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Dear Colleagues,
Please join us for the
FOURTH EARL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
INFRASTRUCTURE - THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF
PUBLIC LIBRARY NETWORKING
on Wednesday 24 November 1999 - Royal Armouries, Leeds
PROGRAMME
09.30 - 10.00 am - Registration and coffee
10.00 - 10.15 am - Welcome and introduction to the day
David Ruse, Chair EARL Council (up to 24 November 1999)
Followed by a presentation of the EARL Best on the Web awards 1999
10.15 - 11.15 am - Business meeting
Vivien Griffiths, Chair of EARL Council (from 24 November 1999)
11.15 - 11.40 am -Coffee
11.40 - 12.10 am - Reality unfolding - delivering the People's Network
Chris Batt, OBE, Chief Network Advisor for the Library & Information Commission
12.10 - 12.40 pm - New Library infrastructure, James Turner, New Opportunities Fund
12.40 - 13.40 pm - Lunch
13.40 - 14.10 pm - Private sector partnerships in New Library implementation
Andrew Usherwood, Cisco Systems & David Hopkins, Cable and Wireless
14.10 - 14.40 pm - The National Grid for Learning experience: lessons to be learned, John Brown, BECTA
CASE STUDIES
14.40 - 15.00 pm - New Library: networking in the West Midlands
David Potts, WMRLS Regional Libraries Telematics Officer
15.00 - 15.25 pm - Tea
15.25 - 15.45 pm - Planning for New Library in London and the South East
Peter Smith, LASER and Andrew Stevens, Westminster City Libraries
15.45 - 16.30 pm - Question and answer session. Panel to include speakers from the programme.
16.30 pm - Close
Sincere thanks to Cisco Systems and Cable and Wireless for supporting this event.
BOOKING FORM
To reserve a place at this event you can either reply to this message after you have added the appropriate details below, or by printing this message off and returning by post or by fax.
You are welcome to send more than one delegate to this event. Please photocopy this form and circulate amongst your colleagues. Those who wish to just attend the business meeting at the start of the day will not be charged a booking fee. The cost of the day is £30.00 + VAT for EARL Partners and £60.00 for others. Cancellations within 7 days before the event will still be invoiced for the full cost, although substitution for another member of staff from your authority can happen at any time.
Please indicate YES or NO alongside the following:
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*I will be attending the whole day - YES / NO
*I would like you to reserve a car parking pass in advance (special charge of £1.50 per vehicle. Full price is £3.00) - YES / NO
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Please send an invoice of £30.00 (EARL Partner) / £60.00 (others) + VAT to:
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Please complete and return this form as soon as possible to:
Helen Baigent
EARL Liaison Officer
4 Floor, Gun Court
70 Wapping Lane
London E1W 2RS
telephone: 0207 702 2020
fax: 0207 702 2019
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Places are limited, so please respond quickly to secure your booking.
We look forward to seeing you there!
This information is also available from the EARL Website:
http://www.earl.org.uk/events/agm.html
Helen Baigent, EARL Liaison Officer
4th Floor, Gun Court
70 Wapping Lane
London E1W 2RS
Tel: 0207 702 2020 Fax: 0207 702 2019
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http://www.earl.org.uk
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