USTLG

The next meeting of the
University Science and Technology Librarians’ Group (USTLG)
will be held on:
Friday 27th November 2015

Theme: Technology to support teaching

Venue: Imperial College London
Directions and map of South Kensington campus.
(The Library is building 25 on the map.)

Attendance at the meeting is free.
The usual charge for lunch is waived thanks to ProQuest.

The meeting is full.
If you need to cancel your place,
please do so via Eventbrite.

10.00am – 10.30am:  Tour of the Library – optional, book in advance.
10.30am – 10.55am:  Arrive and register (tea/coffee).
11.00am – 11.10am:  Welcome.
11.10am – 11.40am:  Emma Shaw, Imperial, “Making an online RefWorks tutorial from scratch.”
11.40am – 12.10pm:  Paula Evans, Imperial, “Using Sli.do in library training sessions.”
12.10pm – 12.40pm:  Marguerite Quinn, ProQuest,  “ProQuest for university libraries.”
12.40pm – 2.00pm:  Lunch (sponsored by ProQuest)
2.00pm – 2.30pm:   Lynne Robinson, Sunderland, “Challenges of keeping up to date with technology.”
2.30pm – 3.30pm:  Jodie Ward, Jo Wilson & Kate Brown, Middlesex, “APPortunity or APPain? Use of mobile apps for teaching” – workshop/group discussions.
3.30pm – 4.00pm:  Closing remarks (tea/coffee).
4.00pm – 4.30pm:  Tour of the Library – optional, book in advance.

Bookings are now open for the Technology to support teaching meeting on Friday 27th November 2015 at Imperial College London.

Book your place via Eventbrite.

We will have presentations on using mobile apps for teaching, developing an online RefWorks tutorial, using Sli.do and the challenge of keeping up with technology.

One speaker place remains: please contact Carole Rhodes if you would like to speak.

The next USTLG meeting will take place on Friday 27th November 2015 at Imperial College London.

The theme will be Technology to support teaching.

More details are available on the Next meeting page.  An Eventbrite booking page will follow soon.

Call for speakers: if you have something to say about technology to support teaching, please contact Carole Rhodes.

Presentations from the 5th June 2015 meeting on Hard to reach? Resources, people and promotions are now available from the Past meetings pages.

Another enjoyable USTLG meeting took place on 5th June 2015 at the University of Bath.  Thank you very much to our speakers, who gave great presentations on engaging hard-to-reach people, opening up access to useful sci-tech sources and taking the library outside the library.  Thank you to IET for their sponsorship and to our welcoming hosts and tour guides at Bath.  Special thanks to David Stacey for his rail strike contingency planning! Presentations will appear on the Website soon.  For now we have a Storify of the day’s tweets.

Rail strikes have been averted, so the USTLG meeting can go ahead as originally planned.  We look forward to seeing everyone in Bath.

The USTLG meeting on 5th June is definitely going ahead, even if there is a train strike.  Many thanks to David Stacey at Bath for organising everything and keeping us informed.

The next meeting of the
University Science and Technology Librarians’ Group (USTLG)
will be held on:
Friday 5th June 2015

Theme:
Hard to reach? Resources, people and promotions
Making hidden/hard-to-reach resources available
Engaging with hard-to-reach people
Promotions and advocacy

Venue: University of Bath
Chancellors’ Building
Rooms: CB4.5 & CB4.10
Building 3 on the Campus map:
Travelling to the University of Bath

Book a place:
https://eventbrite.co.uk/event/15418298546/

Attendance at the meeting is free
The usual charge for lunch is waived thanks to the IET

Wireless access – use your Eduroam account or our free visitor wifi ‘The Cloud’

Programme

10.00am – 10.30am:  Tour of the Library – optional, book in advance.
10.30am – 10.55am:  Arrive and register (tea/coffee).
11.00am – 11.10am:  Welcome.
11.10am – 11.40am:  Tom Rogers, Katy Jordan & Katie Evans, Bath, “Engaging with hard-to-reach people.”
11.40am – 12.10pm:  Shazia Arif, Brunel, “Engaging with research staff.”
12.10pm – 12.40pm:  Katie Fraser & Jeanette Eldridge, Nottingham, “Building relationships with hard-to-reach academics in a new role.”
12.40pm – 1.40pm:  Lunch (sponsored by IET).
1.40pm – 2.10pm:  IET, “IET: Institution of Engineering & Technology.”
2.10pm – 2.40pm:   John Harrington, Cranfield,“Locating Aerospace Technical Reports: the AERADE Reports Archive.”
2.40pm – 3.10pm:  Serin Dabb, Royal Society of Chemistry, “National Chemical  Database Service & Chemspider.”
3.10pm – 3.40pm:  Kirsty Carver, Bradford, & Paula Anne Goodall, Birmingham “Library and Careers on Location and PopUp Library.”
3.40pm – 4.00pm:  Closing remarks (tea/coffee).
4.00pm – 4.30pm:  Tour of the Library – optional, book in advance.

Forty-seven delegates attended the 26^th November 2014 meeting at Aston University.  We received a warm welcome in the rain and enjoyed presentations showcasing different approaches to supporting research.

The slides are now available from the Past meetings pages, together with a Storify of the day’s tweets.

Thanks very much to our hosts at Aston and to our excellent speakers.  Thank you to RMIT Publishing for their sponsorship, which enabled us to provide a free lunch.

The next USTLG meeting will take place on 5^th June 2015 in Bath.  Please send your ideas for a theme and/or offers to speak to Carole Rhodes.

The next meeting of the UK University Science and Technology Librarians’ Group (USTLG) will be held on: Wednesday 26th November 2014

Theme: Supporting research

Venue: Aston University Library 2^nd Floor Workshops
Building 4 on the Campus map:
Travelling to Aston University

Book a place

Attendance at the meeting is free
The usual charge for lunch is waived thanks to
RMIT Publishing

Programme

10.00am – 10.30am:  Tour of the Library – book in advance.
10.30am – 10.55am:  Arrive and register (tea/coffee).
11.00am – 11.10am:  Welcome.
11.10am – 11.40am:  Georgina Hardy & Clare Langman, Aston, “Research Bites – researcher training programme.”
11.40am – 12.10pm:  Linda Norbury & Judith Hegenbarth, Birmingham, “Raising Your Research Profile – training programme.”
12.10pm – 12.40pm: Jenny Coombs & Liz Martin, de Montfort, “Developing a blended learning approach to literature searching support for PhD students.”
12.40pm – 1.40pm:  Lunch (sponsored by RMIT Publishing).
1.40pm – 2.10pm:  Suzie Kitchin, Northumbria, “Consultancy, bitesize and training – how Northumbria supports researchers.”
2.10pm – 2.40pm:  Selina Lock, Leicester, “Supporting researchers – then and now.”
2.40pm – 3.10pm:  Linda Kerr, Heriot Watt, “JISC Open Access Pathfinder project.” 3.10pm – 3.40pm: Beth Hall, Bangor, “Applying systematic review methodology from Health to other Science disciplines.”
3.40pm – 4.00pm:  Closing remarks.
4.00pm – 4.30pm:  Tour of the Library – book in advance.