WELCOME!

LIDA 2003LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL

AGE

WELCOME!

LIDA 2003LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL

AGE

Dubrovnik, Croatia 26 - 30 May 2003

Dubrovnik, Croatia 26 - 30 May 2003

Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University 2

LIDA courses & conferences

LIDA courses & conferences

• Annual programs– held in BEAUTIFUL Dubrovnik

• International forum for exchange & learning

• Changing themes annually– But steady purposes & objectives

• Annual programs– held in BEAUTIFUL Dubrovnik

• International forum for exchange & learning

• Changing themes annually– But steady purposes & objectives

Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University 3

LIDA purpose LIDA purpose

• to address the changing and challenging environment for libraries and information systems and services in the digital age

• with an emphasis on examining contemporary problems, advances and solutions

• to address the changing and challenging environment for libraries and information systems and services in the digital age

• with an emphasis on examining contemporary problems, advances and solutions

Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University 4

Rationale. Questions. Rationale. Questions. • Why?

– because of constant changes in the digital world all of us need a constant update of professional knowledge & competencies

• Examine, explore, learn together:– Promises? Realities? Problems?

Opportunities? Challenges? Pitfalls?

• Why?– because of constant changes in the

digital world all of us need a constant update of professional knowledge & competencies

• Examine, explore, learn together:– Promises? Realities? Problems?

Opportunities? Challenges? Pitfalls?

Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University 5

LIDA 2003 ThemesLIDA 2003 Themes

WORLD WIDE WEB AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

(IR) &

WORLD WIDE WEB AND LIBRARIES

WORLD WIDE WEB AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

(IR) &

WORLD WIDE WEB AND LIBRARIES

Reminder:

LIDA 2002 themes:Integrating information seeking & information

retrieval&

Information services in digital environments- practice and research

Reminder:

LIDA 2002 themes:Integrating information seeking & information

retrieval&

Information services in digital environments- practice and research

LIDA 2001 themes:

The Internet: ethics and legal issues

&Information services - practice and research

LIDA 2001 themes:

The Internet: ethics and legal issues

&Information services - practice and research

LIDA 2000 themes:Libraries on the Internet

&Internet in Libraries

LIDA 2000 themes:Libraries on the Internet

&Internet in Libraries

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Future: LIDA 2004Future: LIDA 2004Themes:

Human Information Behaviour

andCompetences

for Digital Libraries24 – 28 May 2004

Themes:

Human Information Behaviour

andCompetences

for Digital Libraries24 – 28 May 2004

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Issues for research & practice

Issues for research & practice

• What do libraries actually do in a digital environment & WWW? – How do they do it?

• What could libraries do in that environment that they are not doing now?

• What do libraries actually do in a digital environment & WWW? – How do they do it?

• What could libraries do in that environment that they are not doing now?

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issues …issues …

• What does the digital world actually do to libraries?

• to library USERS and USE?

Ultimately:• How to change for the better?

• What does the digital world actually do to libraries?

• to library USERS and USE?

Ultimately:• How to change for the better?

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Needed: new knowledgeNeeded: new knowledge

• A new set of competencies• firmly build upon old ones

• Constant upgrade of knowledge & skills– constant improvement

• But provides – new rewards & opportunities– reaching out to users more than ever

• A new set of competencies• firmly build upon old ones

• Constant upgrade of knowledge & skills– constant improvement

• But provides – new rewards & opportunities– reaching out to users more than ever

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TraditionTradition• WWW & digital age do NOT

mean abandoning library tradition & values

• It means– application of true & tried

principles & values to new situations

– AND developing new ones

• WWW & digital age do NOT mean abandoning library tradition & values

• It means– application of true & tried

principles & values to new situations

– AND developing new ones

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OpportunitiesOpportunities• Basic principles remain

– but now extended to new modes – in libraries: new modes always

meant new opportunities•adjust, use, expand, innovate

• At the same time critically examine everything

That’s what LIDA is all about!

• Basic principles remain– but now extended to new modes – in libraries: new modes always

meant new opportunities•adjust, use, expand, innovate

• At the same time critically examine everything

That’s what LIDA is all about!

Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University 15