The 18th Seminar of the LIBER Architecture Group, Freiburg im Breisgau
Get Involved: Futureproofing your Library through Dialogue
April 12–16, 2016
PROGRAMME
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Optional: Pre-seminar library visits to Strasbourg (Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire, BNU, and André Malraux Public Library)
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
| AM | Freiburg visits (St Peter’s Monastery Black Forest, Archives, the Diary Museum Emmendingen or the Solar Green Eco Village „Quartier Vauban“). |
| 11:00–13:00 | Registration |
| 13:00–13:30 | Opening: Welcome Dr. Ulrich Niederer, LAG Chair and Director Central and University Library Lucerne Prof. Dr. Gunther Neuhaus, Vice Rector, Freiburg University |
| 13:30–14:30 | Keynote: Changing Libraries Prof. Dr. Maarten J.F.M. Hoenen, Vice Rector, Basel University |
| 14:30–15:00 | Coffee break |
| 15:00–17:00 | Session 1: User involvement Dr. Graham Walton, Loughborough University Library How library users use space: research results Olaf Eigenbrodt, Hamburg State and University Library User participation in the planning process Agnes Mainka, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Links between public and academic libraries in city planning and urbanism Dr. Frédéric Brodkom, Library of sciences and technologies, Catholic University of Louvain Mapping users’ habits and patterns of use at the University of Louvain |
| 18:00 | Reception Peterhof, Freiburg University The construction of Freiburg University Library – film presentation |
Thursday, April 14, 2016
| 09:00–10:30 | Session 2: Staff involvement Andreas Haitz-Fliehmann, Vermögen und Bau Baden-Württemberg, Amt Freiburg Involving staff in the planning process Dr. Hendrik Defoort & Sylvia Van Peteghem, Ghent University Library Moving a closed access collection at Ghent Poster presentations of new buildings |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00–12:30 | Session 3: Architects’ approaches to the new library building type François J. V. Valentiny, Valentiny hvp architects, Remerschen-Schengen/Luxembourg The Luxembourg University project Clément Blanchet, architect, Paris Different places where information can be shared |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch and Poster Session |
| 14:00–16:00 | Session 4: New buildings from database (Librarians and Architects) Ralf Coussée, Coussée & Goris architecten Ghent Krook, the Ghent Central Library Róisín Heneghan, heneghan peng architects, Dublin Greenwich University Library Dr. Antje Kellersohn, Director Freiburg University Library & Heinrich Degelo, Degelo Architekten Basel Freiburg University Library (Presentation Kellersohn, Degelo) |
| 16:00–17:30 | Visit to Freiburg University Library |
| 19:00 | Conference Dinner Historisches Kaufhaus, Freiburg Welcome: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Jochen Schiewer, Rector Freiburg University |
Friday, April 15, 2016
| 09:00–10:30 | Session 5: Technical issues Daniela Pogade, Textredaktion, Berlin Signage and wayfinding Jochen Usinger, UKW Innenarchitekten Krefeld Light according to engineering standards versus lighting concept Dr. Ulrich Niederer, Central and University Library Lucerne Cooperative Storage Facility, Lucerne |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00–12:30 | Session 6: Post occupancy evaluation: the planning cycle Karen Latimer, Queen’ University Belfast Library The IFLA POE project and Queen’s University of Belfast Library (6 years on) Dr. Klaus Ulrich Werner, Freie Universität Berlin Freie Universität Berlin (10 years on) Dr. Jeremy Upton, Edinburgh University Library Edinburgh University Library (c. 50 years on) |
| 12:30–13:00 | Closing remarks |
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Optional: Post-seminar visit to Vitra Campus, Weil am Rhein