Programme

• Monday 12 April

  Pre-seminar visits

  13.00 Meet at the BNE for visits to:
  – Biblioteca Regional de Madrid ‘Joaquin Leguina’
  – Biblioteca Pública Usera ‘José Hierro’, Madrid
  – Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Carabanchel, Madrid

• Tuesday 13 April

  9.00 Meet at the BNE for visits to:
  – UNED University Library (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia)
  – Biblioteca Tomàs Navarro del del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid

  13.00 Meet at Biblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás – CSIC for a visit to:
  – Biblioteca Pública de Guadalajara

• Wednesday 14 April

  Seminar

  10.45 – 11.00 Welcome and introduction, Milagros del Corral Beltrán (Director-General, National Library of Spain), Ulrich Niederer (LIBER Architecture Group Chairman)

  11.00 – 12.30 Session 1: Setting the scene

  Libraries in a Spanish context. Maria Antonia Carrato, Deputy Director of Library Coordination at the Ministry of Culture of Spain

  
  

  
  Of 13 year old boys and libraries: will digital natives still love books? Wim de Waele, IBBT Research Institute

  13.30 – 15.00 Session 2: Sustainable communities / Libraries in their local environment

  The building of the University Central Library at Seville Gardens, Andrés Agudo Martínez, Architect, Sonsoles Celestino Angulo, University Library of Seville
  Strasbourg study case, André Hincker, Strasbourg Public Library Network
  Technical University Library, Prague, Martin Svoboda

  15.30 – 17.00 Session 3: Technical aspects of buildings
  Design of the energy-efficient house: the implications for libraries, Tõnu Mauring Tartu University
  Acoustics, Gérard Le Goff Architect
  Energy restoration of the University and State Library Bremen and the impact on the user, Peter Ritzenhoff, Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences

• Thursday 15 April

  9.00 – 10.30 Session 4: Changing and adapting library buildings

  National Library of Spain,  Jerónimo Junquera, Architect
  Architects and the Booktower of the Ghent University Library, Gert Jansseune, Architect, and Sylvia van Peteghem, Chief Librarian

  11.00-12.30 Session 5: New technology

  Use of RFID Technology in Libraries: panacea or pain? Frank Seeliger, Technische Fachhochschule Wildau
  Multitouch in the library – contextualization and visualization using Microsoft Surface, Koen Rotteveel, DOK, Library Concept Center, Delft

  13.30 – 15.00 Session 6: Joint-use libraries

  Info Centre Korona – the heart of the Viikki campus, Marja Moisio, Helsinki University Library, Viikki Campus Library
  Bibliothèque Nationale de France – Richelieu/ L’Institut National d’Histoire d’Art/Ecole Nationale des Chartes, Marie de Laubier, BnF
  Worcester Library and History Centre, Judith Keene, University of Worcester

  15.00 The Alcalá de Henares building project of the National Library of Spain, Francisco Longoria, Architect
  15.45 Meet at the BNE to visit the second site of the BNE in Alcalá de Henares

• Friday 16 April

  09.00 – 10.30 Session 7: Long-term storage of collections

  Long-term storage in low temperature stacks, Marie Vest, Royal Library Copenhagen
  Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, Willem Jan Neutelings, Architect
  (Due to the volcano ash, Willem Jan Neutelings was not able to reach Madrid; his presentation could not take place. See the Website of the Netherlands Institute for Sound an Vision)
  British Library, Boston Spa / movie (cf. slide 20, 10MB), Deborah Novotny, British Library

  11.00 – 12.30  Session 8: Refurbished buildings

  David Wilson Library, Christine Fyfe, University of Leicester
  Technical University Library, Delft, Wilma van Wezenbeek, TU Delft Library
  Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne (3 year later in Sorbonne: plans), Philippe Marcerou, Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne

  13.45 – 14.00 UNIFOR Product review

  14.00 – 15.30 Session 9: Collaboration between librarians and architects

  No fairy tale: The Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum — successful collaboration between architects and librarians, Olaf Eigenbrodt, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  A Library in the skyline of Toledo, Jose Maria Peridis, Architect

  15.30 – 15.45 Conclusion, Ulrich Niederer (LIBER Architecture Group Chairman)