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What is the likely shape
of the library of the future?
And how do we build
collections for it? |
An informal meeting of leading library and information industry participants
devoted to thinking through and debating the new world order in collection development.
Theme: Re-Inventing Collections : Challenging Our Assumptions
Speeches and Presentations (listed in order of program schedule):
JOHAN BOLLEN, The MESUR Project : Studying Science from Usage Data – Implications for Scholarly Impact Metrics [PDF document (2.010 KB)]
LIZ CHAPMAN, The Moment to Capitalize on Sultanas : Progress in a Weird Wired World [PDF document (3.911 KB); power point document (6.688 KB)]
MEL COLLIER, Welcome to the Fiesole Retreat in Leuven [PDF document (395 KB); power point document (2.653 KB)]
MEL COLLIER, E-Only and Learning Centres : A Balancing Act [PDF document (185 KB); power point document (429 KB)]
ALASTAIR DUNNING, Digitised Content: Universities, Publishers, Sharing, Openness [PDF document (2.920 KB)]
JILL COUSINS, Europeana : Reserachers' Reve or Politicians Plaything? [PDF document (6.969 KB)]
ORTWIN DE GRAEF, Yet the Librarians Were Not Without a Cunning Plan [PDF document (41 KB); power point document (1.315 KB); word document (55 KB)]
HANS GELEIJNSE, Renovating the Library : Creating Learning Spaces and Moving to E-Only [PDF document (923 KB); power point document (2.123 KB)]
THOMAS GUIGNARD, The New Rolex Learning Center at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) : A New Building for a New Vision in Collection
Development [PDF document (6.281 KB)]
SUZANNE JOUGUELET, Inspiring Innovation in French Academic Libraries Through the Learning Centre Concept : The Context of Change in Higher Education
in France [PDF document (54 KB); power point document (188 KB)]
MICHAEL JUBB, A Researcher Perspective : What They Want and How to Pay for It [PDF document (399 KB); power point document (1.548 KB)]
DEREK LAW, Wrap Up [PDF document (1.089 KB); power point document (2.751 KB)]
JOHN LAW, The Long Tail in Research Collections : Moment of Need Meets Discovery Speed [PDF document (6.979 KB)]
CHARLES B. LOWRY, Muddle Through or Start from Scratch : Can Economic Crisis Create Deep Change in Research Libraries? [PDF document (778 KB); power point document (4.100 KB)]
JAMES MOUW, E-Books : One Librarian's Perspective [PDF document (562 KB); power point document (1.668 KB)]
CAROL TENOPIR, Measuring Values and Outcomes of Reading [PDF document (342 KB); power point document (799 KB)]
CLAIRE WARWICK, Luddities or Critics? Designing Useful Digital Resources for Humanities Scholars [PDF document (168 KB); power point document (152 KB)]
The 12th Fiesole Retreat is devoted to examining changes that are affecting collections and how we approach collection development today. Session will
address the Economics of Scholarly Publishing, Digital Publishing in the Humanities, International Projects and Prospectives, and New Metrics and Statistics Regarding Usage. And we'll ask the question: "What's NOT
Keeping Us Awake Anymore?" This year's retreat continues many of he major themes that emerged from our 11th Retreat in Glasgow and will present a broad-based look at where we are while making informed suggestion about
where we should be going.
Thursday, April 8
Location for all sessions: Central Library K.U. Leuven
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Optional tours
Visit to Campus Library Arenberg, created by adding a modern extentsion to a former Celestine priory, by world famous architect Moneo
Transportation and details TBA
Or: Walking tour of Leuven and its colleges, leaving from Central Library
1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Registration
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Kick-off Session: Goodbye Sleepless Nights
Things that don't keep us awake anymore.
At the start of a new decade, this session takes a look at where we’ve come by focusing on the general topic of
what’s NOT keeping us awake anymore. What challenges of the digital age thus far have either gone away, been solved, resolved themselves in
unanticipated ways, morphed into something new, or simply don’t matter anymore? This review will lead to a discussion of which of the new things on
the horizon we won’t need to worry about either.
Moderator:
David R. Warlock, Digital Strategy and Advisory Services and Co-Chair, Outsell Leadership Programs
Speakers:
John Law, Vice President, Discovery Services at Serials Solutions: "The Long Tail in Research Collections : Moment of Need Meets Discovery Speed" [PDF document (6.979 KB)]
John Cox, Managing Director, John Cox Associates Ltd.: "Displacing Anxieties : Addressing New Worries by Solving Old Concerns"
Elizabeth Chapman, Director of Library Services, London School of Economics and Political Science: "The Moment to Capitalize on Sultanas : Progress in a Weird Wired World" [PDF document (3.911 KB); power point document (6.688 KB)]
Arend Kuster, Business Development Director, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc: "A New Beginning in Qatar : The Development of a Collaborative Research and Education Publishing Environment
in Doha, Qatar"
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Walking Tour of the Mediaeval Begijnhof (Béguinage)
Walking tour begins and ends at the Leuven Faculty Club
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Opening Dinner
Leuven University Faculty Club
Debbie Dore, Chief Commercial Officer, Swets
Friday, April 9
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Registration
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Welcome
Mel Collier, Director of Libraries, KUL [PDF document (395 KB); power point document (2.653 KB)]
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Introduction
Martha Whittaker, Content Management Director, Gelman Library, George Washington University
Arnoud de Kemp, APE - Academic Publishing in Europe - Conferences and AKA Publishing: "Re-inventing Collections and Re-discovering Libraries: A Global Perspective"
9:45 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.
Economics of Scholarly Publishing: Are We Fighting for Survival?
These are troubling times for scholarly publishers. Economic pressures have reduced the amount of funding available to both university presses and
university libraries. Electronic publishing has put unprecedented pressure on the industry and the profession. The promise of cost savings from lowered
distribution cost for electronic publications has been completely eliminated by rising production costs and the requirement for expensive but expected new
features. The role of commercial publishers in the supply chain has been questioned, but no uniform "open access" model has emerged to replace
the traditional commercial publishing system. This session will look at the complexity of these issues from the perspective of the publishing industry,
the library, and the academy.
Moderator:
Ward Shaw, Independent Investor
Speakers:
Charles Lowry, Executive Director, Association of Research Libraries: "Muddle Through or Start from Scratch : Can Economic Crisis Create Deep Change
in Research Libraries?" [PDF document (778 KB); power point document (4.100 KB)]
Michael Mabe, Chief Executive Officer, International Association of STM Publishers: "Beyond Micawberism : The Economic Evolution of Scholarly Communication"
Michael Jubb, Director, Research Information Network (RIN): "A Researcher Perspective : What They Want and How Pay for It" [PDF document (399 KB); power point document (1.548 KB)]
12:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
Location TBA (Sponsor, LIBIS)
1:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Break at 3:30 p.m.
Metrics and Statistics
This session will carry over a popular theme from the 2009 Fiesole Retreat, held at the University of Strathclyde: how do we we decide if our collection
strategies are paying off in increased user productivity. What have we learned about how users interact with the tools we provide to them? How do use new formats such as eBooks?
Is the library still adding value to the scholarly research process?
Moderator:
Janice Welburn, Dean, Raynor Libraries, Marquette University
Speakers:
Johan Bollen, Associate Professor of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University: "The MESUR Project : Studying Science from Usage Data – Implications for Scholarly Impact Metrics" [PDF document (2.010 KB)]
Carol Tenopir, Chancellor's Professor, School of Information Sciences and Director of the Center for Information and Communication Studies, University of Tennessee: "Measuring Value and Outcomes of Reading" [PDF document (342 KB); power point document (799 KB)]
Jim Mouw, Assistant Director for Technical and Electronic Services, University of Chicago Library: "E-books : One Librarian's Perspective" [PDF document (562 KB); power point document (1.668 KB)]
3:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Digital Publishing in the Humanities
Science and technology led the way in the early adoption, development and widespread use of digital tools for scholarship, Researchers in the arts and humanities have been
underserved in comparison with researchers in other disciplines. Now this is changing as efforts throughout the world are emerging to support the development of appropriate
technologies to enhance arts and humanities scholarship. In particular one way forward envisions synergies between libraries and university presses. This session looks at some of
those efforts and suggests what may lie ahead.
Moderator:
Anthony Watkinsons, Senior Lecturer, Department of Information Studies and Centre for Publishing, University College London
Claire Warwick, Reader in Digital Humanities and Director of the Centre for Digital Humanities, Department of Information Studies, University College London: "Luddites or Critics? Designing Useful Digital Resources for Humanities Scholars" [PDF document (168 KB); power point document (152 KB)]
Patrizia Cotoneschi, Director of Firenze University Press at Università degli studi di Firenze, a member of the OAPEN Consortium: "University Presses Join Forces to Boost Technology at the Service of Humanities"
Ortwin de Graef, Leuven University and the Open Humanities Press: "Yet the Librarians Were Not Without a Cunning Plan" [PDF document (41 KB); power point document (1.315 KB); word document (55 KB)]
Jill Cousins, Director of The European Library, Programme Director of Europeana and Executive Director of the EDL Foundation: "Europeana : Researchers Reve or Politicians Plaything?" [PDF document (6.969 KB)]
6:00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Mayoral Reception
Town Hall, Leuven
Open dinner
Saturday, April 10
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
International Perspectives on E-only and Learning Centers
This session will focus on the implications of libraries going e-only whether in part or as a whole and one of the strategies which is emerging
in response — namely the evolution of libraries into learning centers where the prime focus is on the student learning environment rather than on physical collections.
Moderator
Mel Collier, Director of Libraries, KUL: "E-only and Learning Centres : A Balancing Act"
Speakers:
Hans Geleijnse, president of LIBER: "Renovating the Library : Creating Learning Spaces and Moving to E-only" [PDF document (923 KB); power point document (2.123 KB)]
Thomas Guignard, Head of Collection Development, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland: "The New Rolex Learning Center at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) : A New Building for a New Vision in Collection Development" [PDF document (6.281 KB)]
Suzanne Jouguelet, Inspection générale des bibliothèques, Ministère de la Culture, Paris, France: "Inspiring Innovation in French Academic Libraries Through the Learning Centre Concept : The Context of Change in Higher Education in France" [PDF document (54 KB); power point document (188 KB)]
12:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Closing Session
Derek Law, University of Strathclyde: "Wrap-Up" [PDF document (1.089 KB); power point document (2.751 KB)]
Adjourn
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Optional tours
Visit to Campus Library Arenberg, created by adding a modern extentsion to a former Celestine priory, by world famous architect Moneo
Transportation and details TBA
Or: Walking tour of Leuven and its colleges, leaving from Central Library
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