The next meeting of the
University Science and Technology Librarians’ Group (USTLG)
will be held on:
Thursday 30th November 2017
Venue: Cranfield University
Room SC3 (first floor)
Stafford Cripps Learning and Teaching Centre
(Building 41 on the campus map)
Theme: Understanding postgraduate STEM users
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Attendance at the meeting is free.
The usual charge for lunch is waived thanks to
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM.)
PROGRAMME
10.00am – 10.30am: Tours: 1) Kings Norton Library, 2) Management Information Resource Centre or 3) Aerospace Integration Research Centre (limited numbers.) 10.30am – 10.55am: Arrive and register (tea/coffee.)
11.00am – 11.05am: Welcome.
11.05am – 11.35am: Mandy Smith, Jessica Goff & Ruth Knowles, Cranfield, “PG STEM support at Cranfield Defence and Security”
11.35am – 12.05pm: Kerstin Treder, Aston, “Supporting new PhD researchers at Aston University.”
12.05pm – 12.35pm: Julia Stockdale & Richard Illingworth, Content Online, “ACM – 10 things you didn’t know….”
12.35pm – 1.30pm: Lunch – sponsored by ACM.
1.30pm – 2.00pm: Anita Wilcox, University College Cork, “Graduate information literacy skills @ UCC Library: supporting our PG STEM researchers.”
2.00pm – 2.30pm: Adam Edwards, Middlesex, “Researching the researcher: improving research student support at Middlesex University.”
2.30pm – 2.50pm: Tea/coffee.
2.50pm – 3.20pm: James Soderman, Queen Mary University of London, “Research it! Views and habits of our PhD students.”
3.20pm – 3.30pm: Closing remarks
3.30pm – 4.00pm: Tours: 1) Kings Norton Library, 2) Management Information Resource Centre or 3) Aerospace Integration Research Centre (limited numbers.)