There is just over a week to go before booking closes for the Gregynog Colloquium 11-14 June.
There is a full and varied programme so please encourage your colleagues to sign up at http://ww2.glyndwr.ac.uk/gregynog2013/ The closing date is Friday 31 May.
You can follow all the latest update before and during the Colloquium on Twitter at #gregynog2013
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Rebecca Mogg from Cardiff University Libraries attended this year’s UK Serials Group (UKSG) Conference in Bournemouth with financial support from the Kathleen Cooks Bequest Fund. With Rebecca’s help we can all update our knowledge on open access publishing, supporting researchers, the fascinating realities of the world of the digital student, altmetrics [a new one for this blog] and developments in library technology. Rebecca clearly returns to her workplace with a number of innovations to experiment with. Always the sign of an excellent conference!
Read Rebecca’s report at: http://cilipcymruwales.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/uk-serials-group-conference.html
The Forum for Interlending and Information Delivery (FIL) are delighted to confirm that the only UK annual conference specifically for and about the world of inter-library loans, Interlend 2013, will take place on the 27th – 28th June at the The Maldron Hotel, Cardiff. Once again this will be an essential opportunity for inter-lending staff to meet, exchange news and best practice experiences with their colleagues across the public, academic and special library sectors.
Speakers and Theme
The core conference theme for 2013 is “Interlend 101: Back to Basics”, and as always the focus will be on providing practical guidance and advice from enthusiastic and knowledgeable speakers from throughout the profession. There will also be a tour of Cardiff Public Library.
We are delighted this year to have two keynotes to start both days, Prof Charles Oppenhiem and Graham P Cornish, who are both well versed in all things copyright, but will be taking two different approaches.
The Interlend 2013 conference is now available online at http://www.forumforinterlending.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Interlend-2013-Programme.pdf
Booking and Fees
FIL is delighted to be able to hold the cost of Interlend 2012 for FIL members, for another year, with an early bird special of just £199 for the whole conference!
This year we are pleased to offer delegates the opportunity to book their place online. Simply click on the big red ‘book online’ button on the FIL website: www.forumforinterlending.org.uk
We can also confirm that delegates are able to book bed & breakfast with the Maldron Hotel for the evening prior to Interlend 2013 (Wednesday 26th June) and the evening post Interlend 2013 (Friday 28th June) at the agreed rate of £69 single occupancy. Delegates are required to call the Maldron Hotel directly on 02920 668866, ask to speak to Reservations and quote ‘INTERLEND’ to arrange the accommodation.
News and announcements
For more news on the conference keep your eyes on the FIL website, Twitter feed and Facebook page.
Website: http://www.forumforinterlending.org.uk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FIL_ILL
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forumforinterlending
AGM and Committee Membership
The second day will see the FIL Annual General Meeting (AGM). The Committee especially welcomes approaches from personal and institutional members wishing to stand for election. For more details on what being a Committee member entails and the opportunities for professional development please contact the Chair or any other current Committee members for more details. Note standing for election does not require attendance at the AGM.
http://www.forumforinterlending.org.uk/who-we-are/list-of-committee-members
For further information on this conference, bookings or general queries contact the Committee at fil.committee@gmail.com
We are delighted to publish the programme for this year’s WHELF/HEWIT Colloquium taking place at Gregynog between 13th – 17th June. This year’s programme is a varied mix of library and IT topics ranging from the strategic to the operational, with something to suit all tastes. We have succeeded in our aim of keeping the prices as reasonable as possible and have therefore been able to keep them broadly the same as last year.
We would therefore urge colleagues to spread the word and to book their places for the colloquium as soon as possible. The last date for taking bookings will be 20th May.
We look forward to seeing you at Gregynog. Here is the link to the website: http://gregynog.glam.ac.uk/
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University, College & Research Group (UC&R) Wales invite you to an event:
Reaching out to ALL our users: using interactive technologies to support student engagement
On: 4th May 2011
At: Cardiff University, Trevithick Seminar Rooms
Location & Map – Cardiff University: http://www.caerdydd.ac.uk/locations/maps/map-e4.html
Trevithick Building ground floor plan: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/estat/accessibilityinformation/cathayscampus/trevithick/Trevithick%20Building%20Ground%20Floor.pdf
Cost: £30 for UC&R members, £50 for non-members.
Programme
10.00-10.30: Registration, tea & coffee
10.30-11:00: Fill the communication vacuum – engage your users online / Dave Puplett, London School of Economics
11:00-11.30: Social Networking, Remote Assistance and Self-help / Dylan Meredith & Andy Greenway, Aberystwyth University
11.30-11.45: Questions
11.45–12.00: UC&R Wales AGM
12:00-13:00: Lunch. Optional tours of Trevithick Library
[UC&R Wales Committee meeting, part 1]
13:00-13.30: Using Question Point to engage with the public / Nia Dafydd, National Library of Wales
13:30-14:00: “Ask a Librarian live” – chatting with our users! / Sonja Haerkoenen, Cardiff University
14:00-14:30: Tea/Coffee
14:30-15:00: Questions & Plenary with all 5 speakers
15:00 Close
15:30-16:00 [UC&R Wales Committee meeting, part 2]
Lunch: Buffet lunch included. Please let us know about any dietary requirements when you book.
If you would like to attend this event, please contact Elizabeth Kensler by 27th April 2011
Email: eak@aber.ac.uk or telephone 01970 621848
* Please note that places are limited and you are advised to book early *
21 March 2011 at Glamorgan Archives, Cardiff
Following on from the very successful ‘Decoding the Digital’ conference, the British Library Preservation Advisory Centre and the Digital Preservation Coalition are running a series of events across the UK designed to raise awareness of digital preservation issues, increase involvement with digital preservation activities and sign-post the support and resources available to help you on your way.
Who should come?
The sessions are aimed at librarians, archivists and collection managers in all sectors and in all sizes of institution who want to find out more about digital preservation and the implications for their organisation of having to retain, manage and provide ongoing access to digital material.
Each day provides an introduction to digital preservation, builds an understanding of the risks to digital materials, includes practical sessions to help you apply digital preservation planning and tools, and features speakers sharing their own experience of putting digital preservation into practice.
Throughout the day participants will gain confidence in addressing digital preservation issues and knowledge of achievable steps to put theory into practice and safeguard vulnerable digital content.
How do I get a place?
Places are strictly limited and we expect them to be booked quickly. Early booking is recommended. Each event costs £25 + VAT but is free to DPC members.
For full programme details and to book, please visit:
http://www.dpconline.org/events/details/23-getting-started-in-digital-preservation-cardiff?xref=23
9th March 2011
The changing face of library catalogues: new OPAC developments
Aberystwyth University
To focus on implementation and user perspective.
Presentations will include: Encore (Bangor University), Primo (Aberystwyth University), Meta Lib (Glamorgan University), VuFind (Swansea University) and WorldCat Local at Trinity St David University.
4th May 2011
Reaching out to our users – enhancing library communication using technology
UC&R Wales AGM at Cardiff University.
To include Virtual Librarian project (chat reference service) from Cardiff University; QuestionPoint from the National Library of Wales; Text Tools from Trinity St David University and Aberystwyth University – remote assistance for students from the library.
More details will be available soon.
For further information, contact: Elizabeth Kensler Rheolwr Gwasanaethau Cwsmeriaid / Customer Services Manager Adran Gwasanaethau’r Llyfrgell / Library Services Division Gwasanaethau Gwybodaeth / Information Services Prifysgol Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth SY23 3DZ Tel : 01970 621848 Email: eak@aber.ac.uk
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A videoconferenced event at Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff and Swansea Universities.
Wednesday 2 February 2011.
Videoconferencing is a technology whose time has come. This unique event will combine local and videoconferenced presentations, discussions and research. It will present the reasons why you need to get the most from your videoconferencing facilities – and how to do so.
It will highlight the ways in which videoconferencing can help meet the current environmental and financial challenges faced by education and the public sector. Who should videoconference? When should videoconferencing replace travel? When is travel more appropriate? How to get people using the facilities? How much money, time and CO2 emissions can be saved? What are the benefits to staff and the organisation?
This event is organised by the Welsh Video Network and has a focus on Higher and Further Education in Wales, but will be of interest to the whole public sector.
More information and booking from http://www.wvn.ac.uk/vfactorreg
If you are interested in what Open Source software solutions are available to libraries, how they work, and the issues and strategies around their use, then this free event in Edinburgh on the 25th and 26th January may be of interest.
‘Open Edge’ is a two day event on open source software for libraries being run in collaboration with JISC and SCONUL. The first day is ’Haggis and Mash’, is a ‘Mashed Library event’ and will take a very hands-on approach, while the second day covers broader issues, in particular how capacity might be built to enable open source solutions to flourish in HE and FE Libraries.
You can attend one or both days – full details of the programme are available at http://www.mashedlibrary.com/wiki/index.php?title=Haggis_and_Mash and registration is now open at http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/1114/
The “lovely, ugly town” of Swansea is the birthplace of Dylan Marlais Thomas, one of the most famous poets writing in the English language in the Western World during the twentieth century….. Dylan (as everyone seems to know him) was born in Swansea on 27 October 1914, and lived at 5, Cwmdonkin Drive, Uplands, until he was twenty. During this period he wrote approximately two thirds of all his poetry together with many of his short stories and copious letters.
From ‘Poets, Priests and Pubs’ by Paul Barrett
On Sunday 11 July 2010, the Wales divisions of the Career Development Group and UC&R will be meeting up to hold their joint annual sponsored walk. This year we will be heading for Swansea City Centre to follow the Dylan Thomas Literary Trail. We won’t be using sponsorship forms this year. Instead we’ll be asking for a minimum donation of £2.50 per walker (children free). Money raised will be split equally between our respective charities:
Career Development Group – International Projects (in support of libraries and information professionals in the developing world)
http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/careerdevelopment/what-we-do/international/Pages/international.aspx
Book Aid International
http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/ucr/activities/pages/charity.aspx
You don’t have to be a CDG or UC&R (or even a CILIP) member to attend, and please bring along as many colleagues, friends and family as you can.
For bookings and further information, please contact Elizabeth Kensler – 01970 621848 / eak@aber.ac.uk
