Two FREE workshops are taking place in May, exploring how external engagement is influencing the future roles of library, information and IT services in UK universities and colleges.
Tuesday 25 May 2010
LIBRARIES, RESOURCES & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FOR EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT
Lakeside Conference Centre, Aston University
Wedneday 26 May 2010
EXTENDING IT SUPPORT FOR EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT
Lakeside Conference Centre, Aston University
Both workshops are aimed at anyone with role working in (or with) these key institutional services (there is no requirement to be currently performing a specialist “engagement”-related role).
Each workshop brings together staff from services to discuss some of the key issues emerging from engagement with the community and businesses outside of their institutions. You can find out more about what this might mean for you and how these events might help here
Attendees will get a chance to share their experiences as well as an opportunity to find out about the practical support available to help identify, understand and further develop their own external engagement strategies and actions.
The range of engagement activity types and descriptions can also make it difficult to relate them to wider initiatives which could be providing key support and funding. These workshops should help people to make those connections and more importantly, better identify support that is already taking place – but is perhaps not currently recognised.
The workshops are being delivered by JISC Netskills, through the “BCE – Awareness and Education for the Wider JISC Community” project which is specifically focused on the issues for key enabling and support services, within UK HE and FE institutions.
Find out more about the project
The project is itself, part of the JISC-funded “Business and Community Engagement (BCE) programme”, which aims to provide practical help for institutions to develop their engagement strategies, as well as the systems to support them.