JOINT COFHE SCOTLAND/UC&R SCOTLAND EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT "E-resource for E-courses" 10.00-16.00, 20th February 2002 Stirling Management Centre University of Stirling Through its visionary DNER programme the JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) is attempting to join-up the huge collections of multimedia and electronic resources so that these are easily accessible at the most relevant point of use to students, researchers and staff across the Higher and Further Education sectors. The rapid and extensive uptake of Virtual Learning Environments for teaching and learning now means that these environments are a vitally important port of access for students. But how are the DNER and VLEs interlinked and what are some of the issues for librarians in supporting VLEs? This event is a repeat of the recent seminar held at the University of Hull. Speakers: -Dr Caroline Ingram, DNER Programme Manager, Learning & Teaching, JISC: "Development of an Information Environment for UK Learning and Teaching." Sarah Currier, Research Fellow, INSPIRAL Project, University of Strathclyde: "Digital Libraries and Online Learning: the INSPIRAL study." Dr Mandy Bentham, Learning & Teaching Advisor (Learning Technology), Learning Innovation Centre University of Huddersfield: "XanEdu by name, Xanadu by nature" - issues for academics in the development of a VLE. Jenny Brook, Project Director, INHALE Project, University of Huddersfield: "INHALE: information for Nursing and Health in a learning environment." Ewan McCubbin, HERON Liaison Officer, University of Stirling: "Higher Education Resources ON-Demand - the development of copyright cleared digitised readings in academic libraries." Book your place by completing the following booking form and e-mailing or posting to: Ewan McCubbin, HERON Liaison Officer, Library, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA. E-mail: [log in to unmask] Tel: 01786-466617. **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** ****************** "E-Resources for E-Courses" Booking Form Name: Position: Institution: Address: Email: Tel: Fax: No of places: PAYMENT (£50 person, inc. VAT and including freshments and 2 course lunch) a) please invoice my institution (address for invoice if different from above) OR b) I will be sending a cheque YES / NO Please make cheques payable to: "CofHE Scotland" Please indicate any special dietary requirements. Cancellations with less than 5 working days notice will be charged at the full rate. Replacements will be accepted. *************************************** Ewan McCubbin HERON Liaison Officer The Library University of Stirling STIRLING FK9 4LA Tel: 01786-466617 Fax: 01786-466613 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Web: http://www.heron.ac.uk ****************************************** -- The University of Stirling is a university established in Scotland by charter at Stirling, FK9 4LA. Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not disclose, copy or deliver this message to anyone and any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of the University of Stirling shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it.