International Summer School on the Digital Library 1999

Thursday, 19 August 1999

Technology

9.00 hrs Trends in digital library research (QZ 105)

  • digital libraries : the state-of-the-technology
  • current research and development
  • research programmes in the USA, Europe and the rest of the world
John S. Mackenzie Owen
Professor of information science, University of Amsterdam, NL

10.00 hrs Coffee/tea (Foyer building Q)

10.15 hrs Relevant IT developments (QZ 105)

  • the importance of IT for libraries
  • the state of the art in networking
  • relevant standards
  • the importance of a homogeneous infrastructure
  • a good infrastructure as a basis for innovation
  • distributed campus
  • computer centre and library services at home
Teun Nijssen
Senior project manager, Tilburg University, Computer Centre, NL

11.15 hrs Coffee/tea (Foyer building Q)

11.30 hrs An architecture to set up web-based access to the hybrid library (QZ 105)

  • authentication
  • menu system
  • session management
  • integration of information services
  • information servers, such as cd-rom servers, in this environment
  • interlinking information
Herbert Van de Sompel
Head of library automation, University of Ghent, Central Library, BE

13.00 hrs Lunch at the restaurant of Tilburg University

14.30 hrs Walk-in workshop and discussion with experts (QZ 105, 203/204)

  • cd-rom solutions (QZ 204)
  • security issues (QZ 203)
  • traditional library systems, are they ready for the digital library? (QZ 105)
Teun Nijssen
Senior project manager, Tilburg University, Computer Centre, NL

Thomas Place
Deputy librarian - library systems and development, Tilburg University library, NL

Herbert Van de Sompel
Head of library automation, University of Ghent, Central Library, BE

Dominiek Decleyre
University of Ghent, Central Library, BE

16.00 hrs End of sessions (no joint dinner, shops are open until 21.00 hrs)

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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.