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I was pleased to be on the program committee for this conference and will speak about learning spaces in Module 5.
A discount on registration is available until June 1.
Joan Lippincott
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Digital Libraries ΰ la Carte
Modular, International Digital Library Course
Tilburg University, The Netherlands, 27-31 August 2007
The International Ticer School (known for its former International Summer School on the Digital Library) offers a new, modular course for librarians and publishers: "Digital Libraries ΰ la Carte". The course will be held at Tilburg University, The Netherlands, 27-31 August 2007.
From its menu of six one-day modules, you can pick your choice:
Module 1: Strategic Developments and Library Management
Module 2: Technological Developments: Threats and Opportunities for Libraries
Module 3: Hands-on: Open Source Software for Libraries and XML
Module 4a: Libraries Supporting Research and Open Access
Module 4b: Hands-on: Library 2.0 Technologies to Reach out to the Customer
Module 5: Libraries Supporting Teaching and Learning
Subjects covered:
Science Commons
collection development in the digital age
understanding user needs
performance measurement and accountability
search engines and innovative catalogues
library chatbots
federated identity management
open source software for libraries
XML
libraries supporting eScience
Sakai as a virtual research environment
Open Access to data sets
services based on Open Access repositories
podcasting/vodcasting
social networking and immersive worlds
libraries for NetGen students
information literacy
learning spaces
gaming and libraries
Top speakers will present their views. Below is a selection.
Anne E. Bell is University Librarian at the University of Warwick and responsible for the exemplar Learning Grid
Peter Binkley, Digital Initiatives Technology Librarian at the University of Alberta, is an expert on federated search and blogs via Quζdam cuiusdam
Anne Christensen, Web Services Librarian at the State and University Library Hamburg, is the driving force behind the library chatbot Stella
David Free, Public Services Librarian at the Georgia Perimeter College, is the king of academic podcasting in the US
Patricia Iannuzzi is Dean of University Libraries at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a leader in information literacy.
Joan Lippincott is Associate Executive Director at the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)
Ronald Milne recently became Director of Scholarship and Collections at the The British Library and brings with him expertise on both the Google and Microsoft digitization projects
Eric Lease Morgan, Head of the Digital Access and Information Architecture Department at the University Libraries of Notre Dame, is an international expert on open source software and XML for libraries
Chuck Severance is the Sakai Executive Director, University of Michigan
John Wilbanks is the Executive Director of Science Commons
To guarantee a highly interactive programme, the number of participants is limited, lectures contain an interactive component, and two modules consist of hands-on sessions in a computer room. The course is recommended by JISC, DEFF Denmarks Electronic Research Library, CBU/KUB the conference of university libraries in Switzerland, and NFF the Norwegian Association of Special Libraries.
The course website can be found at www.tilburguniversity.nl/ticer/07carte/. On the website you can find the full programme, the complete list of lecturers with short bios, abstracts of most presentations and practical information about course fee and registration.
If you register before 1 June 2007, you will get a 150 discount.
Do you want a quick update in just one to five days?
Then Tilburg is the place to be this summer!
Further information
Ms Jola Prinsen
Manager Ticer
Tilburg University
Library and IT Services
P.O. Box 90153
5000 LE Tilburg
The Netherlands
tel. +31 13 466 8310
fax +31 13 466 8383
e-mail jola.prinsen@uvt.nl
www.tilburguniversity.nl/ticer/
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Joan K. Lippincott, Ph.D.
Associate Executive Director
Coalition for Networked Information
21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
202-296-5098
202-872-0884 (Fax)
joan@cni.org
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