Report and Presentations From The European Library’s “Researcher of Tomorrow” Conference

The Researcher of Tomorrow Conference took place in Madrid on December 3-4, 2012.

Conference Report: Preparing to Serve the Researcher of Tomorrow (via Research Information)

How will the researcher of the future work and how can libraries best meet those needs? Those key questions were intensely debated at Madrid’s Universidad Complutense by 150 librarians, researchers, metadata and digitisation specialists at the Researcher of Tomorrow conference, organised by The European Library in December 2012.

Direct to Conference Web Page (w/ Links to ALL Presentations) Including:

• Open Access Challenges – Kurt de Belder, Leiden University Libraries

• Researcher Requirements – Jennifer Edmond, Trinity Long Room Hub / Trinity College Dublin

• The Europeana ecosystem and the role of libraries – Jill Cousins,  Europeana Foundation

• HathiTrust Accomplishments and Aspirations – Jeremy York, HathiTrust

• Europeana Cloud – Alastair Dunning, The European Library