SCONUL Summer Conference and AGM 2016

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We are pleased to announce that David Lewis, Dean of Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) University Library and Maria Nesdale, Education Practice Area Leader, Senior Associate, Gensler will be delivering the keynote addresses at our 2016 Summer Conference and AGM. 

 

The theme of this year's annual conference is ‘Library transformation’. Reflecting one of the strands of our strategy, the conference will allow delegates the opportunity to explore topics that will inform our collective vision for the future of the academic library. The first day will focus on how we may best use the information increasingly available about our users to develop spaces and services. The second day will explore the vision for academic libraries and how librarians will lead the transformation necessary to achieve that vision. 

 

Please note that the UK referendum on membership to the European Union will take place on 23 June. If you intend to vote, do arrange to vote by post. Register for postal vote here. 

 

 

Start & End Date : 
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 to Friday, June 24, 2016
Location: 

Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel and Spa
24-26 Newport Road
Cardiff
CF24 0DD

Speakers: 
Maria Nesdale
Education Practice Area Leader, Senior Associate, Gensler
Nancy Bell
Visiting Scholar, Department of Computer Science and Information, Northumbria University
Andy Youell
Director, Higher Education Data & Information Improvement Programme
Ross Mounce
Post Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Plant Science, Cambridge University
Dr Caroline Edwards
Lecturer in Modern & Contemporary Literature Birkbeck, University of London and Director of the Open Library of Humanities
Xenia van Edig
Business Development, Copernicus
David Lewis
Dean, University Library, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Dr Charlotte Haigh
Associate Professor in Human Physiology, Academic Lead for Public Engagement with Research, University of Leeds
Martin Donnelly
Senior Institutional Support Officer, Digital Curation Centre
Gareth Owen
Rheolwr Rhaglen - Programme Manager, WHELF Shared LMS
Richard Parsons
CIO, Director of Library and Learning Centre, University Librarian, University of Dundee
Contact: 
SCONUL office
020 7387 0317
Cost: 
£220 - £605

This event will be open to SCONUL members and invited persons only. If you are a non-member and wish to attend please get in touch with the SCONUL office.

 

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Conference Programme

Wednesday 22 June
13.30 - Informal visits to univerity libraries in Cardiff

18.30-20.00

Welcome drinks reception, Caernarfon suite, Mercure Cardiff Holland House

Thursday 23 June

09.45 

Registration

10.25

Welcome from Liz Jolly, Chair of SCONUL

10.30

Keynote speech: Fostering effective learning environments
Maria Nesdale, Education Practice Area Leader and Senior Associate, Gensler

11.30

Coffee

12.00 

Data and decisions

  • What kind of evidence does the sector need?  
    Nancy Bell, Visiting Scholar, Department of Computer Science and Information, Northumbria University
  • Data capability
    Andy Youell, Director, Higher Education Data & Information Improvement Programme

13.00  

Lunch

14.00 

Parallel session on collaboration

  • Embracing public engagement in libraries
    Dr Charlotte Haigh, Associate Professor in Human Physiology, Academic Lead for Public Engagement with Research, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds
  • Research data management in the arts and humanities: a few difficulties
    Martin Donnelly, Senior Institutional Support Officer, Digital Curation Centre
  • WHELF shared LMS: looking back and looking forward
    Gareth Owen, Rheolwr Rhaglen - Programme Manager, WHELF Shared LMS
  • Making collaboration work - a theoretical and practical consideration of the requirements for library collaborations to be successful and sustained
    Richard Parsons, CIO, Director of Library and Learning Centre and University Librarian, University of Dundee and Tracey Stanley, Deputy Librarian and Assistant Director, Cardiff University

15.10

The SCONUL fringe 

15.55

Coffee

16.30

Moderated discussion: the transformative impact of the open agenda

  • Dr Caroline Edwards, Lecturer in Modern & Contemporary Literature, Birkbeck, University of London and Director of the Open Library of Humanities
  • Ross Mounce, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Plant Science, Cambridge University
  • Dr Xenia van Edig, Business Development, Copernicus

17.30

Close

18.30

Meet in conference hall foyer to walk to the National Museum Cardiff

19.00

Conference Dinner, National Museum Cardiff

Friday 24 June

10.00

SCONUL AGM

10.30  

Coffee

11.00    

Keynote speech: Vision for the future of academic libraries
David Lewis, Dean, University Library, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

12.00

The SCONUL Fringe

12.45  

Lunch

13.30    

Parallel sessions on collaboration

  • Embracing public engagement in libraries
    Dr Charlotte Haigh, Associate Professor in Human Physiology, Academic Lead for Public Engagement with Research, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds
  • Research data management in the arts and humanities: a few difficulties
    Martin Donnelly, Senior Institutional Support Officer, Digital Curation Centre
  • WHELF shared LMS: looking back and looking forward
    Gareth Owen, Rheolwr Rhaglen - Programme Manager, WHELF Shared LMS
  • Making collaboration work - a theoretical and practical consideration of the requirements for library collaborations to be successful and sustained
    Richard Parsons, CIO, Director of Library and Learning Centre and University Librarian, University of Dundee and Tracey Stanley, Deputy Librarian and Assistant Director, Cardiff University

14.30

Coffee

14.50

Update from SCONUL: Leading transformation

Chaired by Mark Toole, Chair of SCONUL

  • John Tuck, Collaboration Strategy Group Chair

  • Pete Ryan, Communications Strategy Group Chair

  • Kitty Inglis, Content Strategy Group Chair

  • Alison Baud, Leadership Task and Finish Group Chair

  • Judith Keene, Transformation Strategy Group Vice-Chair

15.35

Closing remarks  Mark Toole, Chair of SCONUL

15.45

Close