Fahad A. Al-Sagabi:
I got my MLS with specialization in Information Systems and records management from Indiana University in 1989. Since then I worked as an information specialist at the Information Services Department ISD, in the National Center for Financial and Economic Information. Currently I am working as the chief of Cataloguing Division in ISD. I attended several conferences and training programmes in library automation, information systems, and library management. Digital library is the library of tomorrow and that was the reason to attend the Ticer training programme.
Abdulaziz Al-Yahya:
I have been working for the Center since 1980, when I graduated from college in Library Science. In 1986 I got my masters degree from Indiana University in Library and Information Scinece. Since I started my work at the Center at the Information Service Department (ISD) I started working at the Reference and Research Division (Arabic) then cataloguing Section (Arabic) for almost two years. Then from 1987 till 1996 I was the chief at Documents Division, and now I am the chief of Technical Services Division at the Information Services Department in the National Center for Financial and Economic Information.
Lotta Åstrand:
My name is Lotta Åstrand and I work in Stockholm, Sweden. I'm Assistant Executive officer at BIBSAM, the Royal Library´s Department for National Co-ordination and Development. BIBSAM's overall objective is: "To promote the efficient provision of information to higher education, research and development, primarily by trying to ensure that the resources of the Swedish research libraries are used and developed in an optimal way, and that free and open access to information is maintained and developed." My main tasks are to take part in BIBSAM's licensing of databases for Swedish universities. I also assist in the work to administer and develop the Swedish system of National Resource Libraries. My academic degree is Master of Library and Information Science, MLIS.
Dr. M.D. Baby Johny:
The Cochin University of Science & Technology Library in India is the central agency providing information at micro and macro levels for teaching and research in the university. It has built up a well-balanced collection in Science and Technology and Humanities with latest books, volumes of periodicals, doctoral theses, conference proceedings, patents, etc. The library has a collection of 1,000,000 books and around 300 journals published in different countries of the world. The library also subscribes to electronic media (current contents on cd-rom). Membership of the library is open to all members of the academic community and non-teaching staff of the university. Graduates of Cochin area are eligible for membership in the library. Educa-tional Institutions, R&D organisations and industry are allowed to take institutional membership of the library. With assistance from the Dutch government, the University Library is establishing an advanced information system linking the central library and department libraries, providing on-line access to users. It is also introducing advanced facilities for making the university's own research outputs and other relevant publications electronically available to its own community and to the external world through the Internet. Apart from the University Central Library the 28 teaching departments in the university have their own department libraries.
Els Bauwens:
After finishing my higher education studies in library science in Maastricht in 1991, from 1992 to 1998 I worked as a documentalist at the multimedia centre/library of the Open University of the Netherlands in Heerlen. From 1998 to early 1999 I was also the ad interim head of the library. From early 1999 onwards I have been participating in a new project, in which the traditional library will be transformed into a new modern "library of the future".
Josje Calff:
Josje Calff studied History and Library and Information Science at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. From 1974 to 1998 she was a reference librarian in the library of the Department of History at the same university and co-project manager of the online database History in Titles. Since May 1998 she has been co-ordinator of the new Reference Centre in the University Library of the University of Amsterdam. She is also a committee member of the Academic Libraries department of the Dutch Library Society.
Audrey Chambers:
The Institute of Social and Economic Research in Kingston Jamaica was founded in 1948. The agenda of the Institute encompasses policy-oriented research on Anglophone Caribbean society and economy and, more recently, graduate teaching and training. This latter one is a result from its merger with the Consortium Graduate School of Social Sciences. The Documen-tation and Data Centre offers information services to the graduate, faculty and research community through the provision of grey literature and specialist journals in the social sciences. Numeric data is housed at the Data Bank. The Centre has played an active role in national and regional information networking initiatives. ISER publishes Social and Economic Studies, the premier journal addressing socio-economic development of the English-speaking Caribbean. Since 1989, I have been Librarian at the Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of the West Indies (UWI) in Jamaica. As the Centre is relatively small (2 professional staff), networking with libraries throughout the region plays a critical role in information delivery. The Centre co-ordinates projects which seek to enhance services to academe and the public sector. My working experience includes attachments to the UWI library (technical services) and the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Linda Cloete:
Linda has a Masters Degree in Library Science (1992) from the Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa. The subject of her dissertation was: subject cataloguing of video material. At present she studies for a D.Phil in Information Science at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. The title of het theses will be: The education and training of cataloguers: a WEB-based model. Her present occupation is at the Technikon Southern Africa. The Technikon provides career-oriented education by means of distance education. This is available print-based as well as online. At the moment she works at the department for Applied Communication. Her designation is to be a Lecturer in Library and Information Studies. Her present duties are: Lecturing the subjects Information Retrieval I, II, IV, V, Information Management and Information Resources Management for the Certificate, Higher Certificate, BTech and MTech degrees in Library and Information Studies. Linda participates in the development of the MTech degree in Library and Information Studies.
Barbara Hegenbart:
Since December 1998 I have been working as librarian and instructor at the University of Applied Sciences - Information and Library Studies (Fachhochschul-Studiengang Informationsberufe) in Eisenstadt, Austria. My responsibilities are providing instruction in the area of library science, building and managing the library, administrative duties, student support, project advisor, and research. The aim of the University of Applied Science - Information and Library Studies (Fachhochschul-Studiengang Informationsberufe) is to provide academically based vocational training in Library and Information Studies to prepare students for a career in the expanding area of information management. It is the only higher education course of its kind in Austria and takes four years to complete. It is unique in that it combines the skills and expertise of librarians and records managers with today's computer technologies to ensure the efficient management of information. An important aspect of the course is the emphasis we place on project & teamwork, and the work placements in private and public institutions. The curriculum is designed to enable the course to be completed within eight semesters. The first four semesters are devoted to teaching the basic principles and practical skills of library and information science. The third year offers students optional routes according to their chosen area of specialisation. A work placement lasting for at least 18 weeks is compulsory in the 7th semester. In their 8th semester, students have to submit a thesis and after successful completion of all course requirements are awarded the title Magister/Magistra (FH) für Informationsberufe.
Miek Hoeksma:
Primarily I work as a librarian: answering questions, reference work, cataloguing publications. I am teaching Internet. Since we are in the middle of a reorganisation, I participate in several working groups: Internet, Intranet, electronic publications, cd-roms, etc.
Anna-Liisa Holmström:
My name is Anna-Liisa Holmström (M.Soc.Sc.) from Lahti Finland. I have worked over two years as an information specialist in a project called L –INFONET (Lahti Region Information Network) governed by Lahti Region Educational Consortium. L –INFONET, started in 1997, is a network of information centres in the Lahti Region. The project is supported by the European Union Regional Development Fund, Objective 2, which aims through education and research to improve competitiveness and technological level of enterprises. I collect the region´s information resources into one, easy to use site (projektit.phkk.fi/L-INFONET) to improve access to information and provide services as an information specialist to enterprises, teachers and students. I also give information search instruction and facilitate independent use of Internet and databases. Recently I was given more responsibility of L -INFONET as a project coordinator. In Autumn I´m starting part-time studies to acquire my teacher qualifications.
Ülrich Hüschen:
Ülrich was trained as an academic librarian and holds a degree in history and German literature (University of Cologne). He previously was Head of the library of the German Association of Chambers of Industry and Commerce. Currently, Ülrich is working as a documentalist in the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. He specialises in German and Austrian affairs, and in environment, health and consumer protection.
Marieke Jonkers:
My name is Marieke Jonkers, I'm 25 years old and I'm working at Cap Gemini Netherlands as an information intermediary. I started my job at the knowledge centre in March 1999. The Knowledge Center of Cap Gemini has various tasks to achieve one goal: to make knowledge available and sharable. We provide the employees of Cap Gemini with information on demand. Besides that, the Knowledge Center provides practical tools to help employees find information quicker and easier. For instance, the Knowledge Center maintains several sites on CapCom, the Intranet of Cap Gemini. The Knowledge Center is also responsible for the maintenance of all electronically subscribed information resources (extranets). One of our mottos is that it is more important to know where to find knowledge than to physically own this knowledge.
Mark Kater:
Because of my former profession as a lawyer, I started working with Wolters Kluwer's Dutch Legal Publishers (publishing - legal, tax, business, scientific and educational - and professional training). With that subsidiary, I am publisher and, therefore, tailoring information to the customer's wishes (i.e., both folio and digital information). My specific responsibilities are with the target group of Dutch Civil Law notary's and the general law practice, including the areas of construction law and litigation. I have to determine an overall strategy and control the day to day business. My team consists of two editorial staff members, two editors, one marketeer and one assistant.
Moshopjadi Imelda Kekana:
I am an information specialist in the Faculty of Health and Food Technologies library at the Technikon Northern Gauteng in South Africa. My responsibilities are as follows:
- Management and organisation of the faculty library,
- Management and development of library collection,
- Provision of bibliographic and information service through reference service,
- Current Awareness Service,
- Literature searches and document supply,
- Liaison/Networking with regional cooperatives.
Taina Koivula:
Taina is working in the Library of Statistics, which belongs to the Information Services Unit of Statistics Finland. Statistics Finland's responsibility is to compile, maintain and publish data on society, provide information service and international co-operation. The Library of Statistics is a service centre for national, Eurostat and international statistical data, as well as the central statistical library of Finland.The collections include the official statistics from nearly 200 different countries, speciality is Eastern Europe. The European Union Statistics are available in printed and electronic form. The international organisations, such as UN, The World Bank, OECD etc. compile comparative statistics which are available to customers. The information service answers to short questions by telephone or email free of charge. There are a charge for more extensive research. The information service is part of Eurostat Data Shop network,too. My key responsibilities: To plan, develop and co-ordinate information services. During the last two years I have been a leader of quality project (customer services) and a member of a quality guidance and support group in Statistics Finland. I am also a member of virtual library project and working with the quality selection criteria for internet resources.
Annelies Kuijten:
I work at the library of the Tilburg University (needs no further explanation?). I am responsible for the economics collection together with my two fine colleagues. I work as a documentalist for this collection which means: making library materials accessible, reading journals, compiling SDI profiles, collecting annual reports, helping people, giving library instruction, and guiding people in the library.
Cristita L. Lanticse:
I am Cristita L. Lanticse, a licensed librarian with professional training in librarianship. I graduated from my Master of Science in Library Science at the University of San Carlos (USC), Cebu City, Philippines on March 1997. I've been with the University Library System for 11 years. Prior to my latest position I was a General Reference Librarian for 5 years at the USC Main Campus, then re-assigned at the USC, Technological Center (TC) Talamban Campus which is 5 kilometers from the Main Campus. I've been the Unit Head of the two libraries for 6 years now, serving the College of Engineering and the College of Architecture & Fine Arts.
I am a member of the LIBIS task force for the computerisation project with the Delft University of Technology in the Nether-lands. I supervise the activities and personnel of the library including 1 professional librarian and 15 student assistants. Major responsibilities include the following: provision of an accurate and efficient reference and information service to customers; conducting library orientation & instruction to students and professors; selecting and recommending library materials for the college information needs; preparing bibliographic compilations, lists, guides and other instructional materials; performing other tasks in line with the job assigned by the Director of Libraries.
Sanja Lap:
I am the manager of the Knowledge Transfer Center at Pink Elephant. Our core-business is to intermediate between a colleague with a question (concerning his/her work) and the source which can provide the answer. This source can be another colleague, an Internet site, an article, a report, a book or a combination of the above. I have been active in knowledge facilitating departments since 1982. In 1992, I joined Pink Elephant as a librarian. The initial idea was to provide ‘classical' library services. But after a while, setting up and organizing a Knowledge Counter became necessary. The aim of this counter was to match employees with questions about projects or IT management with employees who have the knowledge and experience to provide the answers. fter a short period the two departments (library and knowledge counter) merged into the Knowledge Transfer Center. The last few years I have been the manager of this department and I have participated in projects improving knowledge management within Pink Elephant. For example Kennisintrumentarium, the implementation of a Knowledge Base and the development of a survey, which facilitates the organization of knowledge management within companies.
Gunilla Lilie Bauer :
When I write this, I´m still the head of the Information and Library Department at the Swedish Association of Local Authorities but when the Summer School starts I will have begun my new job at the Stockholm university library as head of the ICT department. The Swedish Association of local authorities is a political lobby organisation which works for the local autorities in Sweden. It has about 350 employees. The library is not so big but is very essential to the specialists in their work. I worked there as a librarian since 1976. In 1987, I became leader of a project which aimed to give each employee within the organisation access to a office information system which included word processing, calculation, e-mail and databases. After that I worked as ICT manager and in 1991 I became head of both the library and ICT department. In 1994, we made an organisational change again and since then I have worked mainly with the library and electronic information services such as a FirstClass system available to all politicians and employees within the local authorities in Sweden (http://skdirekt.svekom.se) and the web site (www.svekom.se). Since 1998, I also have had responsibility for the other information services such as service to the press and the production of infor-mation material - both on paper and electronic versions. In August 1999, I will start my new job as head of the ICT department at the Stockholm University library. It will be a different world, compared to the one I'm used to, and I don't know so very much about it yet, but one thing is quite clear to me: the develop-ment and realisation of "the electronic library" is already - and will be an even more - an important and strategic matter for the university library during 1999 and 2000.
Jukka Lindeman:
I'm working at the National Public Health Institute, which studies the most important health problems of the Finns and seeks possible solutions. It observes the health situation in the country and informs about causes of health hazards. It also supervises the national vaccination program, controls the quality of vaccines and observes the coverage of vaccinations. The institute designs novel laboratory tests for prevention, diagnosis and for observing the health of the people. In co-operation with the United Nations, the European Union, the OECD, and the neighbouring countries we contribute also to readiness to resolve health problems in the decades to come. The Library and Information Service at the NPHI acquires information material that staff need in their work and research and takes care of user training. The library also leads a research archive at National Public Health Institute. I'm the head of the library and with me here work 6 people: 2 information specialists, 1 archivist, 1 interlending officer and 2 library workers. We offer more and more services through our institute's intranet and are networking with other libraries in consortia.
Yeow Wey Loh:
I hold a degree in Electronics and Electronic Engineering (Computer Engineering) of the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. I joined Elsevier Science Singapore in September 1998 as Account Executive. Elsevier Science is the world leading publisher of STM journals, books and electronic products. As an Account Executive, I am responsible for account management and marketing of ScienceDirect family of products. I am concentrating on countries such as China, Thailand and Singapore.
Frans Mast:
Frans Mast, born April 28th 1958 in the Netherlands, passed his doctorate exam in biology in Utrecht, the Netherlands. In 1988, he wrote a PhD-thesis on cardiac metabolism at the Department of Physiology of the Free University of Amsterdam. From 1988 to 1998, he was involved in scientific research and teaching in the field of medical physiology at the Universities of Leiden, Maastricht and Eindhoven. Since November 1998, he has been head of the Medical Library of the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Nazim Mohammedi:
I work as the Regional Account Manager for African and the Middle East at SilverPlatter Information and I am not a librarian. I am attending this course in order to gain valuable knowledge in this. SilverPlatter Information is a global information company that publishes reference databases in electronic formats to provide librarians and knowledge workers in research-oriented organisations with excellent searching, accurate results and seamless links to full content. Using the Internet, Intranets and client/server technology, we combine breakthrough search, retrieval, networking and administrative technology with a comprehensive selection of academic, scientific, medical, business and technical reference databases. Searching SilverPlatter databases is fast and easy with the SilverPlatter Information Retrieval System, SPIRS. SilverPlatter provides network solutions for libraries through its flexible client/server technology, ERL (Electronic Reference Library). We employ librarians, researchers, developers, knowledge workers, technical experts, designers, managers, sales, marketing and other professionals in our offices around the world.
Ari Muhonen:
Helsinki University Library is the national library of Finland. It serves all researchers and information seekers. The library has the largest research library collections in Finland. It is specialised in the field of humanities. I am responsible for circulation, interlibrary lending as well as reference services. Creating new services and further developing current ones is one of my main duties. This includes electronic library and electronic services.
Kirsti Mustalahti:
My name is Kirsti Mustalalahti (MA). The unit I am working at as an information specialist is one of the eight information centres within Library and Information services at Lahti Region Educational Consortium and is located at the Faculty of Social and Health Care. My tasks are information retrieval, customer service, inter library lending, guiding in use of internet and electronic journals and databases, cataloging and classifying the material. To get further education I am starting studies at the Department of Information Studies at Tampere University in September.
Ursula Nielsen:
My name is Ursula Nielsen and I'm working at Linköping University Library, situated about 200 km south of Stockholm in Sweden. The library serves about 20,000 students and 3,000 teachers, researchers and other employees in 2 cities: Linköping and Norrköping. We are organised in 8 different libraries and some central functions. Linköpings University is a rather young university. It became a university in 1975 and started 1970. I am one of the "zoombies", having worked there since 1976. The last 10 years I have worked as the head of the library for business administration and economic. The university library is now starting to create a new (?) organisation and one of the things we thought was necessary was to employ someone as a marketing librarian, so that is what I work with today. It's a project for one year and after that we will evaluate this function.
Rudy Niewold:
Since January 1997, I have been working at the library of the University for Applied Education, Faculty of Economics and Management (FEM), Utrecht, the Netherlands. The library team is ambitious and is finding its way in a rapidly changing competence oriented learning environment. My current position is librarian/information specialist. I am responsible for the entire paper and electronic collection for the subject areas International trade, Finance, Law and Governmental issues. Networking and co-operation with e.g. teachers is as important as buying material. I am also webmaster of our library site, our gateway to all our electronic information resources and services: http://www.econ.hvu.nl/virtmed. My private website can be found at: http://come.to/rudyniewold.
Carla van Noort:
Carla van Noort was born in 1964. She left the Free University in Amsterdam as a medical doctor in 1990. She worked in occupational medicine for 6 years. In 1994, she finished a postdoctoral education in documentary information science at the University of Amsterdam. This education gave her the opportunity to start working in the Central Medical Library of the Academic Medical Hospital in Amsterdam. She currently works there as a content librarian and as a clinical librarian. She is responsible for making collection development plans and decision making in collection development. She is developing and giving training to end-users in bibliographic information sources. Another task is assisting end-users in literature searching. As a clinical librarian, she sought and delivered patient-related literature to doctors at the ICU and the oncology unit. In 1998, a change process was started in the library, using interim management. Due to these changes most of her time in 1998 and 1999 had to be devoted to management and policy making for the forthcoming years.
Rachel Raisibe Ntsoane:
I am an information specialist at the Technikon Northern Gauteng in Pretoria, South Africa. I obtained Honors in Library and Information Science at University of Pretoria and a Diploma in Business Management at University of South Africa (UNISA). My work experience includes document delivery and circulation. My current job as information specialist involves information retrieval, collection development, information literacy, interlibrary loans and reference service. Technikon Northern Gauteng is based in South Africa and offers technical education. It is comprised of four faculties and 9000 students. A library with a staff of ten professionals and twenty-one non-professional staff members supports the Technikon's programs. The library has recently established a computer room with fifty integrated desktops, and an electronic training room is about to be completed.
Marcel Ottenbros:
I am presently Head of Acquisitions at the University Library of the University of Amsterdam. The University of Amsterdam is a large 'classic' University. The Acquisitions Department is among others responsible for the acquisition and cataloguing of electronic journals and databases. I am a member of a group within the University who decides which electronic databases will be financed centrally within the Digital Library. Furthermore, the negotiating of licenses is part of my job. I have a special interest in the administration of electronic journals and the way they are distributed by the publishers.
Pierre Pesch:
Pierre is a member of the staff of the Utrecht University Library. He started in the library as a rare book curator and afterwards he was appointed head of the rare books and manuscript department. At this moment he is head of collections at the Utrecht University Library. Within this job he is responsible for the collection development and the preservation of printed and digital collections in the central library. He is also a member of the project team for the new library building. The construction of this building starts in the beginning of the year 2000.
Marijke van der Ploeg:
Since 1997, I have worked as and Information Specialist for the Computer Science collection at the Tilburg University Library. My main job is editor of Excerpta Informatica. This documentation centre focuses mainly on the management aspects of automation. Excerpta Informatica provides the following services: an online database, an SDI service, and an online current awareness service based on ten different themes. Excerpta Informatica has two user groups: the university (researchers, staff, and students), and external users (other universities, business, and government institutions).
Marianne Pothoven:
Marianne works at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the national library of the Netherlands. She is staff member at the KB-policy development department. Regular activities are: strategic planning, policy development for co-operative collection development (Humanities), secretary of the Netherlands Bibliographic Centre, editor of "Informatie Professional" (journal for information professionals, edited by Otto Cramwinckel, the Netherlands), member of Netherlands Association of Librarians etc. (NVB) board member of division Academic Libraries (NVB-WB).
Marjatta Puustinen:
Has Master Degree of Sciences (Environmental Health), 1983, and studied for Information Specialist, 1994.
Kemi-Tornio Polytechnic is situated in Finnish Lapland, near the Swedish border. The Polytechnic is made up of six units: the Unit of Management and Commerce, the Unit of Business and Data Processing, the Unit of Technical Education, the Unit of Health Care and Nursing, the Unit of Social Care and the Unit of Visual and Media Arts. The Polytechnic started in 1992. In each of our units there is a library and in the directors office we have a learning centre where I usually work. I serve all our staff and students: I do information retrieval, teach how to search information in different sources (e.g., cd-roms in a network, full-text databases) and I also collect information for our web pages and make guides and manuals. The library primarily serves polytechnic students and teachers but in the future it will also offer its services to outside users.
Leena Salminen:
Leena has been working as a Data Networks Specialist at the Vaasa Regional Library since 1996. She has a BA degree as a Librarian from the Tampere University, Tampere (1983) and is continuing studies in Data Networks Master's Programme, Tampere University (1998-…). Projects conducted:
- Botnia Regional Database Project 1996-
- Document Delivery and Database Testing Project for Small Libraries in Vaasa Region 1999
- Cooperation Project between Vaasa Regional Library and Morogoro Regional Library, Morogoro Tanzania, 1996 -
- end user interfaces for library systems and databases
- producing databases and service networks for regional needs
- electronic publishing and document delivery for end users
- IT and the libraries in developing countries
Eva Semertzaki:
In 1984, I graduated from the University of Crete, School of Classical Studies. In 1988, I got my Masters degree in Library and Information Science from Simmons College, Boston, MA upon receiving a Fulbright Scholarship. In 1988, I worked as a cataloguer at the Library of the American College of Greece. In 1989, I started working at the Library of the Bank of Greece and now I am in charge of the reference and information department. I am a member of the American Library Association, the IFLA, the United Kingdom Serials Group, and the Greek Library Associa-tion. I have published two articles in the journal of the Greek Library Association and I have presented two papers in Greek library conferences as well as I am participating in the translation of the Ubridged Dewey Decimal Classification in Greek.
Kaisa Sinikara:
I am Chief Librarian of the Undergraduate Library at the University of Helsinki. I have some experience in teaching and in administration before starting my present job. The Undergraduate Library was established in 1858. Throughout its history the Undergraduate Library has provided students at the University of Helsinki with textbooks, reference literature and reading rooms. The collections include about 400,000 titles with loans and renewals numbering one million a year. The Library is being developed into a versatile learning centre, which, in addition to virtual learning environments, offers literature in its traditional printed form, computer terminals and study facilities, as well as user training and support. The University of Helsinki was established in 1940. Some numbers: over 30,000 students, 9 departments, 2,680 teachers and researchers, 3,570 other staff, 3,941 degrees granted in 1998.
Lottie Sonépouse:
I have a degree in pedagogy and in library science from the University of Amsterdam. My job is head librarian of the department of education of the faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Amsterdam. Currently, I am reorganising the library. My staff is reduced from 7.6 fte to 3.7 fte. The 46,000 books have to be reduced to 20,000 and the 1,000 journals to 350. Our library is to be merged with the six other libraries of the faculty. This has to take place in eight years. In the meantime we are experimenting with a collaboration with the library of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (Amsterdam Polytechnic), located in the same building as ours.
Susana Tapulado:
I am Susana Nimfa A. Tapulado, a licensed librarian (as mandated by law here in the Philippines) with professional training in librarianship. Presently, I am writing a thesis for the degree Master of Science in Library Science. I've been with the University Library System for 23 years. I started as Preorder Searcher (2 years), and then worked as Assistant Cataloguer (6 years). I have been Unit Head Librarian and audio-visual Co-ordinator for the College of Education and College of Nursing at the University of San Carlos for 15 years. I am a member of the NUFFIC Library Information System (LIBIS) task force on library automation, a project supported by the Technology University of Delft (TUD), The Netherlands. I supervise the personnel and activities of the library and the audiovisual centre. I take charge of 8 student assistants, 1 library clerk and 1 AV technician. My responsibility covers providing efficient reference and information service to clientele and promoting a maximum use of the library's services, resources (both print and non-print) and facilities.
Dagmar Uebelhard-Petzold:
Dagmar is head of the Swiss Union Catalogue of Serials of the Swiss National Library. The Swiss National Library in Berne, Switzerland, is charged with collecting, cataloguing, and conserving information in all fields and disciplines, and in any medium, connected with Switzerland. At the same time the Library offers also a special services for the libraries: a tool for interlibrary loan - the Swiss Union Catalogue of Serials. It is a database with about 162,000 records (titles of journals) with the holdings of 625 contributing Swiss libraries and it covers all subjects of periodicals published since 1900. I'm managing this Union Catalogue of Serials with the staff (650%) of 5 persons in Berne and 6 persons at external places (Basle, Geneva, Zurich) and with the co-operation with the 625 libraries.
Dominique Vallée:
I work at the Library of the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Geneva.
Some figures: 45,000 monographs; 700 serials; 20 employees (of whom 8 are librarians). The catalogue belongs to the collective network catalogue RERO which runs on the system VTLS, We newly connected to PSYCINFO, ERIC etc. through OVID. The library deals with a public of students, professors, and researchers from outside the University. Personally, I have been working for 2 years as a reference librarian. My tasks are the work in and responsibility for both the reference and the loan services. I also belong to the indexing and acquisitions services.
Mieke Vermeulen:
Education: Library school (vocational training) 1975-1977; University (degree in contemporary history) 1977-1985; Postdoc library course GO-C 1988-1990; several courses on subjects like management. Working experience: Public library (part time) 1975-1978; Library of history department of University Of Utrecht (part time) 1980-1983; University of Amsterdam, Law department Library of international law 1983-1997; University of Amsterdam, Law department, Head of Faculty Library 1998-now. The University of Amsterdam has a main University Library and several Faculty Libraries. These libraries operate autonomous but share facilities with the main library like cataloguing and ordering of information sources. The Library of the Faculty of Law caters for 4,000 students and 370 staff members, apart from a large amount of other users of the collections. There are two separate libraries: Library of International Law (international public law, European law) and the General Law Library (all aspects of Dutch law, national law and international private law), who are however one organisational unit. The collection consists of classic material (books, periodicals, case law), CD-ROMs (all stand-alone) and online databases made available via several PC's. The libraries have only in recent years started to branch out in activities like giving courses to students and staff members in e.g. the use of internet resources, writing manuals for databases. In these fields the library has a lot to learn and develop.
Anette Van Vuren:
Dr. Anette van Vuren's current position is Manager Information Services at the Gold Fields Library and Information Centre at Technikon SA. Technikon SA is a distance education 'technical university" with about 60,000 registered students. The position as manager of the information services includes, apart from managing the day to day business of the department, participation in developing overall library policy and procedures, as well as managing special projects. Two ongoing projects are: the development of a fee-based service component within the Gold Fields Library and Information Centre; the development of a comprehensive library user-education programme to support flexible learning.
Paul van Zeldert:
After a three-year study at the Library and Documentation Academy in The Hague (1982-1985), I worked as: a bibliographical employee for the Nederlands Bibliotheek en Lektuur Centrum, a branch organisation of the public libraries (1985-1986); the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, national library of the Netherlands (1986-1988); the library of the Ministry of Justice (1988). In August 1988, I became a library assistant at the Dutch Physical Planning Agency in The Hague, a Department of the Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning, and the Environment. In 1992, the separate library collections and staff, from different locations where Departments of the Ministry were residing, were merged into one large, new library. In 1996, I started working at the documentation centre. Recently I have been asked to co-ordinate and develop all digital information activities of the Library and Documentation Centre. After work I take a delight in spending much time with my wife and children (3,5 and almost 2 years of age). I recently got interested in Theravada Buddhism, and try to practice Vipassana on a daily basis. Long distance walking with backpack and tent, and cycling, away from the hustle and bustle of modern society are some of my favourite pastime. However, with little children short distance walking is a delightful alternative. I hope this Summer School will give me the tools to plan and implement a digital future for our Library and Documentation Centre. I have no doubt that digitalisation can represent a major leap in service, provided that it is based on a clear and integrated vision.
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