OCLC EMEARC20 Library Futures Conference

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Simon Bains

University Librarian and Head of Library Services

University of Aberdeen

Simon Bains is University Librarian and Head of Library Services at the University of Aberdeen, a post he took up in April 2019. Prior to that, Simon was Deputy Librarian and Head of Research Services at the University of Manchester, where he led major changes in how the library supports researchers. Simon has worked in academic and research libraries for over 25 years and has particular interests in digital libraries, open research and the changing use of library spaces. He is an active contributor to thinking and collaboration across the sector and has led work on behalf of Research Libraries UK (RLUK) and SCONUL. Simon was a member of OCLC EMEA and Global Councils 2011-2013.

04 March

01:30 PM

O - Libraries as social and cultural catalysts 👥 Simon Bains, Duncan Olenick, Simonetta Pasqualis, Mavis Toffoletto, Lucia Werder

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Gavin Boyce

Interim Director

University of Sheffield

"...yes, we are smart, but not because we stand on the shoulders of giants or are giants ourselves. We stand on the shoulders of a very large pyramid of hobbits.... [it's] the number of hobbits, not the height of particular hobbits, that's allowing us to see farther." - Joseph Henrich (2016)

Gavin Boyce’s passion is research, innovation and impact. He has degrees in Philosophy, Psychology and Computing (one undergraduate, two Masters’ and one PhD) and has started and run his own businesses and helped many others to start their own enterprises. Most of his time is spent supporting the wonderful academics and doctoral researchers that make up the research community at the University of Sheffield. A truly rewarding job that gives him privileged access to new ideas and insight into exciting future projects.

04 March

01:30 PM

R - Library futures or classic disruption? 👥 Gavin Boyce, Harm Derks, Ger Potze, Bénédict Ripperger

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Rebecca Bryant

Senior Program Officer

OCLC Research

Rebecca Bryant, PhD, serves as Senior Program Officer at OCLC Research where she leads and develops areas for the OCLC Research Library Partnership and for OCLC Research related to research information management (RIM), research data management (RDM), and institutional scholarly communications practices. Her OCLC publications include Research Information Management: Defining RIM and the Library’s Role, Convenience and Compliance: Case Studies on Persistent Identifiers in European Research Information Management, and The Realities of Research Data Management.

Prior to joining OCLC in 2016, Rebecca served in previous roles at the University of Illinois, including as Project Manager for Researcher Information Services in the University Library, Assistant Dean in the Graduate College, and Project Leader on the system-wide UI-Integrate ERP implementation project. She has also served as Director of Community at ORCID where she led outreach initiatives to encourage the adoption of ORCID identifiers throughout the scholarly communications community, particularly promoting adoption and integration within universities worldwide.

Rebecca earned a bachelor’s degree at Butler University, a master’s degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and a PhD in historical musicology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

04 March

01:30 PM

P - The challenges posed by digital scholarship 👥 Rebecca Bryant, Beth Clark, Raman Ganguly, Matt Greenhall

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04 March

09:30 AM

J - Libraries, learning technologies and ‘the flipped classroom’ 👥 Martin Bukacek, Robert Curry, Greg Leurs, Stanislav Luska, Debbie Phillips

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Beth Clark

Head of Digital Scholarship and Innovation

London School of Economics and Political Science

Beth Clark is Head of Digital Scholarship and Innovation at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Library where she is responsible for leading developments in various areas, including digital scholarship, digital asset management, research support and scholarly communications, user experience and library spaces. She is currently Co-Convenor of the Digital Scholarship Network.

04 March

01:30 PM

P - The challenges posed by digital scholarship 👥 Rebecca Bryant, Beth Clark, Raman Ganguly, Matt Greenhall

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Carla Colombati

Academic Librarian, European Document Centre

Website, University of Teramo

Carla Colombati is an Academic Librarian, in charge of the European Documentation Centre (EDC) at the University of Teramo (Italy). As EDC and Coordinator of Abruzzo Wikimedia Italy, she works on projects dedicated to research, teaching, learning and territory, focusing on the promotion of the cultural heritage of Abruzzo and the development of Information Digital Literacy competences. Teacher and tutor of training courses and administrator of online training platforms. She belongs to Wikimedia Italia, IFLA LTR Section, ASIS&T, AIB, and other professional associations.

04 March

09:30 AM

L - Wikidata and libraries 👥 Carla Colombati, Christian Erlinger, Pietro Valocchi, Annette Dortmund

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Robert Curry

Senior Academic Librarian

Oxford Brookes University

As a Senior Academic Librarian, Robert Curry has responsibility for both Academic Liaison Librarians and Digital Services (Learning Technology) Teams at Oxford Brookes University. Through his responsibilities, he has an interest in new services involving emerging technologies and a research interest in academic library 'makerspaces' (creative learning spaces incorporating computing or technology, see Curry, 2017). His research case study for his Doctorate in Education is on an east coast US university library makerspace service with an innovative and inclusive service history. Although his professional focus is primarily academic library focused, Robert has also worked in public, school and further education library services, so he can draw on his broad career experience where relevant in presentations and discussions with colleagues.

Reference: Curry, R. (2017). “Makerspaces: A beneficial new service for Academic Libraries?”, Library Review, 66(4/5.), pp. 201-212

04 March

09:30 AM

J - Libraries, learning technologies and ‘the flipped classroom’ 👥 Martin Bukacek, Robert Curry, Greg Leurs, Stanislav Luska, Debbie Phillips

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Jos Damen

Head of the Library and ICT Department

African Studies Centre (Leiden)

Jos Damen is Head of the Library and ICT Department at the African Studies Centre in Leiden. He is in charge of policy, planning and operations. He is also responsible for ICT support services, including the website. He is a member of the ASCL’s Executive Board and vice-director of the ASCL at Leiden University.

04 March

09:30 AM

M - Decolonizing the library 👥 Jos Damen, Maisela Eddy Maepa, Dr. Gabriele Slezak, Sarah Schmelzer

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Patrick Danowski

Manager, Scientific Service Unit Library

Institute of Science and Technology Austria

Patrick Danowski is a graduate computer scientist and scientific librarian. Since 2010, he has been the Manager of the Scientific Service Unit Library at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, board member of the VÖB and Chair of the Science and Technology Library Section. Prior to this, he worked as an Emerging Technologies Librarian at CERN in Geneva. In Berlin, he was at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and completed his library internship at the Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin, while the theoretical training at the Humboldt University took place at the Institute for Library and Information Sciences. There he simultaneously obtained the Master of Library and Information Science.

03 March

04:00 PM

I - The metadata services that underpin global cataloging work (German session) 👥 Patrick Danowski, Arno Tausch

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Jeroen de Boer

Innovation Advisor

Fers

Jeroen de Boer works at Fers (Leeuwarden, the Netherlands) as an Innovation Advisor. He is a strong believer in open technologies and the way libraries can and should learn from maker culture. One of his best-known projects is FryskLab, a mobile library FabLab (Europe’s first). In 2012 and 2014, Jeroen was awarded with the BibliotheekInitiatiefPrijs (Library Initiative Award), in 2014 for FryskLab. In 2017, the American Library Association awarded the project with the Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library Projects. Together with Terri Wilingham, he wrote Makerspaces in Libraries (2015), followed by Library Makerspaces, the Complete Guide (2018). Currently, his main project is the Data Detox Kit. With this program, developed by Tactical Technology, public libraries are equipped with tools to help citizens improve their digital personality with a focus on privacy and data-sharing. In his personal time, he is an avid cyclist and music collector.

03 March

04:00 PM

E - Helping citizens to improve their digital awareness 👥 Jeroen de Boer, Anna-Sophie Harling, Meike Jung

Member Session

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04 March

01:30 PM

R - Library futures or classic disruption? 👥 Gavin Boyce, Harm Derks, Ger Potze, Bénédict Ripperger

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Reiner Diedrichs

Director of the VZG

Verbundzentrale des GBV (VZG), the Head Office of the GBV

Dipl.-Kfm. Reiner Diedrichs

1979 - 1984 Dipl.-Kfm. With a focus on business informatics
Georg-August-University Göttingen
1985 - 1990 Research Associate at the Department of Mathematical Process Research and Data Processing in Economics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Lecturer for programming languages, database design and software engineering
1990 - 1995 Head of the Application Development Department at the Library Computing Center for Lower Saxony (BRZN)
Adaptation and implementation of the Dutch Pica system for the BRZN
Since 1995 Director of the GBV Joint Center (VZG)
Member of the German standardization committee
1992: Implementation of the software and introduction of the Pica system in the
Niedersächsischen Bibliotheksverbund
1995: merge of union catalogues of Lower Saxony and the North German Library Network to today's Common Union Catalogue (GVK)
1999: Integration of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin into the GVK
2004: Integration of the libraries of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in the GBV
Since 2014: merging of the union catalogues of the GBV and the BSZ to K10plus
1979 – 1984Dipl.-Kfm. Mit Schwerpunkt Wirtschaftsinformatik
Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen
1985 – 1990Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl mathematische Verfahrensforschung und Datenverarbeitung in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Lehraufträge für Programmiersprachen, Datenbankdesign und Software Engineering
1990 – 1995Leitung der Abteilung Anwendungsentwicklung im Bibliotheksrechenzentrum für Niedersachsen (BRZN).Anpassung und Implementierung des
Niederländischen Pica-Systems für das BRZN
Seit 1995Direktor der Verbundzentrale des GBV (VZG)
Mitglied im Standardisierungsausschuss
1992: Implementierung der Software und Einführung des Pica-Systems im
Niedersächsischen Bibliotheksverbund
1995: Zusammenführung der Verbunddatenbanken des Niedersächsischen
und des Norddeutschen Bibliotheksverbundes zum heutigen GVK1999:Integration der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin in den GVK
2004:Integration der Bibliotheken der Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz in
den GBV
2004:Integration der Bibliotheken der Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz in
den GBV
2004:Integration der Bibliotheken der Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz in
den GBV
Seit 2014: Zusammenführung der Verbundsysteme des GBV und des BSZ
zu K10plus

03 March

11:30 AM

C - Networks and collaboration 👥 Reiner Diedrichs, Alicia Sellés, Augusts Zilberts

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Annette Dortmund

Senior Product Manager & Research Consultant

OCLC

Dr. Annette Dortmund for more than two decades has worked for and with European libraries of all types and sizes, including large academic, public and governmental institutions. She joined OCLC in 2001 and has since worked for OCLC in several roles, most recently as Sr Product Manager and Research Consultant with and for OCLC Research. Her current work focuses on libraries in scholarly communications, and on transitioning library data beyond MARC.

04 March

09:30 AM

L - Wikidata and libraries 👥 Carla Colombati, Christian Erlinger, Pietro Valocchi, Annette Dortmund

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Marina Encheva

Assistant Professor

University of Library Studies and Information Technologies

Marina Encheva graduated in Library and Information Sciences (MA programme) from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria in 2000. In 2006, she was awarded a PhD degree in Information Retrieval Systems. Dr. Encheva was a part-time Assistant Professor at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” (2007-2010). Since 2010, she has been a full-time Assistant Professor at the University of Library Studies and Information Technologies, giving lectures and seminars in Electronic Resources and Metadata; Information Market; E-learning; Business Information Systems; Information Analysis, etc. Marina Encheva is an author of a monograph (Game-based Approaches in Information Literacy Training, 2018), 2 textbooks (Automated Information Systems and Information Brokering, 2014) and of more than 50 articles in the field of library education, technology-enhanced learning, information literacy and application of game-based approaches in education.She had experience as a librarian at the American University in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria and at the Centre for Advanced Study in Sofia. Dr. Encheva was also an expert at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria and at the National Centre for Information and Documentation. She has worked on a number of projects co-financed by the European Union, among them: “Distance Learning in Library and Information Sciences and Print Communications” (2012-2014), “Introduction of Electronic Management of Administrative and Information Services in Recognition of Higher Education Diplomas” (2009-2011). Since September 2017, Dr. Encheva has been the manager of the international project funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission on “Information Literacy: a Game-based Learning Approach for Avoiding Fake Content”. Marina Encheva is a member of the European Distance and E-Learning Network and of the Executive Committee of EBLIDA.

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Christian Erlinger

Systems Librarian

Vienna Public Libraries

Christian Erlinger is a Systems Librarian currently working at Vienna Public Libraries (Austria). He studied spatial planning, political sciences and library and information sciences. His main interest lies in the connection between linked open data, semantic web and libraries.

04 March

09:30 AM

L - Wikidata and libraries 👥 Carla Colombati, Christian Erlinger, Pietro Valocchi, Annette Dortmund

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Andreas Ferus

Interim Head Librarian and Open Access Officer

Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

Andreas Ferus studied History at the University of Vienna, where he also completed the university course, Library and Information Studies. Since 2007, he has been working at the University Library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, which he has headed on an interim basis since 2016. In addition to the "everyday business", he is particularly interested in the topics of Open Science/Open Scholarship (especially Open Access), Scholarly Communication, Digital Humanities and Heritage Science as well as the development of infrastructures and services in these areas.

04 March

09:30 AM

N - The shift to open (German session) 👥 Andreas Ferus, Axel Kaschte

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Rachel Frick

Executive Director, Research Library Partnership

OCLC

Rachel Frick is the Executive Director of the OCLC Research Library Partnership—a transnational collaboration of library professionals who work together to develop network-level solutions. For more than 20 years, Rachel has worked with libraries on a wide array of systemic and strategic initiatives.
Her expertise includes improving digital library workflows, leading organizational change, building community, and creatively solving current challenges of the library field with a special interest in how libraries position themselves for the future. She honed her expertise in these and other areas throughout her career, including at notable leadership positions at the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), the Digital Library Federation (DLF), the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). She is a strong believer in the power of librarians to influence change and build stronger, knowledgeable, empowered communities, and is a passionate advocate for open culture and its potential transformative impact on the creative marketplace. Rachel earned her MSLS from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

03 March

02:00 PM

OCLC Research Session: Technology as a Catalyst for Change in Research 👥 Thomas Padilla, Rachel Frick, Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Tara L. Andrews

Plenary Session

03 March

04:00 PM

F - Gaining insights from the computational analysis of data 👥 Rachel Frick, Anna Galluzzi, Thomas Padilla

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Anna Galluzzi

Librarian

Biblioteca del Senato “Giovanni Spadolini"

In 1997, Anna Galluzzi graduated in Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Specialization for Archivists and Librarians from the University of Tuscia in Viterbo; then she gained a Degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, a Masters’ (MSc) in Management of Library and Information Services from the University of Aberystwyth (Wales) and a PhD in Library Science from the University of Udine. Since 2003, she has been working as Parliamentary Administrator and Librarian at the Senate Library in Rome. She is Contract Professor in Library and Information Science and Library Management at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, as well as Teacher in professional classes and speaker at many national and international conferences. Her last book was “Libraries and Public Perception. A Comparative Analysis of the European Press”. Oxford: Chandos Publishing, 2014.

03 March

04:00 PM

F - Gaining insights from the computational analysis of data 👥 Rachel Frick, Anna Galluzzi, Thomas Padilla

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Raman Ganguly

Leader of Software Design & Development Dept

Vienna University Computer Center (ZID)

Raman Ganguly is the Leader of the Software Design and Development Department at the Vienna University Computer Center (ZID) and is an expert in software development and media technology. Since 2011, he has devoted his energies to the digital archiving of data from a technical perspective with a focus on architectonic models for technical implementation. His duties at the Vienna University include the technical development and operation of repositories, as well as the university website. For him, modular systems and consumer-oriented representation of data are the most important aspects of constructing modern IT landscapes. Raman Ganguly is the Technical Leader of Phaidra, member of the Phaidra Steering Committee and coordinates the technical agenda of the international consortium (www.phaidra.org).

04 March

01:30 PM

P - The challenges posed by digital scholarship 👥 Rebecca Bryant, Beth Clark, Raman Ganguly, Matt Greenhall

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Erik Gornik

Chief Librarian

Museum of Military History, Vienna

Erik Gornik served in the Austrian Armed Forces as NCO in a mechanized infantry battalion for 10 years. After his transfer in 2005 to the Austrian Military Library in Vienna, he completed his training as a Librarian and moved to the Austrian Army Museum in 2008. Erik graduated in Political Science and Library and Information Science at the University of Vienna and the Humboldt University of Berlin and is currently studying History at the University of Vienna.

03 March

04:00 PM

G - Curating and exhibiting the book 👥 Erik Gornik, Wolfgang Jahn, Elizabeth James

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Marion Götz

Library Director

University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt

After graduating in Business Studies, Marion Götz started her professional career as a Project Manager in the business organization of a major Austrian corporation. In 1999, she joined the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt as Head of the Library. Besides working as Head of the Library, she studied and graduated in Library and Information Studies in Vienna.

Since 2016, she also acts as a Project Manager for "Wissen 0-99, alles unter einem Dach ", the merger of the FHWN Library with the Wiener Neustadt Public Library at the new City Campus. And since 2019, she has worked as Head of the newly merged "Bibliothek im Zentrum", the first scientific public library in the German-speaking countries.

04 March

01:30 PM

S - Austrian Library Cooperations (German Session) 👥 Marion Götz, Dr. Roland Schaffer

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Matt Greenhall

Deputy Executive Director

Research Libraries UK (RLUK)

Matt Greenhall is Deputy Executive Director of Research Libraries UK (RLUK). He is the Executive Lead for the Digital Scholarship and Digital Shift strands of RLUK’s strategy, Reshaping Scholarship, and for its Digital Scholarship, Collections Strategy, and Associate Director member networks. He has a particular interest in supporting cross-sector collaboration, reflective of his own experience of working across the museum, archival, library, and academic communities. Before coming to RLUK, Matt worked as Head of Academic Engagement at The National Archives (UK), having work previously for Durham University's Museums and Heritage Collections, around widening participation. He has a PhD in British Economic History.

04 March

01:30 PM

P - The challenges posed by digital scholarship 👥 Rebecca Bryant, Beth Clark, Raman Ganguly, Matt Greenhall

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Beate Guba

Director

TU Wien Bibliothek

Since July 2016, Beate Guba has been the Director of TU Wien Bibliothek. From 2008-2016, she was Head of the Economics and Management Library at TU Berlin. She gained professional experience as a junior researcher at the University of Vienna and as a lecturer at Université de Bordeaux (France) and University of Vaasa (Finland). Her long-term involvement in re-engineering the library business and aligning services to the scientific community has provided her with a thorough knowledge of the requirements of the academic world. She contributes to TU Wien through her extensive expertise in strategic planning, innovation management and staff development. In her current position she initiated the introduction of the research data management policy at TU Wien and the creation of the first Austrian research data management center.

04 March

09:30 AM

K - The change outside comes from transformation from within 👥 Stuart Hunt, Anna Wolodko, Beate Guba

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Anna-Sophie Harling

Managing Director, Europe

NewsGuard

Anna-Sophie Harling is Managing Director for Europe at NewsGuard, based in London and New York. Prior to joining NewsGuard, Harling worked as Business Development Manager for a technology company in London and at an international law firm in Germany. She has previously worked at two German newspapers, Der Tagesspiegel and the Märkische Allgemeine.

Harling graduated from Yale University, where she was a Yale Journalism Scholar.

03 March

04:00 PM

E - Helping citizens to improve their digital awareness 👥 Jeroen de Boer, Anna-Sophie Harling, Meike Jung

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Thomas Hodge

Associate University Librarian for Technology & Technical Services

American University of Sharjah

Thomas Hodge has been the Associate University Librarian for Technology and Technical Services at the American University of Sharjah (AUS) since 2012. He previously worked at AUS as the Technology Services Librarian.

04 March

01:30 PM

Q - WorldShare® Management Services 👥 Anna Jones, Carmen Hüning, Victoria Worsfold, Thomas Hodge

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Marjolein Hordijk

Secondary Education Project & Literary Program Developer

Bibliotheek Gelderland Zuid

Marjolein Hordijk is the Inventor and Project Leader for “buiten zinnen”. She works at the public library, Bibliotheek Gelderland Zuid, as a Secondary Education Project employee and Literary Program Developer for ‘Huis van de Letters’ (Nijmegen location). For years, her focus has been on young adults and talent development. She has initiated multiple successful projects, for example, “Night at the Library”, “Stoere Mannen, Sterke Verhalen” and “B/Slash”. All these projects have been adopted by libraries throughout the Netherlands. In 2018, she finished second in the Best Librarian of the Netherlands award. She loves nothing more than to offer a stage to young talent and help them develop themselves. Through this, she has managed to boost many young and talented authors and commit them to her library. This has developed Bibliotheek De Mariënburg into a vibrant and young library.

03 March

11:30 AM

B - Improving life chances of young people 👥 Marjolein Hordijk, Vincenza Iossa, Rita Marzoli, Anna Maria Tammaro, James Toner

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Carmen Hüning

Librarian

FH Münster

20 years ago, Carmen Hüning’s first task as a Librarian was the implementation of the library system SISIS SE at the Library of Münster University of Applied Sciences. Now, she works as System Librarian, using WMS for over 3 years. Her focus is Circulation.

04 March

01:30 PM

Q - WorldShare® Management Services 👥 Anna Jones, Carmen Hüning, Victoria Worsfold, Thomas Hodge

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Stuart Hunt

Director, University Library & Collections Services and University Librarian

University of Reading and Chair, OCLC EMEA Regional Council

Stuart Hunt is Director, University Library & Collections Services and University Librarian at the University of Reading in the UK. In this role, he has leadership responsibility for libraries, museums, archives and special collections at the University of Reading. He is the current Chair of OCLC EMEA Regional Council Executive Committee and a member of the OCLC Global Council. He is also Chair of the Jisc Collection Management Community Advisory Board and a member of the M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries Steering Group. Stuart has published and given conference papers on content strategy, collection development, innovation in libraries, and process improvement.

03 March

09:45 AM

Welcome

04 March

09:30 AM

K - The change outside comes from transformation from within 👥 Stuart Hunt, Anna Wolodko, Beate Guba

Member Session

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03 March

11:30 AM

B - Improving life chances of young people 👥 Marjolein Hordijk, Vincenza Iossa, Rita Marzoli, Anna Maria Tammaro, James Toner

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Wolfgang Jahn

Research Associate

Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte

Wolfgang Jahn is a research associate at the Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte. He has been curating exhibition projects for many years and is a publisher of publications.

03 March

04:00 PM

G - Curating and exhibiting the book 👥 Erik Gornik, Wolfgang Jahn, Elizabeth James

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Elizabeth James

Head of Collections

National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum

Elizabeth James leads collection development, documentation and curation at the National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum (London). She has an MA in Book History, particular interests in museum publishing and artists’ books, and has curated several displays. She co-edited Word & Image: Art, Books and Design from the National Art Library (2015). She is currently a member of the IFLA Art Libraries Section Standing Committee.

03 March

04:00 PM

G - Curating and exhibiting the book 👥 Erik Gornik, Wolfgang Jahn, Elizabeth James

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Anna Jones

Community Manager

OCLC

Anna Jones is the Community Manager for OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS) community. In this role, she manages the online presence of the WMS user community. As Community Manager, Anna is also involved in planning regional and global user group meetings, hosting online webinars, and communicating enhancement requests to our product staff.

Anna is dedicated to helping libraries use OCLC's services effectively through collaboration and engagement.

04 March

01:30 PM

Q - WorldShare® Management Services 👥 Anna Jones, Carmen Hüning, Victoria Worsfold, Thomas Hodge

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Meike Jung

Press and Public Relations

Municipal Library Stuttgart

Vita

1994 to 1996 training as Assistant at libraries in the municipal library Rotenburg/Wümme (Lower Saxony, Germany)
1996 to 2000 studies at the University of Library and Information Sciences in Stuttgart, Germany
2000 to 2003 Events and exhibitions in the Mediothek of the Municipal Library Stuttgart
2001 coordination of the European project "European Year of Languages" in Stuttgart or "How to create a language network“
2003 to 2011 Event Management of the Stuttgart Central Library
Since 2011 Press and Public Relations of the Municipal Library Stuttgart

My lectures at the following conferences about digital reading competence and the Stuttgart Central Library

2013: International Conference, Novosibirsk, Russia
2016: Conference InetBib, Stuttgart, Germany
2017: On or Off - How cultural institutions organise digital change, Loccum, Germany
2018: Global Libraries Conference “Libraries Today and Digital Transformation”, Sofia, Bulgaria
2019: Convegno delle Stelline 2019 “LA BIBLIOTECA CHE CRESCE” Contenuti e servizi tra frammentazione e integrazione, Milan, Italy

03 March

04:00 PM

E - Helping citizens to improve their digital awareness 👥 Jeroen de Boer, Anna-Sophie Harling, Meike Jung

Member Session

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Axel Kaschte

Product Strategy Director, EMEA

OCLC

Axel Kaschte oversees the OCLC product management of legacy library management systems and EMEA-related product management tasks, to enable the transition of the library community to next-generation library services within the web paradigm. From 2009 to 2013, he joined Ex Libris as Strategy Director Europe where he was deeply involved in defining and presenting the new strategy of unified library automation and cloud solutions.

04 March

09:30 AM

N - The shift to open (German session) 👥 Andreas Ferus, Axel Kaschte

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Dr. Ayesha Khanna

Co-Founder and CEO

ADDO AI

Dr. Ayesha Khanna is Co-Founder and CEO of ADDO AI, an artificial intelligence (AI) solutions firm and incubator. She has been a strategic advisor on artificial intelligence, smart cities and fintech to leading corporations and governments. Ayesha also serves on the Board of Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), the Singapore government's agency that develops its world-class technology sector to drive the country's digital economy and power its Smart Nation vision.
In 2017, ADDO AI was featured in Forbes magazine as one of four leading artificial intelligence companies in Asia and Ayesha was named one of South East Asia's groundbreaking female entrepreneurs by Forbes magazine in 2018. Her clients have included SMRT, Singapore's largest public transport company; Singtel, Singapore's largest telco; SOMPO, Japan's largest insurance firm; Habib Bank, Pakistan's largest bank; and Smart Dubai, the government agency tasked to transform Dubai into a leading smart city.
Ayesha is also the Founder of 21C GIRLS, a charity that delivers free coding and artificial intelligence classes to girls in Singapore, and founded the Empower: AI for Singapore national movement, which aims to teach all youth in the country the basics of artificial intelligence.
Prior to founding ADDO AI, Ayesha spent more than a decade on Wall Street developing large scale trading, risk management and data analytics systems. Ayesha was co-founder of the Hybrid Reality Institute, a research and advisory group established to analyze the social and economic impact of accelerating technologies. She directed the Future Cities Group at the London School of Economics, and has been a Faculty Advisor at Singularity University.
Ayesha has been named one of Singapore's leading female entrepreneurs and a leading Asian fintech influencer by Fintech Asia. She also served on the Singapore Ministry of Education’s Steering Committee on future skills and applied learning for emerging industries. Ayesha has been recently profiled for her work in artificial intelligence in leading publications including Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland), Focus Magazin (Germany), Corriere della Sera (Italy), Dagens Næringsliv (Norway), Lëtzebuerger Journal (Luxembourg), Computer Sweden (Sweden), Information Age (Nordics), Peak (Cover Story, Singapore), and In The Black (Cover Story, Australia).
Ayesha is author of Straight Through Processing (2008) and co-author of Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization (2012). She has been published and quoted on technology, innovation and smart cities in The New York Times, BusinessWeek, TIME, Newsweek, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Strategy+Business, and Foreign Policy. She has presented at major financial, technology and other industry conferences, provided high level government briefings, chaired symposiums such as AI Asia, and spoken at TEDx events.
She is an advisor to the startups Octa (a chatbot for young travellers) and Arro (a delivery robot for sports).
Ayesha has a BA (honors) in Economics from Harvard University, an MS in Operations Research from Columbia University and a PhD in Information Systems and Innovation from the London School of Economics.

04 March

03:30 PM

The future of libraries: Opportunities and challenges 👥 Ayesha Khanna

Plenary Session

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Tara L. Andrews

University Professor of Digital Humanities

Universität Wien

Curriculum Vitae:

1999 Bachelor of Science in Humanities and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambrigde, USA
2005 Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) in Byzantine Studies, University College, University of Oxford, UK
2008-2009 Tutor in introductory Classical Armenian, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, UK
2009 Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil) in Oriental Studies, Linacre College, University of Oxford, UK
2009-2010 Departmental Lecturer in Byzantine History, History Faculty, University of Oxford, UK
2010-2013 Post-doctoral researcher in Greek Studies, Faculteit Letteren, KU Leuven, Belgium
2013-2016 Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities, Faculty of Humanities, University of Bern, Switzerland
since September 2016 Professor of Digital Humanities, Department of History, University of Vienna, Austria

Research Areas:

Byzantine history of the middle period (in particular the tenth to twelfth centuries)
Armenian history and historiography from the fifth to the twelfth centuries
Application of computational analysis and digital methods to the fields of medieval history and philology
'Tree of Texts', an investigation project of the theory behind stemmatic analysis of classical and medieval manuscript texts

03 March

02:00 PM

OCLC Research Session: Technology as a Catalyst for Change in Research 👥 Thomas Padilla, Rachel Frick, Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Tara L. Andrews

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Greg Leurs

Digital and Online Teaching Information Consultant

Royal Holloway, University of London

Greg Leurs studied History and Politics and International Relations at undergraduate level at Lancaster University before attaining his PGCE and becoming a History teacher and then, Head of Department. He retrained as a Librarian gaining his Masters’ in Library and Information Studies from Aberystwyth University. He has previously worked at the Open University Library before moving to Royal Holloway Library to lead on developing their digital and online learning and teaching provision. He has a particular interest in exploring effective pedagogy and assessment strategies in live online teaching and in creating engaging activities on online platforms.

04 March

09:30 AM

J - Libraries, learning technologies and ‘the flipped classroom’ 👥 Martin Bukacek, Robert Curry, Greg Leurs, Stanislav Luska, Debbie Phillips

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Scott Livingston

Executive Director, Management Services

OCLC

Scott Livingston is currently an Executive Director at OCLC where he leads the Product Management team for Library Management Services. He also leads OCLC’s Product Operations and Market Segment Strategy team. Prior to joining OCLC, Scott was Senior Vice President at Cision and was responsible for global product planning and marketing as well as US public relations, specialised sales and customer service operations. Previously, Scott was Vice President at LexisNexis Group and headed the public records solutions for legal professionals division. He also served in a variety of executive management roles related to legal news publishing and book publishing. He also was the Vice President - Strategy & Operations at ProQuest. Scott began his career as an Academic Law Librarian. He has extensive experience in big data, taxonomies, business development, strategic planning (with a particular emphasis on turn around strategies), acquisition integration, social media and publishing.

03 March

11:30 AM

D - Community engagement and focusing on the user (German session) 👥 Birgit Lotz, Tanja Weißmann, Scott Livingston

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Birgit Lotz

Executive Library Director of Central Libraries

Frankfurt Public Library

Present position: Executive Library Director of Central Libraries of Frankfurt Public Library

coordination and overall management of the Central Libraries of the Frankfurt Pubic Library,
responsibility for the Central Library, Music Library and Central Library for Children and Teens (staff approx. 50 persons),
conceptual development of Frankfurt Public Library’s services, project work

Professional qualifications:

Magistra Artium (Romance Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Sport Sciences), J.W. Goethe-University, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Graduate librarian, FH für Bibliothekswesen (School of Library Studies) Frankfurt a. M., Germany

Career milestones
since 1998 Stadtbücherei Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt Public Library)

since 11/2012: Executive Library Director of Central Libraries

Executive Library Director of Branch Libraries: 2000-2012
Team Leader Catalog Section: 1998-2000
Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main (City and University Library Frankfurt a. M.): 1989-1998

03 March

11:30 AM

D - Community engagement and focusing on the user (German session) 👥 Birgit Lotz, Tanja Weißmann, Scott Livingston

Member Session

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04 March

09:30 AM

J - Libraries, learning technologies and ‘the flipped classroom’ 👥 Martin Bukacek, Robert Curry, Greg Leurs, Stanislav Luska, Debbie Phillips

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Maisela Eddy Maepa

Executive Director: Core Programmes

National Library of South Africa

Maisela Eddy Maepa holds a PhD in Information Science (University of Johannesburg, South Africa). He has held several diverse positions, in academia teaching Library and Information Science and served as Director for Unisa Library’s Corporate Services. He currently works as Executive Director for Core Programmes at the National Library of South Africa, responsible for driving the National Library’s programmes and projects. His research interests include the use of technology by rural communities.

04 March

09:30 AM

M - Decolonizing the library 👥 Jos Damen, Maisela Eddy Maepa, Dr. Gabriele Slezak, Sarah Schmelzer

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Rita Marzoli

Director

INVALSI Library and Documentation Centre

Rita Marzoli is Director of the INVALSI Library and Documentation Centre in Rome. She graduated in German Studies from the University of Rome La Sapienza in 1994 (MA). After that, in 1999, she graduated from the Vatican School of Librarianship (Apostolic Vatican Library, Città del Vaticano). She is Editorial Board Coordinator for ‘INVALSI per la ricerca’, a double-blind peer-reviewed open access series published by Franco Angeli. Her research interests are user studies, bibliometrics, open access, research evaluation, and information literacy.

03 March

11:30 AM

B - Improving life chances of young people 👥 Marjolein Hordijk, Vincenza Iossa, Rita Marzoli, Anna Maria Tammaro, James Toner

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Chris Negrel

Director of Library Solutions

OCLC EMEA

Based in Paris, France he works with various OCLC teams in EMEA. He is also working with the members in the EMEA Regional Council. Prior to joining OCLC in 2007, he was the managing director of SirsiDynix in France (15 years). After graduating from the ENSB, Librarian School of France, he started working in the field of library automation. His strong background in librarianship is an asset when working with our members in large and international organisations and National Libraries.

04 March

12:00 PM

The Power of the Network 👥 Chris Negrel, Titia van der Werf

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Duncan Olenick

Librarian

Burnaby Public Library

Duncan Olenick is a Librarian with the Burnaby Public Library and BPL’s representative on the Burnaby Pride Working Group and Burnaby Pride Community Advisory Network. They have worked in public libraries within British Columbia’s lower mainland area for fifteen years. They hold a degree in Art and Culture from Simon Fraser University and are a graduate of the School of Library and Information Studies program at the University of British Columbia.

04 March

01:30 PM

O - Libraries as social and cultural catalysts 👥 Simon Bains, Duncan Olenick, Simonetta Pasqualis, Mavis Toffoletto, Lucia Werder

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Thomas Padilla

Interim Head, Knowledge Production

University of Nevada Las Vegas

Thomas Padilla is Interim Head, Knowledge Production at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He consults, publishes, presents, and teaches widely on digital strategy, cultural heritage collections, data literacy, digital scholarship, and data curation. He is Principal Investigator of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supported Collections as Data: Part to Whole and Past Principal Investigator of the Institute of Museum and Library Services supported, Always Already Computational: Collections as Data. Most recently, he is the author of the library community research agenda, "Responsible Operations: Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI in Libraries".

03 March

02:00 PM

OCLC Research Session: Technology as a Catalyst for Change in Research 👥 Thomas Padilla, Rachel Frick, Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Tara L. Andrews

Plenary Session

03 March

04:00 PM

F - Gaining insights from the computational analysis of data 👥 Rachel Frick, Anna Galluzzi, Thomas Padilla

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Jordi Pallarès

Library Coordinator

Ramón Llull University

Since 2000, Jordi Pallarès has been a Computer Scientist working in the library world. From 2001 to 2018, he worked in the library area of the Consorci de Serveis Universitàris de Catalunya (CSUC) as a Library Applications and Documentary Expert and then, he became a Library Coordinator at Ramon Llull University. Last year, he was in the ELAG Programme Committee for the ELAG conference. When he worked at the CSUC, he was involved in the University Library Union Catalogue of Catalonia (CCUC) project and all the work around it such as, libraries integrations, format transformations, LOD initiatives, etc. Now as a Library Coordinator, he spends more time on library management and tries to push to their library service to one step further.

03 March

04:00 PM

H - Linking data to provide a collective approach 👥 Jordi Pallarès, Antonella Schena, Titia van der Werf

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Simonetta Pasqualis

Librarian

Casa Internazionale delle Donne di Trieste e Centro Linguistico di Ateneo dell’Università di Trieste

Simonetta Pasqualis graduated as a translator for English and Dutch. Since 1985, she has been an Academic Librarian, both in the science area (International Centre for Theoretical Physics, International School for Advanced Studies) and in the humanities area (University Classical Studies Library), nowadays she works for the University Language Centre. Over the years, she has been entrusted with several regional and national assignments for the Italian Libraries Association; since 2003, she has been an IFLA delegate for AIB in Serials and other continuing resources first, then in Art Libraries, and now in Literacy and Reading, taking part to many IFLA WLIC, also as speaker. Today, she is the Librarian of the Trieste International Women House, which participate to the Diffused Library Project.

04 March

01:30 PM

O - Libraries as social and cultural catalysts 👥 Simon Bains, Duncan Olenick, Simonetta Pasqualis, Mavis Toffoletto, Lucia Werder

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Debbie Phillips

Information Consultant

Royal Holloway, University of London

Debbie Phillips studied Psychology as an undergraduate at Royal Holloway, University of London, before starting a career as a Librarian, working in a variety of different libraries. She worked at Imperial College for several years, in a number of roles, before returning to Royal Holloway to work as the Information Consultant for Life Sciences and the Environment. Debbie is interested in creating teaching sessions that are accessible to a variety of students, especially how technology can enable learning at different locations. She also has an interest in the pedagogy of online learning.

04 March

09:30 AM

J - Libraries, learning technologies and ‘the flipped classroom’ 👥 Martin Bukacek, Robert Curry, Greg Leurs, Stanislav Luska, Debbie Phillips

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Ger Potze

Digital Services & Library Systems Manager

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Ger Potze is the Digital Services and Library Systems Manager at the library of the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. He is responsible for the configuration and best possible use of the functionalities of all WMS modules as well as Discovery, EZproxy and everything connected to that.

Ger has been working in the library field for almost 30 years with experience in both front and back office duties before moving to systems management and the digital challenges of finding and providing access to content.

Since April 2019, Ger has been the Chair of the Dutch WMS User Group.

04 March

01:30 PM

R - Library futures or classic disruption? 👥 Gavin Boyce, Harm Derks, Ger Potze, Bénédict Ripperger

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Skip Prichard

President and Chief Executive Officer

OCLC

Skip Prichard became the fifth President and Chief Executive Officer of OCLC in 2013. Before joining OCLC, Skip served as President and CEO of Ingram Content Group Inc. Prior to that, he was President and CEO of ProQuest Information and Learning. Earlier in his career, he held several executive positions with LexisNexis. Among Skip's many passions is his Leadership Insights blog, where he interviews authors and thought leaders and shares his views on a variety of topics. His first book, The Book of Mistakes: 9 Secrets to Creating a Successful Future, was released in February 2018 and has appeared on several bestsellers lists, including The Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly. He is also a frequent keynote speaker at conferences around the world. Skip received his Bachelor of Science degree from Towson State University and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law.

03 March

10:00 AM

The 5 C’s to Becoming a Community Catalyst 👥 Skip Prichard, OCLC

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Bénédict Ripperger

Library Consultant

OCLC

Bénédict Ripperger studied Library and Information Science at the Humboldt-University in Berlin and went on to work for a scientific publisher, leading the technical customer service. Since 2012, he has worked for OCLC, first as an Account Manager and now, as a Library Consultant to help libraries change and adapt.

04 March

01:30 PM

R - Library futures or classic disruption? 👥 Gavin Boyce, Harm Derks, Ger Potze, Bénédict Ripperger

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Mary Sauer-Games

Vice President, Global Product Management

OCLC

Mary Sauer-Games joined OCLC in September 2014 as Vice President of Global Product Management.

She came to OCLC from the American Psychological Association, where she was Senior Director, managing PsycINFO database products and leading an organization of 70 staff. From 2002 to February 2014, she was Vice President, Product Management–Humanities, STM and Dissertations at ProQuest, a leading global information provider. Before that, from 1999 through 2002, she was Vice President, Product Management, at the Gale Group, a major reference and education publisher of electronic databases and textbooks. She also previously held positions at Mullen Advertising, R. L. Polk and Company, and Data Resources, Inc., all in Detroit, Michigan.

An active participant in publishing and information technology communities, Mary has served on boards with the National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) and CrossRef. She has also been active on a regional board of the March of Dimes.

Mary holds a Master’s of Business Administration degree from University of Michigan–Dearborn and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Kalamazoo College.

04 March

11:00 AM

An interactive discussion with OCLC 👥 Eric van Lubeek, Mary Sauer-Games

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Dr. Roland Schaffer

Austrian Military Library in Vienna

Deputy Director

OR Dr. Roland Schaffer was born in 1974 and is currently ranked as a Colonel. He underwent the officer’s training of the Austrian Armed Forces and later graduated in History and Folklore Studies at the Universities of Graz and Vienna. In 2004, he was appointed as Deputy Director of the Austrian Military Library in Vienna.

04 March

01:30 PM

S - Austrian Library Cooperations (German Session) 👥 Marion Götz, Dr. Roland Schaffer

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Antonella Schena

Head of the Library

Instituto degli Innocenti

Antonella Schena is the Head of the Documentation Service, the Innocenti Library and the Historical Archive of the Istituto degli Innocenti of Florence, a public institution dedicated to the protection and the promotion of children’s rights. She coordinates the activity of the National Centre of Documentation and Analysis on Childhood and Adolescence, which is instituted by the Italian Government. She also manages the Istituto’s publishing activities. Antonella is involved in aspects relating to knowledge organization and semantics. In this context, she is responsible for the design and implementation of the National Centre’s website, www.minori.gov.it and of the Italian Thesaurus on childhood and adolescence .

03 March

04:00 PM

H - Linking data to provide a collective approach 👥 Jordi Pallarès, Antonella Schena, Titia van der Werf

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Sarah Schmelzer

Head of the Library

Austrian Foundation for Development Research (OEFSE) in the C3

Sarah Schmelzer is Head of the Library at the Austrian Foundation for
Development Research (OEFSE) in the C3–Library for International
Development in Vienna. The C3-Library is the largest library in Austria
dedicated to International Development, Global Education, Women and
Gender and serves as an open space for discussion, learning and
information on global issues and sustainable development. Prior to
joining OEFSE in 2012, Sarah worked as Head of Information and Library Services at the Goethe-Institut St. Petersburg (Russia).

04 March

09:30 AM

M - Decolonizing the library 👥 Jos Damen, Maisela Eddy Maepa, Dr. Gabriele Slezak, Sarah Schmelzer

Member Session

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03 March

11:30 AM

C - Networks and collaboration 👥 Reiner Diedrichs, Alicia Sellés, Augusts Zilberts

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Jan Simane

Head Librarian

Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Insitut

Jan Simane studied of the History of Art, Archaeology and Philosophy at the Universities of Heidelberg and Vienna, followed by a Master of art (1988) and Ph.D. (1991) at the University of Heidelberg. From 1991 to 1994, he was an Assistant at the Hessisches Landesmuseum in Darmstadt and in 1994 and 1995, he got his Master in Scientific Librarianship from the University for Applied Sciences (Göttingen / Frankfurt am Main). Since 1996, Jan has been the Head Librarian at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut.

Jan is a member of the Steering Committee of the international project, Art Discovery Group Catalogue (formerly artlibraries.net). From 2007 to 2014, he was a member of the Standing Committee of the Art Libraries Section of IFLA and from 2009 to 2013, he was Chair. From 2015 to 2019, Jan was also a member of the Standing Committee of Academic and Research Libraries in IFLA. Previously, he was a member of the international committee of the ‘Future of Art Bibliography’-Initiative. Since 2018, Jan has been a member of the OCLC Global/Regional Council and now is the Vice Chair of the EMEA Regional Council Executive Committee.

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Dr. Gabriele Slezak

Senior Scientist & Lecturer, African Studies Dept, University of Vienna

Head of Public Relations and Science Communication at the Austrian Foundation for Development Research (OEFSE)

Gabriele Slezak is Senior Scientist and Lecturer at the department of
African Studies at the University of Vienna. As a sociolinguist, her
research interests include questions of language awareness, power and ideology as well as knowledge production in the North-South divide. Additionally, she works as Head of Public Relations and Science Communication at the Austrian Foundation for Development Research (OEFSE).

04 March

09:30 AM

M - Decolonizing the library 👥 Jos Damen, Maisela Eddy Maepa, Dr. Gabriele Slezak, Sarah Schmelzer

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John F. Szabo

City Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library

and Chair of the OCLC Board of Trustees

John F. Szabo is the City Librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library, which serves over 4 million people—the largest population of any public library in the United States. He oversees the Central Library, 72 branches and the Library's $183 million budget. In 2015, the Library received the nation's highest honor for library service, the National Medal for Museum and Library Service, for its success in meeting the needs of Angelenos and providing a level of social, educational and cultural services unmatched by any other public institution in the city.

Under John's leadership, the Library's major initiatives include those related to immigrant integration and citizenship, improving financial literacy and providing health resources and programs. He has expanded the library's reach into the city's diverse communities through partnerships with several community-based organizations.

He has more than 25 years of leadership experience in public libraries, previously serving as the director of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, Clearwater (Florida) Public Library System, Palm Harbor (Florida) Public Library and Robinson (Illinois) Public Library District. Throughout his career, John has championed innovative library services that address critical community needs in areas including health disparities, workforce development, adult literacy, school readiness and emergent literacy for preschoolers.

John received his master's degree in information and library studies at the University of Michigan and his bachelor's degree in telecommunications from the University of Alabama. He completed the Senior Executives in State and Local Government program at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He also participated in a Group Study Exchange with Rotary International Foundation, visiting libraries and archives in Sicily and the Aeolian Islands.

John currently serves as Chair of the OCLC Board of Trustees. He was elected to the Board by the OCLC Global Council in April 2014 after serving as a Global Council Delegate. He has served on the Board of Directors for California Humanities and the University of Southern California's Center for Library Leadership and Management. He has previously served on the Executive Board of the Urban Libraries Council and as president of the Florida Library Association.

04 March

11:45 AM

OCLC Board of Trustees Update 👥 John F. Szabo

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Anna Maria Tammaro

Editor in Chief

Digital Library Perspectives

Anna Maria Tammaro is interested in research on the subject of digital library, e-learning and Open Education in LIS.

She has been engaged in the internationalization of LIS education since 2000, coordinating and teaching in the international Master Information Studies (MAIS) (University of Northumbria and Parma), Writing Heritage in a Digital Environment (WHIDE) (University of Zadar, the University of Osijek, Parma University) and the International Master Digital Library Learning (DILL) (University of Oslo, Tallinn and Parma). She has been coordinating and participating to European projects for developing international curriculums in Armenia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Palestine.

Currently she is Director at Large in the Board of ASIS&T. In ASIS&T she has been Secretary of SIG DL, Secretary of European Chapter adn of SIG Education. Previously she has been in the Governing Board of IFLA, Chair of the Education and Training Section and Chair of the Library Theory and Research Section.

03 March

11:30 AM

B - Improving life chances of young people 👥 Marjolein Hordijk, Vincenza Iossa, Rita Marzoli, Anna Maria Tammaro, James Toner

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Arno Tausch

Adjunct Professor of political science at Innsbruck University

Honorary Associate Professor of Economics, Corvinus University, Budapest

Arno Tausch is currently Honorary Associate Professor of Economics, Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary (since Fall Semester 2010) and adjunct professor (Universitaetsdozent) of political science at Innsbruck University, Department of Political Science, Innsbruck University, Austria (since 1988). He entered the Austrian Civil Service on January 1, 1992, and retired from active service on February 29, 2016. He served as an Austrian diplomat abroad and was attaché, and later counselor for labor and migration at the Austrian Embassy in Warsaw, 1992-1999. Since 1978, he taught numerous regular courses in political science, economics, and sociology at universities in Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, and the United States. He authored or coauthored books and articles for major international publishers and journals, among them 19 books in English, 2 books in French, 8 books in German, and around 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals and also numerous articles in the media of several countries. His publications also include a number of essays for leading economic and foreign policy global think tanks such as the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Tel Aviv; the IZA Institute of Labour Economics, Bonn; the Polish Institute for International Affairs PISM, Warsaw; and the Vienna Institute for International Economic Comparisons (WIIW).

03 March

04:00 PM

I - The metadata services that underpin global cataloging work (German session) 👥 Patrick Danowski, Arno Tausch

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Mavis Toffoletto

Head of the Newspaper and Journal Library “Fulvio Tomizza”

Servizio Musei e Biblioteche del Comune di Trieste

Mavis Toffoletto is the Head of the Newspaper and Journal Library “Fulvio Tomizza”, and also of the Diffused Library Project of Trieste Muncipality. She has been responsible for two other projects, “Trieste, a reading city” and “Trieste Pact for Reading”. She started as a Bookseller, and then became a Librarian in the public libraries of the city. She collaborates on the “Bibliosocial Labs” together with the journal Animazione Sociale, and writes for “Contemporanea: Rivista di storia dell'800 e del '900", "Animazione sociale" and other journals.

04 March

01:30 PM

O - Libraries as social and cultural catalysts 👥 Simon Bains, Duncan Olenick, Simonetta Pasqualis, Mavis Toffoletto, Lucia Werder

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James Toner

Doha British School and University College London (Qatar)

Head of Libraries

Although predominantly based in Higher Education within the UK, James has held a number of support and teaching responsibilities within education for several years and is currently Head of Libraries at Doha British School. James’ teaching and research interests are centered around Information Literacy, Cultural Studies and Life Long Learning. He is currently working on a research project relating to knowledge sharing behaviours of temporary, cross-cultural, charity projects. He has been fortunate enough to have been invited to present at a number of national and international conferences, as well as being awarded Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) in the UK.

03 March

11:30 AM

B - Improving life chances of young people 👥 Marjolein Hordijk, Vincenza Iossa, Rita Marzoli, Anna Maria Tammaro, James Toner

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Pietro Valocchi

Volutnteer

Wikimedia

Pietro Valocchi has over fifteen years of managerial experience in the international ICT industry, with responsibilities of corporate governance and development of infrastructures for telecommunications and cloud services. At the beginning of his career, he was in charge of training and research activities in Web Services and E-Learning. Pietro is still active in this field, as a Wikimedia volunteer, in the area of Semantic Web and Linked Open Data. He is also an author of a book and several papers for international journals and conferences.

04 March

09:30 AM

L - Wikidata and libraries 👥 Carla Colombati, Christian Erlinger, Pietro Valocchi, Annette Dortmund

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Titia van der Werf

Senior Program Officer

OCLC

Titia van der Werf is Senior Program Officer at OCLC Research, based in Leiden, the Netherlands. She coordinates and extends OCLC Research’s work throughout Europe. Titia has all-round expertise in digital library developments and studies trends in research libraries and cultural heritage institutions. As a speaker and author, she reflects on, and helps the profession to determine its course in a digital future.

03 March

04:00 PM

H - Linking data to provide a collective approach 👥 Jordi Pallarès, Antonella Schena, Titia van der Werf

Member Session

04 March

12:00 PM

The Power of the Network 👥 Chris Negrel, Titia van der Werf

Plenary Session

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Eric van Lubeek

Vice President, Managing Director

OCLC EMEA & APAC

Eric joined OCLC as Director of Operations and Service EMEA in March 2007 and was appointed Managing Director OCLC EMEA in January 2011 and combines this since February 2014 with the responsibilities for the Asia Pacific region. Prior to joining OCLC, Eric was Managing Director of Infor's global library systems division. He has a long standing career in the library information systems industry in several positions, including consulting, sales, marketing and senior management.

03 March

09:45 AM

Welcome

04 March

11:00 AM

An interactive discussion with OCLC 👥 Eric van Lubeek, Mary Sauer-Games

Plenary Session

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Tanja Weißmann

Director

Ludwigshafen City Library

Tanja Weißmann is the director of the Ludwigshafen public library, the most innovativ library in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. She manages the central library, including the children´s library , the makerspace „Ideenw3rk“ and eight branches and leads a team of 44 employees.
In 2017, the central library reopend after an extended renovation period with a new analog-digital concept.The new concept in combination with the modernized , and technically highly equipped building is very successful. It meets the needs of the Ludwigshafen citizens and students and provides a high level of educational and cultural services. The library developed in the last three years to a lively meeting point of different communities. There´s a high identification with the library because of numerous opportunities for participation.
Tanja led and moderated the whole modernization process including organizational changes. She intends to spread the innovative library services to children´s library and the branches, taking into account public participations methods. She hosted multiple panels and lectures about public library developement at library and community events.
She received her Diploma in information und library studies in 1994 at the Hochschule der Medien in Stuttgart. Before taking over the leadership of Ludwigshafen Public library she was the head of the children- and youth library and the branches of Ludwigshafen and responsible for the developement several creative and innovative programms in reading promotion and media education which were honored with nationwide awards.

03 March

11:30 AM

D - Community engagement and focusing on the user (German session) 👥 Birgit Lotz, Tanja Weißmann, Scott Livingston

Member Session

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Lucia Werder

Deputy Director

Bremen Public Library

Since 2016, Lucia Werder has been the Deputy Director at Bremen Public Library. She is mainly responsible for their libraries, collections and wide range of services. Previously, Lucia was Director of the Public Library in Leverkusen (a large city) and Director of the Eislingen Public Library (a medium sized town in Germany). She studied at the University of Applied Sciences Cologne in Germany and has a Diploma in Library Science.

04 March

01:30 PM

O - Libraries as social and cultural catalysts 👥 Simon Bains, Duncan Olenick, Simonetta Pasqualis, Mavis Toffoletto, Lucia Werder

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Anna Wolodko

Library Director

University of Warsaw, Poland

Anna Wolodko has been working at the University of Warsaw Library since 1992. Her first position was a Junior Librarian at the Main Reading Room of the “old” University Library (the Library received a new facility in 1999). Next, she worked as the Library Research Assistant. Then, she became a Manager of the Library Unit for Targeted Projects and External Funds, coordinating all grant-requesting activities and supervising the implementation of those projects that received funding. Anna's professional experience covers, among others, the implementation of e-learning projects: “bibweb” (in collaboration with Bertelsmann Foundation) and “login: biblioteka” (in collaboration with the Foundation for the Development of Information Society). She is happy to be the main Coordinator of the University of Warsaw Library blog (http://buwlog.uw.edu.pl) - live since 2014. It has been built with texts written by Librarians who want to share their knowledge and experience with the general public. She was appointed as the Director of the University of Warsaw Library in 2018. Budget management, library automation, digitization, information services and user services are some of her main areas of responsibility. As a Library Director, she is also the Coordinator of the University of Warsaw Library information system (Main Library and 41 departmental libraries). Currently, she is involved in planning structural changes for this system, to make it more flexible and more effective.

04 March

09:30 AM

K - The change outside comes from transformation from within 👥 Stuart Hunt, Anna Wolodko, Beate Guba

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Victoria Worsfold

Head of Onsite Services

National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria Worsfold leads onsite provision of research and study services in the Word and Image Department of the Victoria and Albert Museum, including the National Art Library and study rooms for Archives and for Prints and Drawings. She is an active member of cooperative partnerships including MLAG (the Museum Librarians and Archivists Group) and the regional-based M25 Consortium of academic libraries.

04 March

01:30 PM

Q - WorldShare® Management Services 👥 Anna Jones, Carmen Hüning, Victoria Worsfold, Thomas Hodge

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Augusts Zilberts

Head of Public Relations

National Library of Latvia

Augusts Zilberts is the Head of Public Relations at the National Library of Latvia

In 2015, he obtained a Master’s degree at Riga Stradiņš University, specialising in international and public relations and in their strategic management. Previously, from 2008, he gained extensive experience in the Latvian media, developing analytical and descriptive materials on educational, cultural, social, and environmental issues, as well as current events in the European Union.

Since 2014, Augusts Zilberts has been working at the National Library of Latvia and was involved in almost all the major events concerning the library’s new building – Castle of Light – planning their strategic communication and working on promoting the library as a contemporary cultural, educational, and scientific centre to both the local and international communities.

Augusts Zilberts is a member of the Latvian Association for Public Relations Professionals, as well as an active lecturer on new media at the University of Latvia and conferences and seminars organised by Latvian memory institutions.

03 March

11:30 AM

C - Networks and collaboration 👥 Reiner Diedrichs, Alicia Sellés, Augusts Zilberts

Member Session

Schedule

Registration Opens

Welcome

The 5 C’s to Becoming a Community Catalyst 👥 Skip Prichard, OCLC

Refreshments

A - LIBER-OCLC Open Science Workshop

B - Improving life chances of young people 👥 Marjolein Hordijk, Vincenza Iossa, Rita Marzoli, Anna Maria Tammaro, James Toner

C - Networks and collaboration 👥 Reiner Diedrichs, Alicia Sellés, Augusts Zilberts

D - Community engagement and focusing on the user (German session) 👥 Birgit Lotz, Tanja Weißmann, Scott Livingston

Lunch and networking

OCLC Research Session: Technology as a Catalyst for Change in Research 👥 Thomas Padilla, Rachel Frick, Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Tara L. Andrews

Refreshments

E - Helping citizens to improve their digital awareness 👥 Jeroen de Boer, Anna-Sophie Harling, Meike Jung

F - Gaining insights from the computational analysis of data 👥 Rachel Frick, Anna Galluzzi, Thomas Padilla

G - Curating and exhibiting the book 👥 Erik Gornik, Wolfgang Jahn, Elizabeth James

H - Linking data to provide a collective approach 👥 Jordi Pallarès, Antonella Schena, Titia van der Werf

I - The metadata services that underpin global cataloging work (German session) 👥 Patrick Danowski, Arno Tausch

Close of Day One

Conference Reception

J - Libraries, learning technologies and ‘the flipped classroom’ 👥 Martin Bukacek, Robert Curry, Greg Leurs, Stanislav Luska, Debbie Phillips

K - The change outside comes from transformation from within 👥 Stuart Hunt, Anna Wolodko, Beate Guba

L - Wikidata and libraries 👥 Carla Colombati, Christian Erlinger, Pietro Valocchi, Annette Dortmund

M - Decolonizing the library 👥 Jos Damen, Maisela Eddy Maepa, Dr. Gabriele Slezak, Sarah Schmelzer

N - The shift to open (German session) 👥 Andreas Ferus, Axel Kaschte

Refreshments

An interactive discussion with OCLC 👥 Eric van Lubeek, Mary Sauer-Games

OCLC Board of Trustees Update 👥 John F. Szabo

The Power of the Network 👥 Chris Negrel, Titia van der Werf

Lunch and Networking

O - Libraries as social and cultural catalysts 👥 Simon Bains, Duncan Olenick, Simonetta Pasqualis, Mavis Toffoletto, Lucia Werder

P - The challenges posed by digital scholarship 👥 Rebecca Bryant, Beth Clark, Raman Ganguly, Matt Greenhall

Q - WorldShare® Management Services 👥 Anna Jones, Carmen Hüning, Victoria Worsfold, Thomas Hodge

R - Library futures or classic disruption? 👥 Gavin Boyce, Harm Derks, Ger Potze, Bénédict Ripperger

S - Austrian Library Cooperations (German Session) 👥 Marion Götz, Dr. Roland Schaffer

Refreshments

The future of libraries: Opportunities and challenges 👥 Ayesha Khanna

Close of EMEARC 2020

Reception: Coffee/Tea

Welcome, Introduction to the day

Product Update

WMS Community Management

Break

Member Stories

Lunch and Group Photo

Impressions from the recently held Global WMS Community Meeting

Regional Updates

Break

WorldCafé (Small Group Discussions)

Final Discussion and Close of the Day

Continue discussion over drinks and snacks

Speakers

OCLC Brochures

Simon Bains

04 March

O - Libraries as social and cultural catalysts 👥 Simon Bains, Duncan Olenick, Simonetta Pasqualis, Mavis Toffoletto, Lucia Werder

Gavin Boyce

04 March

R - Library futures or classic disruption? 👥 Gavin Boyce, Harm Derks, Ger Potze, Bénédict Ripperger

Rebecca Bryant

04 March

P - The challenges posed by digital scholarship 👥 Rebecca Bryant, Beth Clark, Raman Ganguly, Matt Greenhall

Martin Bukacek

04 March

J - Libraries, learning technologies and ‘the flipped classroom’ 👥 Martin Bukacek, Robert Curry, Greg Leurs, Stanislav Luska, Debbie Phillips

Beth Clark

04 March

P - The challenges posed by digital scholarship 👥 Rebecca Bryant, Beth Clark, Raman Ganguly, Matt Greenhall

Carla Colombati

04 March

L - Wikidata and libraries 👥 Carla Colombati, Christian Erlinger, Pietro Valocchi, Annette Dortmund

Robert Curry

04 March

J - Libraries, learning technologies and ‘the flipped classroom’ 👥 Martin Bukacek, Robert Curry, Greg Leurs, Stanislav Luska, Debbie Phillips

Jos Damen

04 March

M - Decolonizing the library 👥 Jos Damen, Maisela Eddy Maepa, Dr. Gabriele Slezak, Sarah Schmelzer

Patrick Danowski

03 March

I - The metadata services that underpin global cataloging work (German session) 👥 Patrick Danowski, Arno Tausch

Jeroen de Boer