The Centre for Information Research and Training, (CIRT) University of
Central England,
is organising the second Study School for public librarians as part of the
BLRIC-funded project
"Developing Research in Public Libraries".  (Please note - the content of
this School is different from that of the school held last October).

It will be held at the Chamberlain Hotel, five minutes by taxi from
Birmingham New Street Station (the Hotel has a
 24-hr guarded private car park - 



£2.00 per 24 hrs).

The school itself is free, but meals and accommodation have to be paid for,
as follows:
     Friday lunch        £6.00
     Friday dinner       £10.00
     Bed & breakfast Friday   £45.00 (double room for the price of a
single)
     Saturday lunch      £6.00

Focus of the School.......
.......will be on sharing research with others - working with others,
disseminating findings, discussing ideas and outcomes and making
comparisons.

Feedback from the School will be important in informing the outcome of the
Developing Research in Public Libraries project.

The programme is as follows:

Friday 23 April
12.00          Registration and buffet lunch
13.00          Introduction to the School - Clare Nankivell, CIRT Manager
14.00          Research Partnerships - project management with parners -
Nick Kingsley, Archivist, Birmingham               Library Service
14.30          Workshop
15.45          Tea break
16.15          CIPFA PLUS: Using data to inform service development,
benchark services and work with other
          authorities - David Lightfoot, Assistant County Librarian,
Lancashire
16.45          Workshop - led by David Lightfoot and Martin Jennings, PLUS
National Co-ordinator
18.00          Break (bar will be open)
19.00          Dinner

Saturday 24 April
09.30          Using ICTs for sharing and participating in research -
Robert Gent, Assistant Director of Libraries and
          Heritage Department, Derbyshire
10.00          Workshop
11.15          Coffee break
11.30          Involving the community in sharing research: the BLRIC
social exclusion project (partners - Sheffield          and Merton).  An
interactive presentation - John Vincent, freelance consultant
12.30          Lunch
13.45          Public library research dissemination: the need for formal,
regular channels of research dissemination
          Clare Nankivell, Stella Thebridge - Research Assistant, CIRT
14.15          Workshop
15.30          Tea break
16.00          Plenary session; discussion and decision-making; evaluation
17.00          Close

If you are interested in attending, please do not hesitate to contact me
via email, or phone me for further details on
0121 331 5619.  Final bookings need to be received by Friday 9 April.

Trish Cheshire
Research Administrator
Centre for Information Research and Training