International Summer School on the Digital Library 2001, Digital Libraries and the Changing World of Education

Tuesday, 7 August 2001

Digital libraries and digital learning environments

9:00 hrs Digital libraries as learning tools (QZ 105)

  • general introduction to digital libraries as learning tools
  • historical overview of libraries as learning tools
  • issues of design, customization, user perception and experience
  • advantages and disadvantages, ramifications for teachers and teaching
Joseph Janes
Assistant Professor and Faculty Chair, University of Washington, Information School, USA

10:30 hrs Coffee/tea

11:00 hrs The Internet Public Library as a learning tool (QZ 105)

  • history of the development and design of the IPL, its goals and mission, and its educational aspects and projects
  • IPL as a teaching library
  • potential future(s) of IPL
Joseph Janes
Assistant Professor and Faculty Chair, University of Washington, Information School, USA

12:30 hrs Lunch (Restaurant "Tilbury" on campus)

13:45 hrs A picture will be taken of the summer school class (Bottom of the stairs outside the library)

14:00 hrs The ResIDe Electronic Library: an electronic reserve for a new learning environment (QZ 105)

  • description of the ResIDe Electronic Library
  • from eLib Electronic Reserve Project to permanent element of a hybrid library
  • project aims and those of the present service, along with those of other electronic reserve projects
  • advantages and difficulties of implementing and maintaining an electronic reserve
  • technical, financial and copyright implications
  • challenges and opportunities the digital and hybrid library presents when working with teachers and students in an era of life-long learning
Christine Dugdale
ResIDe research fellow, University of the West of England, Bristol, Bolland Library, UK

15:30 hrs Coffee/tea

16:00 hrs DEsite: cooperative course design at Tilburg University (QZ 105)

  • the DESite instruction module on the decision making process in the European Union
  • history
  • the project's setup and implementation
  • experiences gained in the cooperation between faculty and library
  • demonstration
Pieter Jan Boon
Information specialist, Tilburg University Library, NL

17:30 hrs End of sessions

17:45 hrs Departure of bus from the campus

18:15 hrs Dinner at restaurant "De Pannenkoekenbakker"

20:30 hrs End of programme, departure of bus for hotels and student apartments

previous Ticer home summer school next

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 21 August 2002