What is the likely shape of the library of the future? And how do we build collections for it? |
The Fiesole Collection Development Retreat Series University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, People's Republic of China April 12-14, 2007 |
Sponsored By: Against the Grain and The Charleston Company Hosted By: University of Hong Kong, Casalini Libri Additional sponsors: Blackwell Book Services, Brill, Cambridge Information Group, EBSCO, Sage Publishing, Serials Solutions, and YBP Library Services Transportation sponsor: University of Hong Kong |
Speeches and Presentations (listed in order of program schedule):
COLIN DAY, A Publisher's View of the Issue of Language of Publication [PDF document (26 KB); power point document (54 KB)]
LORCAN DEMPSEY, Thinking about Collections [PDF document (1.051 KB); power point document (1.659 KB)]
TONY FERGUSON, Welcome to the University of Hong Kong [PDF document (587 KB)]
TONY FERGUSON, Conclusions, Issues and Predictions [PDF document (126 KB); power point document (692 KB)]
JAY HENRY, Echo: Ebrary, EBooks and Blackwell [PDF document (206 KB); power point document (260 KB)]
DEREK LAW, Walking the Tightrope: Maintaining a Balanced Collection Amidst Changing Academic Needs, Information Seeking Habits,
and Publishing Patterns [PDF document (810 KB); power point document (3.847 KB)]
CORRIE MARSH, Open Acces in China: Potential and Strategies [PDF document (910 KB); power point document (3.467 KB)]
MARK ROBERTSON, Scholarly Publishing and Open Access in Asia [PDF document (164 KB); power point document (1.395 KB)]
COLIN STOREY, The Use of Multi-Lingual Web in Mainland China: The Ebb and Flow of Government Control of Information [PDF document (3.210 KB)]
CAROL TENOPIR, Looking Ahead: Studies in the Workplace Help Us Plan for the Future [PDF document (394 KB); power point document (3.600 KB)]
SYUN TUTIYA, Open Access: A Perspective from Japan [PDF document (282 KB); power point document (1.154 KB)]
MATTHIAS WAHLS, e-Publishing @ Brill: Does Google Really Change Our Business? [PDF document (81 KB); power point document (125 KB)]
MARTHA WHITTAKER, Responses to Google: What Do Librarians Want? Results of a Serials Solutions
Customer Survey [PDF document (306 KB); power point document (498 KB)]
|
Final Program [PDF document (107 KB)] |
|
Addressing the following questions and issues:
Specifically, considering the following:
Thursday, April 12 2007
Registration material will be sent to the rooms of guests staying at the Island Pacific and Ramada
hotels on Thursday. All others may retrieve their materials at the Retreat registration desk at the Meng Wah complex at the University of Hong Kong on Friday, April 13.
12:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Library, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Preconference (Optional)
Doing Business in China A workshop and discussion
Karen Christensen, CEO, Berkshire Publishing Group
Matthias Wahls, Business Development Manager, Brill
6:45 p.m.
Meet in the lobby of the Island Pacific Hotel (for those taking part in the Optional Floating Dinner)
7:15 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Floating Dinner (Optional)
Jumbo Kingdom Restaurant
We will board the water taxi to the restaurant at 7:15 and begin eating at 7:30 p.m. Costs for this optional dinner will be shared
by those participating. Return taxi ride to hotels, estimated at HK$ 25 per person.
Friday, April 13
All session will be held in the Council Chamber, 8F Meng Wah Complex
Island Pacific and Ramada hotel guests should meet at 8:20 a.m. in the lobby of the Island Pacific Hotel to take the coach to the
Meng Wah Complex. All others should make their own way to the complex.
9:00 a.m.
Welcome
Local host and Convener:
Tony Ferguson, University of Hong Kong [PDF document (587 KB)]
History of the Fiesole Retreat Series:
Michele Casalini, Managing Director, Casalini Libri
9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Opening Keynote
Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President and Chief Strategist, OCLC [PDF document (1.051 KB); power point document (1.659 KB)]
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Break at 10:45 (Courtesy of Brill)
Language and Communication: Politics, the Dominance of English,
and the Web
Convener: Tony Ferguson, University of Hong Kong
Speakers:
Colin Storey, University Librarian, Chinese University of Hong Kong: "The Use of the Global Multi-Lingual Web in Mainland China: The Ebb and Flow of Government Control of Information" [PDF document (3.210 KB)]
Colin Day, Publisher, University of Hong Kong Press: "A Publisher's View of the Issue of Language of Publication" [PDF document (26 KB); power point document (54 KB)]
Derek Law, University Librarian and Head, IRD, University of Strathclyde: "Walking the Tightrope: Maintaining a Balanced Collection Admist Changing Academic Needs, Information Seeking Habits, and Publishing Patterns" [PDF document (810 KB); power point document (3.847 KB)]
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Luncheon at Joseph's Restaurant, P3 Graduate House, University of Hong Kong
(Courtesy of Sage Publications)
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Break at 3:30 (Courtesy of Serials Solutions)
The Many Faces of Open Access: The Asian Perspective
Convener: Anthony Watkinsons, Senior Lecturer, University College London
Speakers:
Anthony Watkinsons, Senior Lecturer, University College London: "Opening Remarks"
Mark Robertson, President, Blackwell Publishing Asia: "Scholarly Publishing and Open Access in Asia" [PDF document (164 KB); power point document (1.395 KB)]
Libraries Perspectives:
Corrie Marsh, Associate University Librarian, Lee Shau Kee Library, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: "Open Access in China: Potential and Strategies" [PDF document (910 KB); power point document (3.467 KB)]
Syun Tutiya, Professor of Cognitive and Information Science and University Librarian, Chiba University: "Open Acces: A Perspective from Japan" [PDF document (282 KB); power point document (1.154 KB)]
5:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Tour of HKU's Main Library
5:45 p.m. 6:30 Saturday, April 14
Meet at the ground floor lobby of the Main Library
Retreat Dinner at R66 Revolving Restaurant
(Co-sponsored by Cambridge Information Group, EBSCO and YBP)
All session will be held in the Council Chamber, 8F Meng Wah Complex
Island Pacific and Ramada hotel guests should meet at 8:20 a.m. in the lobby of the Island Pacific Hotel to take the coach to the
Meng Wah Complex. All others should make their own way to the complex.
Keynote
Convener: Liz Chapman, Deputy Director, Library Services, University College London
Speaker:
Carol Tenopir, University of Tennesse: "Looking Ahead : Studies in the Workplace Help Us Plan for the Future" [PDF document (394 KB); power point document (3.600 KB)]
9:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Break at 11:15 (Courtesy of Blackwell)
The Issue of the Commercial Sector: Google, Yahoo, Amazon Issues,
Opportunities, Ramifications
Convener: Lis Chapman, Deputy Director, Library Services, University College London
Speakers:
Matthias Wahls, Business Development Manager, Brill: "e-Publishing @ Brill: Does Google Really Change Our Business?" [PDF document (81 KB); power point document (125 KB)]
Martha Whittaker, Director of Marketing, Serials Solutions: "Responses to Google: What Do Librarians Want? Results of a Serial Solutions Costumer Survey" [PDF document (306 KB); power point document (498 KB)]
Jay Henry, Electronic Content Manager, Blackwell Book Services: "Echo: ebrary, eBooks and Blackwell" [PDF document (206 KB); power point document (260 KB)]
Michael Keller, University Librarian, Director of Academic Information Resources, Stanford University; Publisher, Highwire Press; Publisher,
Stanford University Press and Ward Shaw, Founder, CARL and UnCover and Independent Investor: "Two For the Road"
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Looking Toward the Future: Predictions and Caveats
Convener: Tony Ferguson, University Librarian, University of Hong Kong [PDF document (126 KB); power point document (692 KB)]
Post Retreat Events (Optional)
1/2-day Tour of Hong Kong
Saturday afternoon
Participants will gather together following the morning session, where they will receive a box lunch.
After lunch participants will go with a local librarian (one for each group of three) in taxis to the sites.
Join together to see some of Hong Kong's most interesting sites including the Wong Tai Sin Taoist Temple,
local shops and the Nan Lian Garden. Following the tour we'll get together for a dinner at one of Hong Kong's interesting local restaurants. Estimated cost
for transportation and dinner is HK$270. After dinner the more adventurous can go together to the Temple Street night market.
1/2-day Tour of Shenzhen, China (China Visa Required)
Saturday afternoon
Participants will gather together following the morning session and proceed directly to the coach station as a group, where they will receive
a box lunch. Please meet at 12:30 in Council Chamber.
Travel to the Shenzhen, a city of 13 million, just across the boarder from Hong Kong. We will visit the Shenzhen Central Book City which
is reputedly the largest bookstore in the world, the new Shenzhen Public Library and the Splendid China Cultural Village sound and light show.
Participants should arrive back in Hong Kong around 10:30 p.m. Estimated cost for transportation, admission ticket, and dinner is HK$500.
|
Participant profiles [PDF document (282 KB)] |
|
|
List of attendees [PDF document (81 KB)] |
|
|
Group photo [JPG file] |
|
For further information about the Retreat Series please contact
Katina Strauch, Rebecca Lenzini or Michele Casalini.
About this Website please contact
Casalini Libri Digital Division.