NAG Conference 2015 - "Back to the Future: going back to basics in order to secure the future for libraries" Royal York Hotel - York: 14th and 15th Sep 2015

Monday 14th September 2015 Time Session Presenter 9.30-11.00 Registration Welcome address: Not just bibles and prayer books: an overview of the collections at 11.00-11.15 York Minster Sarah Griffin - University Special Collections and York Minster Librarian 11.15-11.45 Keynote address Neil MacInnes, President Elect for SCL 2016

11.45-12.00 Introduction to Committee 12.00-12.15 NAG Award 12.15-13.15 Lunch 13.15-13.45 Paper 1 - Project that won the 2014 NAG Award Sara Pink - Head of Guildhall Library Sarah Rayner, Teaching and Learning Manager, University of Manchester Paper 2 - Books right here, right now: solutions for improving access to core/ key texts Library 13.45-14.15 (see blog http://blog.brhrn.library.manchester.ac.uk/ ) Des Coyle, Collection Services Manager, University of Manchester Library. 14.15-15.00 Tea and Networking/Looking at displays 15.00-15.30 Paper 3 - The Seam Project Jennie Hillyard, Gareth Davies-Jones 15.30-16.00 Paper 4 - Library Champions Project - engaging students in decisions for acquisitions Pete Garner - Library Liaison Manager, Kings College London 16.10-17.10 Workshops W1 RDA for Acquisitions Staff Anne Welsh - University College London/ Jenny Wright - BDS Sue Grainger, Head of Libraries, Heritage and Arts, Walsall All for one and one for all...... Black Country Libraries in Partnership and their shared Robert Johnson, Head of Libraries and Community Recreation, library management system W2 Wolverhampton City Council W3 Royal College of Surgeons Collections Review Project Dot Fouracre - Collections Review Assistant, Royal College of Surgeons W4 Copyright scanning and the acquisitions process in HE Paul Dibble - Sales Manager, Talis/ Ian Corns - Account Manager, Talis/ Malcolm Polfreman - Team Manager Acquisitions and Meta Data, London South Bank University 18.45-19.00 First Time Delegates Reception 19.00-19.30 Conference Reception 19.30 Conference Dinner 21.00 After dinner entertainment

Tuesday 15th September 2015 Time Session Presenter 9.00-9.15 Tea/coffee for day delegates 9.15-9.45 NAG AGM 2015 9.45-10.45 Workshops repeated W1 RDA for Acquisitions Staff Anne Welsh - University College London/ Jenny Wright - BDS Sue Grainger, Head of Libraries, Heritage and Arts, Walsall All for one and one for all...... Black Country Libraries in Partnership and their shared Robert Johnson, Head of Libraries and Community Recreation, library management system W2 Wolverhampton City Council W3 Royal College of Surgeons Collections Review Project Dot Fouracre - Collections Review Assistant, Royal College of Surgeons W4 Copyright scanning and the acquisitions process in HE Paul Dibble - Sales Manager, Talis/ Ian Corns - Account Manager, Talis/ Malcolm Polfreman - Team Manager Acquisitions and Meta Data, London South Bank University 10.45-11.15 Tea and Networking/Looking at displays Charlotte Haines Lyon - York St John University Paper 5 – Student Panel Joanna Phillips - University of Leeds 11.15-11.45 Ibrahim Yunus - University of Huddersfield 11.45-12.15 Paper 6 - The Digital Library Survey Owen Stephens - SERO Consulting

12.15-13.15 Lunch 13.15-13.45 Paper 7 - Public Libraries - Welsh perspective Helen McNabb - Library Resources Manager, The Vale of Glamorgan Council Janine Downes - The Hive Library Services Manager/Sarah Pittaway - Team 13.45-14.15 Paper 8 - Making the vision a reality: the public - University partnership at the Hive Leader for Academic Services 14.15-14.30 Water/juice Paper 9 - Encouraging children and young people into reading and using their local Jill Connolly - Reading and Learning Development Manager- Children & 14.30-15.00 library Families, Lancashire County Council Graham Stone - Information Resources Manager, The University of 15.00-15.30 Paper 10 - Ebooks matrix Huddersfield 15.30-15.45 Closing remarks, summary and close of conference 2015 Additional event: 16.15-17.15 Tour of the Library & Archive of the National Railway Museum Limited places, pre-booking is essential, please email [email protected]

The Conference organisers, Briony Heyhoe-Pullar, Ewa Cepuchowicz and Neill Roberts, will be pleased to answer any questions regarding the programme. They can be contacted at [email protected] For queries about practical arrangements, please contact the Admin team at [email protected]