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Dare to share: new approaches to long-term collections management

 

A Research Libraries UK and Preservation Advisory Centre joint conference exploring how collaborative activities can form part of a strategic approach to collections management across research and higher education institutions. 

 

Monday 6 September 2010

Wellcome Collection Conference Centre, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, United Kingdom

 

This one day conference examines how libraries and other research institutions can benefit from integrating preservation into broader, long-term collections management strategies with a particular emphasis on collaborative preservation ventures. Speakers from the UK and abroad present current thinking on hybrid collections; using collection strengths to inform integrated strategies for resource allocation; how digitisation affects what we keep; protecting investment in digitisation projects; lifecycle costing of digital collections; and opens up the question about the UKRR being a model for other library materials.

 

The day builds on research by the RLUK/BL Preservation Learning Project which identified high demand for skills development on strategic issues in collections management amongst staff in research and higher education libraries.  Responses particularly emphasised the value that a long-term view can bring in considering access to the collections – both physical and digital - and the importance of preservation within an encompassing and strategic perspective.

 

Programme

09.30    Registration

10.00    Welcome – Philip Sykes, University Librarian, Liverpool University and RLUK Chair

10.15    Hybrid collections or divided collections – Joanna Newman, Head of Higher Education, The British Library

10.45    Heritage or legacy? devising a framework for strategic management of collections - Brian Clifford, Deputy University Librarian, University of Leeds

11.15    Break

11.40    System level strategic planning for collections management and preservation - Roger Schonfeld, Manager of Research, Ithaka S+ R

12.10        Managing our legacy journal collections: United Kingdom Research Reserve (UKRR) - the share of things to come - Deborah Shorley, Director of Library Services, Imperial College and Head of UKRR

12:40    Lunch

13:45    The Metamorfoze Project: working collaboratively to preserve paper heritage in the Netherlands - Dennis Schouten, Head of Special Collections, Koninklijke Bibliotheek

14.15    Protecting Investment by Sustaining Access to Digital Assets - Neil Grindley, Programme Manager Digital Preservation, JISC

14.45    Break

15.10    It costs how much? A lifecycle approach to collection management - Paul Wheatley, Digital Preservation Manager, The British Library

15.40    Sustainability and the RLUK/BL Preservation Advisory Centre learning programme - Alison Faraday, Preservation training co-ordinator, The British Library Preservation Advisory Centre

16:10    Discussion

16.30        Close - David Prosser, Executive Director, RLUK

 

Cost:

RLUK members £75 + VAT (including refreshments)

Non-RLUK members £100 + VAT (including refreshments)

 

Booking:

Please visit www.bl.uk/blpac/dare.html

 

Alison Faraday

Preservation Advisory Centre

The British Library

96 Euston Road

London NW1 2DB

United Kingdom

 

Conference hashtag #daretoshare

 

 

 

Alison Faraday

Preservation Training Coordinator

 

Preservation Advisory Centre
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

 

T +44 (0)20 7412 7758

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www.bl.uk/blpac  

 

 

The British Library Preservation Advisory Centre is the new name for the National Preservation Office.

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Events: http://www.bl.uk/blpac/events.html

Conference: Dare to Share: new approaches to long-term collections management, 6 September, London http://www.bl.uk/blpac/dare.html

Preservation Assessment Survey Workshop, 5 October, London http://www.bl.uk/blpac/pasworkshop.html

Preservation Policies, 15 October, London http://www.bl.uk/blpac/policy.html

Damaged Books and Bound Archives: Practical First Steps, 9 November, Sheffield http://www.bl.uk/blpac/damaged.html