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There are still places available at this seminar - bookings being taken beyond closing date. NATIONAL ACQUISITIONS GROUP SEMINAR ANY TIME, ANY PLACE, ANYWHERE: ACCESS, PARTICIPATION AND PARTNERSHIP IN THE MODERN LIBRARY Aston University, Birmingham, 19 May 2005 Ex VAT price: Members £125 Non-members £175 PLEASE NOTE: Bookings required by Thursday 12 May 2005 A commitment to widening participation in formal and informal education, with its implications for improvements in access, social inclusion and lifelong learning, is high on the agenda of academic and public libraries. There is a great deal that the two sectors can learn from each other here, and much to be gained by collaborative working. This seminar invites leading practitioners from public and academic libraries to explore current initiatives in the field, the benefits of cross-sectoral collaboration, and their implications for collection management. A practical seminar which will explore how libraries of different kinds are responding to the challenge of 24/7 provision and show how partnership working is delivering benefits for all. Speakers at the seminar and session titles are as follows: Sally Curry, National Partnerships Manager, Inspire Have You Been Inspired? Jane Butler, Wakefield Libraries & Information Service Everyone’s a Winner Julie Archer, Sunderland University Widening Participation: Is Opening All Hours the Answer? Tony Chalcraft, College Librarian York St. John College and Jane Lockwood , Senior Librarian, York Libraries Friends in the North: the Experience of the City of York and York St. John College of Sharing a Computer System and Building a Wider Partnership Tony Durcan, Newcastle upon Tyne City Librarian Planning the new Newcastle City Library : the Physical Library Portal; John C. Woods, County Borough Librarian, Bridgend Library and Information Service Ask Cymru - Higher Education and Public Library Co-operation in Wales To Book (by Thursday 12 May) and for further details visit our website on www.nag.org.uk Or contact NAG Admin on 01782 750462 with any queries