28 October 2010 – Kings Place, London

Librarians and information professionals are faced with a large number of choices when migrating content online. CILIP’s Digital Information ‘The challenge of choice’ provides delegates with clarity to interpret the implications for their organisations.

This comprehensive and thought provoking conference is divided into four key sessions and allows for extensive interaction and debate throughout the day. It is ideally timed to take a considered view of the post-Election social, political and economic environment and the potential impact of the Coalition Government’s policies. It provides a sounding board for those seeking to balance the need for innovation and continued service delivery with a changed environment defined by severe budget cuts and reduced resources.

Conference highlights include:
leading industry experts, case studies and parallel sessions
presentation on dealing with new digital challenges in academic librarie
Publishers Lookup Award presentation
opportunity to question speakers and debate the issues

http://www.cilip.org.uk/d…es/default.aspx

Have you ever thought about writing an article, but have never got round to doing it?

The Library and Information Research Group has two workshops, facilitated by successful academic authors and editors of library journals to help you. These are being offered in various locations and will include an introductory session aimed at new writers and a follow up for those interested in drafting a paper and receiving feedback.

Introductory workshop
This half-day workshop will provide an introduction to writing and give you chance to think about your ideas for publications. It will also offer ideas and tips in:

Getting started
How to keep going
Where to publish and the publishing process
What peer reviewers look for and how to deal with their comments

Follow up workshop
The second half day workshop offers participants an opportunity to:

Discuss/Review draft papers
Contribute a draft of their own for workshop discussion
Network and discuss experiences

Participants can attend either or both sessions at any location

Workshop 1: An introduction to writing
Leeds Metropolitan University (in collaboration with UC&R group)
30 November 2010 10am- 1pm
Loughborough University 19 November 2010 1-4
Strathclyde University, Glasgow 22 November 2010 10am – 1pm

Workshop 2: Writing and discussing your paper
Leeds Metropolitan University (in collaboration with UC&R group) 7 December 2010 10am-1pm
Loughborough University 8 December 2010 1-4
Strathclyde University, Glasgow 2 December 2010 10am-1pm

For further details and booking, please check out the LIRG events page at

http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/research/activities/pages/default.aspx

Preservation Advisory Centre training day
7 December 2010, British Library Centre for Conservation, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB

Photographic collections are found in libraries, archives and museums all over the world. Their sensitivity to environmental conditions, and the speed with which images can deteriorate present special challenges. This one day training session is led by Susie Clark, accredited photographic conservator. It is aimed at those with responsibility for the care of photographic collections regardless of institutional context.

The day provides an introduction to understanding and identifying photographic processes and their vulnerability, information on common conservation problems and solutions, and the preservation measures that can be taken to prolong the life and accessibility of photographic collections. Contact with real examples of different photographic processes is an important feature of this training session which is therefore limited to only 15 places.

Programme

09.45 Registration
10.00 Welcome and introductions
10.15 History and identification of photographic processes 11.30 Break
11.45 Conservation problems and solutions
12.45 Lunch
13.45 Conservation problems and solutions
14.45 Break
15.00 Preservation measures
16.15 End

Cost 110 + VAT (including lunch and refreshments) = 129.25

To register, please complete the form at http://www.bl.uk/blpac/photographic.html

Free one day conference organised by the JISC funded Repositories Support Project.

Many librarians are aware of open access but do not have time to keep up date with developments. This event brings together speakers who will address a range of issues and demonstrate how librarians can respond to them. High profile speakers from a range of organisations including the Universities of Glasgow and Nottingham, University College London, the Wellcome Trust and Key Perspectives will draw on their own experience and research to provide a varied and interesting programme.
This event is aimed at those working in higher education and research libraries.

Date: 10th December 2010, 09.30 – 16.30

Venue: Wren Room, RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD. Location details can be found at: http://www.architecture.com/RIBAVenues/Location.aspx

Further details and booking: http://www.rsp.ac.uk/events/index.php?page=OALibraries-2010-12-10/index.php

UKSG One-Day Conference IOM3, London, 25th November 2010

Users information habits and expectations are changing. Those of us who have traditionally been involved in meeting their information needs – librarians, publishers, subscription agents and other technology vendors – find ourselves at risk of disintermediation. What are we doing about it?

In this new one-day conference, UKSG has invited senior executives from across the scholarly information community to explain how major organisations are reshaping their strategies to focus more effectively on users, and to review the operational impact of these evolving strategies. A final session will explore how best practice recommendations and standards are helping to integrate the new supply chain.

This new event, aimed at decision-makers, provides the scholarly information community with a more intimate forum for strategic dialogue, following the successful growth of UKSG’s annual conference. Chaired by Caroline Williams (Deputy Director, Mimas), speakers include:

David Main, CEO, Swets
Nicky Whitsed, Library Director, The Open University
Alice Keller, Editorial Director, Library and Information Science, De
Gruyter Saur
Chris Beckett, Vice President for Business Development, Atypon
Alison Jones, Director of Digital Development, Palgrave Macmillan
Damyanti Patel, eLibrary Manager, Birmingham City University
Ross MacIntyre, Senior Manager, Mimas, The University of Manchester

A closing discussion and drinks reception will provide ample opportunity for delegates to share their own experiences.

For more information, or to register, please visit www.uksg.org/event/novconf

Preservation Advisory Centre training day
3 December 2010, British Library Centre for Conservation, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB

This training day builds an understanding of what dust is and why its management is important. It explores low-cost methods of monitoring dust and dirt and discusses methods of preventing its build-up. The day includes practical sessions on how to clean books and stack areas. It provides steps to follow when setting up a housekeeping programme and highlights what to think about if you are considering involving volunteers. The training day is led by Jane Pimlott (British Library), and Caroline Bendix ACR (Independent Conservator).

Programme

09.45 Registration
10.00 Welcome and introductions
10.15 What is dust and why does it matter 10.40 Moniroting and measuring dust: a case study in progress at the British Library 11.10 Questions 11.30 Break 11.50 Preventing dust and dirt 12.30 Lunch
13.15 Cleaning books and documents
13.45 Cleaning shelves and stacks
14.15 Break
14.30 Setting up a housekeeping programme and working with volunteers
15.45 Discussion and questions
16.00 End

Cost 95 + VAT (including lunch and refreshments) = 111.63

To register, please complete the form at http://www.bl.uk/blpac/dust.html

Preservation Advisory Centre
British Library
London
NW1 2DB

Web 2.0 Untangled
Reaching and Teaching our Users with New Technologies
Wolfson College, Oxford, Wednesday 24th November 2010

9.30 Registration
10.00 Peter Godwin (University of Bedfordshire):Keynote speaker on Web 2.0 and information literacy
11.00 Dr Eric Davies:Weaving ethics and law into the fabric of Web 2.0
11.25 Coffee
11.35 Helen Clough (Open University):The Elluminate web conference technology.
12.15 Lucy Power (Oxford Internet Institute):Scientific social networking and open notebook science.
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch – Buffet provided
2.00 Artie Vossel-Newman (JISC):It feels good to be included
2.45 Philippa Levy and Sheila Webber:Second Life and technology-enriched, enquiry-based learning.
3.30 Coffee
3.45 Richard Francis (Oxford Brookes University):The MobileBrookes project
4.30 Close

Booking Details:
Fees: £75 CoFHE/UC&R members, £80 non-members

To book a place at this event, please email Lesley Kumiega mailto:l.u.kumiega@open.ac.uk