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WITH APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING LIRG Annual General Meeting: 1st July 2013 (updated) The Chair of LIRG invites members and non-members to attend the 2013 Annual General Meeting. This will take place at Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester on Monday 1st July. The AGM will follow the LIRG Research Award presentations and a discussion “What do LIS practitioners want from research?” Details Date: Monday 1st July. 2013 Time: 5pm (AGM starts 7pm) Venue: Geoffrey Manton Lecture Theatre, All Saints Campus, just off Oxford Road, Manchester. The chair invites items for the Agenda, please send any proposed agenda items to Christine Irving LIRG Secretary at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by Friday 21st June. Programme: 5pm Welcome 5:10pm - Presentation by LIRG Student Prize 2011 Winner Thomas Muggleton, Strathclyde University. 5:30pm – Presentation by LIRG Student Prize 2012 Winner Timothy Lowe, Northumbria University. 5:50pm Short video on behalf of LIRG Research Award 2011 Winners Hannah Rose and Gillian Siddall, University of Northampton. 6:00pm - Presentation - LIRG Scan Award 2012/13 winners - Helen Buckley Woods and Andrew Booth, Scharr, University of Sheffield 6:30pm Debate: “What do LIS practitioners want from research?” Alison Brettle - Salford University 7:00pm AGM 7:15pm Close and social Please note that both the AGM and event are open to non-members, but only members are eligible to vote at the AGM. There is no charge for attendance at the AGM or the event, but please register to reserve your place by contacting [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Further details will be available on the LIRG website in due course: www.lirg.org.uk<http://www.lirg.org.uk> LIRG and JIBS Students Prizes 2013 The Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) and the JIBS User Group JIBS) each award a student prize each year for an outstanding research-based project. Both prizes will be for a Postgraduate dissertation or a final year Undergraduate project. • The LIRG student prize will be awarded for a research based project on any LIS topic. • The JIBS student prize will be restricted to the area of library information systems, bibliographic databases or other electronic technologies and how such resources or technologies are being developed or exploited; practical projects that exploit such technologies may also be submitted. Each School of Library and Information Studies is invited to nominate one of their student's projects for each prize. A student project may be submitted for both prizes but no single project will be given both prizes. The closing date for submission is the 29 July 2013. Further details on the prizes and how to submit are now available:- LIRG Prize: https://sites.google.com/site/lirgweb/home/awards/lirg-student-prize JIBS Prize: http://www.jibs.ac.uk/ Christine Christine Irving Research Fellow Centre for Social Informatics Merchiston Campus Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh EH10 5DT +44 (0)131 455 2719 [log in to unmask] http://www.iidi.napier.ac.uk/c/people/peopleid/13371661 @CM_Irving Edinburgh Napier University is one of Scotland's top universities for graduate employability. 93.6% of graduates are in work or further study within six months of leaving. The Telegraph newspaper named us as one of the "top ten UK universities for getting a job" in 2012. This university is also proud winner of the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education 2009, awarded for innovative housing construction for environmental benefit and quality of life. This message is intended for the addressee(s) only and should not be read, copied or disclosed to anyone else outwith the University without the permission of the sender. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and any attachments are scanned for viruses or other defects. Edinburgh Napier University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from this email or any attachment, or for errors or omissions arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. Email entering the University's system is subject to routine monitoring and filtering by the University. Edinburgh Napier University is a registered Scottish charity. Registration number SC018373