Program Agenda
23rd Polar Libraries Colloquy 2010
„Cool Libraries in a Melting World“
Sun, June 13 – AWI : Building D
19:00-19:30 Registration
19:00-21:30 Ice Breaker
Mon, June 14 – Klimahaus : Room Kyoto
08:30-09:30 Registration
09:30-10:15 Opening
Moderator: Marcel Brannemann, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
Karin Lochte, Director, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
Rainer Paulenz, City Councillor for Education and Culture, Bremerhaven, Germany
Heather Lane, Chair of the PLC, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, U.K.
10:15-12:30 Keynotes
10:15-11:15 Permafrost and Climate Change
Abstract
Bernhard Diekmann, Alfred Wegener Institute, Potsdam, Germany
11:15-11:30 Coffee
11:30-12:30 Airborne research in cool regions
Abstract
Daniel Steinhage, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Session 1 – Open Doors to Polar Knowledge – Examples of Tools & Projects
Moderator: Laura Kissel, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, U.S.A.
14:00-14:30 Antarctic bibliographies – listing the literature of a continent
Abstract
David Walton, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, U.K.
14:30-15:00 The Breitfuss Polar Archive at SPRI: its acquisition and integration into the SPRI collection
Abstract
Isabella Warren, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, U.K.
15:00-15:30 A digitizing project Norwegian Polar Institute
Abstract
Fred Inge Presteng, Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway
15:30-16:00 Coffee
16:00-17:00 William Mills Book Prize
19:00-22:00 I2B Presentation & Reception, Conference Room, SailCity Hotel
Tue, June 15 – Klimahaus : Room Kyoto
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:15 Klimahaus 8° East – Introduction
Susanne Nawrath, Klimahaus 8° Ost GmbH, Bremerhaven, Germany
09:15-10:45 Klimahaus 8° East – Guided Tour
10:45-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:30 Panel I: The Melting and Disappearance of Circumpolar Born Digital Grey Literature
Abstract
Moderator: Lindsay Johnston, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Session 2 – From Behind the Camera: Polar Expeditions
Moderator: Marcel Brannemann, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
14:00-15:00 Silent Films from Expeditions to the North and the South Pole
Abstract
Jan-Anders Diesen, Lillehammer Univ. College, Lillehammer, Norway
15:00-15:30 Polar Exploration Filmclips
15:30-16:00 Coffee
16:00-17:00 Session 3 – Information Use – Impact on Polar Libraries
Moderator: Daria O. Carle, Univ. of Alaska, Anchorage, U.S.A.
16:00-16:30 Patterns of information use by polar scientists. Will information professionals and resources be affected?
Abstract
Jo Milton, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, U.K.
16:30-17:00 Information transformation: How will large-scale trends affect polar libraries?
Abstract
Shelly Sommer, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A.
19:00-22:00 PLC Steering Committee Meeting
Wed, June 16 – Klimahaus : Room Kyoto
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-10:00 Session 4 – Polar Research in Historical Context
Moderator: Elaine Maloney, Canadian Circumpolar Institute, Edmonton, Canada
09:00-09:30 Data versus headlines – the history of the IPY-idea
Abstract
Reinhard Krause, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
9:30-10:00 Research of AWI in Greenland following the legacy of Alfred Wegener
Abstract
Hans Oerter, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
10:00-10:30 Coffee
10:30-12:00 Session 5 – Polar History – Examples and Methods
Moderator: Sharon Tahirkheli, American Geological Institute, Alexandria, U.S.A.
10:30-11:00 Significance of Academic Science in Industrial Development of the Barents Region: Historical Reconstruction in the Special Edition of the Archival Documents of the First Polar Conference of 1932 in Khibinogorsk
Abstract
Valentin P. Petrov, Elena I. Makarova, Tatiana A. Fridman, Kola Science Center RAS, Apatity, Russia
11:00-11:30 Translating a legend : Lt. Shirase and the 1910-12 Japanese Antarctic Expedition. The other historic dash for the South Pole
Abstract
Hilary Shibata, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, U.K.
11:30-12:00 Cold Cases: Lessons in Historical Skills and Methods
Abstract
Laura Kissel, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, U.S.A.
12:00-12:15 Group Photo
12:15-17:00 Field Trip
12:15-13:45 Lunch at German Emigration Center
13:45-15:15 German Emigration Center – Guided Tour
15:30-17:30 Bremerhaven Harbour Tour
Thu, June 17 – Klimahaus : Room Kyoto
09:00-10:00 Session 6 – Preserving & Distributing Polar Research – Polar Libraries Ahead
Moderator: Sandy Campbell, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
09:00-09:30 The International Polar Year Publications Database: The First 4000
Abstract
Ross Goodwin, Arctic Institute of North America, Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
09:30-10:00 Polar Libraries Collaborating Through E-science Distribution and Communication
Abstract
Gloria Hicks, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Univ. at Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.
10:00-10:30 Coffee
10:30-11:30 Session 7- (Open) Access to Research Data
Moderator: Marcel Brannemann, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
10:30-11:00 PANGAEA Data Library for the Earth System
Abstract
Hannes Grobe, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
11:00-11:30 DataCite – International consortium for data citation
Abstract
Jan Brase, Technische Informationsbibliothek, Hannover, Germany
11:30-13:00 Panel II: Possible roles for the future library in digital curation - How archives, libraries and data centres can interact more effectively
Moderator: David Walton, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, U.K
Heather Lane, Scott Polar Research Institute
Shelly Sommer, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Jan Brase, Technische Informationsbibliothek
Hans Pfeiffenberger, Alfred Wegener Institute
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Session 8 – ePublications – Availability & Access
Moderator: Sandy Campbell, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
14:00-14:30 Impact of Changes in the Publishing Industry on the Cold Regions Bibliography Project: Are We Really More Efficient?
Abstract
Sharon Tahirkheli, American Geological Institute, Alexandria, U.S.A.
14:30-15:00 How to access to journals of the National Institute for Polar Research Japan
Abstract
Yoriko Hayakawa, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan
15:00-15:30 Improving Access to Gray Literature in Polar Libraries
Abstract
Daria O. Carle, Univ. of Alaska, Anchorage, U.S.A.
15:30-16:00 Coffee
16:00-17:30 PLC Business Meeting
19:00- Conference Dinner & Outcry Auction at the Captain’s Lounge, Sail City Hotel
Fri, June 18 – AWI : Building D
09:00-11:00 Session 9 – Polar Libraries : Cooperation & Collaboration
Moderator: Daria O. Carle, Univ. of Alaska, Anchorage, U.S.A.
09:00-09:30 Capturing Conversations about Climate Change: How successful external collaboration might model better internal collaboration among units of the Alaska & Polar Region Collection, University of Alaska-Fairbanks
Abstract
Bridget Burke, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, U.S.A
09:30-10:00 New cooperation between Arctic Centre Library, Science Centre, the Provincial Museum of Lapland and Metsähallitus to produce tuition for local schools
Abstract
Liisa Hallikainen, Arctic Center, Rovaniemi, Finland
10:00-10:30 Coffee
10:30-11:00 University of the Arctic Digital Library: Progress and Update
Abstract
Sandy Campbell, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
11:00-12:00 Closing Session
Conference Summary
David Walton
Formal Closure
Heather Lane
Introduction of the site for 2012
12:00-12:30 Boxed Lunch
12:30-14:00 Film Session
14:15-16:00 Visit to the German Maritime Museum
