UKOLN conference: an update

[Isobel Stark]

This may of interest to members of this list:

The next UKOLN conference -
			
	INFORMATION LANDSCAPES FOR A LEARNING SOCIETY
	Networking and the future of libraries 3

	will be held on 
	Monday 29 June, Tuesday 30 June and Wednesday 1 July 1998
	at 
	The University of Bath

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	NB: THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE CONTAINS VERY FULL DETAILS
	ABOUT THE CONFERENCE, WHICH YOU MAY PREFER TO READ ON
	THE UKOLN WEB PAGES AT URL -
	http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/ukoln-conf-98/
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This 2-night/3-day conference, marking 21 years of continuous activity at
Bath by UKOLN and its antecedent organisations, will point towards a
future in which libraries create rich, integrated information and learning
environments to support a variety of users.

It is the third in the series Networking and the Future of Libraries,
which has helped influence debate and practice during the nineties. We
expect this conference to help shape developments as libraries respond to
the challenges of supporting life-long learning, of the changing 
educational, social and organisational environments in which they operate,
of 'New Library: the people's network'.

The conference will be opened by Brian Lang, Chief Executive of the
British Library. Keynote addresses will be given by Clifford Lynch,
Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information, and by
Richard Heseltine, Director of Academic Services at the University of
Hull.

The four main sessions of the conference are:

Information exchanges: the library, the network and the future
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     This session will be prospective: how will libraries and other
     information and knowledge exchanges develop as key components of an
     information and learning society? How will they change themselves to
     change the lives of their users.

Chair: Monika Segbert
	
Speakers:
       David Bearman, Archives & Museum Informatics, US
       Lars Bjoernshauge, Technical Knowledge Centre of Denmark
       Biddy Fisher, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
       Grace Kempster, Essex County Council, UK
       Frank Webster, Oxford Brookes University, UK

Information and the public sphere: an informed citizenry
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     Libraries have long existed in the public sphere: they are
     instruments of learning, of an informed citizenry, of civilisation.
     How will this mission be maintained in a network society which is
     increasingly globalised, where the unconnected are increasingly
     disadvantages, where new costs are changing patterns of
     accessibility? How inclusive will the landscapes be? How can
     libraries ensure that their role is  recognised in the emerging
     policy framework that is driving national and international
     information society initiatives?

Chair: Chris Batt, London Borough of Croydon, UK

Speakers:
       Andrew Blau, Director, Benton Foundation, US
       John Dolan, Birmingham Metropolitan District Council, UK
       Andrew McDonald, University of Sunderland, UK
       Sarah Tyacke, The Public Record Office, UK

Information landscapes: the accommodation of knowledge
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     Current information and learning systems exist as functional islands,
     a series of individual, unconnected opportunities. The information
     landscapes of the future will weave together electronic services and
     existing services in ways that join users to the materials and tools
     that they need, when they need them. How will these landscapes
     support users and how will they relate to existing places and
     services? How will library services combine physical places and
     digital information spaces, the print and the electronic, learning
     and information?

Chair: Bruce Royan, SCRAN, UK

Speakers:
       David Baker, University of East Anglia, UK and Hilary Hammond,
                 Norfolk County Council, UK
       Ray Lester, The Natural History Museum, UK
       Peter Lyman, University of California, Berkeley, US
       Cris Woolston, University of Hull, UK

Information architectures: constructing the digital library
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     The Internet provides a pervasive, predictable transport. The Web
     provides a pervasive, predictable presentation and user access
     medium. However, poor support for organisation and management of
     network resources creates difficulties for information providers and
     frustration for information users. It is the need for such support
     that is driving digital library and information architecture
     initiatives. This session will explore the technical building blocks
     and discuss how they will be used to weave information resources into
     rich information landscapes.

Chair: Lynne Brindley, University of Leeds, UK

Speakers:
       Lorcan Dempsey, UKOLN, UK
       Dan Greenstein, Arts & Humanities Data Service, UK
       David Kay, Fretwell-Downing Informatics, UK
       Mike Stapleton, System Simulation, UK

BOOKING DETAILS AND CONFERENCE FEES
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The non-residential fee includes all meals except breakfast.
The residential fees include all meals and accommodation for 2 nights.

290 UKsterling (non-residential)
335 UKsterling (residential in Brendan Court. Student rooms with 
		washbasins only. Other facilities are shared)
360 UKsterling (residential in Westwood. Student rooms ensuite with
		shower)
380 UKsterling (residential in Polden Court. Hotel-style rooms are ensuite
		with bath, and have radio/alarm clocks, and hairdryers)

Closing date for bookings is 8 June 1998.
Cancellations between 8 and 22 June will incur a cancellation fee of 50
pounds.
There will be no refunds for cancellations received on or after 22 June.

	FOR FULL INFORMATION OF FEES, BOOKING CONDITIONS, PROGRAMME, ETC.
	PLEASE SEE URL: <http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/ukoln-conf-98/>

Or contact Hazel Gott (details below) with any queries about the
conference.

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*  Hazel Gott                                                             *
*  Events Manager                                                         *
*  UKOLN (United Kingdom Office for Library and Information Networking)   *
*  The Library, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK     *
*  Tel: +44 (0)1225 826256;  Fax: +44 (0)1225 826838;                     *
*  h.a.gott at ukoln.ac.uk;  URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/                    *
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