CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Link to the conference handbook via Gazette online

The 9 separate streams listed below form the basis of the conference programme with a total of 56 sessions on offer.

1) Libraries as Spaces

Buildings focus, social/community spaces, joint use libraries inc virtual libraries & workplace info services

2) Our skills

Practical skills for users, & personalisation e.g. MyLibrary

3) The shock of the new - practice

Emerging trends, technologies, web 2.0/3.0 and beyond,

new ways of working in partnership and alone in practice

4) The shock of the new - theory

Emerging trends, technologies, web 2.0/3.0 and beyond,

new ways of working in partnership and alone in theory

5) Professional values

Evidence, Diversity, Ethics & the Research Base

6) Our professional future

Education, qualifications, professional bodies – what are they for in the 21st Century

7) Only Collect

Management of print & electronic collections materials, preservation conservation, exploitation, digitisation etc

8) The value of libraries: advocacy & funding

Leadership & Campaigning, influencing - success stories,

pitfalls and toolkits etc

9) Information skills for life

Information literacy & the legal framework users need + National Year of Reading review

CILIP retains the right to change the programme and speakers to reflect the latest developments. 

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