Digital libraries, e-books and emerging technologies are transforming the way culture, knowledge and information are created and disseminated. They have a fundamental impact on the self-conception and perception of libraries. How are libraries taking action in order to bloom and secure their future? This one day seminar was a unique opportunity to hear about experiments carried out by various libraries in Europe. The points of view of the entire book chain was considered, from the librarian, the publisher, the author, the supplier, to the reader. Photos on the right by Eurolis.
PART 1 (78 mins)
Introduction to the Conference by Laurence Auer, Director of the Institut Français & Anne-Elisabeth Buxtorf, Director of the Library. Conference Chair: Deborah Shorley, Director of Library Services, Imperial College, University of London. Europeana – Think Culture by Jonathan Purday, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Netherlands. Survival with the Fittest-the Google Library Project by Manuela Palafox, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain & Santiago de la Mora, Head of Print Content Partnerships, EMEA Google UK. PART 2 (61 mins)
Books meet Bytes – Does the book stand a chance in the future? by Helena Patrício , Vice-Director of the National Library of Portugal & Christian Hasiewicz, Director of Library Services, DiViBIB, Germany &Jaroslaw Lipszyc, Chair of the Modern Poland Foundation. PART 3 (102 mins)
My Ideal Library - the voice of the Google and iPod generation by Luke Roskilly, goodlogicprojects, London. The Library of the Future by Fereshteh Afshari: Library Services, Imperial College Library, London & Dominique Stutzmann, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris & Olaf Eigenbrodt, Building consultant at the University Library of Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Germany Concluding Panel Discussion of the Speakers
France in the U.K