Programme
| Tuesday 12 October |
Session Information |
| 10.30 |
Arrival and Registration |
| 12.30 |
Buffet Lunch |
| 13.45 |
Welcome
& Introduction
Speaker:
Jacquie Campbell, Chair of Public Libraries Group |
| 13.55 |
Opening
Address
The
National & Public Library Partnership
(PowerPoint
Presentation - 225KB)
Speaker:
Lynne Brindley,
The British Library |
| 14.30 |
The
National Public Library service?
Overview of progress with Framework for
the Future
Speakers:Bill
Macnaught, Gateshead Council
Catherine
Blanshard, Leeds City Council
Andrew
Stevens, The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
The
Public Library brand
Speaker:
Joshua Blackburn,
Provocateur |
| 15.30 |
Tea
Members
Tea - hosted by Cllr Nick Cott, Newcastle City Council |
| 16.00 |
Joined
up Whitehall...The DCMS perspective
Speaker:
Jeff Jacobs, DCMS |
| 16.30 |
Public
Libraries...local and regional glue?
Speaker:
Alan Clarke, OneNorthEast |
| 17.15 |
Close |
| 19.30 |
Public Lending Right 25th Anniversary reception |
| 20.00 |
Dinner |
| 21.30 |
After dinner speaker - Simon
Brett, author, screenwriter and Chair of the PLR Advisory
Committee. |
| Wednesday 13 October |
Session Information |
| 09.30 |
Joined
up local government...the Chief Executives' views
Speakers:
Nick Hodgson, Derbyshire
(PowerPoint
Presentation - 1.31MB)
Sir
David Henshaw, Liverpool
(PowerPoint
Presentation - 908KB) |
| 10.15 |
Demonstrating
the impact
The
Laser impact study
(PowerPoint
Presentation - 44.0KB)
Speakers:
Ian Moore, Pricewaterhousecoopers
The
New Public Library Standards
David
Lightfoot, SCL
(Please
contact the speaker if you would like a copy of this presentation
as the file is larger than we would wish to place on the website) |
| 11.00 |
Coffee |
| 11.30 |
New
public libraries, to delight and inspire
Speaker:
Deborah Jacobs,
Seattle
Gunilla
Konradsson, Malmo
(Please
contact the speaker if you would like a copy of this presentation
as the file is larger than we would wish to place on the website)
|
| 12.15 |
Launch
of the 2005 PLG Buildings Award
Speaker:
Jacquie Campbell, Chair of PLG |
| 12.30 |
Library
Visits
Tour
buses will drop delegates off in the centre of Newcastle if
they wish. Make own way back to the conference hotel. |
| 16.00 |
Free Time |
| 19.15 |
Civic Reception hosted by The Sheriff of Newcastle |
| 20.00 |
Conference Dinner |
| 21.30 |
After
dinner speaker - Jacqueline
Wilson
The
Public Libraries Poem - Ellen Phethean
Disco |
| Thursday 14 October |
Session Information |
| 09.00 |
Framework
for capacity building
(PowerPoint
Presentation - 572KB)
Speakers:
David Hunter, Lifelong
Learning UK |
| 09.30 |
Building
Capacity
Peer
Review
(PowerPoint
Presentation - 80.5KB)
Speaker:
Oonagh Aitken, Improvement
& Development Agency
Leadership
(PowerPoint
Presentation - 199KB)
Speakers:
Kevin Ford, FPM
Chair:
Lord Andrew McIntosh, Minister for Libraries, DCMS |
| 10.30 |
Coffee |
| 11.00 |
Reading,
the ultimate shared priority
Speaker:
Miranda McKearney,
The
Reading Agency
(PowerPoint
Presentation - 601KB)
Nick
Ware , BBC
PowerPoint
Presenation - 54.0KB)
Amanda
Ridout, Harper
Collins
(PowerPoint
Presentation - 478KB) |
| 12.00 |
A carousel of three Members' workshops,
focussing on DCMS/DfES national and local service themes |
| 12.00 |
A
carousel of two Officer workshops, with showcases and discussions
on e-government, e-enabling and e-learning
12.00
- 12.30 Talis
Information Limited - Richard
Wallis
(PowerPoint
Presentation - 1.16MB)
12.30
- 13.00
DS Limited - Alan
Moir
(PowerPoint
Presentation - 246KB) |
| 13.15 |
Lunch |
| 14.30 |
Libraries
as culture? The challenge for PLA?
Speaker:
Sue Underwood,
North East Museums
Annie
Mauger, YMLAC
(Please contact the speaker if you would
like a copy of this presentation as the file is larger than
we would wish to place on the website) |
| 15.30 |
Tea
Members
Plenary Tea |
| 16.00 |
And
this is how we do it...the passionate deliverers
Speaker:
Lindsay Casselden,
South
Tyneside
(PowerPoint
Presentation - 441KB)
Maxine
Goulding, Manchester
(Please
contact the speaker if you would like a copy of this presentation
as the file is larger than we would wish to place on the website)
Lee
Shelsher, Essex
(Please
contact the speaker if you would like a copy of this presentation
as the file is larger than we would wish to place on the website) |
| 16.45 |
Summary and close |
| 19.00 |
Drinks Reception - sponsored by Dynix |
| 19.30 |
Dinner
From
21.00 - Race Night |
Friday
15 October
A chance
to repeat the Wednesday Library Visits if you should wish.
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