About the International Summer School

• is an annual event organized by the study courses Library and Information Management of Stuttgart Media University. From 2012 it will be organized by the Faculty Information and Communication.
• usually takes place in the last week of September (formerly first week of May)
• offers a range of 2-3-day-workshops in English language on Library and Information Science, but also interdisciplinary subjects. The workshop topics may vary from year to year. (See Previous Summer School workshops below)
• is open to students and professionals from the Library and Information Science sector from around the world. Interdisciplinary workshops may be open to participants of other professions as well
• welcomes 60-80 participants from various countries per year. The countries of origin of Summer School participants so far included Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Australia, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lithuania, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Sweden, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, and the United States
• invites guest lecturers from partner universities within Europe and overseas. (See Previous Summer School workshops below)
• gives participating students the opportunity to earn academic credits (usually 3 ECTS per workshop) – upon successful completion of an assignment. Credits earned are documented in a so called “transcript of records”.
• facilitates the "Summer School Café" and "Get Together" parties which allow the participants of the different workshops to meet, to share ideas and to reflect what they have learned during the day
• workshops may be complemented by study trips or excursions, eg visits of libraries or other cultural institutions in the area

• ”Evidence Based Library and Information Practice” with Dr. Gillian Hallam (Queensland University of Technology) and Prof. Cornelia Vonhof (Stuttgart Media University), 2008
• ”Music in Digital Libraries and Archives” with Jürgen Diet (Bayrische Staatsbibliothek, Munich) and Silke Sewing (Deutsches Musikarchiv, Berlin), 2010
• ”Strategic Management for Electronic Publishing: Scholarly Information in Today’s Electronic Environment” with Prof. Dr. John J. Regazzi (Long Island University, New York), 2008-2010
• ”Multimedia Literacy for the Information Professional” with Barbara Devilee and Esther Hammelburg (Hogeschool van Amsterdam), 2010
• ”Introduction to Multimedia Systems” with Prof. Dr. Chang Yoong Choon (Multimedia University Malaysia), 2010
• ”Structuring the Web” with Peter Becker (De Haagse Hogeschool) / Marjolein v. d. Linden M.A. (Hogeschool van Amsterdam)
• ”Libraries as Enabling Spaces for Creative Practices” with Lennart Björneborn (Royal School of Library and Information Science, Copenhagen)
• ”Intercultural Encounters” with Prof. Dr. Frank Thissen (Stuttgart Media University), 2009/2010
• ”Library Services for Multicultural Communities” with Gullvor Elf (Linköping Public Library, Sweden), Prof. Susanne Krüger (Stuttgart Media University) and Katrin Sauermann (Stuttgart Media University), 2009
• ”Policies for Digital Preservation: the SHAMAN Framework” with Dr. Elena Maceviciute / Dr. Tom Wilson (University of Borås, Schweden) / Tobias Steinke (German National Library, Frankfurt)
• ”Management und Technik Digitaler Bibliotheken” with Prof. Markus Hennies and Prof. Sebastian Mundt (Stuttgart Media University), 2008-2010
• ”Kulturmarketing” with Prof. Dr. Martin Götz and Claudia Grzonka (Stuttgart Media University), 2009

For more information about the International Summer School, please contact:

Katrin Sauermann, sauermann@hdm-stuttgart.de
Tel: +49 (0)711-25706-211