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

 

Registration and coffee
10.20

 

Welcome and introduction
Anne Bell, Chair of SCONUL

10.30

 

The JISC Capital Programme and its impact on academic libraries
Stuart Dempster, Project Director Strategic Content Alliance, JISC

11.00

 

Archival Sound Recordings; engaging users with online resources Peter Findlay, Project Manager - Archival Sound Recordings 2 Project, British Library Sound Archive

11.20

 

The National E-Books Observatory Project
Hazel Woodward, University Librarian and Director of Cranfield University Press, Cranfield University

11.40

 

First World War Poetry Digital Archive: the past and the present
Stuart Lee, Acting Director of Oxford University Computing Services, Oxford University

12.00

 

Web 2.0 and university libraries
Jeff Trzeciak, University Librarian, McMaster University

12.30

 

SCONUL Update
Jane Core, Vice-Chair of SCONUL

12.45

 

Lunch
13.45

 

Presentation of the SCONUL Design Award
Sheila Cannell, Chair of Working Group on Space Planning and Director of Library Services, Edinburgh University

14.00

 

The impact of digital services on academic library design
Sheila Cannell, Director of Library Services, Edinburgh University

14.30

 

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

 

Library Management Systems in UK higher education - the joint JISC/SCONUL study
David Kay, SERO Consulting

15.10

 

The Theatre of Memory
Andrew Green, Librarian, National Library of Wales

15.30

 

Supporting e-Research through workforce development
Jane Savidge, Director of Library and Learning Support Services, Surrey University

16.00

 

Plenary Session
Anne Bell, Chair of SCONUL

16.30

 

Conference ends and Tea

Optional tour of the new BL Centre for Conservation (45-60 minutes)