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***Apologies if you receive this message more than once**** Learning From Experience - Information and Major Sports Events A SPRIG Seminar to be held at UMIST, 1 May 2001 What is the seminar about? This Sprig Seminar will deal with a variety of issues relating to information and major sports events. Aims To draw lessons from previous events, in particular the Sydney 2000 Olympics, and to look forward to the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. Who should attend? This seminar will be relevant to librarians, information specialists, archivists and local authority officers involved in events planning. It will also be of interest to academics and researchers interested in various aspects of major sports events, leisure consultants who provide advice about planning sports events, sports journalists and media representatives. How much does it cost? The fee is £75 for Sprig members and £95 for non-members. The fee covers attendance, a hot lunch, refreshments and a copy of the Seminar proceedings when they are published. Where is the Seminar being held? The Seminar is at the Manchester Conference Centre at UMIST. It is a few minutes walk from Piccadilly Railway Station in the centre of Manchester. Provisional Programme 10.30 Arrival and coffee 10.45 SPRIG AGM 11.00 Mega Events - an overview Maurice Roche, University of Sheffield An introduction to the impacts that large scale sports events can have. 11.45 The Sydney Experience. Alison Toohey, SOCOG? An insight into the role of librarians and information professions in the planning and delivery of the Games 12.30 - 2.00 Lunch 2.00 Manchester 2002 - preparations for the Commonwealth Games. Speaker to be confirmed from Manchester 2002 Limited 2.30 NW Games Exchange. A region wide research and information infrastructure to support the 2002 Commonwealth Games Lis Phelan, Deputy Chief Executive, Marketing Manchester 3.00 Back to the Future - archiving events. Olive Geddes, National Library of Scotland 3.45 Questions and round-up session 4.15 Tea and Close What is Sprig? Sprig is an organisation which promotes information sources in leisure, tourism and sport. It has a number of aims *To act as a special interest group for those involved in disseminating and managing information in leisure, tourism and sport. *To disseminate information to users with an interest in leisure, tourism and sport. *To lobby information providers (such as government organisations, publishers and specialist libraries) in leisure, tourism and sport for better coordination in provision and to identify gaps in that provision. *To improve awareness of leisure, tourism and sport information sources. If you have any questions about the Seminar or about Sprig please contact Martin Scarrott, The Learning centre, University of North London, 236-250 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PP Tel 020 7607 2789 extn 2470 E-mail [log in to unmask] BOOKING FORM Please complete one form for each delegate and send it to Nicola Cockarill, by email [log in to unmask] or by post. The Library, Glenside Campus, University of the West of England, Blackberry hill, Stapleton, Bristol, BS16 1DD Tel 0117 344 8850 Name_____________________________ Address______________________________________________________________ Email_____________________________ Tel_______________________________ Employer__________________________ Job Title___________________________ Are you a Sprig Member? If you are not a member, would you like to join Sprig? YES/NO If YES please indicate which category of membership you would like. You will then be invoiced for the cost of membership and the member rate for the Seminar Institutional £20 Personal £10 Unwaged £3 Please state any special dietary or access requirements________________________ __________________________________ Invoices will be issued with final programme and travel instructions, shortly before the Seminar ---------------------- Martin Scarrott Subject Librarian for Leisure and Tourism The Learning Centre University of North London 236-250 Holloway Road London N7 6PP Tel 020 7973 4889 [log in to unmask]