Programme

Thursday 10 September

9:45–10:15
Registration and Coffee

10:15–10:30
Welcome: Nicholas Penny Director, National Gallery

10:30–11:00
Session 1: Keynote : New roles, new partnerships

Session Chair: Chris Mills (Head of Library, Art and Archives, The Royal Botanic Gardens)

• Innovation in information delivery and skills
  Andrew McDonald – Director of Libraries and Learning Services, University of East London

11:00–11:30
Session 2: Collective collections

Session Chair: Martin Flynn (National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum)

• From cooperation to collaborative transformation
  Gunter Waibel (Program Officer, RLG Programs, OCLC)

11:30–12:45
Session 3: Web technologies

Session Chair: Martin Bazley (Online Experience Consultant, Martin Bazley & Associates)

• ‘Your Archives’: collaboration and user engagement
  Ruth Crumey (Your Archives Development Officer, TNA)
• Digital strategies and new archives: developing digital archival access at the National Maritime Museum
  Eleanor Gawne (Head of Archive and Library, National Maritime Museum) and James Watson (Digital Project Manager, National Maritime Museum)

12:45–2:00 Lunch (not provided)

2:00–3:00
Session 4: Special Collections

Session Chair: Rupert Williams (Head of Library and Archives, Science Museum Library)

• Storylines: a multi-disciplinary approach to sharing the literary heritage of childhood
  Sarah Lawrance, (Collections Director, Seven Stories) and Jo Elsworth (Keeper of the Theatre Collection, Department of Drama, University of Bristol)

3:00–3:30 Tea

3:30–4:45
Session 5: Is professional training meeting our changing needs?

Session Chair: Caroline Warhurst (Library and Information Services Manager, London Transport Museum)

• Marion Huckle (Head, Qualifications & Professional Development, CILIP)
• Nicola Franklin (Head of Information Recruitment, Sue Hill Recruitment)
• Andrew Flinn (Programme Director for the MA/Diploma/Certificate in Archives and Records Management, University College London)
• Panel: Charles Hoare (Paul Hamlyn Library, British Museum) and Helen Broderick (British Library)

4:45–5:15
Session 6: Plenary Discussion and Conclusion

Session Chair: Chris Mills (Head of Library, Art and Archives, The Royal Botanic Gardens)