Digital Libraries a la Carte, New Choices for the Future 2006 : Evaluation Report

The following is a list of publications on the course "Digital Libraries à la Carte: New Choices for the Future" held in 2006, which we think are worth reading to get an idea about the course. Some are in-depth reports about the content of the course, some are just fun.

Ticer creates a place for highly committed people from different perspectives to communicate and learn together on a higher level than anywhere else in Europe: Evaluation report / by Ticer B.V.
The Modern Librarian Embraces Digital Developments / by Ruud van Hirtum. - In: Univers: Foreign Affairs, 31 August 2006 [Univers is the Tilburg University newspaper].
Several blog entries on John Kirriemuir's presentation on Libraries and Gaming

Gaming and Libraries / by Lorcan Dempsey. - In: Lorcan Dempsey's Weblog, 4 September 2006.
John Kirriemuir, on "Digital Games and Digital Libraries" . - In: Rambling Librarian :: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian, 8 September 2006.
Digital Games in Health. - In: Second Life Medical Library 2.0, 9 September 2006.

Search is more than Search / by Lorcan Dempsey. - In: Lorcan Dempsey's Weblog, 4 September 2006.
Several postings by Michael Stephens on his weblog Tame the Web:

Welcome to Tilburg / by Michael Stephens. - In: Tame the Web, 22 August 2006.
TICER: IM Resources for Hands On Session / by Michael Stephens. - In: Tame the Web, 23 August 2006.
Playing Around with IM: Ticer Institute in Holland / by Michael Stephens. - In: Tame the Web, 30 August 2006.
At the Ticer Institute: Digital Libraries à la Carte: New Choices for the Future / by Michael Stephens. - In: Tame the Web, 30 August 2006.
Digital libraries Ala carte: Where Our Users Are: Instant Messaging for Libraries / by Michael Stephens. - In: Tame the Web, 7 August 2006.

Postings by Jenny Levine on her web The Shifted Librarian and Flickr:

Holland Days / by Jenny Levine. - In: The Shifted Librarian, 29 August 2006.
University of Tilburg / by Jenny Levine. - Available at Flickr [some photo's on Tilburg University].
Ticer Institute / by Jenny Levine. - Available at Flickr [some photo's taken during the summer school].

Michael and Jenny / by Guus van den Brekel. - In: DIGICMB, Guus' weblog, 24 August 2006.
Thinking about the future research workflow - A TICER 06 post / by Driek Heesakkers. - In: Library Spring, Driek's weblog [which he started after the summer course].
Ticer Workshop 1 / by Oliver Obst. - In: Medinfo weblog, 23 August 2006 [in German].
A weblog posting and a report by Ilkay Holt:

Ticer Digital Libraries a la Carte: New Choices for the Future / by Ilkay Holt. - In: Açik Erisim Dünyasindan... [weblog], 9 September 2006. [in Turkish]
Ticer Digital Libraries a la Carte: New Choices for the Future / by Ilkay Holt [PDF report in Turkish]

Column ("Buitenstebinnen: een gezonde blik naar buiten") in the internal newsletter for staff working at the Library and IT Services department at Tilburg University:

Technological developments: Threats and opportunities for libraries / by Jola Prinsen. - In: Nieuwsbrief Bibliotheek, IT Services en AVC, vol.1, no.9, September 2006 [in Dutch]
Hands-on: Library 2.0 technologies to reach out to the customer / by Jola Prinsen. - In: Nieuwsbrief Bibliotheek, IT Services en AVC, vol.1, no.10, October 2006 [in Dutch]
Libraries Supporting Research and Open Access / by Jola Prinsen. - In: Nieuwsbrief Bibliotheek, IT Services en AVC, vol.1, no.11, November 2006 [in Dutch]
Libraries and Teaching and Learning / by Jola Prinsen. - In: Nieuwsbrief Bibliotheek, IT Services en AVC, vol.1, no.12, December 2006 [in Dutch]

Two podcasts by Pierre Gorissen:

EduKast-140-20060820 / by Pierre Gorissen. - In: De EduKast [Podcast in Dutch, appr. 20 minutes, the second half on Pierre's presentation at the Ticer course].
EduKast-141-20060827 / by Pierre Gorissen. - In: De EduKast [Podcast in Dutch, appr. 20 minutes, the first half on Pierre's presentation at the Ticer course].

Photos taken during the course / by Ticer B.V. - Available at Flickr.
Some photos of Tilburg / by Carl Grant. - Available at Flickr.
The presentations by the speakers:

Carl Grant: Trends, Strategic Issues and Opportunities (PPT file, 5.521kB)
Bjørn Olstad: Advances in Search Driving Library 2.0 (PDF file, 4.598kB)
Peter van de Graaf: Electronic Paper Display and its Impact on the Scholarly Information Chain (PPT file, 9.714kB)
Ian Dolphin: When Portals Collide (PDF file of the slides, 3.006kB or PDF file of the handouts, 180kB)
Herbert Van de Sompel: Aiming for New Levels of Cross-Repository Functionality (PDF file, 774kB)
Jenny Levine: Engage Your USers with Blogs and RSS: Create Community, Take Content to Them (PDF file, 23.577kB)
Michael Stephens: Instant Messaging (PDF file, 2.556kB)
Paul Miller: Library 2.0, For the People, By the People (PDF file of the handouts, 18.627kB)
David Berry: Digital Libraries, Grids & E-Science (PPT file, 7 MB or PDF file, 4 MB)
Michael Fraser: The Place of the Digital Library within Virtual Research Environments web version and PDF file", 3.365kB)
Catherine Candee: Whither Open Access Publishing? (PPT file, 5.982kB)
Sue Roberts: Partner or Pariah? Future Roles for Libraries in Teaching and Learning (PDF file, 4.046kB)
Pierre Gorissen: Social Software, Building Networks of Leaners (PPT file, 2.481kB)
John Kirriemuir: Digital Games and Digital Libraries (PPT file, 4.060kB)
Philip Payne: What Difference Does Your Library Make to Teaching and Learning? Approaches and Techniques for Measuring Impact (PPT file, 4.612kB)

Background material for participants:

Abstracts and recommended reading
Most lecturers collected some recommended reading. They didn't require reading this in advance, but participants were welcome to do so.
http://tametheweb.com/2006/08/digital_libraries_ala_carte_wh.html
Webpage by Michael Stephens with some assignments to complete before the start of his presentation.
Wiki
Wiki by Pierre Gorissen with some assignments to complete before the start of his presentation.
Wiki
Wiki by John Kirremuir with some assignments to complete before the start of his presentation. It wasn't compulsory, but it helped add context to the workshop, and gave people something interesting to think about.

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	The following is a list of publications on the course "Digital Libraries à la Carte: New Choices for the Future" held in 2006, which we think are worth reading to get an idea about the course. Some are in-depth reports about the content of the course, some are just fun.
	Ticer creates a place for highly committed people from different perspectives to communicate and learn together on a higher level than anywhere else in Europe: Evaluation report / by Ticer B.V.
	The Modern Librarian Embraces Digital Developments / by Ruud van Hirtum. - In: Univers: Foreign Affairs, 31 August 2006 [Univers is the Tilburg University newspaper].
	Several blog entries on John Kirriemuir's presentation on Libraries and Gaming Gaming and Libraries / by Lorcan Dempsey. - In: Lorcan Dempsey's Weblog, 4 September 2006. John Kirriemuir, on "Digital Games and Digital Libraries" . - In: Rambling Librarian :: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian, 8 September 2006. Digital Games in Health. - In: Second Life Medical Library 2.0, 9 September 2006.
	Search is more than Search / by Lorcan Dempsey. - In: Lorcan Dempsey's Weblog, 4 September 2006.
	Several postings by Michael Stephens on his weblog Tame the Web: Welcome to Tilburg / by Michael Stephens. - In: Tame the Web, 22 August 2006. TICER: IM Resources for Hands On Session / by Michael Stephens. - In: Tame the Web, 23 August 2006. Playing Around with IM: Ticer Institute in Holland / by Michael Stephens. - In: Tame the Web, 30 August 2006. At the Ticer Institute: Digital Libraries à la Carte: New Choices for the Future / by Michael Stephens. - In: Tame the Web, 30 August 2006. Digital libraries Ala carte: Where Our Users Are: Instant Messaging for Libraries / by Michael Stephens. - In: Tame the Web, 7 August 2006.
	Postings by Jenny Levine on her web The Shifted Librarian and Flickr: Holland Days / by Jenny Levine. - In: The Shifted Librarian, 29 August 2006. University of Tilburg / by Jenny Levine. - Available at Flickr [some photo's on Tilburg University]. Ticer Institute / by Jenny Levine. - Available at Flickr [some photo's taken during the summer school].
	Michael and Jenny / by Guus van den Brekel. - In: DIGICMB, Guus' weblog, 24 August 2006.
	Thinking about the future research workflow - A TICER 06 post / by Driek Heesakkers. - In: Library Spring, Driek's weblog [which he started after the summer course].
	Ticer Workshop 1 / by Oliver Obst. - In: Medinfo weblog, 23 August 2006 [in German].
	A weblog posting and a report by Ilkay Holt: Ticer Digital Libraries a la Carte: New Choices for the Future / by Ilkay Holt. - In: Açik Erisim Dünyasindan... [weblog], 9 September 2006. [in Turkish] Ticer Digital Libraries a la Carte: New Choices for the Future / by Ilkay Holt [PDF report in Turkish]
	Column ("Buitenstebinnen: een gezonde blik naar buiten") in the internal newsletter for staff working at the Library and IT Services department at Tilburg University: Technological developments: Threats and opportunities for libraries / by Jola Prinsen. - In: Nieuwsbrief Bibliotheek, IT Services en AVC, vol.1, no.9, September 2006 [in Dutch] Hands-on: Library 2.0 technologies to reach out to the customer / by Jola Prinsen. - In: Nieuwsbrief Bibliotheek, IT Services en AVC, vol.1, no.10, October 2006 [in Dutch] Libraries Supporting Research and Open Access / by Jola Prinsen. - In: Nieuwsbrief Bibliotheek, IT Services en AVC, vol.1, no.11, November 2006 [in Dutch] Libraries and Teaching and Learning / by Jola Prinsen. - In: Nieuwsbrief Bibliotheek, IT Services en AVC, vol.1, no.12, December 2006 [in Dutch]
	Two podcasts by Pierre Gorissen: EduKast-140-20060820 / by Pierre Gorissen. - In: De EduKast [Podcast in Dutch, appr. 20 minutes, the second half on Pierre's presentation at the Ticer course]. EduKast-141-20060827 / by Pierre Gorissen. - In: De EduKast [Podcast in Dutch, appr. 20 minutes, the first half on Pierre's presentation at the Ticer course].
	Photos taken during the course / by Ticer B.V. - Available at Flickr.
	Some photos of Tilburg / by Carl Grant. - Available at Flickr.
	The presentations by the speakers: Carl Grant: Trends, Strategic Issues and Opportunities (PPT file, 5.521kB) Bjørn Olstad: Advances in Search Driving Library 2.0 (PDF file, 4.598kB) Peter van de Graaf: Electronic Paper Display and its Impact on the Scholarly Information Chain (PPT file, 9.714kB) Ian Dolphin: When Portals Collide (PDF file of the slides, 3.006kB or PDF file of the handouts, 180kB) Herbert Van de Sompel: Aiming for New Levels of Cross-Repository Functionality (PDF file, 774kB) Jenny Levine: Engage Your USers with Blogs and RSS: Create Community, Take Content to Them (PDF file, 23.577kB) Michael Stephens: Instant Messaging (PDF file, 2.556kB) Paul Miller: Library 2.0, For the People, By the People (PDF file of the handouts, 18.627kB) David Berry: Digital Libraries, Grids & E-Science (PPT file, 7 MB or PDF file, 4 MB) Michael Fraser: The Place of the Digital Library within Virtual Research Environments web version and PDF file", 3.365kB) Catherine Candee: Whither Open Access Publishing? (PPT file, 5.982kB) Sue Roberts: Partner or Pariah? Future Roles for Libraries in Teaching and Learning (PDF file, 4.046kB) Pierre Gorissen: Social Software, Building Networks of Leaners (PPT file, 2.481kB) John Kirriemuir: Digital Games and Digital Libraries (PPT file, 4.060kB) Philip Payne: What Difference Does Your Library Make to Teaching and Learning? Approaches and Techniques for Measuring Impact (PPT file, 4.612kB)
	Background material for participants: Abstracts and recommended reading Most lecturers collected some recommended reading. They didn't require reading this in advance, but participants were welcome to do so. http://tametheweb.com/2006/08/digital_libraries_ala_carte_wh.html Webpage by Michael Stephens with some assignments to complete before the start of his presentation. Wiki Wiki by Pierre Gorissen with some assignments to complete before the start of his presentation. Wiki Wiki by John Kirremuir with some assignments to complete before the start of his presentation. It wasn't compulsory, but it helped add context to the workshop, and gave people something interesting to think about.