The presentations from the day-long conference are now available in .pdf format by clicking on the blue title of the presentations below. Titles not in blue are those where no PPT or other document is available.
9-930 Coffee/registration
930-940 Housekeeping notices - Catherine Dhanjal, Event Organiser
Welcome address – Councillor David Dixon, Bath & North East Somerset
940-945 Introduction to the conference – Tom Mayberry, Head of Heritage and Libraries, Somerset County Council
945-1010 The value of consortium membership to a partner authority - Martin Burton, South Gloucestershire
1010-1040 Governance and workstreams in the LLC - Andrew Green, London Borough of Wandsworth
1040-1045 Library Consortia and Shared Services – Professor Peter Latchford, Black Radley
1045-1110 The LibrariesWest model: shared systems, services and online strategy – Dylan Edgar, LibrariesWest
1110-1115 New ICT developments for consortia - Jim Burton, Axiell UK
1115-1145 coffee break
1145-1230 Bitesize sessions: Wandsworth on competitive tendering – Andrew Green; Idea Store – integration of libraries with adult learning – Kate Pitman; Lewisham on portable LMS and community libraries – Antonio Rizzo, Head of Libraries and Information Services; Benefits for consortia – Neil Johnson, Insight Media
1230-1245 panel session and Q&A
1245-1345 Lunch break & lunch sessions
1300-1305 The virtuous circle, creating new novels from dead stock – Gavin Hardy, Better World Books
1305-1310 FABlibraries: the road to a UK Public Library Catalogue – Elisabeth Robinson, OCLC
1345-1405 Shared bibliographic services – Carol Gold, LibrariesWest
1405-1430 The Enquiry Centre, a shared service – Maggie Harris, Somerset
1430-1500 Transforming access to online information – Madeline Barratt and Paolo Zanelli, Enfield
1500-1515 coffee break
1515-1545 The Consortia Conversation: share experiences and issues in smaller groups
1545-1600 Closing notices – Catherine Dhanjal
The last word – Tom Mayberry, Chair of LibrariesWest
Image: Roman Baths, Bath (Roman Baths 011) Credit: visitbath.co.uk © Bath Tourism Plus/Colin Hawkins
