Conference on long-term collections management

Dare to share: new approaches to long-term collections management
Wellcome Collection Conference Centre
183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, United Kingdom
Monday 6 September 2010

A Research Libraries UK and Preservation Advisory Centre joint
conference exploring how collaborative activities can form part of a
strategic approach to collections management across research and
higher education institutions.

This one day conference examines how libraries and other research
institutions can benefit from integrating preservation into broader,
long-term collections management strategies with a particular
emphasis on collaborative preservation ventures. Speakers from the
UK and abroad present current thinking on hybrid collections; using
collection strengths to inform integrated strategies for resource
allocation; how digitisation affects what we keep; protecting
investment in digitisation projects; lifecycle costing of digital
collections; and opens up the question about the UKRR being a model
for other library materials.

The day builds on research by the RLUK/BL Preservation Learning
Project which identified high demand for skills development on
strategic issues in collections management amongst staff in research
and higher education libraries.  Responses particularly emphasised
the value that a long-term view can bring in considering access to
the collections--both physical and digital--and the importance of
preservation within an encompassing and strategic perspective.

Programme

    09.30       Registration

    10.00       Welcome
                Philip Sykes
                University Librarian, Liverpool University and RLUK
                Chair

    10.15       Hybrid collections or divided collections TBC

    10.45       Identifying collection strengths
                Brian Clifford
                Deputy University Librarian, University of Leeds

    11.15       Break

    11.40       System level strategic planning for collections
                management and preservation
                Roger Schonfeld
                Manager of Research, Ithaka

    12.10       Managing our legacy journal collections: United
                Kingdom Research Reserve (UKRR): the share of things
                to come
                Deborah Shorley
                Director of Library Services, Imperial College and
                Head of UKRR

    12:40       Lunch

    13:45       Session to be confirmed

    14.15       Protecting Investment by Sustaining Access to
                Digital Assets
                Neil Grindley
                Programme Manager Digital Preservation, JISC

    14.45       Break

    15.10       It costs how much? A lifecycle approach to
                collection management
                Paul Wheatley
                Digital Preservation Manager, The British Library

    15.40       Sustainability and the RLUK/BL Preservation Advisory
                Centre learning programme
                Alison Faraday
                Preservation training co-ordinator, The British
                Library Preservation Advisory Centre

    16:10       Discussion

    16.30       Close
                David Prosser
                Executive Director, RLUK

Cost:
    RLUK members UKP75 + VAT (including refreshments)
    Non-RLUK members UKP100 + VAT (including refreshments)

Booking: Please visit <URL:http://www.bl.uk/blpac/dare.html>

Alison Faraday
Preservation Advisory Centre
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
United Kingdom


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