Conference Programme
Digital Services for a digital world: adapting academic libraries to a digital environment
Tuesday 4 December 2007
British Library Conference Centre, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB
| 10.00 |
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Registration and coffee |
| 10.20 |
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Welcome and introduction Anne Bell, Chair of SCONUL |
| 10.30 |
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The JISC Capital Programme and its impact on academic libraries Stuart Dempster, Project Director Strategic Content Alliance, JISC |
| 11.00 |
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Archival Sound Recordings; engaging users with online resources Peter Findlay, Project Manager - Archival Sound Recordings 2 Project, British Library Sound Archive |
| 11.20 |
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The National E-Books Observatory Project Hazel Woodward, University Librarian and Director of Cranfield University Press, Cranfield University |
| 11.40 |
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First World War Poetry Digital Archive: the past and the present Stuart Lee, Acting Director of Oxford University Computing Services, Oxford University |
| 12.00 |
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Web 2.0 and university libraries Jeff Trzeciak, University Librarian, McMaster University |
| 12.30 |
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SCONUL Update Jane Core, Vice-Chair of SCONUL |
| 12.45 |
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Lunch |
| 13.45 |
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Presentation of the SCONUL Design Award Sheila Cannell, Chair of Working Group on Space Planning and Director of Library Services, Edinburgh University |
| 14.00 |
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The impact of digital services on academic library design Sheila Cannell, Director of Library Services, Edinburgh University |
| 14.30 |
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East London Theatre Archive Digitisation Project Andrew Macdonald, Director of Library and Learning Services & Head of Lifelong Learning Centres, University of East London |
| 14.50 |
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Library Management Systems in UK higher education - the joint JISC/SCONUL study David Kay, SERO Consulting |
| 15.10 |
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The Theatre of Memory Andrew Green, Librarian, National Library of Wales |
| 15.30 |
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Supporting e-Research through workforce development Jane Savidge, Director of Library and Learning Support Services, Surrey University |
| 16.00 |
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Plenary Session Anne Bell, Chair of SCONUL |
| 16.30 |
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Conference ends and Tea Optional tour of the new BL Centre for Conservation (45-60 minutes) |