Another plea I would make: if a meeting must be held in London, make it
central London because trekking into central London from the sticks then
trekking out somewhere again to the meeting, and then in reverse to go home,
is no joke. Also, never hold a meeting on a Friday afternoon - trains from
London on Friday afternoons are packed, late or cancelled, and it takes
until very late at night to get home. And, while I'm getting all this off
my chest, don't start a meeting in London before about 11am - getting to a 9
or 9:30 start from where I start from means setting out at about 5am or even
the night before!
David Drewitt
Principal Librarian: Information Services
Worcestershire County Council
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jo Webb [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 9:55 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Regions and decentralisation
Isn't the issue really about ensuring variety and planning to be
inclusive? UC&R National Committee holds two meetings a year in London and
the one somewhere else (most recently Leicester and Sheffield). Although
the outside London venue is awkward for some, it is much easier for others
(including some of our most distant colleagues).
Within our East Midlands UC&R section we arrange meetings by turn at
Derby, Leicester, Nottingham, Lincoln, Loughborough and Northampton, and
vary the start times and nature of the events (some half-day and free,
others full-day and paid-for). Luckily we have suitable venues at each of
these places, but we try to at least create opportunities for people to
attend and get involved.
And we have tried to get students from our local library school
involved - even offered to pay for course or conference attendance, but for
whatever reasons we haven't had a response. And to answer another point
raised yesterday, wherever possible we try to send a representative to the
roadshows, although sometimes it is awkward when you don't have anyone
local.
Regards
Jo Webb
Jo Webb
Academic Librarian (Business, Law & Humanities Team Leader)
Kimberlin Library
De Montfort University
Leicester LE1 9BH
Tel: 0116 207 8046 Fax: 0116 257 7046
Email: [log in to unmask] Internet: www.library.dmu.ac.uk
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