Transforming Libraries and Information Services
Date: Thursday 19th and Friday 20th April, 2012
Venue: The Merchant’s Hotel, Belfast
Speakers at this year’s conference will include:
- Phil Bradley, CILIP President, Presidential Address
- Margaret Hayes, Dublin City Libraries on Dublin City of Literature
- Annette Kelly, Assistant Director, Library Council of Ireland on Change and Challenge for Public Libraries
- Nicky Parker, Transformation Manager, Manchester City Council on Transforming Library Services
- Debbie Shorley, Imperial College, University of London on Reinventing Academic Libraries
With workshops from…
- Jessica Bates, University of Ulster, on Evidence-based library management
- Phil Bradley, Library consultant, on social media and libraries
- Patricia Canning, The Reader Organisation, on the power of reading
- Frances Dowds, Libraries NI, on the Health in Mind project
- Eva Hornung, CDVEC Curriculum Development Unit, on CPD for solo librarians
- Claire McGuinness, UCD, on strategies for the teaching librarian
- Ciaran Mangan, Meath County Library, on volunteers in libraries
- Peter Reid, Robert Gordon University, on professional education developments
- Maria Souden, University College Dublin, on CPD 2.0
- Deirdre Wildy, Queen’s University Belfast, on JSTOR and the Irish Collection partnership
…AND MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED
