Proving the case - are our libraries and learning spaces making a difference?

  Seminar Programme

  Friday 2 December 2010
  MIC Hotel and Conference Centre, London


10.00

Registration and coffee

10.30

Welcome and introduction
Sheila Cannell, Director of Library Services, University of Edinburgh. Chair, SCONUL Working Group on Space

10.45

Keynote address: Are libraries special? Lessons from outside the library sector
Alexi Marmot, Director, AMA Alexi Marmot Associates and Professor, Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, UCL

11.30

Developing the evidence: round table discussions using case study scenarios to identify the data and evidence required to prove the impact of our library and learning spaces.

12.30

Plenary feedback

13.00

Lunch

13.45

Keynote address: Evaluating learning space design: a 'theory of change' perspective
Professor Philippa Levy, Head of School, Information School and Professor of Higher Education Development, Sheffield University

14.30

Making the case: round table discussions looking at how we might use data and evidence gathered to demonstrate the impact our library and learning spaces are making.

15.30

Feedback and key messages

16.00

Tea and departure