An invitation to the University of Worcester on Thursday 1st May, 5.00 pm

Counter Culture: reshaping libraries

Information and Learning Services are developing an Occasional Lecture
Series. We hope to have one or two well known speakers every academic year on
subjects such as new learning technologies; the changing role of libraries;
and how students use information amongst others.

I'm delighted to announce that our first speaker is Professor Derek Law, from
Strathclyde University.

Professor Law will speak on the changes in culture and technology that are
influencing change in the way all libraries are used.

The response of most institutions to the fundamental shift from a word based
to an image based culture and an increasingly alliterate population - for
whom the ability to read and write fluently is an optional extra - is to
build
new libraries to store yet more paper. Much less thought has been given
to the new and reshaped roles that librarians should play, whether in
working with library users to improve their information skills or in the
management of the digital assets which our institutions increasingly
produce.

Derek is Head of the Information Resources Directorate at
Strathclyde University, and has an international reputation in the field
of Digital Library Research.

Throughout his career he has served on a wide range of national
professional public bodies including CILIP, the Scottish Library
Association, SCONUL, British Library Advisory Committees, and the Royal
Scottish Geographical
Society.

Derek is well known as a thought provoking and entertaining
speaker.

Date: Thursday 1st May

Time: 5.00 pm

Place: MB 1.57

You are warmly invited to stay for drinks and canapés afterwards at about
6.00 pm

If you would like to reserve a place then please contact Serena Worley at
[log in to unmask], tel 01905 855378 
 
Debbi Boden
Deputy Director Information & Learning Services
Peirson Library
University of Worcester
Henwick Grove
Worcester WR2 6AJ
Tel: 01905 542160