The Role of Public Libraries in the European Knowledge Society, pdf
Appeal to the European commission 20.10.2006

Programme, pdf

Thursday, October 19, 2006 Programme
12.00 - 13.15	Registration and lunch at the conference venue List of participants
13.15 - 14.00	Welcome Riitta Kaivosoja, Director General of the Department for Cultural, Sport and Youth Policy, Ministry of Education and Sinikka Sipilä, Secretary General, Finnish Library Association
14.00 - 14.30	Libraries - resources of the future Kaarina Dromberg, Chair of the Committee for Education and Culture of the Finnish Parliament
14.30 - 15.00	Public Libraries - New Challenges, pdf Jens Thorhauge, Director, The Danish Library Agency, Denmark
15.00 - 15.30	Coffee break
15.30 - 16.00	Do We Really Need Public Libraries?, pdf Chris Batt, Director of Learning and Information Society, the Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries, United Kingdom
16.00 - 16.30	Visions , pdf Janne Rouhiainen, Director, Atp Library Systems Ltd, Finland
16.30 - 17.00	Library Services by mobile phone and in Internet, pdf Ulla-Maija Maunu, Library Director in Aura and Pöytyä libraries, Finland
17.00 - 17.30	At the end of day one Barbro Wigell-Ryynänen, Counsellor for Library Affairs, Finland
19.00	Dinner at Hotel Vaakuna, Restaurant Loiste Host of the evening Director Jukka Liedes

Friday, October 20, 2006
9.00 - 9.30	Estonian Public Libraries Serving the General Public, pdf Meeli Veskus, Counsellor for Libraries, Ministry of Culture, Estonia
9.30 - 10.00	The Norwegian Library Reform 2014, pdf Jon Birger Østby, Director, Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority, Norway
10.00 - 10.30	Coffee break
10.30 - 11.00	New Technology - New Services in Spain Maria Antonia Carrato Mena, Head of the General Sub-Directorate for Libraries, Ministry of Culture, Spain
11.00 - 11.30	Public Libraries on New Wings - Experiences from Netherlands, pdf Marian Koren, Head of Research and International Affairs for the Netherlands Public Library Association, the Netherlands
11.30 - 12.00	Strategic goals and their achievement of the implementation of the Hungarian library strategy of 2003-2007, pdf Judit Skaliczki, Head of the Department, Ministry of Education and Culture, Hungary
12.00 - 12.20	IT adds value to everyday life - experiences from the route of Internet bus Netti-Nysse, pdf Elina Harju, Coordinator of Netti-Nysse, Tampere City Library, Finland
12.20 - 12.30	Espoo Mobile Library, pdf Sunniva Drake, Regional Chief, Espoo City Library, Finland
12.30 - 14.00	Lunch Visits to Netti-Nysse the Internet bus and Espoo mobile library during the lunch break
14.00 - 14.30	SFL - Search*Find*Locate: Citizen's information portal, pdf Erkki Lounasvuori, Senior Library Adviser, Helsinki City Library, Finland
14.30 - 15.00	Digitalia – Edl in the Information Society, pdf Majlis Bremer-Laamanen, Head of Preservation Services, National Library of Finland
15.00 - 15.30	Producing Contents and User-Friendly Services on the Web Hannu Sulin, Councellor of Education and Culture, Provincial Government of the Southern, Finland
15.30 - 16.00	Coffee break
16.00 - 16.30	The Post-Modern Library Space, pdf Maija Berndtson, Director, Helsinki City Library, Finland
16.30 - 17.15	General Assembly Naple Forum
19.30	Dinner at Lasipalatsi, the Palm Cabinet