LIDA
LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE
BON VOYAGE!
LIDA 2003
Dubrovnik & Mljet,
Croatia,
26 - 30 May 2003
Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University
WELCOME!
LIDA 2004
Dubrovnik, Croatia
25 – 29 May 2004
Inter-University Centre
Put on your calender!
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LIDA courses &
conferences
• Annual programs
– held in BEAUTIFUL Dubrovnik
and even enchanting Mljet
International forum for exchange &
learning
• Changing themes annually
– But steady purposes & objectives
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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
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Approach
• Create an opportunity for
interaction between research and
practice
• Reflect on some ˝hot˝ issues
• See & examine practical examples
• Provide for learning & update
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LIDA 2003 themes:
WORLD WIDE WEB AND
INFORMATION RETRIEVAL (IR)
&
WORLD WIDE WEB AND
LIBRARIES
or:
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Reminder: past LIDAs
• 2002:
Integrating information seeking & information
retrieval &
Information services in digital environmentspractice and research
• 2001:
The Internet: ethics and legal issues &
Information services - practice and research
• 2000:
Libraries on the Internet &
Internet in Libraries
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Participants in 2003
• 141 participants
– 97 from Croatia, 44 from 18 countries
– 26 students (YEA STUDENTS!!)
• 7 workshops, 3 tutorials
• 21 papers, one panel
• 41 authors of papers, & workshop &
tutorial leaders
• 26 posters with 49 authors
• 4 demonstrations
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Also…
• Meeting of the American Society for
Information Science & Technology/
European Chapter
• 2 reports/papers, 1 panel, online video
• Thanks to Emil Levine!!!
• Thanks to ASIST
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Important stuff
• 7 coffee breaks
– tons of coffee, kept everybody awake
• Receptions:
– opening reception sponsored by ASIST
– Mid-conference sponsored by IUC
• Banquet tonight at Mljet
– We will consume over 320,000 calories
– 4.5 bottles of wine per table
– not to mention over 100 cocktails
• Cruise to Mljet
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Reason for success?
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Future:
LIDA 2004 themes:
Human Information Behaviour
and
Competences
for Digital Libraries
25 – 29 May 2004
Invited proposals for:
• Papers, presentations
• Panels
– particularly library examples
• Tutorials
– how to put & improve library presence on the
Web
• Workshops
– anything on the Web; effective search engines
and searching
•TefkoExhibits
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HELP!!!!
• Looking for sponsors
– government agencies from different
countries; organizations; companies ...
• Looking for support for students
• Looking for exhibitors
• Loking for promotion
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Information
LIDA web site:
http://www.pedos.hr/lida
–Thanks to Radovan Vrana
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Addendum: before LIDA
In memoriam Bozo Tezak
• There was a series of international
conferences with similar themes in
Dubrovnik starting in mid 1970’s
• Organized by BOZO TEZAK
– a gentlemen and great man
• Some faces from 1977 & 1979
– Thanks to Bob Hayes
Slide show
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