** Apologies for cross posting**
Book your place now for the 2012 DREaM project
conference<http://lisresearch.org/dream-project/dream-event-5-conference-monday-9-july-2012/>which
takes place at the British
Library Conference Centre<http://www.bl.uk/conferencecentre/conference.html>,
London on Monday 9th July.
The exciting programme includes a keynote speech from best-selling author,
broadcaster, medical doctor and academic Dr Ben
Goldacre<http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/>.
Dr Goldacre <http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/> will also
present the Library and Information Science (LIS) Practitioner Researcher
Excellence Award<http://lisresearch.org/2012/03/30/dr-ben-goldacre-to-present-practitioner-researcher-excellence-award-at-dream-conference-on-9th-july-2012/>
.
Other sessions include a review of the DREaM project by Professor Hazel
Hall; an opening keynote presentation on the value and impact of library
and information services by Professor Carol Tenopir; a series of short
delegate-led “one minute madness” presentations; an invited paper that
analyses the DREaM network by Dr Louise Cooke; and an open panel discussion
on how a UK network of LIS researchers can be sustained. Panellists include
Dr Carla Basili of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy), CILIP’s
Annie Mauger and DREaM
cadre<http://lisresearch.org/dream-project/dream-workshops/dream-workshop-cadre/>member
Jo Alcock.
To book your place, please register
here<http://store.napier.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?catid=155&modid=1&compid=1>.
Registration costs £95 inclusive. There are a number of bursaries available
but you need to be quick
- We are offering *10 travel bursaries of up to £90* to help new
professionals and full-time PhD students located outside London with their
travel costs. These are being awarded on a first come first served basis.
If you joined the profession in 2008 or since then, or are a full-time PhD
student, please tick the box on the registration
form<http://store.napier.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?catid=155&modid=1&compid=1>to
indicate your interest in a bursary place –
*but hurry, there are just a couple of bursary places left!*
- Two CILIP groups are offering sponsored places at the DREaM
conference<http://lisresearch.org/dream-project/dream-event-5-conference-monday-9-july-2012/>for
their members: (1) CILIP
North West branch is sponsoring a *conference place and
travel*<http://lisresearch.org/2012/05/28/cilip-north-west-members-invited-to-apply-for-spoonsored-dream-conference-place/>,
apply on the the application form <http://bit.ly/JZIuXf> by *Monday 11th
June 2012*; (2) the Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) is
sponsoring *two conference
places*<http://lisresearch.org/2012/05/30/lirg-offers-two-sponsored-dream-conference-places/>,
apply by sending an e-mail to [log in to unmask] with details of your
name, contact e-mail address, employer details and a 50-word statement of
how attendance at the DREaM conference will impact your professional
practice by *Monday 11th June 2012*.
To see the full programme for the day, please see the DREaM conference web
page<http://lisresearch.org/dream-project/dream-event-5-conference-monday-9-july-2012/>
.
Regards
*Christine*
*
*Christine Irving
Library and Information Science Research Coalition
http://lisresearch.org/
http://lis-dream.spruz.com/
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Twitter: @CM_Irving
** Book now for the DREaM conference http://bit.ly/DREaM5_prog - Monday 9th
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