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Dear Colleagues,
We have a packed programme with knowledgeable speakers in key areas for the M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries Conference, The Joy of Sharing: Working Collaboratively in the New Regime, which will take place on Tuesday 23rd April 2013 at the Wellcome Conference Centre in London:
9.30am-10.30am Registration and Coffee
For M25 representatives only, the AGM will take place 9.45am-10.15am
10.00am-10.30am – Two tours; one of the Medicine Man Gallery and one of the Medicine Now Gallery
10.30am-10.40am Welcome by M25 Chair, John Tuck
Cathy Walsh, Director of Library and Learning Services, University of East London to introduce:
10.40am-11.10am Increasing collaboration through MOOCs by Professor Hugh Davis, Professor of Learning Technologies, University Director of Education (TEL), Director of CITE and Director of PDU, ECS, The University of Southampton – MOOCs and FutureLearn
11.10am-11.30am Transforming the Wellcome Library by Dr Simon Chaplin, Head of the Wellcome Library
11.30am-12 noon Morning Tea Break
Kitty Inglis, Librarian, University of Sussex, to introduce:
12 noon-1.00pm Research Data and Open Access by Dr Jonathan Tedds, Senior Research Fellow, University of Leicester
Sharing the load- librarians and research data support services by Stephen Grace, Research Services Librarian, University of East London
1.00pm-2.00pm Lunch
1.00pm-1.30pm – Tours; one of the Medicine Man Gallery and one of the Medicine Now Gallery
1.30pm-2.00pm – Tour; behind-the-scenes of the Wellcome conservation and digitization studios
Ann Cummings, Library Services Director, Brunel University, to introduce:
2.00pm-3.00pm The student perspective, students and libraries collaborating by Dr Debbie McVitty, Head of Higher Education (Research and Policy), National Union of Students
Into the unknown...a joint venture? by Doreen Pinfold, Head of Library and Information Services, Falmouth University and University of Exeter Cornwall Campus
3.00pm-3.30pm Afternoon Tea
Louise Doolan, Head of Reference Services, The British Library, to introduce:
3.30pm-4.30pm Why are University of London libraries building the next generation LMS rather than buying it? - Moving from purchaser to collaborator.by Christopher Pressler, Director of Senate House Libraries, University of London
Establishing the Connection: creating a linked data version of the British National Bibliography by Neil Wilson, Head of Metadata Services Operations and Services, The British Library
AIM25: exploring the potential of technology-recent projects by Geoffrey Browell, Senior Archives Services Manager, Kings College London
4.30pm Closing remarks and departure by M25 Chair, John Tuck
4.30pm-5.00pm – Tour of the Medicine Now Gallery
Registration for all tours will be on the day.
Once again we are pleased to offer one FREE place per M25 member institution (for Director or nominated representative). Additional places at a nominal fee of £70 for M25 institutions and £90 for other institutions. Non-Consortium members are very much welcome.
To book your place, please email the M25 Administrator at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Please include your name, job title, organisation, email address, any special access requests, any specific dietary requirements, an invoice address and a purchase order (if required by your organisation).
For more information on the Wellcome Collection and its location http://www.wellcomecollection.org/.
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Best wishes,
Michelle
Michelle Wake
Librarian
UCL School of Pharmacy
29-39 Brunswick Square
London
WC1N 1AX
T: +44 (0)20 7753 5833
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