Introduction 

Find here presentations delivered at Library Connect events around the world. (The slides are in English unless otherwise noted.)

Photo: (Left to right) Cheng Aijun, Liu Jingyu, Sui Haihua, Xie Jing and Song Linlin stand in front of the "Signature Wall," signed by attendees at theLibrary Connect Seminar in Xi'an, China in 2009. During the event, these five young info pros gave talks.

Presentations in South Africa (2009)

Dr. Peter Brimblecombe

• Professor Peter Brimblecombe, University of East Anglia:
  The Role of Scopus in Highlighting International Research 
• Laila Vahed, South African National Library and Information Consortium:
  SANLiC: Are We Weighing Up? 
• Professor D. Gansen Pillay, Durban University of Technology:
  The Changing Pulse of the South African Higher Education Research Landscape 
• Helen de Mooij, Elsevier:
  SciVal Spotlight, Enabling Strategic Decision Making 
• Cameron Ross, Elsevier:
  Journal Evaluation and the Next Generation of Scopus 

Presentations in Germany (2009)

• Gerrit Borchard, Universite de Geneve:
  Librarie = Liberte? Professionalisierung der Informationsfindung im akademischen Umfeld (in German)
• Thomas Edelmann, Elsevier:
  Elektronische Bucher auf ScienceDirect (in German)
• Roy Jakobs, Elsevier:
  Elsevier: Vom Verlag zum Losungsanbieter (in German)
• Ove Kahler, Elsevier:
  Losungen fur die Probleme unsere Kunden (in German)
• Barbara Ulm, Medical University Vienna:
  Rethinking the search for research 

Presentations in Spain (2009)

• Ángel Borrego, Universitat de Barcelona:
  Uso de revistas electrónicas en las bibliotecas del CBUC (in Spanish)
• Claudio Colaiacomo, Elsevier:
  Recognizing and valuing the importance of research
• Clara Macedo, University of Porto:
  An academic library without walls, without shelves, without limits
• Isabel Iribarren Maestro, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid:
  El papel de la bibliometria en la evaluacion de la investigacion (in Spanish)
• Gregorio García Reche, Universidad de Málaga:
  Modalidades, estrategias y alianzas de ALFIN en una biblioteca universitaria (in Spanish)
•   See photos fro this event in May 2009

Presentations in Argentina (2008)

• Fernando Lopez, CLACSO:
  Servicios y procesos en una biblioteca virtual (in Spanish)
• Daviess Menefee, Elsevier:
  Digital archiving today  & Library 2.0: Real or fantasy? Thanks to Blajet Ferret
• Isabel Pineiro, UNCUYO:
  Biblioteca digital SID/UNCuyo (in Spanish)
• Niels Weertman, Elsevier:
  Mission innovation in a changing world: Providing value beyond the library

Presentations in Peru (2008)

• Jorge del Carpio, CONCYTEC:
  Redes tematicas (in Spanish)
• Maria del Pilar Acha, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú:
  Gestión de la biblioteca virtual de la cooperación internacional (in Spanish)
• Janet Quevedo, ITACAB:
  Creando competencias en gestión del conocimiento (in Spanish)
• Isabel Recavarren, SciElo:
  Red de redes (in Spanish)
• Adriana Rodrigues, Elsevier:
  La importancia de la bibliometría en la medición del desempeño de la investigación (in Spanish)
• Ela Villa R., Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú:
  Gestión del conocimiento: Respuestas institucionales y estrategias del profesional de la información (in Spanish)
• Maria Luisa Thornberry, Secretaria General de la Comunidad Andina:
  Biblioteca Digital Andina (in Spanish)
• Hugo Wiener, Agrored Peru:
  La red peruana de intercambio de información agraria (in Spanish)

Presentations in Austria (2008)

• Ulrich Jordis, Vienna University of Technology:

     The digital global village: Literaturdatenbanken im täglichen Workflow eines Naturwissenschaftlers
    (in German)

• Ove Kahler, Elsevier:

Presentations in Japan (2008)

Paula Kaufman speaks on ROI.

• Ms.   Paula Kaufman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign:

Presentations in Quebec (2008)

• Chrysanne Lowe, Elsevier:

Presentations in Germany (2008)

Barbara Kalumenos presents in Germany

• Arthur Eger, Elsevier:

  What value have usage statistics for your library?

• Barbara Kalumenos, Elsevier:

     Aktualisierung, Elsevier Zugriff’s und Verbreitungsmodelle
    (in German)

• Bruno Bauer, Elsevier:

     Open access publishing: (k)ein Thema? (in German)

• Ulrich Jordis, Vienna University of Technology:

     The digital global village (in German)

• Claus Grossman, Elsevier:

     A broader perspective

• Fabian Kersten, Elsevier:

     Scopus: Nutzen und Trends (in German)

• Michiel Kolman, Elsevier:

     Innovation in science technical & medical (STM) publishing