UCR NW are running this event to explore green issues in libraries.

The details are:

How Green is Your Library?
Date: Friday 4th April
Time: 10.30am-3pm
Location: Newton Rigg Library, Penrith, University of Cumbria.
Cost: £30 if a member of UCR,£40 for non-members Buffet lunch is included

Programme:
Speakers: Kathy Pitt Leeds Metropolitan University & Ian Young University of Leeds.
Opportunity for attendees to discuss and exchange their experiences.
Tour of Newton Rigg library which has been designed to include green features.
Please indicate when booking if you have any mobility problems for the tour.

If you have any samples of green products or initiatives could you please bring them along on the day e.g bags.

More information about the location and travel to Newton Rigg can be found at http://www.cumbria.ac.uk/AboutUs/VisitingUs/PenrithCampus.aspx

In tune with the green theme of this event if anyone is able to offer car sharing or would be interested in car sharing please indicate this on the form. Alternatively if your require a lift from Penrith railway station or again could offer lifts please indicate below.

Trainer: Dr Rowena Murray.

Date and time: Tuesday, 11th March 2008, 1.30-4.15.

Venue: Andersonian Library, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

Price: £25 SALCTG members, £30 non-members.

SALCTG is pleased to announce this half-day course, led by Dr Rowena Murray of Strathclyde University’s Department of Educational and Professional Studies. Rowena has an impressive background in teaching and research on academic writing in its many forms. See:

http://www.strath.ac.uk/eps/staff/murrayrowenadr/

Her latest book on the subject is The Handbook of Academic Writing:

http://www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/html/0335219330.html

The course will cover:
targeting a journal
structuring a paper
getting started
generative strategies
dealing with feedback from reviewers.

In preparation, it is suggested that you should identify a journal you wish to target and bring a sample paper from it of the type you wish to write. If you have a laptop, please bring it with you (although you will still benefit from the course without one). In case there are more laptops than sockets, please make sure your battery is fully charged!

Bookings: Anabel Marsh a.c.marsh@strath.ac.uk, or at the address below. Please indicate any special requirements, e.g. access, and include an order number if appropriate. Closing date 5th March. Usual cancellation policy applies – a full charge is made if less than one week’s notice is given.