Public Libraries branch programme for 2006 conference in Göteborg

Tuesday June 20

11.00 - 12.30 Are You Interactive?

"X-files",- the role of a public library in the local music scene
The Gävle example. A demonstration of local rock bands presented in the public library. Speakers: Margareta Hagman + Christina Wengstrom (Gävle, Sweden)

"Are You Interactive?" Enhancing access to music . Speaker David Crombie (Dutch Federation of libraries for the visually handicapped. FNB, The Netherlands).

Co-operation between the Public Library and the Municipal Music School in Karlstad . Speaker: Birgitta Sparre (Biblioteket Musikhögskolan Ingesund. Arvika, Sweden). Presented by the IAML Public Libraries Branch. Chair: Hanneke Kuiper, Public Library, Amsterdam).

13.00-14.00 Public Libraries Branch. Working lunch.
Chair: Hanneke Kuiper (Public Library, Amsterdam).

14.00 – 15.30 Meeting for the IAML Toolbox .
Chair: Kirsten Husted (Vice chair, Vejlebibliotek, Denmark)

Thursday June 22
11.00 – 12.30 Supporting Public Libraries

Presentation digital lending CDR , by Michiel Laan (director CDR, The Netherlands) CDR digital project: the Central Discotheque in Rotterdam (CDR), the biggest collection of sound in the Netherlands, will present the start of a digital project and projects on loan/direct and digi/loan. Speaker: Michiel Laan (The Netherlands).

IAML Toolbox for public libraries : presentation of the new Toolbox pages on the IAML website. Speaker: tba.

"The online music library initiatives in Norway, Sweden and Denmark".
Speakers: Ann Kunish (Oslo), Ole Bisbjerg (Denmark), Jonas Hallstöm (Sweden).
Presented by the IAML Public Libraries Branch. Chair: Hanneke Kuiper, Public Library, Amsterdam).

15.30 Tea break
16.00- 17.00 Tour in the Göteborg library (5 minutes walk)