[Apologies for cross-posting]
Evolution or Revolution?
An event to debate the CURL and British Library-commissioned report 'Optimising storage and access in UK research libraries'
10.30am - 4pm on Tuesday 13 December at the British Library Conference Centre, St Pancras, London
Last chance to register for this free event, open to librarians from ALL sectors, researchers and others with an interest in this issue.......if you wish to attend, complete the registration form at
http://www.curl.ac.uk/projects/OptimizingStorage.htm#Registration
Programme for the day
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10.00 Arrive and Coffee
10.30 Welcome and Introduction
Clare Jenkins (Director of Library Services, Imperial College London, and Chair, CURL Board)
10.40 The CURL-BL Storage Study: Implications and Issues
Helen Hayes (CURL-BL Storage Study Project Team, and Vice Principal for Knowledge Management and Librarian to the University of Edinburgh)
11.00 Implications for HE libraries
Martin Lewis (Director of Library Services, Sheffield University, and member of CURL Board) and Debby Shorley (Librarian, University of Sussex, and President of CILIP)
11.40 Researcher views on a national storage service
Mary Ritter (Pro Rector for Postgraduate and International Affairs, Imperial College London) and David Robey (Professor, School of Languages and European Studies, Reading University, and Programme Director of the AHRC ICT in Arts and Humanities Research Programme)
12.15 Panel Discussion, chaired by Clare Jenkins
1.00 Lunch
2.00 The Institutional View
David Eastwood (Vice-Chancellor, University of East Anglia, and Chair, HEFCE Research Committee)
2.25 The British Library Perspective
Jan Wilkinson (Head of Higher Education, British Library, and Chair of the Storage Project Steering Group)
2.55 The View from the Research Information Network
Michael Jubb (Director, Research Information Network)
3.15 Panel Discussion and Next Steps, chaired by Clare Jenkins
4.00 Close
Robin Green
Robin Green
Executive Director, CURL
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