Open Access9th International Bielefeld Conference 2009: Upgrading the eLibrary: Enhanced Information Services Driven by Technology and Economics
Author(s) -
Almuth Gastinger
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
liber quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1435-5205
pISSN - 2213-056X
DOI - 10.18352/lq.7959
Subject(s) - knowledge management , engineering management , information technology , computer science , business , regional science , library science , world wide web , engineering , sociology , operating system
Thisarticle reports on the 9th International Bielefeld Conference ‘Upgrading the eLibrary: Enhanced Information Services Driven by Technology and Economics’, 3-5 February 2009, in Bielefeld, Germany. The conference focused on future challenges for libraries regarding the development of information services and infrastructures that meet the changing needs of scholarly communication, collaboration (e-science) and publication (open access) as well as new requirements regarding teaching and learning (virtual learning spaces). In addition attention was paid to economic conditions and strategic positioning of libraries as a general framework for information services.