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GLIG at Umbrella 2005

Umbrella 2005 promises to be the outstanding UK library event of the year. As in the past, it will attract strong support and enable suppliers of products, services and systems to both meet and influence the CILIP community of library and information professionals.

The event will be presented at The University of Manchester on 30 June to 2 July 2005 with the theme 'Tackling the key issues together'. It will provide a forum for library professionals from across the UK to discuss and debate key issues directly affecting their current work and their future prospects.

NEW AT UMBRELLA 2005
So much is new at Umbrella 2005, and all the changes will provide real benefit to suppliers and delegates alike. A wide range of sponsorships will compliment the exhibition, while a new-look programme will provide special streamed sessions for the first timers so delegates can focus more easily on specific topics.

Supporting the conference will be an enhanced range of social events to increase opportunities for networking. The 2005 event will also see the launch of the prestigious Umbrella Awards Dinner, which will highlight outstanding achievements.

GLIG AT UMBRELLA 2005
Details of the Government Libraries and Information Group sessions at Umbrella 2005 are detailed below. For further details and booking form for Umbrella please see http://www.umbrella2005.org.uk/

For further details about the GLIG Umbrella sessions please contact:
Alice Laird: mailto:laird.alice@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

GLIG sessions at Umbrella 2005

Friday 11.15 - 12.30
Exteriors and Interiors - DG/GLIG
Diversity Group
Title: Better by design - building solutions
Summary: A presentation about designing new libraries reflecting the challenging nature of services and building in solutions in the planning to attract new audiences - particularly non-traditional users
Speaker - Ayub Khan, Core Services, Quality & Operations Manager,
Libraries, Heritage & Trading Standards, Barrack Street, Warwick CV34 3TH

Government Libraries and Information Group
Title: The new Home Office Library
Summary: The Home Office will be moving to a new building in the first half of 2005. The new building will include a purpose-built library. Karen has been involved with the project and will share her experiences of the various stages of the project, how involved the library was in the consultative processes, etc.
Speaker - Karen George, Head of Library & Information Team
Home Office Library, Lower Ground Floor, Seacole Builidng, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF

Friday 14.45 - 16.00
Evidence-based practice and policy - HLG/GLIG
Health Libraries Group
Title: Assessing impact - how many ways?
Speaker - Christine Urquhart
Dr Christine Urquhart is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Information Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth. She has directed several research studies evaluating the impact of library and information services on groups such as health professionals, students and staff in higher and further education institutions.

Government Libraries and Information Group
Title: Improving LIS services: developing a survey tool
Summary: Joint presentation on the CDL survey from CDL and Liverpool John Moore's University
Speaker - Lorna Bankes and Chris Watts / Graham Matthews Lorna Bankes, Head of Library Services, HM Customs and Excise Chris Watts and / or Graham Matthews, Liverpool John Moore's University

Saturday 11.15 - 12.30
Keeping, managing & marketing collections - PLG/GLIG/YLG
Session Title: Managing collections in a virtual world

Public Libraries Group
Title: Project Chrysalis
Summary: Chrysalis is an internet gateway providing online information to support learning and skills development for people, particularly Adult Learners and Teachers of Adult Learners, in the West Midlands. Information and collections created for Chrysalis have not been widely available to the public before. Everything is free and quick and easy to access wherever you are in the West Midlands. Chrysalis is the result of libraries (from Higher Education, Further Education, Public Libraries and NHS Libraries) working in partnership across the region. It was commissioned by the West Midlands Library Challenge and Advantage West Midlands
Speaker: TBA

Government Libraries and Information Group
Title: Building a portal
Summary: Outlines the processes used and attendant problems in building a portal for a group of experienced research staff to deliver in electronic form previously inaccessible material. Also the strategies used to gain buy in for the resource and its future growth and use.
Speaker: David Taylor currently works for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in Sheffield and manages a Km project for c50 researchers to make available electronically for the first time historical research material. He has worked in a number of government departments including the Home Office and DTI and is Secretary of the Government Libraries & Information Group.

Youth Libraries Group
Title: Highland Schools Virtual Library - It all started with an idea to promote reading... - developing and managing an on-line resource
Summary: My main area of responsibility is advising on the development of school libraries. This involves a lot of travel as Highland stretches from John o' Groats in the north east to Ardnamurchan point in the south west. Because of the nature of the area we quickly saw the advantages of ICT developments, and I have been involved with web sites since about 1998
Speaker: Stephanie Hoyle, Principle Librarian for Highland's SLS, Library Support Unit I have worked as Principal Schools Librarian for Highland since April 1993.

Presentations given at Umbrella 2005

Building a Research Portal
David Taylor, Knowledge Management Project DWP

Improving LIS Services: Developing a Survey Tool (MS Powerpoint 750KB)

Lorna Bankes Head of Library Services, HM Revenue and Customs
Chris Watts Researcher, Liverpool John Moores University

Last updated: 19 December, 2005

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Updated: 17 October 2006