Hi folks,
Sorry if you've already seen this elsewhere, but these (free) events should be of interest to some on this list :-)
If you'd like any more information, feel free to drop me line off-list.
Cheers
Chris
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Chris Young
Senior Consultant Trainer
JISC Netskills
http://www.netskills.ac.uk/
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Two FREE workshops are taking place in May, exploring how external engagement
is influencing the future roles of library, information and IT services in UK
universities and colleges.
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25th May
LIBRARIES, RESOURCES & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FOR EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT
Lakeside Conference Centre, Aston University
Full description and booking: http://bit.ly/bce-lib
26th May
EXTENDING IT SUPPORT FOR EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT
Lakeside Conference Centre, Aston University
Full description and booking: http://bit.ly/bce-it
Both workshops are aimed at anyone with role working in (or with) these key
institutional services (there is no requirement to be currently performing a
specialist "engagement"-related role).
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Each workshop brings together staff from services to discuss some of the key
issues emerging from engagement with the community and businesses outside of
their institutions. You can find out more about what this might mean for you
and how these events might help here:
http://bceawareness.jiscinvolve.org/what-is-bce/
Attendees will get a chance to share their experiences as well as an
opportunity to find out about the practical support available to help
identify, understand and further develop their own external engagement
strategies and actions.
The range of engagement activity types and descriptions can also make it
difficult to relate them to wider initiatives which could be providing key
support and funding. These workshops should help people to make those
connections and more importantly, better identify support that is already
taking place - but is perhaps not currently recognised.
The workshops are being delivered by JISC Netskills, through the "BCE -
Awareness and Education for the Wider JISC Community" project which is
specifically focused on the issues for key enabling and support services,
within UK HE and FE institutions.
Find out more about the project at: http://bit.ly/jisc-bce-aware
The project is itself, part of the JISC-funded "Business and Community
Engagement (BCE) programme", which aims to provide practical help for
institutions to develop their engagement strategies, as well as the systems to
support them.
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