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UK SERIALS GROUP
www.uksg.org
The Radical Library: taking up the challenge
Thursday 13 November 2003, London
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It's no news that libraries and library services in the academic sector are
changing fast, but this seminar brings together practitioners from within
and beyond universities to give some real life examples of radical
developments taking place now. Speakers will show how even large research
libraries are increasingly relying on electronic-only access to the journal
literature, how the explosive growth in student numbers beyond the
traditional full-time campus-based 18-21 cohort is transforming services,
how the library building (if it’s still called the ‘library’) is changing
beyond recognition, and how provision is now tailored much more closely to
demand. There will also be a look at these advances from the publisher’s
point of view, and two well-respected figures – Bob Campbell of Blackwell
Publishing, and Michael Breaks of Heriot-Watt University – will top and tail
the day with wide-ranging and controversial presentations giving their views
on the current position and future trends in information demand and supply
for teaching, learning and research.
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Both for library staff and for those publishers and other intermediaries
whose livelihoods depend on a close knowledge of trends in the academic
library world this one-day seminar is a great opportunity to hear about,
comment on and discuss some of the leading edge developments actually taking
place now in that world, and to consider how these changes will affect their
plans for the future enhancement of their own services or products.
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PROGRAMME
10.00 Registration and coffee
10.30 Welcome and introduction by the Chair and UKSG representative
Paul Harwood, Director, Content Complete Ltd
10.40 Libraries: do they have a future in academia – or only a past?
Bob Campbell, President, Blackwell Publishing Ltd
11.10 Necessity is the mother of invention: the disembodied library
Diana Leitch, Assistant Director and Deputy University Librarian,
University of Manchester
11.40 Break
11.55 E-learning with coffee and buns
Jan Howden, Acting Senior Librarian, Glasgow Caledonian University
12.25 Distance learners: first-class remote service
Lou McGill, Distance Learning Services Librarian, University of Leicester
12.55 Questions and summary of the morning session
13.00 Lunch
14.00 How to make your e-resources earn their keep
Ruth Stubbings, Academic Services Manager, Loughborough University
14.30 How publishers and libraries interact in an electronic world
Terry Hulbert, Head of e-Development and Strategy, Institute of Physics
Publishing Ltd
15.00 The radical librarian and the radical library
Michael Breaks, University Librarian, Heriot-Watt University
15.30 Final summing up and close of seminar
Full details are available on our website - www.uksg.org - go to events
together with an online booking form.
FEE
UKSG members £135.00 + £23.63 VAT (=£158.63)
Non-members £175.00 + £30.63 VAT
(=£205.63)
The fee includes refreshments and lunch.
Venue
Royal College of Nursing (Cowdray Hall)
London W1 A map will be sent with confirmation
of booking.
Cancellations
By 4 November 2003 Full refund
From 5 to 7 November 2003 inclusive 50% refund
From 8 November 2003 No refund
Please book using the form below or via our website.
SEMINAR BOOKING FORM
The Radical Library: taking up the challenge
Thursday 13 November 2003
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