Program

November 19 Reval Hotel Latvija

8:00 - 9:00

Registration

9:00 - 9:20

Opening (Conference Hall Alpha)
Opening Remarks by Helēna Demakova, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Latvia

Panel Session 1 Users and Content

Conference Hall Alpha

Chair: Mara Saule, the University of Vermont (USA)

9:20 - 9:40

Keynote Address 1
Abdelaziz Abid
UNESCO Memory of the World Programme
Using Digital Libraries: A Chance or a Nightmare?

9:40 - 10:00

Andris Vilks
The National Library of Latvia
The physical and digital national library: Vision and reality

10:00 - 10:20

John Lubans, Jr.
North Carolina Central University (USA)
What Internet-Era Users Want: A Discussion of Trends and Suggestions for Library Initiatives

10:00 - 10:20

Dr. Wolfram Neubauer
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
From Library Catalogues to Knowledge Portals

10:40 - 11:00

Coffee break

Panel Session 2 Users and Content

Conference Hall Alpha

Chair: Andris Vilks, the National Library of Latvia

11:00 - 11:30

Keynote Address 2
Dr. Ching-chih Chen
Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College (USA)
How Digital Libraries Can Bring the World's Treasures and Heritage to the End-Users Instantly!

11:30 - 11:50

Dr. Gunnar Sahlin
The National Library of Sweden
Swedish National Library - challenges in the digital age

11:50 - 12:10

Vigdis Moe Skarstein
The National Library of Norway
The Digital National Library - Strategies for the preservation and distribution of knowledge and culture in the National library of Norway

12:10 - 12:25

Uldis Straujums
The National Library of Latvia
Structure and management of digital library to support learning environment

12:25 - 12:45

Dr. Jānis Krēsliņš
The National Library of Sweden
Speak memory: reconfiguring oral, written and digital communication

12:45 - 13:00

Discussion

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch break

Panel Session 3 Users and Content

Conference Hall Alpha

Chair: Dr. Jānis Krēsliņš, the National Library of Sweden

14:00 - 14:20

Keynote Talk
Tiiu Valm
Vice-Chair of The European Library; The National Library of Estonia
Libraries and social dilemma: libraries transforming

14:20 - 14:40

Dr. Dusan Katuscak
Slovak National Library
Projects of the Slovak National Library and intentions for the use of digital content

14:40 - 15:00

Adolf Knoll
National Library of the Czech Republic
ENRICH: creation of a European digital library of manuscripts

15:00 - 15:20

Katarzyna Slaska
National Library of Poland
The Polona National Digital Library as a tool of learning

15:20 - 15:40

Discussion

15:40 - 16:00

Coffee break

Panel Session 4 Users and Content

Conference Hall Alpha

Chair: Mara Saule, the University of Vermont (USA)

Panel Session 5 Data Organization and Structure

Conference Hall Lambda

Chairs: Adolf Knoll, National Library of the Czech Republic; Inga Grīnfelde, National Library of Latvia

16:00 - 16:20

R. Arwel Jones
The National Library of Wales
An End to Digitisation

Michael Emly
Leeds University (UK)
Multimedia repositories in learning and teaching - lessons from the MIDESS project

16:20 - 16:40

Pavils Zarins
Stanford University (USA)
Finding Solutions to E-book Challenges

Paul Doorenbosch
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Netherlands
New architecture, new services: the changing role of the National Library of the Netherlands in Internet information

16:40 - 17:00

Sandis Kolomenskis
Microsoft Latvia
Innovative libraries for the 21^st century society

Elena L. Krepkova
All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature
The LFL Digital Library

17:00 - 17:20

Andrejs Vasiļjevs
Software Developer Tilde Ltd. (Latvia)
Integration of encyclopedic and linguistic digital resources in an integrated online educational resource

Daniel V. Pitti
University of Virginia (USA)
From Cultural Heritage to Education: The Role of Metadata

17:20 - 17:40

Discussion

17:45

Closing remarks at Alpha Hall