Once again apologies for cross posting this message.
In case you had forgotten,
here is a reminder about the forthcoming meeting.
There are still places left - so it's not too late to make a bookiing today.
Payment is not needed when you reserve a place.
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UC&R
East Midlands Section
E-Books for everyone!
The Library and the e-book environment
University of Derby
Kedleston Road Site, Derby
Thursday 22 November 2001
12.45pm - 4.15 pm
Where are e-books heading? What are the issues for librarians considering e-books services? What kind of hardware, and software choices are open for reading e-books? This seminar brings together an overview of current developments along with speakers actively engaged in promoting e-book technology and ideas.
The Programme
12.45p.m. Arrival, Registration and Coffee (Please note Lunch is not provided).
1.00 p.m. Welcome
Chris Martindale, Subject Advisor Derbyshire Business School and UC&R Committee member
1.10 p.m. Reference online: how connected are you? Xrefer a digital reference resource for libraries that links together 100 leading reference titles.
Daryl Hall, Marketing Director of xrefer.
1.55 p.m. The right tools for the job? An overview of e-book hardware and software available for reading e-books, with examples drawn from current practice.
Penny Garrod, Public Library Networking Focus
UKOLN - UK Office for Library and Information Networking
2.30 p.m. Refreshments - and an opportunity to share experiences of e-book services.
3.00 p.m. E-books - practical implications for Library Managers.
Drawn from experience at Cranfield and working with JISC.
Louise Edwards - Head of Management Information Resource Centre
and member of JISC E-Books Working Group.
3.45 p.m. Questions
4.05 p.m. Summary and Evaluation
4.15 p.m. Close
Places will be limited for this meeting
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The Venue
The meeting will be held in the Meeting room S101/S102 on the first floor of the South Tower at the Kedleston Road Site of the University of Derby. The room seats up to 45 delegates and has full disabled access.
The Kedleston Road Site of the University is located on the Western edge of the city of Derby, close to the A38 and the A52. Within 25 minutes of the M1 and the A50. If you are coming by car, please indicate this on the form below and the Gatehouse require advance notice. Alternatively take the No.6 Unibus from the railway station which runs every ten minutes, the journey takes 20 minutes from Derby Railway Station.
A campus map is available from http://www.derby.ac.uk/maps
If you would like to attend please complete and return the attached form by MONDAY 19TH November 2001. For further information please contact: Chris Martindale - 01332-591212 e-mail [log in to unmask]
This meeting is FREE to members of the East Midlands Section of the UC&R Group of the Library Association.
However should Section members and other attendees cancel with less than 3 working days notice, they will be liable for the full payment of £10 + VAT . Due to limited space there will be a maximim of 4 places per organisation. Additional places requested will be placed on a waiting list.
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Booking Form
Delete as appropriate:
Please reserve place(s) for the E-books for everyone Meeting, on Thursday 22nd November 2001 at the University of Derby. (If booking more than one person, please enclose all delegate names, their LA membership numbers, and state if they are East Midlands Section Members as applicable.)
Please invoice me/my institution
Do you require an additional map and directions? Y/N
Name:
Address:
Telephone:
LA Membership number
E mail address
Please return (to arrive by Monday 19th November) to Chris Martindale, Subject Advisor, The Learning Centre, University of Derby, Kedleston Road, Derby DE22 1GB
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