RLUK

University of Birmingham Business School, Room G13

10.30am Coffee

11.00am Introduction & aims of the day: Michele

Shoebridge, Director of Information

Services, University of Birmingham

The Planning background

11.15am Sheila Cannell, Director of Library Services,University of Edinburgh, The changing

research environment: implications for

space libraries

11.45am Bob Hunter, University of Birmingham, The

eSpaces

project and linkages with

research support

12.10pm Academici: A knowledge network

12.30pm Lunch

Researcher Perspectives

1.10pm Doug Clow, Head of the Centre for the Study of

Educational Technologies, The Open University.

Designing new research space for The Open University

1.35pm Shearer West, Head of Historical Studies, University of

Birmingham. Key issues for arts researchers.

1.55pm Jeremy Frey, University of Southampton Research

School. Key issues for science researchers

2.20pm Panel session

2.40pm Tea

2.50pm Two themed workshops

3.20pm Plenary: the way forward

3.45pm Summing up and close: Graham Bulpitt, Director of

Library Services, Kingston University