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“Rethinking Libraries?” – Axiell Symposium 2011
02 Nov 2011
Excel Conference Centre, London


Programme

Day 1 - 02 Nov 2011

10:35
Opening Ceremony Welcome
Welcome by Judith St. John, Tower Hamlet’s Head of Idea Store, London Libraries Consortium

10:40
Opening Ceremony Welcome
Welcome by Jerk Sintorn, CEO, Axiell

10:50
Topic 1: The Library of Today and Tomorrow Anja Snellman, Author, Finland
Seen from an Authors Point of View Sex and the Libraries; - some secret reasons why libraries are still extremely important

11:20
Topic 2: The Digital Library Allen Weiner, Research Vice President – Gartner Inc, USA
The Path to Becoming a Next Generation Digital Resource Center

12:05
Lunch
13:00
Gareth Cuddy, CEO, ePub Direct, Ireland
The Modern Library – Digital Wasteland of Future-proof?

13:45
Gert Poulsen, Director of Faculty and Student Services, Copenhagen Business
The E in Library: a Transformation in Progress

14:20
Refreshments
15:50
Topic 3: The Library as a space David Fay, City Libraries’ Manager, Newcastle Libraries, United Kingdom
Libraries: The Original Social Network

16:25
The Interlingual Library - Opening up Intercultural Meeting Place
Lisbeth Stenberg and Ingrid Atlestam, Västra Götalandsregionen, Sweden

Day 2 - 03 Nov 2011

09:00
Topic 4: The Library as a Business Rethinking Libraries: Insights from the Voluntary Sector
Miranda McKearney, Reading Agency, United Kingdom

09:45
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library – Surviving the Great Recession
Vick Phillips, Chief Executive Officer and David Singleton, Director of Libraries, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, USA

11:00
Topic 5: Partnerships in Libraries Achieving Growth through Partnership in a Time of Economic Restraint
Breakby Madeline Barratt, Libraries Strategy & Perfomance Manager, Enfield Libraries, London, United Kingdom

What's on now:
11:45
Museums, Libraries and Archives (MLA) in Collaboration to meet the needs of users
Lisbeth Forslund, Library Director, Conny Person, Head of the Public Library and Eva Lindelöw Sjöö, Municipal Archives, Gävle, Sweden

12:50
Rethinking Libraries a story from real life - the Anythink story
Keynote address – Pam Sandlian Smith, Library Director, Anythink Libraries, USA

13:30
Anythink Library Video
Short film about the Anythink Library

13:35
Jerk Sintorn, CEO, Axiell
Closing address

17:00
Delegate reaction
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