure (AAI) project, SUI |
| 12:30 hrs | Lunch (University restaurant Tilbury nr 3 - building H)
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| 14:00 hrs | A Million Computers Just 'Walked' in: Are You Using the Mobile Potential? (EZ 4)
- mobile technology
- the developing applications
- how does your educational establishment's technology greet the new technology?
- what does this technology mean for the future of your library?
- issues and possible solutions
- full abstract
Adam Blackwood
Staff Development & ILT Co-ordinator, JISC Regional Support Centre South East, UK |
| 15:00 hrs | Discussion (EZ 4)
Adam Blackwood
Staff Development & ILT Co-ordinator, JISC Regional Support Centre South East, UK |
| 15:30 hrs | Coffee/tea (Coffee corner)
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| 16:00 hrs | Giving Voice to Libraries: How to Blog and RSS Your Way to a More Dynamic Web Site (EZ 4 and break-out rooms)
- what blogging is and why everyone is doing it
- how libraries use blogs to offer new information channels, provide new
- how to get the most out of blogging
- why the accompanying RSS feed for your blog is so important
- software recommendations
- ideas for implementation
- decisions to consider before embarking on your blog and RSS adventure
- Jenny's PowerPoint presentation [PDF file]
Jenny Levine
The Shifted Librarian and Internet Development Specialist, Metropolitan Library System, Burr Ridge, IL, USA |
| 17:30 hrs | Wrap-up and Review (EZ 4)
Hans Geleijnse
Chief Information Officer, Director IT Services and Librarian, Tilburg University, NL |
| 17:45 hrs | End of Sessions
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| 18:15 hrs | Joint Dinner (University restaurant Tilbury nr 3 - building H)
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| 19.45 hrs | End of Programme
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