International Summer School on the Digital Library 2003, Change: Making it Happen in your Library

Tuesday, 12 August 2003

Day 0

afternoon Arrival of participants and lecturers in Tilburg

16:00 hrs Library Tour (optional) (Tilburg University Library - Building L on campus)

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

18:00 hrs Welcome dinner (Restaurant Auberge du Bonheur)

22:00 hrs End of programme

Wednesday, 13 August 2003

Day 1

9:00 hrs Welcome and Practical Announcements (EZ 8)

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

9:40 hrs The Context for Change (EZ 8)

  • social, political and economic changes in the knowledge environment
  • changes in the learning environment
  • technological drivers
  • the human factor
Andrew Green
Librarian, National Library of Wales, UK

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

10:45 hrs What if your Imagination Became Reality? (EZ 8)

  • developing a mission statement
  • the strategic planning process
  • methods and techniques
Eugenie Prime
Manager Corporate libraries, Hewlett Packard Company, USA

12:30 hrs A picture will be taken of the summer school class (Inner court building E)

12:45 hrs Lunch (Foyer building E)

13:45 hrs Introduction to Course Case Study (EZ 8)

  • outline description
  • case study method
  • links to formal sessions
  • group work
Jan Wilkinson
University Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection, University of Leeds, University Library, UK

14:15 hrs Group Work - Warm up (EZ 8, Break-out rooms E 140/240)

Lucy Jeynes
Director, Larch Consulting Ltd, UK

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

15:30 hrs Coffee/Tea (Foyer building E)

15:45 hrs Frameworks for the Management of Strategic Change (EZ 8)

  • ways of analysing and understanding change and the change process
  • relationships between people, processes and culture in change
  • models for thinking about and implementing change
  • key steps in change management
Lucy Jeynes
Director, Larch Consulting Ltd, UK

17:30 hrs End of sessions

17:45 hrs Joint dinner (Restaurant "Goossenszaal" building A on campus)

19:15 hrs End of programme

Thursday, 14 August 2003

Day 2

9:00 hrs Course Case Study - Group Work (Break-out rooms E 140/240)

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

11:00 hrs Coffee/Tea (Foyer building E)

11:15 hrs Key Roles in the Change Process (EZ 8)

  • sponsors
  • targets
  • change agents
  • facilitators
  • teams
  • resistors, etc.
Lucy Jeynes
Director, Larch Consulting Ltd, UK

12:15 hrs Real-life Case Study: Preparing a Library of the Future (EZ 8)

  • creating a readiness to change
  • preparing the change process
  • involving the staff
  • ensuring short-term success
  • sustainability of change
Prof. dr. Alice Keller
Head Collection Development, ETH-Bibliothek, Switzerland

13:00 hrs Lunch (Foyer building E)

14:15 hrs Communications in Change Management (EZ 8)

  • different techniques
  • pros and cons in different change situations
Lucy Jeynes
Director, Larch Consulting Ltd, UK

15:15 hrs Coffee/Tea (Foyer building E)

15:30 hrs course Case Study - Group Work (Break-out rooms E 140/240)

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

17:00 hrs Change: Making it Happen. Real-life Case study: University of Leeds (EZ 8)

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

18:00 hrs End of sessions

18:15 hrs Joint dinner (Restaurant "Goossenszaal" building A on campus)

19:45 hrs End of programme

Friday, 15 August 2003

Day 3

9:00 hrs Real-life Case Study: University of Sussex Library: A Suitable Case for Treatment (EZ 8)

  • why radical change was necessary
  • the protracted and difficult change process
  • the outcome
  • key factors for success
  • difficult issues to be overcome
Deborah Shorley
Librarian, University of Sussex, UK

9:45 hrs From Library to Learning Centre: A Case Study of Organisational Change at Sheffield Hallam University (EZ 8)

  • the first Learning Centre in the UK at Sheffield Hallam University (1996)
  • integration of library provision, user computing, multimedia production facilities, educational development and educational research
  • the development of the Learning Centre concept in the context of educational and organisational change
  • the implementation of the model at Sheffield Hallam University
  • the evidence of its impact on students, academic staff and Learning Centre staff
Graham Bulpitt
Director, Sheffield Hallam University, Learning Centre, UK

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

10:45 hrs Course Case study - Group Work (Break-out rooms E 140/240)

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

12:30 hrs Lunch (Foyer building E)

13:45 hrs People and Change (EZ 8)

  • changing behaviour
  • norms and culture change
  • managing resistance
  • power and information
  • performance management
  • competence assessment
  • employment policies and reward structures
  • continuous improvement programmes
Lucy Jeynes
Director, Larch Consulting Ltd, UK

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

15:15 hrs Course Case study - Group Work (Break-out rooms E 140/240)

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

16:30 hrs Course Conclusions, Case Study Lessons, and Individual Learning Plans (EZ 8)

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

17:30 hrs End of programme, no joint dinner

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.