IFLA Presidential Meeting 2007-2009
"Free Access to Information"
First international IFLA Presidential Meeting
during the German IFLA presidential term of Claudia Lux 2007-2009
Schedule 2007
Study Excursion
15-18 January 2007
Monday-Thuesday (15-16 January)
Three-day study excursion (2 nights) for the group of invited guests to tour several selected German libraries:
Information, Communication and Media Centre, Technical University Cottbus
State and University Library Dresden
And Public Library of the City of Dresden
German National Library, Leipzig
University Library, Leipzig
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
Thursday (18 January)
"Hardenberg": Exhibition opening and reception at the Central and Regional Library Berlin
Conference
18-19 January 2007
Location:
German Foreign Office
Werderscher Markt 1
10117 Berlin, Germany
Organizer:
German IFLA National Committee
Content:
During the German IFLA presidential term, the German IFLA national committee, supported by the German Foreign Office and the Goethe Institut, is planning an international conference series entitled "Free Access to Information". The three conferences of the series "Free Access to Information" are scheduled for the German IFLA presidential term (2007, 2008 and 2009).
Librarians and cultural affairs officials from different countries in Eastern Europe (a region featured at the first conference), and IFLA representatives will be discussing possibilities and practices to provide free access to information. Innovative projects as well as examples of cooperative and financial support programs will be presented. Those projects and programs are aimed at promoting the cooperation between libraries, and the coordination between libraries, cultural affairs officials and the political decision makers. The themes of the series of conferences "Free Access to Information" are guided by the motto "Libraries on the Agenda" chosen by the German IFLA president for her term.
Simultaneous interpretation (German-English-Russian) will be provided.
Programme: 18 January 2007
Thursday
9:00
Conference opening
Welcome by Gernot Erler, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office
9:30
IFLA and Free Access for Information
Dr. Alex Byrne (IFLA president 2005 - 2007)
10:15
Coffee break
10:30
Libraries on the Agenda
Prof. Dr. Claudia Lux (IFLA president 2007-2009)
13:00
Lunch
14:30
Exemplary cooperation between libraries in Germany.
Possibilities and challenges of shared networks
- Government project initiation and national licenses: Responsibilities of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Dr. Ralf Goebel (Programme Director, Scientific Library Services and Information Systems Division, DFG, Bonn, Germany)
- The Electronic Journals Library
Dr. Friedrich Geisselmann (Library Director, University of Regensburg, Germany)
- The German Internet Library
Dr. Arend Flemming (Director, Libraries of the City of Dresden, Germany)
- The German National Library of Science and Technology, University Library Hannover (TIB)
Uwe Rosemann (Director, TIB Hannover, Germany)
- Karlsruhe Virtual Catalogue
Dr. Michael Mönnich (2nd Vice Director, University Library Karlsruhe, Germany)
18:30
Reception at the Central and Regional Library Berlin
Programme: 19 January 2007
Friday
9:00
Free access to print and digital information
- Committee on copyright and other legal matters concerning multimedia
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Beger (Director, State and University Library Hamburg, Germany)
- Digital legal deposit as the basis for free access to information
Ute Schwens (Director, German National Library, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- The activities of IFLA-FAIFE
Bob McKee, Chief Executive CILIP (The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, London, UK)
- SPARC, EU project and further projects on open access initiatives
Dr. Norbert Lossau (Director, Lower Saxony State and University Library, Göttingen, Germany)
13:00
Lunch
14:30
Tour of the library of the German Foreign Office
Dr. Gundula Felten (Head of Library and Information Services, German Foreign Office)
15:15
The role of libraries within society. Suggestions for cooperation and mutual support between libraries and politics
Statements and perspectives of 3 library representatives and 3 politicians from Eastern Europe
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Claudia Lux
16:30
Coffee break
16:45
Panel discussion and presentation/passing of the declaration on the presidential meetings
18:00
End of conference
Registration and further information:
Registration Fees:
Before 15 December 2006: 100.-- Euro
After 16 December 2006: 160.-- Euro
Registrations are accepted until
10 January 2007
To register please send an E-mail to:
klauser@bibliotheksverband.de
indicating your:
- First and last name
- your institution
- Full address
- Telephone number and
- E-mail address
You will then receive a confirmation E-mail containing payment information including account and routing numbers for bank transfer.
Please note that we can only accept registrations if the conference registration fees have been paid on time.
For more information (in German) please visit:
http://www.ifla-deutschland.de/
or contact
Hella Klauser
Secretariat/German IFLA National Committee
Competence Network for Libraries (knb) at the German Library Association
Straße des 17. Juni 114
10623 Berlin, Germany
Tel.: +(49)(30)39001482
