Early bird booking is still available for this year’s National Acquisitions Group Conference, to be held at
a new venue, The Grand Central Hotel Glasgow, adjacent to Glasgow Central
railway station. The dates are Wednesday 14th and Thursday
15th September 2016 and prices have been held for Members at just £375 for the full conference including all meals, accommodation
and gala dinner as our early bird rate – available until 1st July!
NAG conference offers unique cross-sector
networking opportunities between libraries, suppliers and publishers alongside a
full programme of 11 papers, panel sessions, and the opportunity to attend
two of the four workshops offered. We received excellent delegate
feedback in 2015 and we hope we can continue to exceed expectations.
Papers include:
Rebuilding the Mackintosh Library collections: generous gifts, tricky
insurance negotiations and lots of social media by Alison
Stevenson, Glasgow School of Art
Streamlining acquisitions services by Dorothy
Atherton & Helen Adey,
Empowering users about their rights to use creative works by Aude
Charillon, Newcastle Libraries
The Story of Local Authority to Outsourced Service by Fiona
Tarn, Senior Libraries Development Manager, Carillion Services
The Forum Southend – a three-way partnership library by Greg Bennett,
Southend Campus Librarian
Journal acquisition at the
Access to Research: a review of market research into the use of
scientific journals in public libraries by
Jonathan Griffin, Publishers Licensing Society
Managing Open Access APC Funds and Publisher Deals: A Case Study of
Three Scottish Universities by Dominic Tate, Scholarly Communications Manager,
#whatsYourStory by
Alison Millar, Leeds Library and Information Service
Further speakers include the Publishers
Association and a panel of local students to give their perspective.
Workshop sessions are also offered on both days including The Copyright Card Game with Chris Morrison, Communicate to Collaborate with Suzanne Wheatley (Sue Hill
Recruitment), The
Lancashire Reading Journey – Developing and implementing an in-house
summer reading initiative across a public library service with Jill Connolly, Scottish HE:
Learning & Working in Partnership with DRM Free E-books with Wendy Walker and Anna
Andrzejewska.
As well as value for money, other attractions
include the Reception for First Time Delegates and, of course, the Conference
Gala Dinner and After-Dinner Entertainment. There will also be optional tours
of the Glasgow Women's Library, or the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Whittaker Library and the National Piping Centre Library after the
Conference for those it suits to travel a bit later. Please note that places on
these tours are limited: email [log in to unmask] to reserve a place.
We have planned the timings with consideration for those
travelling on the day. Day 1 is expected to run approx. 11:30am –
17:15pm, Day 2 is due to finish by 16:00 (with optional tours of local
libraries until approx. 17:30). The programme is now available on the
conference page of our website.
We have maintained last year’s prices for our members, with an Early Bird
offer of £375 + VAT (non-members £475 + VAT) for bookings received before 2nd
July. These are the rates for full conference (including all meals,
accommodation and the gala dinner), but we also have a day delegate Early Bird
rate of £175 +VAT (non-members £225 + VAT) until 2nd July.
Please book for Conference here and if
you have any enquiries, please email us at [log in to unmask]
If you would like to enquire about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities,
please email us at [log in to unmask], and
we will send you full details. The opportunity to sponsor our packs and badges
is still available!
If you are not yet a member of NAG, but would like to join, there is more
information at http://www.nag.org.uk/about/ and
a membership application form at http://www.nag.org.uk/nag-membership/application-for-nag-membership/
Please complete the membership application form before booking for Conference,
to ensure that you receive the member rate.
Please feel free to forward this email to other colleagues who might be
interested.