Announcement: 4th European Bielefeld Colloquium

[Michael Behrens]

This is a conference announcement. Please excuse any
cross-posting.
A registration form for the conference is available at:

http://www.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/aktuell/anm_engl.htm

Please direct mail enquiries to: sekretariat at ub.uni-bielefeld.de

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Invitation 

to participate at the 4th European Bielefeld Colloquium

Stadthalle Bielefeld, February 10-12, 1998

After three successful conferences the 4th European Bielefeld
Colloquium in February 1998 will concentrate on the relationship
of publishers and libraries in the information society and the
role of regions, states and the European Union in the context of
the world wide communication networks. For the 1998 conference we
are expecting statements from high-ranking political
representatives.

The printed programme is enclosed in this letter of invitation. If
there are any changes and further information, please find them on
Internet at http://www.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/aktuell/koll-eng.htm

Traditionally, this conference is organized by three partners: The
British Council, Cologne, the Buchhändler-Vereinigung, Frankfurt
am Main, and the University of Bielefeld. We are expecting 600
participants from more than 20 countries.

In view of electronic publications the information market still
changes rapidly and emphatically. New kinds of electronic
publications are continuously being created. Similarly, the number
and size of the products is increasing. In view of that, libraries
and publishers have to and will find a new distribution of roles
in the information process. 

What will the role of libraries and publishers be in the future?
Function and position of the partners involved in the information
process will probably be subject to a continuous process of
change.

The conference will take a closer look at the role of electronic
publications, its manufacturers and libraries on the information
market, mainly regarding present and future services of libraries
and publishers. The competition between different technical and
economical ways of electronic information, its importance in the
market etc., will be discussed as well as the distribution of
information in the international networks, particularly on the
INTERNET.

The conference will be combined with an exhibition. It will show
electronic publications to be used in library networks and
networking technologies for electronic publications. Relevant
hardware and software for libraries and publishers will be
presented as well. 

The conference will be held in the excellent facilities of the
Stadthalle Bielefeld, close to the main railway station and hotel
facilities in the city centre.

We are inviting all librarians interested in or already using any
kind of electronic publications, and all publishers and
booksellers interested in the technology and distribution of
electronic publications in the library market.

To keep the travel budgets for participants as clear as possible,
we managed to organize this conference without registration fees.
For organizational reasons we would be thankful for returning the
registration form as soon as possible.

For the participants of our conference we have inquired special
conditions for hotels of varying prices. There are several hotels
situated in walking distance of the congress centre (i.e.: RAMADA
HOTEL GARNI; HOTEL MERCURE). The tourist information will take
care of your hotel reservation. Please use the enclosed form. 

Yours sincerely,

(Dr. K. W. Neubauer)



More info at: sekretariat at ub.uni-bielefeld.de
Phone: 0521/106-4051
Fax: 0521/106-4052 

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Programme
4th European Bielefeld Colloquium:
Libraries and Publishers as Main Players in the Information 
Society
Stadthalle Bielefeld, 
February 10th - 12th, 1998
Stadthalle Bielefeld, February 10-12, 1998


Tuesday, February 10, 1998


10.00 Welcome and Opening

Prof. Dr. Gert Rickheit, Rector, University of Bielefeld
W. Robert Müller, Managing Director, Buchhändler- Vereinigung GmbH
Keith Dobson OBE, Director, The British Council Germany

Introduction to the programme
Dr. Karl Wilhelm Neubauer, Director, Bielefeld University Library


THE RESPONSIBILITY OF POLITICS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE INFORMATION
SOCIETY 

Chair: Prof. Dr. Gert Rickheit, Rector, University of Bielefeld

10.30 Multimedia information - the European challenge 
Robert Verrue, General Director, European Commission, DG Xlll,
Brussels, Belgium (to be confirmed)

11.00 The British national information strategy and the role of
libraries
Chris Smith, Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and
Sport, London, United Kingdom (to be confirmed)

11.30 Access to information on a regional level - an important
building stone for the information society in Europe
Representative of the Ministery for Science and Research, North
Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, Germany

12.00 Launch of digital library systems of North Rhine- Westphalia
by the Ministery for Science and Research

Virtual library JASON NRW within the framework of the national
document delivery service SUBITO 
New integrated access system of the university libraries 
Electronic fulltext retrieval system for journals 

Reception

13.00 Lunch

15.00 Political strategies for the co-operation of the
Scandinavian countries for scientific information supply
Bendik Rugaas, former Minister for Planning, Norway, Director, The
National Library of Norway, Oslo, Norway


ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS AND THE ROLE OF LIBRARIES AND PUBLISHERS 

Chair: Johan van Halm, Information Consultant, Amersfoort, The
Netherlands

15.30 Legal deposit of electronic documents - the role of the
National Library
Prof. Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, General Director, Die Deutsche
Bibliothek, Frankfurt a.M., Germany

16.00 Long term archiving and the publishers' point of view 
Dr. Wim van Halteren, Director, Electronic Warehouse, Elsevier
Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands

16.30 Coffee break

16.45 Technological aspects of long-term archiving of electronic
documents
Dipl. Kfm. Martin Fock-Althaus, Area Manager for Electronic
Archiving and Document Management, Satz-Rechen-Zentrum, Berlin,
Germany

17.5 Demonstration of different supply and distribution systems
for electronic publications

19.00 Common reception of the Mayor of Bielefeld, Mrs Angelika
Dopheide, and the Rector of the University of Bielefeld, Prof. Dr.
Gert Rickheit


Wednesday, February 11, 1998

Chair: Johan van Halm, Information Consultant, Amersfoort, The
Netherlands


ACCESS TO INFORMATION - NEW SERVICES FOR THE END-USER 

New services provided by companies

9.00 Services provided by the journal agencies
Wim Luijendijk, Vice-President EBSCO Industries, Inc., General
Manager EBSCO Europe, Aalsmeer, The Netherlands 

9.30 Services provided by the publishers 
Arnoud de Kemp, Director of Corporate Development, Springer
Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany

10.00 Services provided by the traditional book trade
Volker Thurner, J. F. Lehmanns, Medical Bookstore, Berlin, Germany 

10.30 Coffee break

New Services provided by libraries

10.45 Libraries l: Eastern Europe
Maria Sliwinska, M.A., Deputy Director, Nicholas Copernicus
University Library, Torun, Poland

11.15 Libraries ll: USA
Dr. William E. Bertrand, Vice President, Innovation, Research and
Planning and Chief Information Officer, Tulane University, New
Orleans, USA

11.45 Libraries lll: New services for the end-user - the Scottish
SCRAN project
Dr. Bruce Royan, Director, SCRAN project, Edinburgh, United
Kingdom

12.15 Lunch 


ELECTRONIC COPYRIGHT - NEXT STEPS

14.30 Introductory paper: The European view
Dr. Jörg Reinbothe, European Commission, DG XV, Head of Unit
Commission European, Brussels, Belgium

15.00 Electronic Copyright and Libraries 
Sandy Norman, Information Manager, The Library Association,
London, United Kingdom

15.30 Electronic Copyright and Publishers
Dr. Harald Heker, Legal Adviser, Börsenverein des Deutschen
Buchhandels e.V., Frankfurt a.M., Germany 

16.00 Coffee break

16.15 Demonstration of different supply and distribution systems
for electronic publications


METADATA 

17.45 Metadata - state of development
Hans Becker, Head of the metadata project supported by the
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft at the SUB Göttingen, Germany 

18.15 The European BIBLINK project
Ross Bourne, Project leader, BIBLINK project, The British Library,
Boston Spa, Wetherby, United Kingdom

19.00 Reception of the exhibitors


Thursday, February 12, 1998

Chair: Dr. Wolfram Neubauer, Director, Library, Eidgenössische
Technische Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland


LIBRARIES IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY - NATIONAL INITIATIVES 

9.00 A National information strategy for the United Kingdom
Margaret Haines, Chief Executive, Library and Information
Commission, London, United Kingdom

9.30 Regional initiatives in Scandinavia - NORDINFO 
Tomas Lidman, National Librarian, Kungliga Biblioteket, Stockholm,
Sweden

10.00 National initiatives in Germany
Dr. Christine Thomas, Federal Ministery for Education, Science,
Research and Technology, Bonn, Germany

10.30 Coffee break


PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION AS A RESPONSE TO
THE CHALLENGES OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY   
11.00 European initiatives for the professional development of
librarians 
Dr. Hans-Georg Storck, European Commission, DG XIII, Luxembourg

11.30 Training needs analysis and recommended activities for
publishers and the booktrade - first results of the ADAPT project
in Germany
Bertram Gallus, General Manager, Carl Heymanns Verlag, Cologne,
Germany

12.00 Lunch

14.30 New methods in the training of information specialists
Dr. Jonathan Furner, Lecturer, School of Information and Media,
The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, United Kingdom


A VISION FOR THE FUTURE

Chair: Dr. Paul Gerretsen, Director, Library, Rijksuniversiteit te
Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

15.00 A vision for the future - the Green Paper of the European
Commission about the role of libraries 
Eluned Morgan, Member of the European Parliament, Strasbourg,
France (to be confirmed)

16.00 Summary and conclusion of the Conference