Events> Conference 2007

Conference 2007

Right Here, Right Now!

Acquiring and Managing Collections in Academic and Public Libraries

Date: 12th and 13th September 2007

 

Speakers Notes

Speakers notes for the 2007 conference have been made available to all. Future speakers notes will be available only to those who attended the event.

Thinking outside the book: how the electronic revolution is changing the way we discover and use information (Jason Beech and David Lindley Coutts Information Services)

Bibliographical data - A changing market (Simon Skinner and Paul Dibble, Nielsen BookData)

Dis-integration and re-integration -Library management systems (Robert Bley, Ex Libris)

Changing trends in UK bookselling and publishing  -  Jonathan Earl  (Thames and Hudson)

Streamlining workflows to reduce acquisition costs - (Ann Rennie, LB of Havering)

 

   Learning - updating - real social networking!

      Hot topics - leading practitioners - key contacts!

         Compact, modern campus - accessible location - single, en-suite accommodation!

             Conference dinner at historic 17th-century Keele Hall!

 

Latest information on topics and speakers includes:


Keynote speaker - Ronald Milne, Director of Scholarship and Collections (British Library)

                     Collection Development in the Digital Age

 

 

This workshop will include a beginner's guide to a variety of Web 2.0 'stuff,' including blogs, wikis, social networking and bookmarking, RSS feeds and more.  The workshop will introduce each of these topics and will look at how libraries are currently using them, how they might be of benefit to you, and how to go about setting them up when you get back to your library...with or without the help of your own IT department!                                   

 

 

Home | About NAG | Contact Us | Accessibility
CILIP Seal of Recognition
Bobby WorldWide Approved