List of symposium participants (.pdf)
LIBRARIES AND DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE
| Wednesday, September 14 | ||
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| 18.00-19.00 | Bus & Boat tour | Bus departs at 18.00. Meeting spot in front of Ponton der Reederei City Schifffahrt H. Gabriel |
| 19.30-21.30 | Informal get together dinner | Restaurant Kartoffel Keller, Koberg 8, 23552 Lübeck |
| Thursday, September 15 | ||
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| 9.00-10.00 | Bibliotheca Baltica General Assembly | Lübeck City Library |
| 10.00-10.30 | Coffee break | |
| 10.30-12.30 | Opening Session ⚬ Monika Frank, Senator for Culture and Education of Lübeck ⚬ Gerald Schleiwies, Director of the Lübeck City Library ⚬ Robert Zepf, President of Bibliotheca Baltica Keynote 30th Anniversary of Bibliotheca Baltica |
Lübeck City Library (Scharbausaal) |
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch break | |
| 13.30-15.00 | Panel 1 – E-libraries ⚬ Giedre Čistoviene, Head of project management department of the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, Innovative Digital Project (e-Culture) in Lithuanian Libraries ⚬ Kristina Pai, Director of the Tartu City Library, Libraries as a Lifebelt for e-Estonia ⚬ Karīna Bandere, Director of Digital Development Department, National Library of Latvia, From Farmsteads to Shared Responsibility in Digital Space: Paths of Culture Heritage Institutions of Latvia |
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| 15.00-15.30 | Coffee break | |
| 15.30-17.00 | Panel 2 – Cultural Heritage ⚬ Maria Virtanen, NLF & Digime Project, Collaboration as a Best Practice in Digital Age – Shared Efforts of Finnish Libraries, Archives and Museums ⚬ Ayub Khan, CILIP President, Makerspaces – Spaces, Technology and People ⚬ Olaf Eigenbrodt, Hamburg State and University Library, Libraries as Urban Knowledge Hubs |
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| 18.00-19.00 | Reception | Lübeck Town Hall |
| 19.00-21.00 | Dinner | Restaurant Schiffergesellschaft (Hamburg-Lübeck-Room), Breite Strasse 2, 23552 Lübeck |
| Friday, 16 September | ||
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| 9.00-10.30 | Panel 3 – Academic Libraries ⚬ Jamie Johnston, Researcher in Library Science at Oslo Metropolitan University, Public Librarians’ Perception of Their Professional Role and the Library’s Role in Supporting the Public Sphere: Key Findings From a Multi-Country Comparison ⚬ Michael Svendsen, Copenhagen University Library, The Royal Danish Library, Role of Modern Academic Library in Open Science ⚬ Christophe Didier, Delegate for Scientific Policy and International Relations, Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire Strasbourg, Western Perspectives about Eastern Democratic Fights: What’s Going on in French Libraries – for a Better Global Knowledge |
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| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee break | |
| 11.00-12.00 | Panel 4 – Digital transformation ⚬ Prof. Bernd-Schmid Ruhe, Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences ⚬ Julia Konopka-Żołnierczuk, Deputy Director of the National Library of Poland, Digital Change in the National Library as the Central Library of the State |
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| 12.00-13.00 | Discussion – Ukrainian libraries in times of war Input talk: Gudrun Wirtz, Bavarian State Library, East European Collections, “SUCHO – Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online” ⚬ Svitlana Moiseeva, Vice President of the Ukrainian Libraries Association, Director of Luhansk Region Scientific Universal Library ⚬ additional speakers from Ukraine (TBA) |
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| 13.00-13.30 | Closing remarks Invitation for the next symposium |
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| Saturday, September 17 | ||
| 16.00-23.00 | Lübeck City Library 400th anniversary celebrations |