Programme

Tuesday 17 April 2012

Meeting 9:00 a.m. at  the metro station – line B - Černý Most, exactly at the exit of this station under the footbridge (Chlumecká Street, direction from the centre)

Return to Prague downtown: next to the metro and tram station Masarykovo nádraží approximately at 7:30 p.m.

 Wednesday 18 April 2012

A. Faculty of Arts Library, Charles University
B. National Archives
C. Strahov Monastic Library
D. Smichov Municipal Library
E. Academy of Sciences Library

Seminar programme

Registration; Buffet lunch available

Keynote speaker
Chair: Martin Svoboda, National Technical Library, Prague

Future libraries (pdf; 12,8 MB)

Helle Juul, Juul / Frost Architects Denmark, Kopenhagen, DNK

Session 1: Setting the scene
Chair: Liesbeth Mantel, Delft University of Technology

Libraries in the age of a digital fire (pdf; 0,9 MB)

Jiří Zlatuška, director, Centre for Education, Research and Innovation in ICT, Brno

Putting students first: Libraries and learning (pdf; 1,6 MB)

Graham Bulpitt, Kingston University London

Research: Overview (pdf; 0,2 MB)
Hans Geleijnse, Library Strategy Consultant
Past President of LIBER

  Thursday 19 April 2012

Session 2: Sustainability
Chair: Karen Latimer, Queens University, Belfast
 

Building's envelope design, energy efficiency and renewable energies

Anna Wagner, architect

A story on implementation of comprehensive modernization of energy management of the National Theater with application of alternative sources

Miroslav Růžička, National Theatre, Prague

Session 3: Refurbishment of buildings
Chair: Philippe Marcerou, Sorbonne, Paris

The SantAgostino project for a new Cultural Centre in Modena (pdf; 6,5 MB)
Alessandro Bertoni, Università Ca' Foscari, Venice

Ghent Library (pdf; 3,2 MB)

 Bert Rogiers, OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen

Refurbishment of the National University Library, Strasbourg (mp4; 105 MB)
Christophe Didier

Session 4: Re-organising and re-purposing space
Chair: Inken Feldsien-Sudhaus,
Technical University, Hamburg-Harburg

Reshaping Freiburg University Library - Learning and Research in the Heart of the City (pdf; 4,2 MB)
Antje Kellersohn, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg

Refurbishing The Black Diamond to meet the digital challenges (pdf; 2,3 MB)
Steen Bille Larsen, The Royal Library Denmark, Copenhagen, DNK

Introduction to visit to National Technical Library (pdf; 18,1 MB)
Petr Lešek (Projektil Architects)
Tomáš Vaněk (PAS)

Visit to National Technical Library

Conference dinner - Municipal House (náměstí Republiky 5, Praha 1)

  Friday 20 April 2012

Session 5: Technical aspects of buildings
Chair: Márta Virágos, University of Debrecen, Hungary

A crash course into acoustics (mp4; 121 MB)
Jan David Hanrath, hanratharchitect BV/ H2 interactive BV

The O.A.S.E. - an example of modern, well-designed learning spaces (pdf; 2,4 MB)
Ulrike Brunenberg-Piel, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf

Coffee break

Session 6: Preservation
Chair: Sylvia Van Peteghem, Ghent University, Belgium

The National Institute for Sound and Vision; Archives under Dutch Water (pdf; 12,8 MB)

Willem Jan Neutelings, Neutelings Riedijk Architects, Netherlands

The Strategic Approach for Special Collections at the Bodleian Libraries (pdf; 10,4 MB)

Richard Ovenden, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford

Conclusion
Ulrich Niederer (Chairman, LIBER Architecture Group)