News of an unmissable event to be held at the European Research Institute,
University of Birmingham on 7th October 2003.
Talis Information Limited is pleased to announce the following seminar:
Reaching Out to Your Community: Policies and Practice for Public Library
Service
This event is for senior policy-makers and practitioners within public
library service and other key agencies seeking a further insight into
engaging the wider community. Both through the use of technology and
traditional outreach work, and in some cases a combination of both!
We have assembled 5 speakers to talk at, what will be a thought-provoking
event, on the wider interactions that library services are currently
encouraging, and their visions on how this might impact on future service
provision.
East Midlands Broadband Consortium – David Cheetham, Project Manager
Public Libraries and Grids For Learning
The EMBC is one of the nine regional networks that have been set up by the
National Grid For Learning to deliver structured educational content to
schools. The EMBC is now moving from implementation of the infrastructure
to content delivery. What role do they see public library service playing
in this?
Coventry City Libraries – Bob Parsons, Strategic Manager for Policy,
Planning and Marketing and Mark Williams, Reader Development Officer
Critical literacy and reader development: the role of libraries in
providing opportunities to develop critical readers
Work is currently being conducted in Coventry care homes to engage socially
excluded youngsters into reading activity, find out how and also hear an
overview of Coventry’s future strategy in this area.
Gateshead Library Service – Rachel Peacock, Reference & Information Manager
Digital Citizenship
Hear about Gateshead’s experience of using “AskALibrarian” and WebLog
technologies to engage citizens in digital interactions with the library.
Birmingham Library Service – Richard Albutt, Project Manager Digital
Handsworth
Digital Handsworth is one of the NOF-Digi projects, providing a multimedia
resource guide on the history of Handsworth to the community. Community
involvement is an important element of this project. Through a series of
activities held at appropriate venues in the community, local people are
encouraged to use and contribute to the archive. Find out how and with
what success?
Registration to this seminar is free, but numbers are strictly limited.
So places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. To
register for this event, please e-mail: [log in to unmask], with your name,
job title and contact details. Successful registrants will be sent a
registration form, along with further details of the venue etc. We would
ask all those attending to fill out their registration form and return it
to us, by 1st October 2003.
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