Tuesday 18th August 2009: Focus on Publishers
On the first full day of this conference the focus is on the publishers.
Building specific partnerships with publishers can significantly improve the situation for the print handicapped and is instrumental in pushing forward the concept of a global library. The global library concept is central in the vision of IFLA LPD Section, where our member libraries build a network of online digital content that can be accessed 24/7 from any place in the world.
What possibilities and obstacles for co-operation can we identify when we are building partnerships with publishers to create accessible content? Can we find clever ways to work with the publishers, how can we share knowledge on publishing in more adaptive formats? What models exist that allow accessible content to become available in mainstream formats and in alternative formats at the same time and for the same price? And what about copyrights: can we find a balance between the publishers and authors needs and needs and rights of our end-users? It all boils down to inclusive thinking from the beginning and keeping this inclusive line of thinking alive, during the whole process of production of information sources and the delivery of information services to all users who may benefit from it.
09.00 Opening session
Bente Dahl Rathje
- Welcome by the LPD-chair Bente Dahl Rathje (Denmark)
Joke Schauvlieghe
- Official welcome by Joke Schauvlieghe the Flemish Minister of Culture.
Download speech presented bij Karel Tobback (pdf).
Ellen R. Tise
- Keynote speaker Ellen R. Tise (South Africa), IFLA-president elect: Reflection on the Global Library and her theme ‘Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge’.
Presentation: Convergence…and libraries meeting the needs of people with print disabilities (pdf)
11.00 Session ‘Co-operation with publishers’
Focus on copyright and global aspects (IPA, EPA, WIPO) with speakers:
Convenor: Koen Krikhaar (the Netherlands)
Publishers vision by Alicia Wise, Chief Executive of the Publishers Licensing Society (PLS) and Digital Consultant to The Publishers Association (PA).
Victoria Owen
Libraries vision by Victoria Owen
Presentation: It shall be permitted (pdf)
12.00 Discussion panel
Peter Osborne
Driver of the panel: Peter Osborne (RNIB, UK)
Panel members: a.o. Ellen R. Tise, Victoria Owen, Bernard Heinser (Daisy Consortium)
Bernard Heinser
Bernhard Heinser (Daisy Consortium)
14.00 Session ‘Co-operation with publishers’
Focus on adaptive publishing techniques
Convenor Koen Krikhaar (The Netherlands)
Presentations:
Kathleen Asjes
Adaptive Content processing, by Kathleen Asjes (Pro Access)
Presentation: Guidelines for producing and licensing accessible content (pdf)
Anne Marit Godal
Books for everyone, by Anne Marit Godal (Norway)
Presentation: Books for everyone (pdf)
Adrienne Hak
- Dutch Inclusive publishing projects, by Adrienne Hak, (The Netherlands)
Presentation: Rubinstein, publisher of audiobooks (pdf)
Thomas Kalish
Inclusive publishing Projects in Germany, by Deutsche Zentral Bibliothek and publishers, by Thomas Kahlish (Germany)
Presentation: Inclusive publishing projects at DZB Leipzig (pdf)
16.00 Discussion panel
Driver of the panel: Peter Osborne (RNIB, UK)
Panel members: a.o. Thomas Kahlisch, Anne Marit Godal, Kathleen Asjes, Adrienne Hak, Erik Timmermans (secretary at Legal and Economic Affairs, Dutch Publishers Association, The Netherlands).
17.00 Closing session
Marian Koren: Interview with Ellen R. Tise (president-elect IFLA)
17.30 End
18.00 Visits in Mechelen
Choice between visit to a recording studio, a public library with adapted reading point, a guided city tour (in Dutch, English, French, German or Spanish) or a museum accessible for blind persons.
20.00 Dinner
