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Inspire Conference Programme

Inspire

Inspire: Celebrate, Challenge, Create

Tuesday 25 April 2006
British Library Conference Centre, London

9.45		Coffee and Registration
10.15		Welcome and Introduction Chris Batt, Chief Executive of MLA
10.30		Keynote speech (Title tbc) Phil Hope MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills
11.00		Boosting learning and information at the local level: the social inclusion challenge for all Kevin Harris, Local Level consultancy
11.45		Morning Workshops (booking form) Small But Perfectly Formed: Library Co-operation in Wales on a National and Local Basis Chris West, Director of Library and Information Services, University of Wales, Swansea How do they see us? Challenging ourselves through mystery visiting, Jan Clark, Chief Librarian at Kirklees Libraries and Information Service and Philippa Jones, Head of Customer Services, Leeds University Library Challenging the ivory tower: Widening Participation and access to a research intensive university library Glynis Platt, Widening Participation Co-ordinator, John Rylands University Library, University of Manchester Health Information Partnerships: benefits for all Sarah Greening, Health Information Co-ordinator, West Midlands Library Services Development Unit Welcome To Your Library: connecting libraries and refugee communities across the country. Opportunities and challenges for Inspire Helen Carpenter, Project Coordinator, Welcome To Your Library (based at London Libraries Development Agency) and speaker tbc, Leeds Metropolitan University
12.20		Lunch
13.10		Launch of Find it! Inspire’s cross sectoral resource discovery website Martin Molloy OBE, President of CILIP and Director of Cultural & Community Services, Derbyshire County Council
13.25		Building Libraries, Building communities - double session Libraries, learning and regeneration: Barking Learning Centre Trevor Brown, Head of Library Services, London Borough of Barking & Dagenham and Professor Andrew McDonald Director of Library and Learning Services and Head of Lifelong Learning Centres Shared vision, single community: redefining Worcester's libraries Anne Hannaford, Director of Information & Learning Services, University of Worcester and Margaret Snook, Head of Cultural Services, Worcestershire County Council
14.25		Afternoon Workshops (booking form) Small But Perfectly Formed: Library Co-operation in Wales on a National and Local Basis Chris West, Director of Library and Information Services, University of Wales, Swansea How do they see us? Challenging ourselves through mystery visiting, Jan Clark, Chief Librarian at Kirklees Libraries and Information Service and Philippa Jones, Head of Customer Services, Leeds University Library Challenging the ivory tower: Widening Participation and access to a research intensive university library Glynis Platt, Widening Participation Co-ordinator, John Rylands University Library, University of Manchester Health Information Partnerships: benefits for all Sarah Greening, Health Information Co-ordinator, West Midlands Library Services Development Unit Welcome To Your Library: connecting libraries and refugee communities across the country. Opportunities and challenges for Inspire Helen Carpenter, Project Coordinator, Welcome To Your Library (based at London Libraries Development Agency) and speaker tbc, Leeds Metropolitan University
15.05		The challenge - Backcasting and Forecasting: Shaping the future for learner support and library co-operation (Title tbc) John Dolan OBE, Head of Library Policy, MLA, and Suzanne Enright, Director of Information Systems and Library Services, University of Westminster
15.30		Conference ends

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