Last chance to book for this year’s Gregynog Colloquium – bookings must be in by 30th May.
The conference starts on Monday 11th June! We’ve an excellent programme lined up, and would like to encourage as many to attend as possible.
Find out more: http://gregynog.smu.ac.uk/
Have a look at these personal notes and reflections from Lis Parcell on Graduates for our Future, promoted as the first learning and teaching conference for Higher Education in Wales.
Around 170 participants packed out the Catrin Finch Centre at Glyndŵr University on 26 April for sessions linked to one of the three Welsh Higher Education enhancement themes: Students as Partners, Learning in Employment and Learning for Employment. For a press release summarising the day, including the keynotes, see the Academy website.
CILIP Wales held a very successful conference in Cardiff on 17-18 May.
The key theme of leadership was interspersed throughout most of the sessions during the two days.
For an interesting and useful report on the two days, have a look at Alyson Tyler’s blog post.
The JISC Collections Summer Roadshows are taking place at Cardiff University and other venues over the summer. The events are aimed at librarians in the JISC Collections member institutions and are open to both HE and FE.
The Cardiff roadshow is on 7 June.
Further details including an outline programme and a form to register your interest, are available on the JISC Collections website http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/JISC-Collections-2012-HE-Summer-Roadshows/
Forum for Interlending and Information Delivery
Welsh Event 9th May 2012 at Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Workshop presentations now available from http://www.forumforinterlending.org.uk/past-events
Forum for Interlending and Information Delivery (FIL) are pleased to announce the return of the Welsh FIL Event, which will take place on the 9th of May 2012 at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff.
Cost: £25 FIL Members / £50 Non-members
The programme features news and developments from the British Library, regional ILL schemes, social media & an exchange of experience forum.
Places are limited to 28 delegates, so book now to avoid disappointment. All booking forms need to be submitted by the 25th April 2012.
Programme and booking form is available on the website: www.forumforinterlending.org.uk
The event is sponsored by CILIP Wales with support from the Kathleen Cooks Fund.
Higher education libraries have an important role to play in supporting higher education in further education, so each year WHELF organises an event for HE and FE staff – Welsh Collaboration in Action – to enable participants to share experiences, get up to date on recent developments and develop individual and shared programmes of action for the future.
This year’s event will be held on 26th June at the new City Campus, University of Wales, Newport.
This year’s programme will contain a session on Inductions for HE students and a session on the use of social media tools to share information, news & support with/for HE students. We are really keen to hear from any of you who would consider sharing your good practice and ideas with FE and HE colleagues for either of the sessions.
Please contact Ann Cross across@glam.ac.uk or Carolyn Howe chowe@cavc.ac.uk if you would like to share your good work at the event.
Cardiff, 14-16 December 2011
The UK Digital Curation Centre is running a series of inter-linked regional workshops to support institutional research data management as part of the DCC Roadshow. The seventh DCC Roadshow is being organised in conjunction with Information Services at Cardiff University and will take place 14-16 December in the Rowe-Beddoe Studio, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff.
Each day is aimed at a different audience:
* Day 1 is a general introduction and is open to all. Best practice will be shared through case studies to help build a community of data management expertise in Wales.
* Day 2 is a strategic workshop to help senior support staff start to plan research data management services for their institution.
* Day 3 is the DCC’s practical training course for researchers and research support staff. This provides an introduction to curation and DCC tools through presentations, breakout discussions and exercises.
Each workshop can be booked individually. We encourage you to select those workshops which address your own particular data management requirements and to pass this invitation on to colleagues who might also be interested.
Find out more about the event at: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/data-management-roadshows/dcc-roadshow-cardiff
How can RFID help libraries face dual challenge?
Tuesday 8 November 2011, The Bloomsbury Hotel, London
Libraries everywhere are facing the dual challenge of delivering improved services with diminishing budgets. The contribution technology can make to squaring this circle has possibly never been more important, and RFID is at the heart of it. The conference on 8th November 2011 in London will explore changes in world of RFID and how the latest decision by providers to adopt a single common standard changes will enable new buyers the freedom to pick and choose the RFID devices they prefer.
This year’s conference will bring:
* 17 expert speakers from across the RFID Community (including Mark Hughes from Swansea University)
* RFID technology demonstrations from leading suppliers
* RFID Alliance Panel- your chance to ask the experts questions
* The BIC/CILIP RFID in Libraries Innovation Award 2011
* Open forum discussion sessions
Make sure you take advantage of our registration offers by visiting the conference website www.cilip.org.uk/rfid2011 and book your place today. Places are strictly limited are will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis.
10 October 2011 at the National Library of Wales
I would like to invite you to a ‘Cloud for Wales’ meeting that is to be held at the National Library of Wales on the 10th of October.
Cloud for Wales will be an opportunity for leaders and senior staff from the sector (libraries, archives and other interested bodies) to consider the potential use of cloud computing in their instutions as a way of sharing and improving services.
The day will include an introduction to the technology and there will be an opportunity for participants to discuss how they could take advantage of any potential benefits offered by this technology. A full agenda will available soon.
If you would like to attend the event, please could you inform librariesforlife@llgc.org.uk, noting also if you have any special dietary requirements.
