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UC&R North West presents:

E-books: Current Reality and Future Expectations
to be held at:
The British Council, Manchester
on Thursday 2nd June
10.00am  -  4.30pm

The recent consortial deal in the North West and the current reviews in 
London suggest that the long touted explosion in e-books has arrived. What 
is the current state of play? What do we want from e-books and what do our 
users want? What products are on offer? And what are they like in 
practice? This one day event will provide answers to all these questions 
from a team of informed presenters with a wide experience of the issues. 

Presentations will be followed by a panel discussion.

Guest speakers:

John Akeroyd
Head of Learning & Information Services
London South Bank University

Jo Richler
Head of Learning Resources 
Wigan and Leigh College

David Whitehurst
Head of Technical Support, The John Rylands University Library
The University of Manchester

Julie Carroll-Davies
Strategic Business Development Director
Proquest Learning

Andrew Evans
Account Manager, UK Academic Libraries
OCLC PICA NetLibrary

Ronald Jaeger
E-Books Marketing Director
Dawsons Books

Panel Chair: Shirley Ward, UC&R North West


Price:
£30+VAT UC&R members/students
£50 non members
Refreshments and lunch included.

To book for this event, please fill in the booking form below and return 
it to: 
Shirley Ward at [log in to unmask]:

BOOKING FORM

E-BOOKS: CURRENT REALITY AND FUTURE EXPECTATIONS
Thursday June 2nd 2005, 10.00am - 4.30pm at The British Council in 
Manchester 

£50 (including VAT) full rate, including lunch and refreshments (£30 
reduced rate for 
students and UC&R members)

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Please send your form by post or email to:
Shirley Ward
Subject Librarian
Learning Support Centre
The University of Bolton 
Deane Campus
Deane Road
BOLTON BL3 5AB
Email: [log in to unmask]

Further information on access to and location of the venue will be sent 
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with confirmation of your booking.

Cancellations with less than 5 working days notice will be charges at the 
full rate, replacements will be accepted

Kind regards,

Jane Marshall

Jane Marshall
Business Information Officer
Business Information Service
Eddie Davies Library
Manchester Business School
The University of Manchester
+44 (0)161 275 6503
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Next Training courses in our 2005 series are:
11 May: Managing Intranets and Using Weblogs
17 May: Effective Website Management
24 May: Web Creation and Design
www.mbs.ac.uk/bis-training