cpd25 2-Day Conference 
Mergers, Partnerships and Service Providers
 <http://www.rcog.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=18> RCOG Conference Centre,
Regent’s Park London.
http://www.rcog.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=18 
27th and 28th June 2006

In an ever changing environment, the practice of merging institutions and
institutional partnerships is a well established one. The impetus processes
and implications for this extend far beyond the boundaries of the
traditional academic institution. 

o Has your instruction recently gone through a merger, or is a merger
planned?
o How do Library managers prepare their institutions for a successful merger
in a rapidly changing environment, what are the success factors, processes
and outcomes?
o How should your Library/Information Service best-serve the cross
institutional community through service collaborative partnerships and how
do national initiatives contribute to this?

The cpd25 Mergers, Partnerships and Service Providers Conference
(http://www.cpd25.ac.uk//events-diary/20.html
<http://www.cpd25.ac.uk/events-diary/20.html> ) provides you with the
opportunity to hear from colleagues and experts, who have negotiated a
merger, encountered similar problems and are working on concepts and
solutions.

Programme for day one -
Link
<http://www.cpd25.ac.uk/seminars-and-visits/mergers,-partnerships,-service-p
roviders-27th-june.html>  

Programme for day two –
Link <http://www.cpd25.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=253>


Conference themes include:

1. Strategic planning - initial approaches, identification of drivers and
outcomes expectations, engagement process, resource requirement implications
and identifications, evaluation and assessments undertaken before, during
and after the process, internal management and communication, financial
management adjustments.

2. Operational management - turning concepts into deliverables, planning
physical and staff resources, timeline management, re-working/identification
of new/enhanced services or processes, communication, contingency and/or
interim planning scenarios, budgets

3. Service level agreements - different types, who with, what for,
monitoring processes

4. Resource management - stock co-location/integration, service/staff
alignments, transition periods/big bang, new resource experiences

5. Operational delivery - multi faceted user base - FE/HE/NHS/life longer
learns etc, expectation/reality management, timetabling logistics (staff and
multi partner timetabling), stock availability / location / transfer issues,
communication, staff training issues 


6. National initiatives – UK Libraries Plus, UK Computing Plus, SCONUL
Research Extra and other local consortia agreements.
 
Booking Information:
 
Booking is available for either day individually, or for both days.
Attendance on both days, including lunch and refreshments, is £120 for cpd25
members and £150 for other institutions.

The cost of attendance on one day only is £70 for cpd25 members and £90 for
other institutions.
 
If you would like to attend, please use our online booking form:
www.cpd25.ac.uk/booking, or contact Dave Puplett with any enquires:
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Dave Puplett
cpd25 Administrator
 
University of Westminster, Marylebone Campus Library
35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LS
 
Tel: 0207 911 5836, Fax: 5058
Mobile: 07896 805 114
www.cpd25.ac.uk