Dear Colleagues
Don't miss the opportunity to attend this event which promises to 
combine the practical with the inspirational!
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Integrate, Co-operate, Innovate II:
eLib Phase 3 in Context

Open University Conference Centre
24-25 November 1999

After the success of last year’s Integrate, Co-operate, Innovate
Conference about Hybrid Libraries and resource sharing, reporting on
eLib Phase 3 projects, the second conference will  be held at the Open
University Conference Centre, Gray’s Inn Road, London.  The aim of
this non-residential conference is to explore the challenges facing
academic Library and Information Services as the hybrid library
develops.  The event is timely as many of the Phase 3 projects are now
developing into full-scale, operational services.

In addition to presentations and discussion time, this year’s event
will also include a half-day session focusing on the Phase 3 CLUMPS
projects, some of which are entering their final stages.

The core of the conference will consist of five themed sessions, with
presentations both from Phase 3 projects AND from leading academic,
library and computing professionals who are not directly involved in
Phase 3.  The conference themes are as follows:

· The new information landscapes: responding to the user.
· New services: new demands?
· Technological issues: where are we now?
· The manager’s viewpoint.
· Library services and faculty: new partnerships?

Who should attend?

The conference will be of topical interest to Library and Information
Service managers who are already involved in, or who are preparing
for, the development of hybrid services and resource sharing.  It will
also be extremely relevant to service staff at the sharp end of
information provision and user support.

What will it cost?

£130 (inc VAT) for two days (not including buffet supper)

Preliminary Programme

Wednesday 24 November

10.00	Coffee and Registration

11.00	Welcome and introduction
· Ian Winkworth (Director of Information Services, University of
Northumbria)

11.15	Session 1:  	The new information landscapes: responding to the
			user.

Papers by:

· Juliet Dye & Jane Harrington (University of Westminster)
 ‘Hybrid libraries in the real world: an evaluation of eLib Phase 3
 	developments.’

and

· Debbie Lock & Jennifer Nordon (University of Surrey)
  ‘Hybrid librarians and distance learners: the FACT controllers.’

12.30	Lunch

13.30	Session 2:	  New services: new demands?

Papers by:

· Jane Core  (IW Stewart Professor of Lifelong Learning, University of
Abertay Dundee) · ‘New learning environments in the digital age.’

and

· Catherine Edwards & Peter Wynne (HyLiFe Project)

 ‘Our very own cleft stick: a checklist of challenges facing the
 	development of hybrid library services.’


14.45	Tea
 15.15  Session 3:  Technological Issues: where are we now?

Papers by:

· Ian Upton, Technical Development Officer (Builder Project) 
 ‘BUILDER: the DIY guide.’

and 

· Paul Miller (Interoperability Focus, UKOLN) & Brian Kelly (UK Web
Focus, UKOLN)

16.30	Close

Evening reception and buffet supper at the Open University Conference
Centre




Thursday 25 November

09.00	Focus on Clumps: what are Clumps up to now?

This session reviews the progress of all four eLib clump projects, and
introduces possible future directions.  Lessons learned from
implementation of these services and the common issues around moving
from technology to service are discussed.

10.15	Coffee

10.45	Focus on Clumps continued

· 11.45	Questions and discussions

13.00 	Lunch

14.00	Session 4:	The manager’s viewpoint

Papers by:

· Peter Stubley (RIDING Project Director)

and

· John MacColl (SELLIC Director, University of Edinburgh)
‘Great expectations: meeting them and creating them.’

15.15	Tea

15.30  Session 5:	Library Services and Faculty: new partnerships?

Papers by:

· Stephen Pinfield ( Academic Services Librarian, University of
Nottingham Library)
 ‘Customer service and partnership in the hybrid library.’

and 

· Nicky Sinead Gardner (Professor of Academic Innovation, Stirling
University)
 ‘Glimpses through the attic window of the infinite.’


16.45	Summary and close
· Professor Peter Brophy (Director of the Centre for Research in
Library & Information Management, Manchester Metropolitan University)

Book now to ensure a place.  You will find an electronic booking form
on http://eon.unn.ac.uk/conferences/ or contact Maureen Dickson on
0191 227 3222, Fax 0191 227 3671, e-mail [log in to unmask] 
Closing date for registration 8th November 1999.

For more information about this event, please contact:
Catherine Edwards
HyLiFe Project
School of Information Studies
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST
Tel: 0191 227 3222, Fax: 0191 227 3671
e-mail: [log in to unmask]


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