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Dear CNI-announce subscribers,
I am happy to announce the 13th edition of our annual summer school on the digital library: www.tilburguniversity.nl/ticer/08carte/.
Kind regards,
Jola Prinsen
---------------------------- Digital Libraries ŕ la Carte ----------------------------
Modular, International Digital Library Course Tilburg University, The Netherlands, 25-29 August 2008
Ticer's new, modular course for librarians and publishers "Digital Libraries ŕ la Carte" will be held at Tilburg University, The Netherlands, 25-29 August 2008.
Modules ------- From its 'menu' of seven one-day modules (some held in parallel on the same day), you can pick your choice: * Module 1: Strategic Developments and Library Management * Module 2: Technological Developments - Threats and Opportunities * Module 3a: Hands-on - Library 2.0 * Module 3b: Change - Making it Happen in Your Library * Module 4: Libraries - Partners in Research and Open Access * Module 5a: Libraries - Partners in Teaching and Learning * Module 5b: Put Yourself in the DRIVER's Seat - Practical Training for Building a European Repository Network
Some subjects covered --------------------- * Scholars - their behaviour and workflow * Marketing research libraries * Performance and outcome measures * Library automation challenges * Intelligent catalogues * MESUR project - scholarly usage data * OAI Object Reuse and Exchange (OAI-ORE) * Libraries in Second Life * Change management * Open Access * Research data * Institutional repositories * The library's educational role * Information literacy * Librarian faculty and teaching faculty collaboration * Physical learning spaces * Practical training in the DRIVER environment
Lecturers --------- Top speakers will present their views. Below is just a small selection. * Stephen Abram, Vice President Innovation, SirsiDynix, was listed by Library Journal as one of their first "Movers and Shakers" * Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies and Research at Vanderbilt University, is creator and editor of the Library Technology Guides * Birte Christensen-Dalsgaard is Director of Development at the Aarhus State and University Library in Denmark, where the Summa integrated search interface is being developed * Barbara Galik is Executive Director at Bradley University, US and involved in many educational activities in Second Life * Wendy P. Lougee, University librarian and McKnight Presidential Professor at the University of Minnesota, has engaged her library in significant assessments of scholarly behaviour * Roswitha Poll is an internationally acknowledged expert in the field of performance and outcome measures * David Prosser, as Director of SPARC Europe, is much sought- after speaker on Open Access * Christina Tovoté, Pedagogical Developer at Stockholm University Library, is responsible for the integration of information literacy in university courses * Jan Wilkinson, University Librarian and Director at The University of Manchester, has chaired very successful change management courses at Ticer before * Alex Wright is Writer and Information Architect and authored "Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages"
To guarantee a highly interactive programme, the number of participants is limited, lectures contain an interactive component, and two modules offer hands-on sessions in a computer room. The course is recommended by JISC, DEFF - Denmark's Electronic Research Library, CBU/KUB - the conference of university libraries in Switzerland, NFF - the Norwegian Association of Special Libraries, the DRIVER II project, and The Helsinki University Libraries.
The course website can be found at www.tilburguniversity.nl/ticer/08carte/.
If you register before 1 June 2008, you will get a €150 discount. There are special discounts for DRIVER II participants and associates.
A profound 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 jola.prinsen@uvt.nl www.tilburguniversity.nl/ticer/
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