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The road to Bangor: or forty years of library automation and where is it taking us?

A one day seminar of the Library and Information History Group of CILIP

Sponsored by Program, an Emerald Journal

Thursday 9^th November 2006 in Charter Suite East, at CILIP HQ, Ridgmount St. London

This timely seminar reviews the impact of library automation on the profession in the UK over forty years and includes presentations both by those who have been involved in automation activities, academic commentators and those providing advice about electronic based services today. It will include an evaluation of the impact of the Internet on subject librarianship, hence the title. Lunch, morning coffee and afternoon tea are included.

Booking procedure

Book your place by printing off and completing the booking form below, enclosing a cheque for £50 (the conference fee is £50 pounds inc. VAT) made out to the Library and Information History Group (the LIHG has no mechanism for invoicing) by Friday 27 October 2006 and post to:

Dr John C Crawford,

Chair,

Library and Information History Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals,

Glasgow Caledonian University,
Room 302, (3rd floor)
6 Rose Street,
Glasgow,
G3 6RB

Tel: 0141-273-1248
Email: [log in to unmask] ac.uk

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Booking Form.

The road to Bangor: or forty years of library automation and where is it taking us.

Thursday 9^th November 2006 at CILIP HQ, Ridgmount St.

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The road to Bangor: or forty years of library automation and where is it taking us?

A one day seminar of the Library and Information History Group of CILIP

Thursday 9^th November 2006 in Charter Suite East, CILIP HQ, Ridgmount St.

Registration and coffee 9.30 - 10.am

Conference introduction - 10.00 – 10.10

John Crawford. Chair, Library and Information History Group.

How it all began –10.10 -10.45

Rollo G. Woods, M.A., Dip. Lib., MCLIP - Deputy Librarian, University of Southampton, 1959-87, Director of Automation Project, 1964-

Early developments in higher education - 10.45 - 11.20

Bernard Naylor. Formerly librarian, University of Southampton

Early use of punched cards in libraries - 11.20 – 11.55

Alistair Black. Professor of Library & Information History

Faculty of Information & Technology

Leeds Metropolitan University

Early library management systems - 11.55 - 12.30

Lucy Tedd Lecturer, Department of Information Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth and Editor, Program: electronic library and information systems

Lunch – 12.30 – 1.30 pm

From CD to the Internet –1.30 – 2.05 pm

Phil Bradley. Internet Consultant/Information Professional.

The rise and fall of co-operatives –2.05 – 2.40 pm

Stephen Massil. Formerly Cataloguing Co-Ordinator for BLCMP and LRCC, now a freelance research librarian

Afternoon tea 2.40 – 3.00 pm

The evolution of the electronic catalogue and user reactions –3.00 – 3.35 pm

John Bowman. Lecturer and Programme Director for Library & Information Studies, SLAIS, UCL

The road to Bangor and how to avoid it –3.35 – 4.10 pm

Gwyneth Price. Student Services Librarian at the Institute of Education and a Fellow of the Centre for Distance Education, University of London.

Closing discussion – 4.10 pm – 4.30 pm