USTLG

Presentations from the 16th May 2014 meeting on Promoting the role of libraries, library services and librarians are now available from the Past meetings pages.

Thirty-eight delegates attended a lively USTLG meeting on 16th May 2014 at sunny Heriot Watt University.  Thank you very much to our speakers, who gave interesting and varied perspectives on promoting the role of libraries, library services and librarians.  Thank you to RSC-CICAG for sponsoring a lovely lunch and to our welcoming hosts and tour guides at Heriot Watt.  Presentations will appear on the Website soon.  For now we have a Storify of the day’s tweets.

The next USTLG meeting will take place on Friday 16th May 2014 at Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh.

The theme will be Promoting the role of libraries, library services and librarians.

More details, including booking and travel information, are available on the Next meeting page.

Call for speakers: if you have something to say about promotion, whether it be about promoting libraries or their services or promotion of/by librarians, please contact Carole Rhodes.

Presentations from the 28th November 2013 meeting on What sci-tech librarians need to know are now available from the Past meetings pages.  There’s also the feedback from the discussion groups and the day’s tweets at USTLG Storify.

The next meeting of the UK University Science and Technology Librarians’ Group (USTLG) will be held on: Thursday 28th November 2013

Theme: What sci-tech librarians need to know

Venue: Weston Room, Maughan Library, King’s College London
Directions to the Strand campus and Maughan Library

Lunch: The usual charge is waived thanks to IEEE

Please book by emailing the booking form below to Elizabeth Simpson, elizabeth.m.simpson@kcl.ac.uk

10.00am – 10.30am:  Tour of the Maughan Library – book in advance.
10.30am – 10.55am:  Arrive and register (tea/coffee).
11.00am – 11.05am:  Welcome to King’s
11.05am – 11.10am:  Moira Bent – Welcome on behalf of USTLG
11.10am – 11.35am:  Alison McNab, Nottingham – Making an impact as a new subject librarian
11.35am – 12.00pm:  Niamh Tumelty, Cambridge – 7 pillars – through an Engineering lens

12.00pm – 12.45pm:Discussion tables

12.45pm – 1.45pm:  Lunch (sponsored by IEEE)

1.45pm – 2.10pm:  Eszter Lucaks and Richard Blount – Marketing that FITS (Fun, Interactive, Targeted, Succinct).
2.10pm – 2.35pm: Elizabeth Simpson, King’s College London – Developing new ways to engage our students – Camtasia and Libguides
2.35pm – 3.00pm: Shazia Arif and Monique Ritchie, Brunel – Research Data Management: Finding our role at Brunel University

3.00pm – 3.45 pm: Discussion tables

3.45pm – 4.00pm: Moira Bent – Close of the day
4.00pm – 4.30pm:  Tour of the Maughan Library – book in advance.

Booking:
Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment. You can book your place with Elizabeth Simpson, elizabeth.m.simpson@kcl.ac.uk

Please remember to state if you would like to go on one of the tours and at which time. Please mention any special dietary requirements you have, as well as any accessibility requirements.

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Booking form   USTLG Meeting: What sci-tech librarians need to know, Thursday 28th November 2013

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Presentations from the 22nd May 2013 meeting on Supporting international students are now available from the Past meetings pages.