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08 November 2008 18:43

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...
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06 November 2008 16:41

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...
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01 November 2008 09:26

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...
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27 October 2008 19:37

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...
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18 October 2008 22:03

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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