International Summer School on the Digital Library 1999

Wednesday, 25 August 1999

Integration

9.00 hrs Integrating the digital library puzzle: a library without walls at Los Alamos (QZ 105)

  • trends influencing digital library developments
  • role of libraries in integration - why is it important
  • developments in pre-print literature
  • case example: Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library
  • what this means for information professionals
Richard Luce
Library director, Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library, USA

10.00 hrs Coffee/tea (Foyer building Q)

10.15 hrs From co-operation to convergence (QZ 105)

  • changes to organisational structure, jobs and buildings at the University of Hertfordshire
  • reasons for convergence/integration of computing, library and media services
  • challenges and opportunities
Di Martin
Director of learning & information services, University of Hertfordshire, UK

11.15 hrs Coffee/tea (Foyer building Q)

11.30 hrs Integrating information resources via an intranet (QZ 105)

  • integrating information resources
  • intranet
  • the Oracle case
John S. Mackenzie Owen
Professor of information science, University of Amsterdam, NL

Jos Brekelmans
Senior principle consultant, Oracle Nederland b.v., NL

12.30 hrs Lunch at the restaurant of Tilburg University

14.00 hrs Parallel workshop on cooperation and integration (QZ 105, QZ 203/204)

Di Martin
Director of learning & information services, University of Hertfordshire, UK

14.00 hrs Parallel workshop (QZ 105, QZ 205/206)

Richard Luce
Library director, Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library, USA

15.30 hrs Coffee/tea (Foyer building Q)

15.45 hrs Time for lectures or presentations by participants themselves (QZ 105)

17.00 hrs End of sessions (no joint dinner, evening off)

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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 13 August 1999.