12.00

Registration, Royal Bath Hotel

12.30

Lunch

13.45

Starter's orders
Jane Core, Chair of SCONUL

14.00

The Quiet revolution
Euan Semple, Advisor on social computing for business

14.50

Tea/coffee

15.30

Backing the winners. Librarians adding value
Sue McKnight, Director of Libraries and Knowledge Resources, Nottingham Trent University

16.15

Hybrid roles and blended professionals: what competencies are needed and how can they be acquired?
Sheila Corrall, Head of Department and Professor of Librarianship & Information Management, University of Sheffield

17.00

AGM

19.00

Reception, The Oceanarium, sponsored by Ex Libris

9:00

Tomorrows technologies: best bets and likely losers
Marsall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies and Research, Vanderbilt University

9.50

Remember repositories? They were all the rage
Alma Swan, Director, Key Perspectives

10.45

Tea/coffee

11.15

Facing up to the economic realities: Placing a bet on the future.
Donald W. King, Distinguished Research Professor, University of North Carolina

12.00

Jockeying for position: the research competition, open access and the race to the top
Tom Cochrane, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Technology, Information and Learning Support, Queensland University of Technology

13.00

Lunch

14.00

Programme of visits

• Art's Institute at Bournemouth and Bournemouth University Libraries
• Bournemouth guided walking tour
• Coutts Information Services (Ringwood)
• Waterfront Museum and Scaplen's Court, Poole
• Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum
• Poole Cockle Trail (self-guided walk)

18.30

Reception, Royal Bath Hotel, sponsored by Springer

19.00

Conference Dinner, Royal Bath Hotel, sponsored by Coutts

9.15

Parallel session 1
Topics A, B, C, D, E, F

10.00

Parallel session 2
Topics A, B, C, G, H, I

10.45

Tea/coffee

11.15

Parallel session 3
Topics D, E, F, G, H, I

12.00

Conference video

12.10

From starting gate to knacker's yard: careering round the track
Derek Law, Professor, Centre for Digital Library Research

12.50

Closing remarks, Jane Core, SCONUL Chair

13.00

Lunch and depart