International Summer School on the Digital Library 2003, Leaders' Visions on the Library of the Future

Monday, 11 August 2003

Day 1

9:00 hrs Welcome and Practical Announcements (EZ 8)

Jola Prinsen
Deputy manager, Ticer B.V., NL

9:10 hrs Welcome and Introduction to the Course (EZ 8)

  • opening
  • participant expectations (summary from pre-course input)
  • learning objectives
  • course methods
Hans Geleijnse
Chief Information Officer and Director IT Services, Tilburg University, NL

9:30 hrs Cyberinfrastructure and New Knowledge Environments for Research and Education (EZ 8)

  • cyberinfrastructure - what is it?
  • what kind of new knowledge environments does it make possible?
  • what are the implications for research and learning?
  • what is the role of libraries?
  • what should we be doing to now?
Daniel E. Atkins
Professor School of Information and Director Alliance for Community Technology, University of Michigan, USA

10:30 hrs Discussion (EZ 8)

Daniel E. Atkins
Professor School of Information and Director Alliance for Community Technology, University of Michigan, USA

11:00 hrs Coffee/tea (Foyer building E)

11:30 hrs Library of the Future: From Data to Knowledge (to Wisdom?) (EZ 8)

  • the past challenge of information management (optimal balance between precision and recall)
  • the future challenge of information management (extracting knowledge)
  • extracting knowledge: not just disclosure of data, but providing interrelationship between data, interpreting the interrelationship as such, content within context
  • some examples and initial developments
Arie Jongejan
CEO Science & Technology, Elsevier B.V., NL

12:30 hrs Discussion (EZ 8)

Arie Jongejan
CEO Science & Technology, Elsevier B.V., NL

13:00 hrs Lunch (Foyer building E)

14:00 hrs A picture will be taken of the summer school class (Inner court building E)

14:15 hrs The New Era of Scholarly Communication in the Digital World (EZ 8)

Clifford Lynch
Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), USA

15:15 hrs Discussion (EZ 8)

Clifford Lynch
Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), USA

15:45 hrs Coffee/tea (Foyer building E)

16:15 hrs The Role of the Library in e-Learning (EZ8)

  • the challenge for libraries of e-learning
  • observations about the current state of the market
  • current initiatives in JISC and SURF
  • observations about changing student habits
  • the role of digital libraries, DLEs, VLEs, MLEs and LCMS
  • some interesting examples
  • developing the vision and strategy
Prof. Mel Collier
Library Director, Tilburg University Library, NL and Research Professor, University of Northumbria, UK

17:15 hrs Discussion (EZ 8)

Prof. Mel Collier
Library Director, Tilburg University Library, NL and Research Professor, University of Northumbria, UK

17:45 End of sessions

18:30 Joint dinner (Restaurant "Goossenszaal" building A on campus)

20:00 hrs End of programme

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Tilburg Innovation Centre for Electronic Resources
Ticer, PO Box 4191, 5004 JD Tilburg, The Netherlands,
telephone +31-13-466 83 10, telefax +31-13-466 83 83, e-mail Ticer@uvt.nl,
Last updated 6 August 2003.