Transforming Libraries

Libraries are changing just as their users are. People expect different services from libraries in the digital age. This German-American conference explores some of the changes to come and reflects on experiences gathered in the recent past. We want to start a wider discussion among participants, working from examples in the US and in Germany. Let us try to learn from each other.

Welcome address

Program

Rethinking User Needs in Public Libraries

September 16, 12 am–6 pm

12 am–3 pm	Welcome address: Timothy Eydelnant, Consul General of the United States Ulrich Johannes Schneider, Director of Leipzig University Library Arne Ackermann (Munich): How new buildings can emerge from old ones Jonas Fansa (Berlin): Lessons learned from reassigning library spaces Anja Flicker (Wuerzburg): Design thinking for libraries with local communities David Leonard (Boston): Modernising library spaces: The Johnson experience
3–3.30 pm	coffee break
3.30–4.30 pm	Panel debate: Where are the change librarians when it comes to building?
4.30–6 pm	Lydia Guterman, Doyung Lee and Avery Normandin (MIT Media Lab): Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play: Bringing creative learning into your library spaces

Curating Digital Resources in Academic Libraries

September 17, 10 am–4.30 pm

10 am–12 am	Mimi Calter (Stanford): Digital Rights Management: current problems Barbara K. Fischer (Leipzig): Authority files and why they are needed for digital resources
12 am–1 pm	lunch break
1–3 pm	Leander Seige (Leipzig): Enabling research with IIIF: Working with images Ulrich Johannes Schneider (Leipzig): Why catalogs provide useful research data for the digital humanities
3–3.30 pm	coffee break
3.30–4.30 pm	Jeffrey C. Witt (Maryland): Making the most of data: on new possibilities when researchers and libraries produce re-usable linked data followed by Panel debate: What can libraries do for better research?

Speakers

Arne Ackermann, Director, Munich City Library
Mimi Calter, Deputy University Librarian, Stanford University
Jonas Fansa, Public Services, Berlin Central Library
Barbara K. Fischer, Cooperations and standardization, German National Library, Leipzig
Anja Flicker, Director, Wuerzburg Public Library
Lydia Guterman, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Doyung Lee, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts
David Leonard, President, Boston Public Library
Avery Normandin, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Ulrich Johannes Schneider, Director, Leipzig University Library
Leander Seige, Head of Digital Services, Leipzig University Library
Jeffrey C. Witt, Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University of Maryland