1. Welcome and planning LIB@WEB September 2015

2. CONGRATULATIONS !  You made it ! Into a very select group of selected participants By convincing us about your professional quality and potential  But : you have to fulfill high expectations… IT in libraries (Lib@Web) is a very challenging and dynamic field ‘Spread the word’ -> multiplication effect in your own professional environment

3. Overview  Personal introductions  Urgent practical issues ?  Some brief history (2000-2014)  General contents of the program  The main elements (clusters)  Evaluation and certificate  The projects  Laptops  Any other upcoming issues …?  Discussion

4. Personal introductions  About myself…  About you See initial assessment questionnaire Quick round-up  About the poster session : To present yourself towards  your colleagues  lecturers and other interested

5. Where is who/what ?  Classrooms : D019/D017 or nearby  Mieke Vermeire’s office : B101  Egbert de Smet’s office : BL14/005  Restaurant, student services etc. : see info files on memorystick  Sint-Rochusstraat/ITG : 20 mins walk (see map) or use tram 4 or 7 with 10-trips card

6. Urgent practical issues ?  Registrations : UA, network, bank  Rooms Well managed, please keep clean Most equipment available... Missing things ? → MV  Internet availability (wifi) : OK ?  Scholarship payments by bank- account (activation needed) with advancement 300,-EUR Tu 29/9  Phone calls : SIM-cards, internet

7. Lib@WebLib@Web general data  Follower-up to STIMULATE ITP, VUB  Moved to Antwerp Univ with more emphasis on IT&WWW-technology : libraries and/for/on the web  Approved for 2012-2015 (4 sessions) – unsure 2016 ?Promoter : E. de Smet  Inter-university Steering Committee  Part-time administrative co- ordination : Mieke Vermeire (MV)

8. Brief history on Lib@Web  Predecessor : 10 sessions of STIMULATE at VUB 2000-2010  some more ‘pre-decessors’ have been running MIST (1-4) KNOWHOW  STIMIUC 2009 for IUC-partners only  1 st session Antwerp 2012  So at least we have experience of more than 16 sessions!

9. General planning  ‘classes’ mostly in room D019/017 But : check online schedule every day..  Self-study activities !  Trips Professional (library visits) Social/cultural (weekends/evenings)  See: LIB@WEB schedule online ! http://www.ua.ac.be/lib@web

10. Main contents/clusters Web techniques (basic and intermediate HTML techniques : text- and lay-out elements, tables, hyperlinks, multimedia, forms, XML : DTD’s, XSL, examples of XML-applications, dynamic webpages, scripting (PHP/ASP) and database-CGI environments) Internet information resources and their use (free accessible information resources, search engines and their techniques, specialised databases) Documentary databases (theoretic aspects, example : the ISIS software environment and ABCD (database design, data entry, indexing, searching, formatting, multimedia and multidatabase) Open Access & Free and Open Source Software, e.g. OJS, WordPress Electronic documents : technology (formats), images, digitisation, access and management (electronic Journals : sources and access methods, integration into virtual library environment and management issues (consortia, budgets), publishing of electronic documents) Repositories : subject- and institutional based, Dspace, Vivo Library automation (ABCD) and FOSS ILS (Koha, PMB) Special topics : security issues, metadata, ontologies E-learning platforms and libraries : Moodle, Canvas Visits and practical confrontation with Flemish University Libraries

11. The project preparation December 2015 2 last weeks of the ITP will be highly devoted to own practical work preparing small project and presentation of its results (on 18/12) Any technology can be chosen from the programme Guidance will be available, either f2f (but limited) or by e- mail from the Lib@Web lecturersLib@Web A report, max. 10p., has to be written en sent-in A presentation max. 15 mins. has to be made and presented (18/12)

12. Evaluation  Course evaluating participants : Assignment : project to prepare a small application and demo, e.g.  Library automation (ABCD, KOHA, …)  Repository with dSpace  Documentary Databases (J-ISIS)  E-Learning  Website SEE DEDICATED INSTRUCTIONS  Participants evaluating course ! – Mid-term evaluation group-discussion – 18/12 formal evaluation questionnaire

13. The certificate  2 options on Certificate statement : ‘has participated’ ‘has successfully participated’ Depending on evaluation (see above)  Please indicate your option on initial assessment form

14. The laptops  Most necessary 'didactic equipment'  Windows (or Linux) : no special requirements, except : anti-virus !  Installation issues : registration in UA- network Wireless access within campus Facilities : e-mail, website (to be detailed)  Buying a laptop ? New Second-hand Beware : QWERTY keyboard are non- standard in Belgium

15. Any other issues upcoming ?

16. Discussion questions  Questions : How does Lib@Web fit into your professional situation ?  ICT in your prof. environment ??  Management of change ? How does Lib@Web fit into your personal career planning ?  ‘professional mobility’ ? Promotion (or frustration) ? Which outcomes do you expect ?  Which type of knowledge, on top of experiences, to be gathered ?  Which guidance needed ? Assignment ? Certificate… Which software is relevant to you ?  Which software is already used ? To which extent ?  Which software is already known ? (Which version : DOS, Windows, WWW ?)  For library automation and/or information management ?  FOSS ? – Which elements seem to be missing ? Feedback !