The 6th Academic and Research Libraries Group South West (ARLG SW) Discover Academic Research Training and Support (DARTS) conference being held at Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon on Thursday 24th to Friday 25th May 2018 has nearly sold out! There are just five residential places left so if you are interested in attending, please book soon.
Due to this high demand we have opened the event to a limited number of day delegates. The rates to attend are as follows:
Day delegate rates:
Thursday day, no dinner £80 +VAT
Thursday day, with dinner £110 +VAT
Friday day £120 +VAT
Thursday & Friday, no dinner £200 +VAT
Thursday & Friday, with dinner £230 +VAT
Full conference rates:
ARLG members (separate / shared bathroom) £330 +VAT [last few remaining]
Non-members (separate / shared bathroom) £350 +VAT [last few remaining]
The full conference rate includes overnight accommodation at Dartington Hall, refreshments, lunch on both days, breakfast on Friday and a Conference dinner on Thursday evening in the Great Hall. Full details and a booking form are available on the conference website at: https://arlgdarts.wordpress.com/
We already have an exciting range of speakers and topics lined up:
• Kara Jones (University of Bath) Library services have evolved to meet the demands of technology, changes in learning activities and research methods and delivery of information and knowledge. Library staffing structures and expertise have developed to meet the needs of our users. Knowing this, how can we anticipate future changes and what might be some of the drivers influencing this change.
• Mandy Smith (Cranfield University) Mapping the information needs of research students.
• Georgina Parsons and Emma Turner (Cranfield University) The Impact Game.
• Catherine Parker (University of Huddersfield) The Game of Open Access.
• Jane Secker (City, University of London) and Chris Morrison (University of Kent) ‘The Publishing Trap’ board game and Copyright literacy and supporting researchers.
• Cuna Ekmekcioglu (University of Edinburgh) Academic research and training support.
• Katherine Stephan (Liverpool John Moores University) Do more with less: How relationships with other university partners can help you save time and create new opportunities.
• Lisa Clughen (Nottingham Trent University) They give me their work and I think “Where do I start!?”‘: Theories, issues and approaches to academic writing support.
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Best wishes,
The ARLG-SW DARTS committee
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