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NoWAL Conference: Where is the Library?
Wednesday 15th July 2015, Birley Academic Building, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester
Call for Papers, Presentations, Workshops or Teach meets
Overview
Academic Libraries are changing rapidly in response to external and internal factors, and to the exponential growth in technology, which
has spawned many innovations and new services over the last decade. Due to this change (not least in the government reforms of the financing of HE) the library’s role and position in the institution needs constant reinforcement, re-alignment and proactivity
in order to be seen as sustainable, affordable and relevant.
The library is not only a physical collection or a set of tangible interactions (was it ever?); it is at the heart of the academic and business process, working
as it does alongside academics, researchers and professional services colleagues. Many more of our services now are “invisible” to the naked eye or from within a library building! – seamlessness gone too far? Yet arguably we are closer to our users now we
are online as never before.
The NoWAL (North West Academic Libraries) Conference 2015 seeks to reaffirm the positive role of the modern academic library and the extent to which digital services
have impacted upon their core business and the clients they serve – with a particular focus on:
1.
Learning Spaces
2.
Audience Engagement
3.
Digital Library/Media and Digital Support
4.
Research Support/Open Access/Future
Conference details are available at:
http://www.nowal.ac.uk/conference/
Notes for presenters at the NoWAL Conference 2015
We welcome submissions addressing one or more of the conference themes from librarians, student services professionals and related
fields for
Short papers: 20 minutes presentation with 10 minutes for questions;
Workshops: 45 minutes and including practical activities and audience engagement
Teachmeet: 7 minute short presentations; participants in the Teachmeet will have the opportunity to see 5 of these short presentations during the 45 minute session.
Submissions on developments, strategies, partnerships and approaches at any level and scale are invited, as are collaborative contributions from within one institution or across institutions.
These themes are indicative; papers that relate in whole or in part to these themes are encouraged.
Papers accepted will be compiled and made available at the conference and to the wider sector, and contributors will be asked to supply papers and presentations in advance of the conference
date. The submission will include an abstract (up to 250 words maximum) of the paper/ workshop /teach meet
The submission form is available at:
http://bit.ly/1EVtsdi
The deadline for receipt of submissions is
Thursday 9th April 2015
Enquiries to NoWAL Operations Officer, Lorna Clarke
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We look forward to receiving your proposals!
The NoWAL Conference 2015 planning group