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

Thursday afternoon, 9 August 2001

The library profession

14:00 hrs Starting over: re-skilling librarians and establishing their future in the end-user environment (QZ 105)

  • how does the use of information technology in education change the role of information professionals?
Richard Biddiscombe
University of Birmingham, Main Library, Information Services, UK

15:15 hrs Coffee/tea (Foyer building Q)

15:45 hrs Lessons learned from distance education (QZ 105)

  • parallels in library support for distance education
Elizabeth Dupuis
Head, Digital Information Literacy Office, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Linda C. Smith
Professor and Associate Dean, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, USA

16:45 hrs Panel discussion / The lifelong learning librarian (QZ 105)

Richard Biddiscombe
University of Birmingham, Main Library, Information Services, UK

Elizabeth Dupuis
Head, Digital Information Literacy Office, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Pat Davitt Maughan
User Research Coordinator, University of California, Berkeley, The Teaching Library, USA

Hans Roes
Deputy librarian, Tilburg University Library, NL

17:30 hrs End of sessions

18:30 hrs Departure of bus from Hotel De Postelse Hoeve

18:40 hrs Departure of bus from student apartments

18:50 hrs Departure of bus from Hotel Auberge du Bonheur

19:30 hrs Farewell dinner at restaurant "Kasteel Maurick" in Vught

23:00 hrs End of programme, departure of bus for hotels and student apartments

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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 2 November 2001.