The theme for this Seminar is ‘Practical Solutions to
Impossible Problems’
A 300-500 word abstract should be submitted to
National Acquisitions Group
Paper slots are 30 minutes including questions however if you have an
idea for a longer, workshop style session please get in touch.
Speakers receive a full free Seminar
place plus travel expenses.
Call for abstracts closes: Sunday 5th August/ Notification of
acceptance: Friday 17th August
Libraries and Librarians are beset, on all sides, by a range of problems that profoundly
affect the ways in which we can deliver services. Economical, political,
logistical, legal, and sometimes even philosophical considerations impact
heavily upon all aspects of Library operations. Responding to and managing this
wide range of requirements, restrictions and expectations is often fundamental
to how Librarians manage to provide our users with positive and useful
experiences. Librarians frequently use creative and imaginative solutions to
navigate these choppy waters and we want to hear about them. We would welcome
papers that show the workflows/systems/policies that people are using to either
resolve issues or just provide better services in the following areas:
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Facing the challenges of stretched budgets and increase demand
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Tackling access versus ownership
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Increasing usage and discovery of Open Access content
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Adopting new systems/procedures – we are interested in the perfect
implementation of shiny, out of the box systems and also the rough and ready
workarounds that are needed to make shiny, out of the box systems function in
the ways that you want them
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