RLUK Members’ Meeting 2016
Location: Clare College Conference Centre, University of Cambridge (Directions) (Google maps)
When: 3-4 November 2016
- Attendance for this event is free but is restricted to RLUK members only. Each RLUK member institution will be allocated a maximum of two delegate places.
- The University of Cambridge will be hosting a tour of the library on Friday 4 November, but numbers are limited so please register early to guarantee a place
- We have a limited number of rooms on hold at Arundel House Hotel, Cambridge (Directions) which are offered on a first come, first served basis.
Programme
Thursday 03 November
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch – Clare College Conference Centre
14:00 – 17:00 Jisc Collections workshop – Elton-Bowring room
Preparing for the Post Big-Deal World
This session will look at ways in which the UK could ensure a more robust infrastructure that would allow for a move away from big deal purchasing for journal content. It will use the recent analysis of ‘Plan B’ modeling in relation to the Elsevier Negotiations as a starting point.
- Liam Earney, Jisc Collections
- Phil Sykes, Liverpool University
- Mike McGrath, Consultant
- Geoff Curtis, Consultant
19:30 – 22:30 Dinner – Corpus Christi Dining Hall
Friday 04 November – Clare College Conference Centre
08:15 – 08:45 University of Cambridge Library tour
10:00 – 10:30 Registration and refreshments
10:30 – 12:30 The Holistic Collection – Libraries and Museums
- Professor Nicolas Thomas, Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
- Mungo Campbell, Deputy Director, Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow
- Simon Chaplin, Director of Culture & Society, Wellcome Trust
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 Update on current and future activity
- RLUK: A Revised Structure – David Prosser, RLUK
- Research Data Management – Rachel Bruce, Jisc
- Mentoring – Mike Wall, Durham
- Special Collections – Jess Gardner, University of Bristol, and Sue Crossley, RLUK
15:00 End