Digital Libraries a la Carte: Choices for the Future

Sunday evening, 21 August 2005

Welcome

18:00 hrs Welcome dinner (Beeldenzaal at restaurant Auberge du Bonheur)

21:30 hrs End of Programme

Monday, 22 August 2005

Module 1: Trends and Strategic Issues for Libraries

8:30 hrs Registration, Coffee/tea (Coffee corner)

8:45 hrs Welcome and Introduction (EZ 4)

Hans Geleijnse
Chief Information Officer, Director IT Services and Librarian, Tilburg University, NL

9:00 hrs General Trends and Issues (EZ 4)

  • Paul's PowerPoint presentation [PDF file]
Paul Duguid
Research Specialist Social and Cultural Studies in Education, University of California, Berkeley, USA

10:00 hrs Discussion (EZ 4)

Paul Duguid
Research Specialist Social and Cultural Studies in Education, University of California, Berkeley, USA

10:30 hrs Coffee/tea (Coffee corner)

11:00 hrs Search Trends and Implications for Libraries: How Can Users Find What They Need? (EZ 4)

  • technology trends in the area of search
  • issues to consider in digital library projects to make it easier for users to find what they are looking for
Dr. Sandra Hirsh
Usability Lead, Microsoft Corporation, USA

12:00 hrs Discussion (EZ 4)

Dr. Sandra Hirsh
Usability Lead, Microsoft Corporation, USA

12:30 hrs Lunch (University restaurant Tilbury nr 3 - building H)

14:00 hrs Publishers' Strategies (EZ 4)

Derk Haank
Chief Executive Officer, Springer Science + Business Media, GE

15:00 hrs Discussion (EZ 4)

Derk Haank
Chief Executive Officer, Springer Science + Business Media, GE

15:30 hrs Coffee/tea (Coffee corner)

16:00 hrs $, £ and €: Library Financial Management in the 21st Century (EZ 4)

  • changes in financial library management in the last few years
  • new developments within the information world and in the wider educational context: their impact on library budgets
  • managerial implications of the increasingly bigger share of e-resources in library budgets
  • strategies for dealing with a volatile and an ever-changing set of budgetary requirements
  • producing estimates which are accepted
  • to what extent stakeholders should be involved in deriving library estimates
  • what skills librarians need to manage this increasingly complex situation
  • the future agenda
Elaine Urquhart
Assistant Director Information Services (Library), Learning Resource Centre, University of Ulster, UK

17:00 hrs Discussion (EZ 4)

Elaine Urquhart
Assistant Director Information Services (Library), Learning Resource Centre, University of Ulster, UK

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

18:15 hrs Joint Dinner (University restaurant Tilbury nr 3 - building H)

19.45 hrs End of Programme

Tuesday, 23 August 2005

Module 2: Technological Developments: Threats and Opportunities for Libraries

8:30 hrs Registration, Coffee/tea (Coffee corner)

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's PowerPoint presentation [PPT file]
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)

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
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)

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)

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

18:15 hrs Joint Dinner (University restaurant Tilbury nr 3 - building H)

19.45 hrs End of Programme

Wednesday, 24 August 2005

Module 3: Library Consortia and Licensing

8:30 hrs Registration, Coffee/tea (Coffee corner)

8:45 hrs Welcome and Introduction (EZ 4)

Hans Geleijnse
Chief Information Officer, Director IT Services and Librarian, Tilburg University, NL

9:00 hrs Introduction on Consortia and Licensing (EZ 4)

  • the history of licensing and consortia and the most important legal aspects involved
  • the future of consortia licensing
  • the pros and cons of the big deals
  • the alternative approaches
  • the future of consortia in the era of open archives and open access
  • the future role of academic libraries
  • full abstract
Hans Geleijnse
Chief Information Officer, Director IT Services and Librarian, Tilburg University, NL

10:00 hrs Discussion (EZ 4)

Hans Geleijnse
Chief Information Officer, Director IT Services and Librarian, Tilburg University, NL

10:30 hrs Coffee/tea (Coffee corner)

11:00 hrs E-Collections: Where Are We Going and How Will We Get There? (EZ 4)

  • how e-collections change the way librarians make collection decisions
  • better (or at least more) usage data
  • variations in licenses and price models
  • new partnerships by publishers and libraries
  • new intermediaries, including link resolver companies and metasearch services
  • new ways to think about collections
  • full abstract
Carol Tenopir
Professor of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, School of Information Sciences, College of Communication and Information, USA

12:00 hrs Discussion (EZ 4)

Carol Tenopir
Professor of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, School of Information Sciences, College of Communication and Information, USA

12:30 hrs Lunch (University restaurant Tilbury nr 3 - building H)

14:00 hrs The Road is Paved with Good Intentions: Best Practices for Relationship Management in Successful Collaborations (EZ 4)

  • principles and best practices of consortia with regard to relationship management among members, external stakeholders, funders and suppliers
  • factors that can cause good ideas to fail or valuable partnerships to be undermined
  • skill development for consortia that wish to strengthen their "collaboration competencies" and advance licensing initiatives as well as new service ventures
Deb deBruijn
Executive Director, Canadian Research Knowledge Network, CAN

15:00 hrs Discussion (EZ 4)

Deb deBruijn
Executive Director, Canadian Research Knowledge Network, CAN

15:00 hrs

15:30 hrs Coffee/tea (Coffee corner)

16:00 hrs Practical Workshop: Pitfalls and Boobytraps: Consortia, Licenses and Negotiations (EZ 4 and break-out rooms)

  • introduction to consortia, connecting the workshop to the previous presentations
  • workshop to help you identify your own position as member of a consortium
  • analysis of the status of your consortium and its main objectives
  • awareness of threats and opportunities of your consortium
  • formulating answers to the question 'what next'
  • full abstract
Nol Verhagen
Librarian, University of Amsterdam and Chairman of the UKB, NL

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

18:15 hrs Joint Dinner (University restaurant Tilbury nr 3 - building H)

19.45 hrs End of Programme

Thursday, 25 August 2005

Module 4: Open Access and Institutional Repositories

8:30 hrs Registration, Coffee/tea (Coffee corner)

8:45 hrs Welcome and Introduction (EZ 4)

Hans Geleijnse
Chief Information Officer, Director IT Services and Librarian, Tilburg University, NL

9:00 hrs Open Access: How to Get There from Here (EZ 4)

  • how institutions with an interest in open access (OA) can help it move forward
  • why OA depends primarily on the decisions of researchers themselves
  • what universities can do to promote OA
  • what librarians can do to promote OA
  • what funding agencies can do to promote OA
  • what we can learn from the public-access policy of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • how different stakeholders can improve the system of scholarly communication,
  • full abstract
Peter Suber
Open Access Project Director, Public Knowledge, Washington, D.C. and Research Professor of Philosophy, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, USA

10:00 hrs Discussion (EZ 4)

Peter Suber
Open Access Project Director, Public Knowledge, Washington, D.C. and Research Professor of Philosophy, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, USA

10:30 hrs Coffee/tea (Coffee corner)

11:00 hrs Here, there .... and not yet everywhere. Institutional repositories and what they hold, now and for the future (EZ 4)

  • what are researchers doing about institutional repositories?
  • self archiving by researchers
  • institutional repositories represent, a movement in its infancy
  • what can we expect of institutional repositories in the future
  • where will institutional repositories fit into the wider picture that Peter Suber will expound upon later in this session?
  • full abstract
  • Alma's PowerPoint presentation [PDF file]
Dr Alma Swan
Director, Key Perspectives Ltd, UK

12:00 hrs Discussion (EZ 4)

Dr Alma Swan
Director, Key Perspectives Ltd, UK

12:30 hrs Lunch (University restaurant Tilbury nr 3 - building H)

14:00 hrs Practical Workshop on Institutional Repositories (EZ 4 and break-out rooms)

Sylvia Van Peteghem
Chief Librarian, University of Ghent, BEL

15:30 hrs Coffee/tea (Coffee corner)

16:00 hrs Practical Workshop on Repositories, Copyrights and Creative Commons for Scholarly Communication (EZ 4 and break-out rooms)

  • copyrights as an impediment to the sharing of research output
  • "scholarly property rights" and alternatives like the use of creative commons licenses
  • discussion of the use creative commons licenses for scholarly communication, lead by some practical examples
  • Esther's PowerPoint presentation [PDF file]
Esther Hoorn
Information Specialist and Researcher Law and ICT, University of Groningen, Faculty of Law, NL

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

18:15 hrs Joint Dinner (University restaurant Tilbury nr 3 - building H)

19.45 hrs End of Programme

Friday, 26 August 2005

Module 5: Libraries and Teaching and Learning

8:30 hrs Registration, Coffee/tea (Coffee corner)

8:45 hrs Welcome and Introduction (EZ 4)

Hans Geleijnse
Chief Information Officer, Director IT Services and Librarian, Tilburg University, NL

9:00 hrs Libraries and Teaching and Learning: An Introduction (EZ 4)

  • broad sketch of relevant trends in the world of (digital) libraries, the world of (e) learning and (e) teaching
  • opportunities and challenges for librarians in performing one of their core tasks: the support of educational processes
  • conceptual work in this area
  • practical experiences reported in the literature
  • framework for today's topics
  • full abstract
Hans Roes
Project manager, Tilburg University, NL

10:00 hrs Coffee/tea (Coffee corner)

10:30 hrs "Not the Filling of a Vessel, but the Lighting of a Fire": Enriching Student Learning by Cultivating Undergraduate Research Skills (EZ 4)

  • an overview and analysis of Information Literacy Standards in North America, Australia, and the United Kingdom
  • connections between IL standards and active student learning
  • ways to integrate IL standards into course and curricula design and thus foster an environment of meaningful, independent, and self-directed student learning
  • special topics: cultivating campus collaborations, effective marketing and "messaging," program assessment, and assessing student skills and learning
  • lessons learned from the UC Berkeley Library/Faculty Fellowship on Undergraduate Research
  • this presentation includes and interactive component (practical exercises and discussions)
  • full abstract
Pat Davitt Maughan
Project Manager, Mellon Library/Faculty Fellowship on Undergraduate Research, University of California, Berkeley, USA

12:15 hrs Lunch (University restaurant Tilbury nr 3 - building H)

13:30 hrs Assessment: a Key Part of the Learning Experience (EZ 4 and break-out rooms)

  • assessment of learning
  • the different purposes of assessment: Diagnosis; Formative feedback; Summative judgment; and Course evaluation & quality audit
  • library initiatives in the area of assessing information literacy (e.g.
  • the issue of education for information literacy outside formal education (e.g. in public libraries and the workplace)
  • problems and opportunities
  • full abstract
Sheila Webber
Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield, Department of Information Studies, UK

15:15 hrs Coffee/tea (Coffee corner)

15:45 hrs Dangerous Discussions about Information Literacy: The Transition from Too Few/Little to Too Many/Much: Changing Roles, Alliances, and Environments for Learning, Teaching, and Research (EZ 4)

  • online courses
  • physical and virtual learning environments
  • collaboration group space
  • major Web-based course management platforms and tools
  • Low-Threshold Applications and Activities (LTAs)
  • information literacy
  • information resources, information services, and related elements of information literacy that transcend local and national boundaries
  • interactive exploration of relevant "Dangerous Discussions" and (Self?)Deceptions
  • full abstract
  • For full description and links to related resources that will be used in the session, see: http://www.tltgroup.org/InfoLit/Transition.htm.
Steve Gilbert
President, The TLT Group, 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

18:15 hrs Joint Dinner (University restaurant Tilbury nr 3 - building H)

19.45 hrs End of Programme

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Last updated 12 August 2005.