The main content of the presentation focused on by Dr. Philip Calvert was: the role of technology in building modern libraries; challenges for libraries when choosing and applying modern technology in the context of technology explosion; approaches and use of technology for students of information and library science; modern libraries in the trend of connection and interaction through "social media" - social networks, web 2.0...; information users in modern libraries.
Dr. Philip Calvert and staff, lecturers and students of the Faculty of Information and Library Science discussed together the topics of web 2.0, access points in modern libraries, characteristics of modern libraries, the issue of document digitization with copyright challenges, software for building digital libraries, technology products to support special information users...
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Thi Quy, Head of the Faculty of Information and Library, on behalf of the staff and students of the Faculty, thanked Dr. Calvert for his enthusiasm and valuable time for this presentation. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Thi Quy expressed her hope that the cooperative relationship between the Faculty, Dr. Philip Calvert and Victoria University of Wellington will continue to develop further in the future.
Dr. Calvert thanked the teachers and students of the Faculty of Information and Library Science for their warm welcome and hard work. He also expressed his confidence in the future cooperation between the two sides.
