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     LIBRARY & INFORMATION RESEARCH GROUP

                              E-LIB
           THE ELECTRONIC LIBRARIES PROGRAMME:
          its contribution to information research

                Libtech International `97

               University of Hertfordshire
                  10th. September 1997

 15m (pounds) has been invested in the Electronic Libraries
Programme by the UK higher education funding councils.

This seminar to be held in Hatfield will:

*    provide an overview of the evaluation of  the e-lib
     programme

*    consider how the benefits of  the e-lib programme to
     information users and  practitioners can be assessed

*    look at how the contribution of  the e-lib programme
     to information research  can be measured

The seminar is concerned with the impact  of  the e-lib
programme and  how the long term effects of the programme
and the individual projects can be measured.   It will consider
the growing impact of the digital library on information
users on practitioners and will assess the role of  the e-
lib programme in furthering the development of the
digital library.  The seminar will also look at the
relationship between the e-lib programme and relevant
information research being conducted in the UK and
elsewhere.  An assessment will be made of  the
transferability of  the approaches and methodologies
being adopted  by e-lib to library and information
research and innovation.

The seminar will be of interest to those who work in
higher education  institutions and  anyone interested in
research into digital libraries and electronic
information .



                        PROGRAMME

  9.30
Registration & coffee

  9.55
Welcome

10.00
e-lib: an evaluation
May Pettigrew, The Tavistock Institute

10.40
Towards the digital library: how relevant is
e-lib to practitioners?
Andrew Green , University of  Wales, Swansea

11.20
Towards the digital library: how relevant is
e-lib to information users?
Graham Walton & Catherine Edwards,
IMPEL2 Project, University of Northumbria

12.00     Lunch

12.40
Beyond e-lib: how  does e-lib fit into the
wider context of electronic information research?
Professor Charles Oppenheim, De Montfort University

 1.20
How  do we assess the impact of e-lib?
Discussion groups.
     A    For information users and user research
     B    For information resarch and innovation

 2.00
Report-back from discussion groups and panel
session

 2.45
Tea and dispersal

The seminar has been designed to provide an opportunity
for participants to attend the Libtech ' 97 exhibition after the seminar.

Information about local  hotel and University
accommodation is available from Libtech International
`97, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield
AL10 9AD (URL:http://www.herts.ac.uk/Libtech/libtech.htm)

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To:   Jo Glover, LIRG Administrative Officer, Leeds
Metropolitan University Calverley Street, Leeds LS1 3HE
(Telephone 0113 283 5993, Fax:  0113 283 3123, Email:
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Please register me for a place on the seminar, e-lib: its
contribution to information research, Libtech
International, Hertfordshire University, 10th. September
1997

I enclose a cheque for   60 (pounds)
[ 55 (pounds)  for personal members of LIRG]

Please make cheques payable to the Library and
Information Research Group

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Special Dietary Requirements

Workshop preference
A    Information users
B    Information research and innovation

Applications must be received by Thursday 28th. August 1997.
No cancellations of bookings will be accepted after Thursday 28th. August 
1997


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