Dear all
The CILIP in Scotland Annual Conference 2018 will take place in the Apex Hotel, Dundee on 4th and 5th June. Margaret Menzies, CILIPS President in 2018, will host two days of presentations, workshops, discussion and engagement with Scotland’s library and information community on the theme of Collaborative Communities: Connecting with our networks.
The earlybird rate ends this Friday (21st April) and you can book your place at this rate here: https://cilips.formstack.com/forms/cilipsconference2018
You can view the programme so far here: http://www.cilips.org.uk/about/annual-conference-2018/
The programme includes:
Monday 4th June
Keynotes:
Leonie Bell – Head of Cultural Engagement and Culture Strategy, the Scottish Government;
David McNeill – Digital Director, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations;
Plus...
Digital Storytelling in libraries project - Scottish Book Trust;
Collaborative Communities – HE, FE and school libraries working together;
Developing a national strategy for school libraries;
Mischief Makers: Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Beano with the Summer Reading Challenge, Library Partners and The Reading Agency;
Bibliotherapy - Empowering and enabling people through the power of written and spoken words in Midlothian Libraries;
Cataloguing the Mackintosh Library;
Books behind bars – why prison libraries matter – Pete White, Positive Prisons and James King, Head of Learning & Skills, Scottish Prison Service;
Developing the Professional Workforce– Luke Stevens-Burt, CILIP; and
The right information for patients- NHS Inform;
Tuesday 5th June
Keynotes:
Louise Welsh – Author and Professor;
Pamela Tulloch - Chief Executive Officer of Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC);
Plus...
The Year of Young People: Looking at information needs with Young Scot;
Embracing the First Minister’s Reading Challenge – Scottish Book Trust;
Everything’s Event-ual! Expanding readers’ tastes with Fife Libraries;
Search strategies and textual analysis;
Spreading the word – podcasting and Falkirk Libraries;
Case study – Wikimedia and libraries;
Seeing Collections Differently: Dancing the 1932 Scottish School Certificate Geometry exam;
Active-E: Profiling a successful digital service;
A networking breakfast; and
Protecting our freedom – Libraries and privacy;
Plus a walking tour of Dundee and an after dinner speech on 'Voices of Scotland's Librarians' by former CILIPS President Alan Reid.
We hope you can join us!
*Apologies for cross posting*
Regards
Sean McNamara
CILIPS
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