The CILIP in Scotland Autumn Gathering will take place in October this year at the Perth Theatre. This one day conference, led by CILIP Scotland President Yvonne Manning, is an opportunity to hear from a range of excellent speakers. We have talks from across a variety of sectors including public, academic and specialist libraries, as well as the return of the school libraries strand.
Date: 23rd October 2019 10.15am-4.30pm (approx)
Location: Perth Theatre, Mill Street, Perth, PH1 5HZ
Prices:
- £75+vat CILIPS Member Early Bird rate (book by September 20th)
- £120+vat non-member
- £55+vat student/unwaged/paying own way
This year’s programme will feature:
- Incredible spaces – Joseph Coelho’s #LibraryMarathon
- How libraries, knowledge and data inform democracy
- Vibrant school libraries – the return of the dedicated strand
- How do you know if you are making a difference? Evidencing and telling your story
- Back to the Future - The National Library of Scotland's 1979-1989 online retrospective
- A session delivered by the School Libraries Group Scotland
- Libraries and entrepreneurs – a space for co-working
- The practice of kindness – perspectives from public and HE libraries
- The Brains behind the Box, An introduction to data analytics – a guest speaker from -ThinkAnalytics, the most widely deployed real-time personalized content recommendations engine
- Additional Support Needs Reading Groups in Aberdeenshire’s school libraries – Jackie -Coroon, Network Librarian, Live Life Aberdeenshire (Jackie will be following up on a talk on the same topic at the Scottish Learning Festival
- Why libraries and storytelling matters – AH Proctor, Author of Thumble Tumble Book Series
- Creating a city wide legacy – Glasgow’s book festival – Katrina Brodin, Programme Manager (Reader Development & Literacy), Glasgow Life
- A Collective Force for Health and Wellbeing: Libraries, The ALLIANCE and Health and Social Care Celebrating the Power of Knowledge
- Information Literacy – transitions between schools and higher/further education – Robin Dunlop, Renfrewshire school libraries
- Changing the world – one mistake at a time – Dr Helen S Williams, Librarian, Library of Mistakes
- Presentation of Honorary Memberships
Our keynote speakers are:
- Joseph Coelho, poet, playwright, performer and children's author
- Catherine Stihler OBE, Chief Executive of Open Knowledge Foundation
- Dr Sarah Morton, Co-Director of Matter of Focus
We hope to see you there!
Kind regards,
Elizabeth Carney
Graduate Trainee
CILIP Scotland
