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Mutual and partaken Bliss: the Bliss Bibliographic
Classification in action
Date: Tuesday 12 October 2004
Time: 6.30 pm
Venue: The Sekforde Arms, Sekforde Street, London EC1
Speaker: Heather Lane, Librarian of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Heather Lane is an Oxford graduate who trained at the British Library. She
has worked in Cambridge college libraries for twenty years. Currently she is
the Librarian of Sidney Sussex College, chair of the Cambridge University
Libraries Automation Group and represent the colleges on the University
General Board Committee on Libraries. Heather is also Hon. Secretary to the
Bliss Classification Association (BCA) and a member of the Classification
Research Group (CRG), as well as East of England representative for CILIP's
University, College & Research Libraries group. She acts as Training Officer
for the BCA and has spoken on Bliss classification all over the UK and most
recently as a visiting lecturer at the University of Goettingen in Germany.
Heather's talk will cover a brief introduction to the Bliss classification
and its history, why and how BC2 is used in Cambridge, the role of the BCA
and the CRG, and future development of the scheme via a digital platform.
CILIP in London evening meetings are free and open to all with a
professional interest in the topic. Refreshments will be available
afterwards. As space is limited, please let us know if you are coming.
Contact Phillip Powell at [log in to unmask] or on 020 7416 5345.
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