20. ročník KONFERENCE O PROFESIONÁLNÍCH INFORMAČNÍCH ZDROJÍCH, 27.-28. května, Praha
20th annual CONFERENCE ON PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION RESOURCES, May 27-28, Prague

This workshop will be led by Linda Vidlund and Cecilia Petersson.

Over a short amount of time the libraries have increased their e-resources and digital collections. This gives new opportunities to provide accessibility to the end-users. We still experience that the library room is a central point for the academic experience for the students. The physical library room has a lot of potential. We are moving from the feeling of storage for books to create a different kind of experience within the collection. How and in what ways can we promote our e-resources in the physical space?

Welcome to this workshop where we try out different tools, ideas and strategies on how to market the library’s resources in new ways. You will get an introduction to the topic mixed with some practical examples. We will share both our mistakes and successes from previous experiences. Our workshop includes both discussions and sharing in groups. We will also have “hands on” exercises. After the workshop you will have some new tools, good examples and tried out new things with your mobile device.

The workshop is organized in cooperation with the Library of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

This workshop will be led by Helle Lauridsen and Dave Pattern.

Before Helle joined ProQuest, she was a chemistry librarian at the University of Aarhus and then Head of Electronic Resources at the State and University Library in Denmark. Dave is the Library Systems Manager at the University of Huddersfield, UK, and has a background in programming and web development. Huddersfield were one of the first libraries in Europe to go out to tender for a discovery service and implemented Summon in 2009.

The workshop will cover some of the following topics:

• What benefits can a discovery service bring to your library?
• What do you need to consider before buying one?
• What issues to you need to be aware of during the implementation and what are the common pitfalls?
• How to market your new discovery service to academics, research, students …and librarians!
• What impact does a discovery service have on Information Literacy and on e-resource usage?

Above all, Helle and Dave are keen to emphasise the important benefits in user experience that a well implemented discovery service can deliver.

The workshop is organized in cooperation with CERGE-EI and ProQuest.

The Infoparty – a buffet reception – is held in the evening of Tuesday, May 27, 2014 in Rajska Building at the University of Economics – Winston Churchill square, Prague 3 (map).

Beginning at 7:30 pm.
The INFORUM Awards for the best local projects, products and services will be announced at the evening reception.

The Infoparty is organized in cooperation with the University of Economics, Prague and sponsors of the evening are IOP Publishing and ACS Publications.