Programme

The conference will open with keynotes from IFLA President Ellen Tise, Renk Roborgh, Director General Higher Education, Vocational Education, Science and Emancipation, from the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, and a representative of the European Commission.

Session speakers are senior library advocates, primarily from major Dutch and European institutions, who will explain the situation facing libraries and present the policies developed by European library institutions and IFLA in response. Each session will give the floor to at least one policymaker or MEP who works/is interested in the subject area.

The role of these speakers will be to make a response to the library positions as part of a panel discussion and discuss the ways in which libraries can make their voices better heard at a European level.

 

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Thursday 14 April 2011:

Day Chair: Maria Heijne (FOBID Chair/Director TU Delft Library)

8.30: Registration and welcome

9.00 – 10.15: Opening keynotes

• Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge
  Ellen Tise, IFLA President
• Words of Welcome and the Dutch government position
  Renk Roborgh, Director General Higher Education, Vocational Education, Science and Emancipation, Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science

 

 

• Video Message of Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission, Commissioner for the Digital Agenda

 

 

• Europe's Digital Agenda and Access to Knowledge
  Yvo Volman, Deputy Head of the 'Access to Information' unit, Directorate-General Information Society and Media, European Commission

10.15 – 13.15: Session 1: Access to Information as a Human Right
incl. coffee break

• New Technologies, Long-standing Rights: Access to Knowledge for Building Knowledge Societies
  Jānis Kārkliņš, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO
• A Library Policy for Europe to Safeguard Human Rights
  Gerald Leitner, President EBLIDA
• Access to Knowledge as a Human Right: IFLA's Position
  Kai Ekholm, Chair IFLA FAIFE Committee

12.15 – 13.15: Panel discussion (Moderator: Jens Thorhauge, Danish Agency for Libraries & Media)
with: Marietje Schaake, MEP, Committee on Foreign Affairs and Committee on Culture, Media, Education, Youth and Sports;
Jānis Kārkliņš, Kai Ekholm and Gerald Leitner.

• Introduction and questions for the Panel
  Jens Thorhauge, Danish Agency for Libraries & Media

13.15 – 14.15: Lunch (on site)

14.15 – 17.15: Session 2: Copyright and Libraries
incl. tea break

• Legal and Policy Challenges for Libraries in the Age of Digital Books
  Ruth Okediji, William L. Prosser Professor of Law,
  University of Minnesota Law School
• Copyright for Creativity—A Declaration for Europe
  Ben White, Head of Intellectual Property, British Library
• The IFLA perspective and a Treaty on Copyright Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries
  Winston Tabb, Chair of IFLA CLM

16.15 – 17.15: Panel discussion (Moderation: TBC)
with: Michiel Laan, Interim Manager Services Development, VOB/Bibliotheek.nl; Chris Friend, Strategic Objective Leader, World Blind Union; Ben White, Winston Tabb, and Yvo Volman.

17.15 – 17.30: Summary: Maria Heijne (FOBID Chair / Director TU Delft Library)

18.00 – 19.00: Reception: The Hague Public Library, hosted by the Mayor of The Hague;

Launch of The Hague World Library Capital.

19.30: Dinner: Café Brasserie Dudok, The Hague

Friday 15 April 2011:

Day chair: Tone Eli Moseid (IFLA Governing Board)

9.00 – 9.20:

• Challenge and Change: Next Steps for Libraries of the 21st Century
  Ingrid Parent, IFLA's incoming President

9.20 – 13.00: Session 3: Open Access and the Changing Role of Libraries
incl. coffee break

• Education, Research and Development in Europe: How Libraries are Changing
  Paul Ayris, President, LIBER
• Why European Research and Education Policies must include Open Access
  Paola Gargiulo, Inter-University Consortium for the Application of Super-Computing for Universities and Research (CASPUR)
• Open Access and Access through Public Libraries
  Barbara Schleihagen, Executive Director German Library Association
• IFLA`s Position on and Future Activities Related to the Promotion of Open Access to Scholarly Literature
  Bas Savenije, Director General Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands

11.50 – 13.00: Panel discussion (Moderator: Paul Ayris)
With Celina Ramjoué, Policy Officer, European Commission, Directorate-General for Research, Science, Economy and Society Directorate, Governance and Ethics Unit; Paola Gargiulo; Bas Savenije and Irina Kuchma, Electronic Information for Libraries (EiFL) Open Access Programme Manager

13.00 – 13.15: Summary: Tone Moseid, IFLA Governing Board

13.15 – 13.30: Closing remarks: Ellen Tise, IFLA President

13.30 – 14.15: Farewell lunch

14.00 – 15.00: Students meet the President