EU-US DL Education Workshop: Agenda
From Pomerantz
Contents |
Day 0: Wednesday 5 November 2008
Schedule
| Afternoon and evening | Travel and arrival in Chapel Hill, dinner for early arrivals |
Day 1: Thursday 6 November 2008
Goals
- Identify common ground and critical differences between the EU and US approaches to DL education.
- Articulate a 5-year plan for achieving a joint EU-US DL curriculum.
Schedule
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Group breakfast |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Introductions and overview |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | SWOT analysis discussion: The current state of DL education and curriculum in participants' institutions |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | SWOT analysis discussion: Breakout group discussion on the current state of national / continental visions of DL education:
|
| 12:30 - 1:30 | Working lunch (buffet lunch provided) |
| 1:30 - 2:30 | Panel session: Report on breakout discussions, identify common ground and critical differences between the US and EU perspectives |
| 2:30 - 3:30 | Discussion of a 5-year plan for coordinating DL education: Coordinating US and EU perspectives |
| 3:30 - 4:00 | Break |
| 4:00 - 6:00 | Reception with SILS faculty |
| 6:30 | Group dinner at Weathervane |
Day 2: Friday 7 November 2008
Goals
- Identify what each participating institution can contribute to a joint EU-US DL curriculum.
- Develop a rough draft of a proposal for the 2009 EU-US ATLANTIS Programme CFP.
Schedule
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Group breakfast |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | Discussion of a 5-year plan for coordinating DL education: Coordinating participating institutions, identifying further needs |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Drafting a framework for an ATLANTIS proposal |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Working lunch (buffet lunch provided) |
| 1:00 - 3:00 | Panel on Open Source in DL Education |
| 3:00 - 3:30 | Wrap-up |
Panel on Open Source in DL Education
The forum will bring together experts in the field of open source software and platforms to discuss the impact of OSS on education in digital librarianship and in information and library science generally.
Among other topics, we anticipate discussions of open source digital library applications, and the Virtual Computing Initiative (VCI) and the NC State Virtual Computing Lab (VCL).
Panelists
Kristin Antelman, Kristin Antelman Associate Director for the Digital Library Administration, at NC State University
Ken Coar, Senior Software Engineer, IBM Information Management division
Jeffrey Pomerantz, Assistant Professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael Tiemann, Vice President of Open Source Affairs for Red Hat, and President of the Open Source Initiative

