Wednesday 16th July
09:00 - 10:00 Registration
10:00 - 10:15 Chair’s welcome and introduction
Chris Fowler, Oxford Brookes University and ARLIS Chair
10:15 - 11:00 Session 1 : Keynote Speech
Library futures: opportunities not threats
by Jan Wilkinson, University Librarian & Director of the John Rylands Library
by Jan Wilkinson, University Librarian & Director of the John Rylands Library
11:00 - 11:30 Tea & Coffee
11:30 - 13:00 Session 2 : Visual Archives
11:30 - 12:00 Manchester Central Library and the North West
Film Archive collaboration on Archives +
by Kevin Bolton & Marion Hewitt
12:00 - 12:30 Building a Visual Archive by Robert Knifton, Kingston University
12:30 - 13:00 Archiving the Arts by Kate Wheeler, The National Archives
Film Archive collaboration on Archives +
by Kevin Bolton & Marion Hewitt
12:00 - 12:30 Building a Visual Archive by Robert Knifton, Kingston University
12:30 - 13:00 Archiving the Arts by Kate Wheeler, The National Archives
13:00 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 14:00 Sponsor presentation - ProQuest
Briefing about visits and evening reception
14:00 - 14:50 Session 3: Collections and Digitisation
Transforming Tate Britain: archives & access digitisation project
by Polly Christie, Tate Britain
Briefing about visits and evening reception
14:00 - 14:50 Session 3: Collections and Digitisation
Transforming Tate Britain: archives & access digitisation project
by Polly Christie, Tate Britain
15:00 - 17:00 Visits
Manchester Central Library/Archives+
University of Salford, MediaCity UK “Virtual” Library and the Lowry Gallery
Manchester Metropolitan University – Special Collections and Artists’ Book
Walking tour of Manchester
Tour of Chetham's Library & return walk through Manchester
University of Manchester – Special Collections
Manchester Central Library/Archives+
University of Salford, MediaCity UK “Virtual” Library and the Lowry Gallery
Manchester Metropolitan University – Special Collections and Artists’ Book
Walking tour of Manchester
Tour of Chetham's Library & return walk through Manchester
University of Manchester – Special Collections
18:15 - 19:30 Evening Reception
19:00 - 19:30 Art Researchers' Guide to Manchester and Salford book launch
19:30 - 21:00 Dinner - Weston Restaurant
21:00 - 23:00 Quiz - Weston Bar open until late
21:00 - 23:00 Quiz - Weston Bar open until late
Thursday 17th July
07:30 - 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 09:30 Registration: Day Delegates
09:00 - 09:30 Registration: Day Delegates
09:30 - 10:45 Session 4: The Academic Voice
09:30 - 10:10 The Utopia of Bentham: The architecture of Manchester
by Eamonn Canniffe, Manchester School of Architecture
10:10 - 10:45 To Cure the Soul: the library and the book as a tool for creative
and critical thinking within an art school context
by Michael Howard, Manchester School of Art
10:45 - 11:15 Tea & coffee
11:15 - 12:15 Session 5: Higher Education and Digital Images
by Eamonn Canniffe, Manchester School of Architecture
10:10 - 10:45 To Cure the Soul: the library and the book as a tool for creative
and critical thinking within an art school context
by Michael Howard, Manchester School of Art
10:45 - 11:15 Tea & coffee
11:15 - 12:15 Session 5: Higher Education and Digital Images
Head of the Rijksmuseum Library and Simon Day, OCLC
12:00 - 12:15 Sponsor presentation - EBSCO
12:15 - 12:30 Briefing about workshops and evening reception / dinner
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch, Exhibition and Poster Session
14:30 - 15:15 Breakout Sessions
1. eBook Production: the choices for publishers: flowable or
fixed, platforms or ecosystems led by Chris Jennings, Oxford Brookes
University
fixed, platforms or ecosystems led by Chris Jennings, Oxford Brookes
University
2. Gaming in the Library led by Andrew Walsh, University of Huddersfield
3. Open Access led by Janet Morton, University of Leeds
4. An Update on dyslexia and library resources led by Andy Callen,
University of Salford
University of Salford
5. Resource Description Access (RDA) led by Kate Kluttz
6. Bloomsbury Publishing – Berg Fashion Library and future
digital projects, led by Matt Kibble
6. Bloomsbury Publishing – Berg Fashion Library and future
digital projects, led by Matt Kibble
15:15 - 15:45 Tea & Coffee
15:45 - 16:30 Breakout Sessions - repeated
18:00 Walk to the Manchester Museum (15 minutes)
18:30 Evening reception and tour of the Manchester Museum
19:30 - 21:00 Conference Dinner at the Manchester Museum
Friday 18th July
07:30 - 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 09:30 Registration: Day Delegates
09:00 - 09:30 Registration: Day Delegates
09:30 - 10:45 Session 6: Image and Archive
09:30 - 10:05 Illuminating Archives: tracing visibility, light and memory, Kristin
Marshall and Amy Thomas, MA students, Manchester Metropolitan
University
10:05 - 10:45 The work of the Centre for Heritage Imaging and Collection Care,
Carol Burrows, The University of Manchester Library
09:30 - 10:05 Illuminating Archives: tracing visibility, light and memory, Kristin
Marshall and Amy Thomas, MA students, Manchester Metropolitan
University
10:05 - 10:45 The work of the Centre for Heritage Imaging and Collection Care,
Carol Burrows, The University of Manchester Library
10:45 - 11:15 Tea & Coffee
11:15 - 12:15 Session 7: Use of the Library
11:15 - 11:45 Library Analytics: Measuring the impact of library use on arts disciplines
by Graham Stone, University of Huddersfield
by Graham Stone, University of Huddersfield
11:45 - 12:15 Documenting the stacks: a response to the Manchester Central
Library by Jacqueline Butler, Photography Research Group, Manchester
Metropolitan University
12:15 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:45 Session 8: Artists and Collaboration
13:00 - 13:40 Artists in Greater Manchester by Dr Alison Slater,Manchester
Metropolitan University
13:40 - 14:20 Bookbed: Collaboration between artists & libraries by
Ruth Beale, Artist
14:20 - 15:00 The Performer as Curator: an overview of a unique series
of exhibitions at The Lowry by Kate Farrell, The Lowry
15:00 - 15:10 Thanks and close
15:10 - 15:30 Goodbyes with tea & coffee
15:10 - 15:30 Goodbyes with tea & coffee
