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Children, Social Inclusion, and Public Library Networking
7th December 2000 12:00-4:30pm
Friends House, Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ
As part of its series of focused events on Social Inclusion and Technology
within Public Library Networking, EARL is pleased to announce the second in
its current series: Falling through the Net: Social Inclusion and Public
Library Networking.
*Programme
12:00-1:00 Registration and Coffee
1:00-1:20 John Vincent
Member of Policy Action Team 15 on Social Inclusion, and author of
Public Library Policy and Social Exclusion Working Paper on Children
Talk will include the PAT 15 findings on the impact of public libraries in the provision of services to children
1:30-2:00 John Carr (NCH Action For Children),
Author of a Parents' Guide to the Internet
Talk will include guidelines for selecting sites for children, safe
searching
2:10-2:40 Sarah Ormes (UKOLN)
Filtering Facts: An introduction and how-to to filtering
2:50:-3:15 Anne Everall (Birmingham Public Library)
Talk will include developing content for children, and will highlight
such sites as Stories from the Web. In addition, the talk will include Birmingham's initiatives with children and social inclusion
3:15-3:30 Coffee/Tea Break
3:30 -4:15 Debbie Denham (University of Central England, Centre for
Information Research)
Children and IT Report
4:15-4:30 Questions and Closing
*Costs
EARL Partners = UKP45.00 (+VAT)
Non- EARL Partners = UKP55.00 (+VAT)
*****Special Offer*******
Also attend Grey Power and the Web (24th October, 2000) and get both events at the discounted price of:
EARL Partners = UKP80 (+VAT)
Non-EARL Partners = UKP100 (+VAT)
Further details will be available shortly on the EARL Events webpage at:
http://www.earl.org.uk/events/index.html
However on-line booking is available at:
http://www.earl.org.uk/events/booking.html
Or else contact:
Sally Chambers
EARL Liaison Officer
4th Floor, Gun Court,
70 Wapping Lane,
London, E1W 2RS
Telephone (020) 7702 2020
Fax. (020) 7702 2019
Email [log in to unmask]
We shall look forward to seeing you there!
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