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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Half day workshop – Thursday, 22 August 2002
Time: 9:00 – 14:00
Location : Court Senate Suite, Collins Building, University of Strathclyde, Richmond Street, Glasgow. (About 4 blocks from Queen Street Station, 5 blocks from the Underground and 11-12 blocks from Central Station)
PLEASE NOTE: FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, WE MUST ASK THAT YOU REGISTER IN ADVANCE FOR THE WORKSHOP. SIGN-UP SHEETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE SECTION'S STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING ON SATURDAY, 17 AUGUST AND AT THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AREA AT SECC. PLEASE SIGN-UP FOR THE WORKSHOP NO LATER THAN NOON ON WEDNESDAY, 21 AUGUST.
REGISTRATION WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FIRST 50 WHO SIGN
Driving Change in the Profession
09:00 Welcome and introduction by the Chair of the Section, Professor Susan Lazinger, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Professor Forbes Gibb, University of Strathclyde
09:15
09:20 The Quality Assurance Framework
The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) and subject review:- (will be supported by explanatory summaries)
- The viewpoint of the assessor:
Dr Judy Broady-Preston, University of Wales
- The viewpoint of the assessed:
Janet Harrison, Loughborough University
09:50
10:00 Benchmarking:(will be supported by explanatory summaries
Marion Huckle, CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals)
10:30 Coffee (Committee Room 1)
11:00 The Research Assessment Exercise 2001 (will be supported by explanatory summaries)
Professor Judith Elkin, University of Central England and chair of RAE Assessment Panel for Library and Information Management - Chaired by Linda Ashcroft, Reader of Information Management, Liverpool John Moores University
11:15 Panel: Is UK RAE a valuable model for LIS in other countries?
- Professor Niels Ole Pors: Denmark
- Dr Ken Haycock: Canada
- Professor Joyce Kirk: Australia
- Ms Rosemary Gitachu: Kenya
- Dr Filiberto Felipe Martinez-Arellano: Mexico
12:00 Professional Associations: Professor Peter Enser, University of Brighton
The future of LIS education in the UK and issues emerging from the merger of the Library Association (LA) and Institute of Information Scientists (IIS) to form CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals)
12:30
13:00 Lunch and informal opportunity to meet educators from around the world (Collins Gallery, Richmond Street)
14:00 Departure on your own to SECC to catch the buses to Edinburgh for the Edinburgh Festival activities. The fasted way to the SECC may be by train from the Central Station.
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