CILIP University College and Research Group North West
Monday 16 March, 11am – 3.30pm
Venue: Room 201, Geoffrey Manton Building, All Saints Campus, Manchester Metropolitan University

This is also to give notice of the UC&R NW section AGM which will precede this event, starting at 10.30am

ASK is a student centred learning support tool designed to help students tackling their first assignment. It is one of a range of deliverables being developed at Staffordshire University to underpin the University’s strategic approach to information literacy.

Alison Pope and Julie Adams , the information professionals who led the team which worked on and developed the product, won the prestigious CILIP UC&R Innovation Award in 2007, and are using the prize money to further develop and support this learning tool. They will talk about the product, including recent developments, and there will be a hands on session and chance for discussion and questions, after lunch Bob Glass, from the Dept. of Information and Communications at Manchester Metropolitan University will also talk about how he has worked with Alison and Julie to take the product forward via LearnHigher initiatives.

AGM
The AGM provides an opportunity for all section members to learn more about the work of UC&R in their region and to meet the committee members.
If there is an issue you think we should be addressing at a local level, or if you have ideas for events, please do not hesitate to raise these at the AGM or contact a member of the Committee. Similarly, if you are interested in joining the North West Committee in any capacity, please contact me, jane.marshall@mbs.ac.uk

TIMETABLE OF THE DAY
10.15am Arrival and coffee
10.30am UC&R NW AGM
11am ASK: evolution and development
12.15pm Lunch
1.15pm Hands on session/further discussion 2.30pm ASK: a perspective

COST
£50 CILIP UC&R members
£65 non members
£25 students/unwaged
PLEASE NOTE: Numbers are limited so please secure your booking early.

BOOKING FORM
If you are interested in attending, please complete the form below and return to:
Shirley Ward S.Ward@bolton.ac.uk

Name:

Job title:

Address:

Telephone number:

Email:

Indicate if you are:
CILIP UCR member/Non member/Student/Unwaged

Dietary requirements(if any):

Return your email booking to:
Shirley Ward, University of Bolton. S.Ward@bolton.ac.uk

Netskills Training Suite, University of Newcastle Tuesday 27th October 2009, 9.30 – 16.30

Course Outline
This course opens the door to a new electronic format and is designed to support librarians who are beginning to set up e-book collections. In the last eight years, there has been an unprecedented growth in the publishing of e-books with an increasing array of different types available for all sectors. The programme will give you the opportunity to explore different e-books including a range of commercially-published and free reference works, monographs, textbooks, and fiction. Examples will include individual titles and also collections of e-books, such as those offered by NetLibrary, Credo, MyiLibrary and Oxford University Press. The course will also facilitate consideration of the new opportunities e-books offer for librarians and users in academic, public and special library and information services, and will explore the significant collection management and promotional issues which challenge information and library staff.

The course is designed to offer:
* an understanding of the nature of e-books
* a familiarity with range of commercially-produced e-books from publishers and aggregators
* a familiarity with range of free e-books
* an appreciation of the advantages and disadvantages of the medium
* an appreciation of the collection management issues associated with bibliographical control, selection, acquisition, access, evaluation, licensing, and archiving
* a familiarity with the different ways of promoting awareness and use of e-books.

In addition to talks by the presenters, the course includes practical exercises. One will allow delegates to explore examples of online e-books in a structured way. Others will comprise activities during which delegates will examine the major collection management, and marketing and promotion issues. Plenary sessions led by the course presenters will be held to enable delegates to discuss their findings in the light of current research and professional practice.

Course Presenters: Ray Lonsdale and Chris Armstrong Chris Armstrong and Ray Lonsdale have been working and offering courses in the field of e-books, e-resources and collection management for the past 12 years, both in the UK and abroad. Up until recently, they were members of the Joint Information Systems Committee e-Book Working Group, which has been promoting the publishing and uptake of e-books in further and higher education and sixth form colleges. Ray is Reader in Information Studies at Aberystwyth University and a Director of Information Automation Limited. He has specialised in the field of collection management and, in particular, in the management of electronic collections. Ray has published extensively and has edited several national and international professional and academic journals. Chris runs a consultancy, research and training company, Information Automation Limited, which he set up in 1987. The company specialises in all forms of electronic resources and in electronic publishing, a topic on which Chris has taught a module in the Department in Aberystwyth. Chris is a regular writer, and sits on the editorial boards of three professional journals. He is also a National Councillor of CILIP.

http://www.ukeig.org.uk/

Calling all new Library & Information Professionals for presentation proposals for the New Professionals Conference – Monday, 6th July 2009, London
Metropolitan University. The conference is organised by the Career Development Group and Diversity Group.

We invite proposals for contributions from colleagues who have joined the profession, either through work or study, in the last 5 years. First-time presenters, current LIS students and individuals from diverse backgrounds are especially encouraged to apply. There will be a prize for the best paper, as voted for by delegates on the day. A selection of papers will be published in the professional journals.

More details are in the attached PDF, this can also be downloaded from the Diversity Group’s webpages: http://www.cilip.org.uk/specialinterestgroups/bysubject/diversity/conferences

For further information please contact:
David Percival, Librarian – Young Adults and Looked After Children, Portsea Library, John Pounds Community Centre, 23 Queen Street, Portsmouth PO1 3HN
E-mail: david.percival@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
Chris Rhodes, House of Commons Library, Statistical Resource Unit
E-mail: rhodesc@parliament.uk