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summer=20
school "Digital Libraries =C3=A0 la Carte" will be held at Tilburg=20
University, the Netherlands. The programme of this annual event
for librarians and publishers is completely renewed. You can=20
pick your choice from a =E2=80=98menu=E2=80=99 of seven one-day modules: =


* Module 1: Strategic Developments and Library Management=20
* Module 2: Change - Making it Happen in Your Library=20
* Module 3: Tomorrow's Library Leaders=20
* Module 4: Integrated Search Solutions Toward Catalogue 2.0=20
* Module 5: Institutional Repositories - Preservation and=20
  Advocacy=20
* Module 6: Libraries and Research Data - Embracing New
  Content=20
* Module 7: Libraries and Collaborative Research Communities

The course website can be found at=20
www.tilburguniversity.nl/ticer/09carte/. If you register before
1 May 2009, you will get a =E2=82=AC150 discount.=20

The course is recommended by LIBER (Association of European=20
Research Libraries), JISC, DEFF (Denmark's Electronic Research=20
Library), CBU/KUB (the conference of university libraries in=20
Switzerland), Helsinki University Libraries, and NFF=20
(Norwegian Association of Special Libraries).

The course is targeted at library managers/directors, deputy=20
librarians, library middle management, digital library project=20
managers, IT/systems librarians, IT specialists, information=20
specialists, and repository managers from academic, research=20
and special libraries, and at publishers and researchers.

To guarantee an interactive programme, the number of=20
participants is limited, lectures contain an interactive=20
component, experiences can be exchanged via creative coffee=20
sessions, and two modules are workshops with working group=20
sessions.=20

Some of the subjects covered:

* The future generation of students and researchers
* Outsourcing library systems
* Evidence-based librarianship
* Strategic marketing
* Change management
* Leadership development
* Integrated search solutions (facetted search, FRBR, mash-up,
  etc.)
* eXtensible Catalog, Primo, Summa and VUfind compared
* Open Access advocacy
* Preservation and conservation of institutional repositories
* Does Open Access increase citations?
* Preservation and curation of research data =E2=80=93 the =
library=E2=80=99s
  role
* Research collaboratories and virtual research environments =E2=80=93=20
  the library=E2=80=99s role

Course directors are Birte Christensen-Dalsgaard, Deputy Director=20
General, Royal Library, Denmark and Jan Wilkinson, University
Librarian and Director at The University of Manchester.=20

Top speakers will present their views. Below is just a small=20
selection.

* Amos Lakos, former librarian Rosenfeld Management Library=20
  UCLA, won several awards for his work on evidence-based=20
  librarianship
* John Palfrey is co-author of "Born Digital: Understanding=20
  the First Generation of Digital Natives"
* Irmgard Boomers, Head User Services at the Dutch national=20
  library, will offer a refreshing view on the strategic=20
  marketing of libraries
* Jan Wilkinson, University of Manchester, and Lucy Jeynes,
  Larch Consulting, have developed several successful change
  management courses for Ticer and, this year, present a new
  leadership course as well as the change management course
* J=C3=B8rgen Madsen, IT Consultant at The Royal Library in Denmark,=20
  is manager of the Ex Libris Primo project at the Royal Library.
* David Lindahl is a principal investigator for the eXtensible=20
  Catalog Project hosted at the University of Rochester, River=20
  Campus Libraries
* Alma Swan, director of Key Perspectives Ltd, is well-known=20
  for her research into and work on Open Access
* Tim Brody, researcher at the University of Southampton and=20
  core developer for EPrints.org, is an expert on the impact=20
  of Open Access on citation
* Chuck Humphrey has run a successful data library at the=20
  University of Alberta, Canada, since 1992
* Ken Miller, Associate Director at the UK Data Archive, will=20
  lecture on the preservation and curation of research data
* John T. Butler, Associate University Librarian for IT at=20
  the University of Minnesota, has lead virtual community=20
  development projects in several disciplines
* Gary M. Olson, Professor at the University of California,=20
  Irvine, has conducted research into computer supported=20
  cooperative work for more than two decades

A profound update in just one to seven 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 at uvt.nl=20
www.tilburguniversity.nl/ticer/09carte/=20