Past Conferences
This page tells you about the Diversity Group conferences that happened in the past, as well as when the Diversity Group took part in Umbrella.
Diversity Group at Umbrella 2007
The Diversity Group participated at the Umbrella Conference in Hatfield again. Umbrella 2007 is called “Catalysts for Change – making a difference”. See their website for more information: www.umbrella2007.org.uk
The group had five sessions.
(1) "Making accessible the inaccessible: widening access to resources through digitisation" - Philip Pothen.
This presentation looked at how the JISC Digitisation programme is making available otherwise relatively inaccessible resources to much wider audiences and how mass digitisation can support and encourage wider access to resources of all kinds in support of lifelong learning.
JISC Digitisation programme: www.jisc.ac.uk/digitisation_home.html
(2) Joint session with The Public Libraries Group on Censorship in Libraries.
John Pateman talked on "Libraries and the War on Terror: The Power of Nightmares" (MS Word - 52KB).
It was followed by Pat Beech with a talk entitled "I want some porn" (MS Powerpoint - 162KB). Pat looked at the barriers of supply of books for blind and partially sighted people.
(3) A joint session one with Community Services Group on Employability and disability.
It had two speakers: Jane Wickenden, who talked on "Employing staff with physical disabilities - adapting the work, the workplace, and your attitude". Jane included the challenge of changing attitudes of employers to enable disabled people to reach their potential in the workplace. Highlighting examples of good practice from the Ministry of Defence.
The second speaker was Martin Molloy who will speak from the perspective of staff with hearing impairments.
(4) A joint session with the Career Development Group.
A lively and stimulating debate on issues relating to age and leadership with Trevor Knight and Amanda Poulton. The motion is "This house believes that the wisdom and insight needed for effective leadership can only come with age and experience."
(5) A joint session with the Personnel, Training and Education Group on supporting learning in libraries.
Ayub Khan talked on the groundbreaking project developed by Warwickshire Library and Information Services: "Workforce Development: Accredited Work-based Learning – the OCN Way!".
The Diversity Group also presented the Diversity Awards at Umbrella 2007, for more details look at our Awards section.
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Second Diversity Group Conference
"Pride or Prejudice?" How well are libraries serving lesbian, day, bi- and trans- communities?
8 February 2006 at the Manchester Conference Centre.
Aim of the day: To raise awareness and consider how to improve provision in Libraries for LGBT communities.
Conference Programme (MS Word - 46KB)
Presentations
Keynote address:
LGBT people and libraries - how well do we do? (MS Word - 28KB)
John Vincent
Engaging With LGBT communities: The Brighton Hove experience. (MS Powerpoint - 207KB)
Joanne Harvey, Brighton & Hove.
Workshops:
Gender, sex and life on the other side – Understanding transgender issues. (MS Powerpoint - 84KB)
Ruth Chambers, Beaumont Society and Jess Cole, Press for Change
Alive but not kicking enough! - Impact of fiction on the knowledge, self esteem and well-being of women, in particular those who identify as lesbian or bisexual.
Jacqueline Goldthorp, Community Health, Project Support Officer, Moray
Workshop One (MS Powerpoint - 24KB)
Workshop Two (MS Powerpoint - 30KB)
Summing up speech:
Summing up (MS Word - 24KB)
John Vincent
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First Diversity Group Conference
"Diversity - Dare to Win!"
10am - 4pm Monday 4th October 2004
at the University Of Wolverhampton Science Park Stafford Rd, Wolverhampton.
Conference programme (PDF - 172KB)
Speakers' biographies (MS Word - 41KB)
Presentations from the Conference
Keynote address:
Diversity Group Conference (MS Powerpoint - 54KB)
Prof. Mel Chevannes CBE FRCN, Dean and Director of Health Service Provision, University of Wolverhampton
Presentation:
Diversity in the Learning Centre Service (MS Powerpoint - 194KB)
Mary Heaney, Director of Learning Centres, University of Wolverhampton
Workshops:
* Gathering dust? Resources in libraries (MS Powerpoint - 614KB)
Kal Dale, Ethnic Services Manager Wolverhampton City Libraries
* Take control: The Quality Leaders Project, diversity and leadership in the public
sector. (MS Powerpoint - 97KB)
Shiraz Durrani, Strategy and Commissioning Officer, London Borough of Merton and Dean Bartlett
* Social inclusion: A library perspective (MS Powerpoint - 497KB)
Ayub Khan, Operations and Quality Manager - Warwickshire LIS
* Young people in control (PDF - 696KB)
Young people in control references (PDF - 35KB)
Shiraz Durrani, Strategy and Commissioning Officer, London Borough of Merton and Dean Bartlett
* For your eyes only (MS Word - 52KB)
Pat Beech, Library and Information Services Director, National Library for the Blind
* Developing a needs-based library service (MS Word - 52KB) John Pateman, Head of Libraries, Lincolnshire
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Updated: 11 June 2008