Summary of the evaluation of the seminar „The effective library”

Abstract

The seminar in Leipzig was the 10th Seminar of The LIBER Architecture Group. During the years the Architecture Group has tried to organize the seminars in different ways, but every time with a strong focus on presentation of projects, library visits and to give room for the opportunity for the participants to exchange experiences between colleagues. Another main point is to bring librarians and architects together in order to create a better understanding between these two professions regarding library-building projects. The seminar venue in March 2002 was not in a library but the Leipzig Trade Fair (Leipziger Messe) in the outskirts of Leipzig and in connection with the annual Leipzig Book Fair. There were connections from town centre by tram. The first one and a half day (Tuesday and Wednesday) was concentrated on presentations of papers. Tuesday evening: Reception and visit of the university library Leipzig (reconstruction of a late 19th century building). Thursday was reserved as a full day for a bus trip with library visits in Jena, Erfurt and Weimar. Friday was divided between a long morning with papers and the opportunity in the afternoon to visit the Leipzig Book Fair and the Deutsche Bücherei. Saturday morning there was another excursion to visit the new building of the state library in Dresden. In all about 100 participants took part in the conference. Some of the papers are printed in this issue of LIBER Quarterly.