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

Tuesday, 12 August 2003

Day 2

9:00 hrs The Future role of National Libraries (EZ 8)

Lynne Brindley
Chief Executive, The British Library, UK

10:00 hrs Discussion (EZ 8)

Lynne Brindley
Chief Executive, The British Library, UK

10:30 hrs Coffee/tea (Foyer building E)

11:00 hrs University Libraries and Organizational Change (EZ 8)

  • the future of university libraries in general
  • staff and organisational developments
Jan Wilkinson
University Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection, University of Leeds, UK

12:00 hrs Discussion (EZ 8)

Jan Wilkinson
University Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection, University of Leeds, UK

12:30 hrs Lunch (Foyer building E)

13:30 hrs Toward the Creation of an Intentional Future: A Corporate Perspective (EZ 8)

  • change has become business as usual
  • where is the place for strategic planning?
  • what is the role of an organisational vision?
  • how does an organisation manoeuvre through the future when all that may appear is a dense fog?
  • the answer: strategic opportunism
Eugenie Prime
Manager, Corporate Libraries, Hewlett Packard Company, USA

14:30 hrs Discussion (EZ 8)

Eugenie Prime
Manager, Corporate Libraries, Hewlett Packard Company, USA

15:00 hrs Coffee/tea (Foyer building E)

15:30 hrs The Road ahead: Creating Digital Library Capabilities to Support Research (EZ 8)

  • the successful research library of the future will need to more aggressively understand and respond to user needs
  • user needs will become increasingly diverse, hence strategies to support the following digital library building blocks will be essential, including:
  • 1. integration of user requirements with access and content delivery
  • 2. personalization and customization supporting individual working styles
  • 3. collaboration tools to work with others
Rick Luce
Research Library Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Research Library, USA

16:30 hrs Discussion (EZ 8)

Rick Luce
Research Library Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Research Library, USA

17:15 hrs Wrap-up and Conclusions (EZ 8)

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

17:45 hrs End of programme, no joint dinner

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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.