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

Sunday, 10 August 2003

Welcome

afternoon Arrival of participants and lecturers in Tilburg

18:00 hrs Welcome buffet (Beeldenzaal at restaurant Auberge du Bonheur)

22:00 hrs End of programme

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

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

Wednesday, 13 August 2003 (Optional)

Day 3

9:15 hrs Library Tour (optional) (Tilburg University Library - Building L on campus)

Trees van Aanholt
Head of Information Services, Tilburg University Library, NL

10:15 hrs End of programme

Ticer home summer school

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.