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>Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 13:46:29 +0000 (GMT)
>From: Hazel Gott <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Next UKOLN conference, Summer 1998
>
>
>Apologies if you have also received this from an earlier mailing
>
>The next UKOLN conference -
>			
>	INFORMATION LANDSCAPES FOR A LEARNING SOCIETY
>	Networking and the future of libraries 3
>
>	will be held on 
>	Monday 29 June, Tuesday 30 June and Wednesday 1 July 1998
>	at 
>	The University of Bath
>
>		-----------------------------------------------------
>		NB: THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE CONTAINS VERY FULL DETAILS
>		ABOUT THE CONFERENCE, WHICH YOU MAY PREFER TO READ ON
>		THE UKOLN WEB PAGES AT URL -
>		http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/ukoln-conf-98/
>		-----------------------------------------------------
>
>This 2-night/3-day conference, marking 21 years of continuous activity at
>Bath by UKOLN and its antecedent organisations, will point towards a
>future in which libraries create rich, integrated information and learning
>environments to support a variety of users.
>
>It is the third in the series Networking and the Future of Libraries,
>which has helped influence debate and practice during the nineties. We
>expect this conference to help shape developments as libraries respond to
>the challenges of supporting life-long learning, of the changing 
>educational, social and organisational environments in which they operate,
>of 'New Library: the people's network'.
>
>The conference will be opened by Brian Lang, Chief Executive of the
>British Library. Keynote addresses will be given by Clifford Lynch,
>Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information, and by
>Richard Heseltine, Director of Academic Services at the University of
>Hull.
>
>The four main sessions of the conference are:
>
>Information exchanges: the library, the network and the future
>--------------------------------------------------------------
>     This session will be prospective: how will libraries and other
>     information and knowledge exchanges develop as key components of an
>     information and learning society? How will they change themselves to
>     change the lives of their users?
>
>Chair: Monika Segbert, The British Council and Expert to DGXIII, UK and
>       Luxembourg
>	
>Speakers:
>       David Bearman, Archives & Museum Informatics, US
>       Lars Bjoernshauge, Technical Knowledge Centre of Denmark
>       Biddy Fisher, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
>       Grace Kempster, Essex County Council, UK
>       Frank Webster, Professor of Sociology Oxford Brookes University, UK
>
>Information and the public sphere: an informed citizenry
>--------------------------------------------------------
>     Libraries have long existed in the public sphere: they are
>     instruments of learning, of an informed citizenry, of civilisation.
>     How will this mission be maintained in a network society which is
>     increasingly globalised, where the unconnected are increasingly
>     disadvantages, where new costs are changing patterns of
>     accessibility? How inclusive will the landscapes be? How can
>     libraries ensure that their role is  recognised in the emerging
>     policy framework that is driving national and international
>     information society initiatives?
>
>Chair: Chris Batt, London Borough of Croydon, UK
>
>Speakers:
>       Andrew Blau, Benton Foundation, US
>       John Dolan, Birmingham Metropolitan District Council, UK
>       Andrew McDonald, University of Sunderland, UK
>       Sarah Tyacke, The Public Record Office, UK
>
>Information landscapes: the accommodation of knowledge
>------------------------------------------------------
>     Current information and learning systems exist as functional islands,
>     a series of individual, unconnected opportunities. The information
>     landscapes of the future will weave together electronic services and
>     existing services in ways that join users to the materials and tools
>     that they need, when they need them. How will these landscapes
>     support users and how will they relate to existing places and
>     services? How will library services combine physical places and
>     digital information spaces, the print and the electronic, learning
>     and information?
>
>Chair: Bruce Royan, SCRAN, UK
>
>Speakers:
>       David Baker, University of East Anglia, UK and Hilary Hammond,
>                 Norfolk County Council, UK
>       Ray Lester, The Natural History Museum, UK
>       Peter Lyman, University of California, Berkeley, US
>       Cris Woolston, University of Hull, UK
>
>Information architectures: constructing the digital library
>-----------------------------------------------------------
>     The Internet provides a pervasive, predictable transport. The Web
>     provides a pervasive, predictable presentation and user access
>     medium. However, poor support for organisation and management of
>     network resources creates difficulties for information providers and
>     frustration for information users. It is the need for such support
>     that is driving digital library and information architecture
>     initiatives. This session will explore the technical building blocks
>     and discuss how they will be used to weave information resources into
>     rich information landscapes.
>
>Chair: Lynne Brindley, University of Leeds, UK
>
>Speakers:
>       Lorcan Dempsey, UKOLN, UK
>       Dan Greenstein, Arts & Humanities Data Service, UK
>       David Kay, Fretwell-Downing Informatics, UK
>       Mike Stapleton, System Simulation, UK
>
>BOOKING DETAILS AND CONFERENCE FEES
>-----------------------------------
>The non-residential fee includes all meals except breakfast.
>The residential fees include all meals and accommodation for 2 nights.
>
>290 UKsterling (non-residential)
>335 UKsterling (residential in Brendan Court. Student rooms with 
>		washbasins only. Other facilities are shared)
>360 UKsterling (residential in Westwood. Student rooms ensuite with
>		shower)
>380 UKsterling (residential in Polden Court. Hotel-style rooms are ensuite
>		with bath, and have radio/alarm clocks, and hairdryers)
>
>Closing date for bookings is 8 June 1998.
>Cancellations between 8 and 22 June will incur a cancellation fee of 50
>pounds.
>There will be no refunds for cancellations received on or after 22 June.
>
>	FOR FULL INFORMATION OF FEES, BOOKING CONDITIONS, PROGRAMME, ETC.
>	PLEASE SEE URL: <http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/ukoln-conf-98/>
>
>Or contact Hazel Gott (details below) with any queries about the conference
>
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>*  Hazel Gott                                                             *
>*  Events Manager                                                         *
>*  UKOLN (United Kingdom Office for Library and Information Networking)   *
>*  The Library, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK     *
>*  Tel: +44 (0)1225 826256;  Fax: +44 (0)1225 826838;                     *
>*  [log in to unmask];  URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/                    *
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