JOINT CONFERENCE OF THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND AND CILIP IN IRELAND 2012 TRANSFORMING LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SERVICES:
will take place on
Thursday 19th and Friday 20th April, 2012 The Merchant’s Hotel, Belfast
JOINT CONFERENCE OF THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND AND CILIP IRELAND
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
• Ciarån 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