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Inspire Conference Programme
Inspire: Celebrate, Challenge, Create
Tuesday 25 April 2006
British Library Conference Centre, London
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| British Library Statement of Support
for Inspire |
| | | Morning
session chaired by Mary Heaney,
Director of Learning Centres at the University of Wolverhampton |
10.15 | |
Welcome and Introduction
Chris Batt, Chief Executive of MLA |
10.30 | |
E-learning- removing the barriers, realising the benefits
John Stone,
Chief Executive of the Learning Support Network, (LSN) |
10.55 | |
Phil Hope, Under Secretary of State for Skills
Pre-recorded Speech (transcript of speech) |
11.00 | |
Boosting learning and information at the local level: the social inclusion challenge for all
Kevin Harris, Local Level consultancy |
| 11.45 | | Morning Workshops
How do they see us? Challenging ourselves through mystery visiting (Room 1)
Jan Clark, Chief Librarian at Kirklees Libraries and Information
Service and Philippa Jones, Head of Customer Services, Leeds University Library
Small But Perfectly Formed: Library Co-operation in Wales on a National and Local Basis (Room 2a)
Chris West, Director
of Library and Information Services, University of Wales, Swansea
Challenging the ivory tower: Widening Participation and access to a research intensive university library (Room 2b)
Glynis Platt, Widening Participation Co-ordinator, John Rylands University Library, University of Manchester
Health Information Partnerships: benefits for all (Room 3)
Sarah Greening, Health Information Co-ordinator, West Midlands Library Services Development Unit
Welcome To Your Library: connecting libraries and refugee communities across the country.
Opportunities and challenges for Inspire (Room 4)
Helen Carpenter, Project Coordinator, Welcome To Your
Library (based at London Libraries Development Agency), Bronwyn Brady, Mentoring Project Coordinator, Leeds Library &
Information Service, Meg Message, Refugee Projects Manager, Leeds Metropolitan University |
| 12.20 | | Lunch |
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| Libraries & Learners in London anouncement
of migration to Inspire |
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Afternoon session chaired by Andrew Green,
Head of Libraries & Information Services, Coventry City Council |
13.10 | |
Launch of Find it! Inspire’s cross sectoral resource discovery website
Martin Molloy OBE, President of CILIP and Director of Cultural & Community Services, Derbyshire County Council |
13.25 | | Building Libraries, Building communities - double session
Libraries, learning and regeneration: Barking Learning Centre
Trevor Brown, Head of Library Services, London Borough of Barking &
Dagenham and Professor Andrew McDonald Director of Library and Learning Services
and Head of Lifelong Learning Centres
Shared vision, single community: redefining Worcester's libraries
Anne Hannaford, Director of Information & Learning Services,
University of Worcester and Margaret Snook,
Head of Cultural Services, Worcestershire County Council |
| 14.25 | |
Afternoon Workshops
Small But Perfectly Formed: Library Co-operation in Wales on a National and Local Basis (Room 2a)
Chris West, Director of Library and Information Services, University of Wales, Swansea
How do they see us? Challenging ourselves through mystery visiting (Room 1)
Jan Clark, Chief Librarian at Kirklees Libraries and Information
Service and Philippa Jones, Head of Customer Services, Leeds University Library
Challenging the ivory tower: Widening Participation and access to a research intensive university library (Room 2b)
Glynis Platt, Widening Participation Co-ordinator, John Rylands University Library, University of Manchester
Health Information Partnerships: benefits for all (Room 3)
Sarah Greening, Health Information Co-ordinator, West Midlands Library Services Development Unit
Welcome To Your Library: connecting libraries and refugee communities across the country.
Opportunities and challenges for Inspire (Room 4)
Helen Carpenter, Project Coordinator, Welcome To Your
Library (based at London Libraries Development Agency), Bronwyn Brady, Mentoring Project Coordinator, Leeds Library &
Information Service, Meg Message, Refugee Projects Manager, Leeds Metropolitan University |
| 15.05 | |
Sustaining Inspiration - shaping the future for learner support and library co-operation
John Dolan OBE, Head of Library Policy, MLA, and
Suzanne Enright, Director of Information Systems and Library Services, University of Westminster |
| 15.30 | |
Conference ends |
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