The Swiss National Library in Bern, the Association of International Librarians and Information Specialists AILIS and the CERN Scientific Information Service are pleased to announce their 2010 series of Library Science Talks. The series offers library and archive staff the possibility of learning from and communicating with personalities in library services and organizations. The talks cover important and topical issues for librarians. The 2010 talks are as follows:

Library science talks 2010

Mondays in Geneva / Tuesdays in Bern

16th season

Digital Consumers: implications and lessons for libraries, publishers and government David Nicholas, University College London, UK. 8 February in Geneva at CERN, 9 February in Bern at NL

Strategic marketing of libraries Irmgard Bomers, National Library of the Netherlands, NL. 1 March in Geneva at Bibliothèque de Genève (BGE), 2 March in Bern at NL

The Great War Archive Stuart Lee, Oxford University Computing Systems and Services, UK. 12 April in Geneva at CERN, 13 April in Bern at NL

Microsoft, libraries and open source Lee Dirks, Microsoft Education & Scholarly Communications, UK. 26 April in Geneva at CERN, 27 April in Bern at NL

EUROPEANA Jill Cousins, The European Library and EDL Foundation, NL. 31 May in Geneva at ITU, 1 June in Bern at NL

DuraSpace: open technologies for durable digital content: cloud technologies for libraries Michele Kimpton, DuraSpace, US. 4 October in Geneva at ITU, 5 October in Bern at NL

The Library Space as a new learning environment: Helsinki Central Public Library

Presentations will be held twice: in Geneva at CERN, Bibliothèque de Genève, ITU, Bibliothèque de la Cité and in Bern at the Swiss National Library, always at 15:30. All the presentations will be in English. The talks are open to all who are interested.

Kari Lamsa, Helsinki Central Public Library, FI. 8 November in Geneva at Bibliothèque de la Cité, 9 November in Bern at NL

For the talks in Geneva at CERN, external guests should be at the CERN reception, building 33, at 15:15 to be guided to the conference room. Please register beforehand by contacting [email protected] or by phone at 022-767.24.31. For the talk at Bibliothèqe de Genève (BGE) external guests should come to BGE, Promenade des Bastions, 1211 Genève. Furter information at [email protected]. For the talk in Geneva at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), external guests should come to ITU, Place des Nations, 1211 Geneva, with a valid ID. Further information and directions to the conference

room will be provided upon registration by email at [email protected] or by phone at 022-730.69.00. For the talk in Geneva at Bibliothèqe de la Cité external guests should come to Place des Trois-Perdrix 5, 1204 Genève. Further information and a map at http://www.ville-ge.ch/bmu/pratique/horaires/cite.html Please register beforehand by contacting [email protected] or by phone at 022-418.32.50. For the talks in Bern at NL, external guests should be at Hallwylstrasse 15 at 15:30. It is not necessary to register in advance, but for more information or a map, please contact [email protected] or by phone at 031-322.89.36.