7^th International Bielefeld Conference 2004
Thinking Beyond Digital Libraries - Designing the Information Strategy for the Next Decade
website: http://conference.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/2004/
Date: 3-5 February 2004
Typology: event (seminar, conference, call for papers) - academic library initiative

Institution:
Bielefeld University Library
Bielefeld 

Address:
Universitätsstr. 25
33615 Bielefeld
Germany
tel.: +49 (0) 521/106-4050
fax: +49 (0) 521/106-4052

Contact person:
Dr Norbert Lossau
Universitaetsbibliothek Bielefeld Direktor
(Director of Bielefeld University Library)
Tel.: 0521 106-4050
Fax.: 0521 106-4052

7^th International Bielefeld Conference 2004

Thinking Beyond Digital Libraries - Designing the Information Strategy for the Next Decade
3-5 February 2004 in Bielefeld, Germany

Thematic areas

1. Information Strategy

Information Strategy for Universities and Academic Libraries - The need for a systematic approach:

·  Can we learn from information strategy planning in the non-academic (business) sector?

·  How can information technology affect infrastructure and processes of universities?

· Applying consumer- and market research methodologies to support the introduction of new library and other central services.

2. New Services

New Services at Universities - the role of libraries and potential partners

·  Collaborative approach of central academic services

·  e-Learning

·  Institutional scholarly publication repositories

3. Innovative Technologies

Innovative Technologies to access and network academic online information

·  Internet search engine technology as a new platform for integrated online information discovery

·  Seamless integrated access to isolated institutional Digital Libraries and other academic content repositories

4. Information Literacy

Information Literacy - Improving the “Return of Investment”

"Scientific/ scholarly information" as a key resource - both within research/ teaching and for the (non-academic) professional

Keynote Speaker

Prof. Donald A. Marchand, Professor of Strategy and Information Management at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland, and Chairman of enterpriseIQ®

Further Speakers
1.      Ann J. Wolpert, AB, MLS, Director of MIT Libraries and Chair of MIT Press, U.S.
2.      Dr. John M. Lervik, CEO of Fast Search & Transfer ASA (FAST), Norway
3.      Prof. Dr. William Dutton, University of Oxford, UK, Director of the Oxford Internet Institute
4.      Prof. Dr. Reinhold Decker, Faculty of Economics and Marketing, University of Bielefeld, Germany
5.      Prof. Dr. Hans E. Roosendaal, Professor of Scientific Information, School of Business, Public Administration, and Technology& Department of Computer Science, University of Twente, NL

Target audience
1.      Senior executives and decision-makers of academic libraries and universities, incl. library directors, heads of other academic services, university pro-vice chancellors for information strategy and integrated IT services, CIOs etc.
2.      “Implementers” (technical and organisational aspects).
 

Programme: main relevant issues

Opening Lecture:
Information Strategy as Key Success Factor for Enterprises and Universities

Focus on: Information Strategy for Universities and Academic Libraries
·  Repositioning Information and Communication Technologies in Higher Education
·  Information Strategy of the University - a Vice President's View
·  Beyond Information Provision: The Academic Library as Educational Change-Agent - An Australian Perspective
·  The Quality Reform in Norwegian Higher Education - The Future Role of Academic Libraries 

Focus on: Academic Libraries - New Challenges and Services
·  Applying Consumer and Market Research Methods to Support the Introduction of New Services of Libraries and Other Central Institutions
·  Academic Libraries: New Directions, New Partners
·  Organising Institutional Scholarly Publication and eLearning at MIT 

Focus on: New Services of Academic Libraries - Institutional Scholarly Publication Repositories
·   Building an Open Access Platform for the Max Planck Society
·   New Roles for Universities, Scientists, Libraries, and Publishers in the Scholarly Publication Process

Focus on: Access and Use of Scholarly Information - Future Strategies of Publishers and Academic Libraries
·   New Models for Scholarly Communication
·   Partnerships in a Changing World: Future Relationships between Publishers, Academic Libraries and Scientists
·   Partnership or Competition: Can the Academic Publishers work with Open Access?
·   Information Seeking Behaviour of Academics

Focus on: Global Networking of Academic Online Information
·   Global Networking of Information in the Scientific World - OCLC's Strategy for the Future
·   VASCODA - Cooperations for the German Digital Library

Focus on: Innovative Technologies to Access and Network Academic Online Information
·   Dynamic Infrastructures for the Sciences - Challenge for Digital Libraries
·   Search Engine Industry Trends - Impact for Digital Libraries
·   Technology for Integrated Information Access and Discovery

Technology Workshop
Intelligent Search Engine & Navigation Technology in Digital Libraries and Information Portals

Keywords: academic libraries - new university services - academic libraries' information strategy  - universities' information strategy - digital libraries - information literacy - scholarly information - scientific information - scholarly publication process – scholarly communication - institutional scholarly publication repositories - access to information