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RLUK Conference: Part four - Future of Librarianship

The final theme was the future of librarianship, and this covered two main aspects - the need for leaders of the future, and the research library-specific consideration of how librarians' roles might change. There were two talks on leadership. The first Read More...

RLUK Conference: Part three - Digitisation

Another theme of the conference was digitisation, and as one of my main interests is in the use of technology in libraries both of the parallel sessions I attended focused on this theme. Alice Prochaska from Yale University spoke to the whole conference Read More...

RLUK Conference: Part two - Funding

It seemed inevitable that the credit crunch would crop up at some point during the conference - it seems to be everywhere at the moment - and Sir Drummond Bone launched straight in. He predicted less funding in the pot, and the responses research libraries Read More...

RLUK Conference: Part one - General thoughts

From the 22nd to 24th October I attended the Research Libraries UK (RLUK) Conference, thanks to a competition for places set by my department. Over the next few days I plan to write a little about what were the major topics of the conference for me, influenced Read More...

Online Information Free Seminars

The free seminar and masterclass programme at Online Information has been announced. There’s a great spread of speakers, including Phil Bradley, Karen Blakeman and Peter Godwin. I can only attend on Thursday 4th, when I’m presenting on Third Read More...
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