What is the likely shape of the library of the future? And how do we build collections for it?

The Fiesole Collection Development Retreat Series The Grand Amsterdam Hotel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 18-20, 2002

Sponsored By: The Charleston Company and Against the Grain Hosted By: Elsevier Additional sponsor: Erasmus

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An informal meeting of leading library and information industry participants
devoted to thinking through and debating the new world order in collection development.

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Theme: User Behavior and Its Impact on Libraries and Publishers

Thursday, July 18 2002

12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Registration/The Grand Hotel

3:30 p.m.
Meet in Lobby of The Grand Hotel for walk to the Rjiksmuseum Library

4:00 p.m.
Afternoon Tour of the Rijksmuseum Library
(Courtesy of Erasmus)

5:00 p.m.
Sightseeing Boat Trip to West Indisch Huis (West Indisch House)
(Departing from Rijksmuseum dock.)
(Courtesy of Erasmus)

6:00 p.m.
Reception to historic West Indisch Huis (West Indisch House)
(Courtesy of Erasmus)

7:00 p.m.
Dinner in the Historic West Indisch Huis (West Indisch House)
(Courtesy of Elsevier)
Keynote Speaker: Derk Haank, CEO, Elsevier Science

Friday, July 19 - All Session to be held at The Grand Hotel, in the Duke Room

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Joost Kircz, KRA-Publishing Research

9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
(Break at 10:30 a.m.)
Panel 1: User Behavior in Libraries
Reports of several new and significant studies which have been conducted of end user behavior
Convener: John Tagler, Elsevier Science, New York

Speakers:
Michael Mabe, Director of Academic Relations, Elsevier Science, Oxford: "Books Must Follow Sciences, and Not Sciences Books: Assumptions versus Reality for Authors, Readers and Journals" with reports of end user studies conducted by Elsevier
Peter Boyce, Senior Consultant, American Astronomical Society: "What Do Astronomers Really Need?" - Results of a survey conducted with Carol Tenopir
Leigh Healy, Vice President and Lead Analyst, Outsell, Inc.: "Where Students and Faculty Really Go for Information: Results of Outsell/Digital Library Federation Study of Academic Information Users"

12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Lunch at The Grand Hotel, in the King Room
(Courtesy of Kluwer Academic Publishers)

2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
(Break at 3:30 p.m.)
Panel 2: The Marginalization of the Library
Describing ways in which end-users are overtaking traditional library and publisher roles, and new models emerging
Convener: Anthony Watkinson, Publisher Consultant

Speakers:
Chuck Hamaker, Associate University Librarians for Collections and Technical Services, University of North Carolina at Charlotte: "Threats To and Role Of the Academic Librarian in the Internet Environment"
Lyndsay Rees-Jones, Workplace & Solo Adviser, CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) and Arlene Smith: "The Crisis of Confidence in the Corporate Library"
Bas Savenije, University Librarian, Utrecht University: "Will the Publisher Perish?"
David R. Worlock, Chairman, Electronic Publishing Services Ltd.: "The User Driven Business Model: A World Turned Upside Down"

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Reception in the Admiralty Room of The Grand Hotel
(Courtesy of Swets)

8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Dinner Open

Saturday, July 20

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Keynote Speaker: Carol Tenopir, continuing with the AAS report begun by Peter Boyce on Friday