EBLIDA Annual Council Meeting

Budapest, Hungary, 5 and 6 May 2006

09h30 - 09h50

Main Ceremony Hall

Opening by Mr Jan Ewout van der Putten

Welcome by Dr István Monok, Director National Széchényi Library Budapest and Member of CENL Board of Directors

Presentation of new EBLIDA Director, Andrew Cranfield

Knowledge economy and knowledge society

Keynote by Dr Norbert Kroó, Vice President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Member of the High Level Expert Group on Digital Libraries

Being a member of the European Union,

Views and experiences on the occasion of Hungary’s second anniversary  

Keynote by Dr Katalin Lévai, Member of the European Parliament, Socialist Group, and Vice-Chairwoman of the Committee on Legal Affairs

10h45 - 11h15

Coffee break

Introduction of sessions by Speakers

Work sessions

• Open Access, SPARC Europe (held at the Main Ceremony Hall)

Chaired by Drs Bas Savenije, President, Netherlands Association for Library, Information and Knowledge Professionals (NVB)

Speaker, David Prosser, Director SPARC Europe (See eIFL.net and SPARC presentations)

• Professional Education, EUCLID (held at Room 710)

Chaired by Mrs Sue Brown, Chair EBLIDA Professional Education Working Group

Speaker, Mr Ragnar Audunson, President EUCLID

• How EBLIDA lobbies for libraries (held at Room 516)

Chaired by Mr Gerald Leitner, Secretary General Austrian Library Association

Speaker, Mr Toby Bainton, Secretary SCONUL (See his presentation here)

AGENDA Council Meeting

15h30 - 16h15

16h15 -

around 17h15

Tour of the National Library by Ms Edina Szilárdi

Sightseeing walk from the National Library to the Parliamentary Library (5th District, 1-3., Kossuth Square)

Walk to the Pier (nr. 3, Jászai Square), northern side of Margaret bridge in Pest to get on board of  the boat: HALÁSZBÁSTYA (Fishermen bastion) (see map)