Workshops

Learn, ask questions, participate, and discuss with people from varied backgrounds and cultures in an interactive environment!

“WHOIS Librarian 2.0”:
Creating a characteristic of librarian of the future

Aneta Ostrowska

Who would be the best librarian in the nearest future? Which skills are most useful for librarians? These question might be answered during the workshops. Participants shall work in groups and discuss their choices.
Maximum number of participants: 20.

How to stimulate and guide young information users and professionals?

Paul Nieuwenhuysen

We should consider various categories of target groups and for each one we can discuss the suitability of various methods and approaches. Successes as well as difficulties, challenges, bottlenecks or failures can be presented. Also attention can be spent to the implementation of some computer platform to make study materials available.
Maximum number of participants: 24

Looking at the future:
Trends and scenarios and the impact on information professionals

Ilse de Boer, Niek Hummel, Chen Kuang Chich, Jorge Palanca Montero, Yvette Peters

The Workshop is a combination of short presentations, discussions and interactive parts.
Maximum number of participants: 25.

Virtual Superstars:
“Teaching new media literacies”

Anne Nieuwpoort, Ilona van der Vijver, Martijn van Beek

Building on the theories of H. Jenkins regarding new media literacy’s, an interactive workshop will be presented on skills how to survive in an ever more media-rich society. There will be place for discussion and participation and we will be working on a combined video statement of all participants on new media literacy’s.
Maximum number of participants: 15.

User behaviour in Norwegian public libraries: Counting the traffic - with students as observers

Tord Høivik

In this workshop we teach you how to gather and analyze observational data on inhouse activities in an easy and practical way. Once an hour observers walk through the public areas of the library, noting the number of visitors, and what they are doing, on a standardized form.
Maximum number of participants: 25.

Community Informatics and the New Information Professional

Claudia Serbanuta, Terry Weech, Sarah Jackman

Let's inquire about Community Informatics(CI): what does it stand for, how is CI different from “bridging the digital divide”. Is CI practice a new discipline or something that libraries and their information services have been attempting to do in the past? Do different communities have different informational or technological needs?
Maximum number of participants: 30.

“Fab four: cool new libraries”:
Opportunities and threats for the physical libraries of the future

Jon Kjær Amundsen, Henrik Dybdahl, Henrik Horn, Ole V. G. Olesen-Bagneux

The purpose of this workshop is to discuss new sorts of physical libraries. The interior design and structure - or the absence of those factors - are viewed as an asset for new libraries, not as an obstacle preventing fast information sharing. These four following aspects will be discussed: 1) Technology as building blocks 2) Libraries as curiosity creating spaces 3) Sports and health science libraries 4) Urban libraries
Maximum number of participants: 20.

Virtual worlds:
Is there a life after second life?

Ahmed Taher, Aris Pantieras, Jurjen Dontje, Markku Ruottinen

The workshop contains energizing, interactive session/discussion, quiz round and short presentations. During the workshop the students will show the most recent developments in virtual worlds.
Maximum number of participants: 20-25.

Assessing Social Networks:
Benefits and Limits of a Popular Concept

Olaf Eigenbrodt, Najko Jahn

“Social Networks” is one the most promising concepts in Library and Information Science, but remains ambiguous. By addressing benefits and limits of this concept and its applications, the workshop discusses methodological and ethical issues in conducting interdisciplinary research on Social Networks.
Maximum number of participants: 20.