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SLIC Annual FE Conference - open for bookings
The Scottish Library and Information Council is pleased to announce that booking for our annual FE Conference is now open. This year the event will be held on Fri 28th November 2008 at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh.
Thanks to sponsorship from Dawson Books, ISO Oxford, JISC, Kelvin Books and OCLC, delegate places for members of the SLIC FE community are free. Otherwise attendance costs £95 + VAT to include refreshments, lunch and an invitation to a post conference reception sponsored by JISC.
Programme highlights this year include:
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Richard Wallis, TALIS Technology Evangelist, speculates on what the future holds for library management systems following the publication of the JISC LMS study
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Popular CILIP 'Update' columnist Phil Bradley discusses Web 2.0 in your library
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With the recent launch of the COLEG repository, what is the role for college information specialists? Charles Duncan, Chief Executive of Intrallect discusses 'Adding value to institutional assets: librarians and repositories'
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Learn about intellectual property rights in networked e-learning with John Casey who will discuss 'Managing IPR in digital repositories'
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Dave Pattern, systems manager at Huddersfield University, introduces tips and pointers for incorporating Web 2.0 technologies into college library management systems ('OPAC 2: Supporting library users')
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Add your thoughts and questions to those of a panel of information specialists in a JISC-sponsored discussion on Libraries of the future
You can view the programme and book your place by going to the events section of the SLAINTE website (www.slainte.org.uk <http://www.slainte.org.uk/> ).
Celia Jenkins
Information Officer
SLIC
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