#SCLHorizons

Society of Chief Librarians Seminar 2016

Changing Horizons: challenges, trends and new ways of delivering

9th - 10th June - Scarman House, University of Warwick

Contents

Seminar Programme 2

Workshops 6

Speaker Biographies 7

Venue 13

SCL at a glance 14

Seminar Sponsors 15

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Seminar Programme

Thursday 9th June

9.00 – 10.00 Registration, Networking and Coffee

10.00– 11.00

Workshops: 1. Adventures in governance: our experiences in living and working outside the

council box. The unexpurgated version! Alison Wheeler, Suffolk Libraries & Fiona Williams, Explore York

2. The Road to Independence Jen Beardsmore Dudley & Peter Gaw, Nottinghamshire

3. Community Spirit Nigel Thomas, Leicestershire & Jillian Southwell, Oxfordshire 4. Libraries Building Business Isabel Oswell, British Library, David Fletcher,

Wimbletech & John Keane, Liverpool

5. Retail Experience Melanie Stacey & Marion Akehurst, Wellcome Trust & Kate Rouse, Brighton & Hove.

6. Digital Eagles Charlotte Snell, Barclays

7. Single Digital Sign On Ayub Khan, Warwickshire & Mark Williams, Jisc 8. Challenge and Change Andy Wright, Wakefield, Sharon Kirkpatrick, Dorset & Sue

Wills, Poole. 9. Cultural Programming Arts Council England & Susan Williamson, St Helens 10. #codegreen – Julie Griffiths, Halton & Barking & Dagenham 11. Libraries Reading Year Sue Wilkinson, The Reading Agency & Janene Cox,

Staffordshire 12. Making Difficult Decisions Cllr Graham Turner & Carol Stump, Kirklees 13. Reading Friends –Debbie Hicks, The Reading Agency & Julie Spencer, Bolton

11.00 – 11.15 Tea & coffee break

11.15 – 11.30 Welcome Ciara Eastell, SCL President

11.30 – 12.00

Living Knowledge: the next stage Roly Keating, Chief Executive, The British Library CHAIR: Ayub Khan, SCL Exec & Customer Service Manager (Face to Face) Warwickshire County Council

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch Break

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13.00 – 14.00

Q&A session: Ed Vaizey, Minister for Libraries CHAIR: Neil MacInnes, SCL President Elect & Strategic Lead - Libraries, Galleries and Culture, The Neighbourhoods Service Growth and Neighbourhoods Directorate, Manchester

14.00 – 14.45

Building healthier communities: new partnerships and opportunities for public libraries

Wellcome Trust – Andy Wright, SCL secondee

Wellcome Trust - Sue Crossley, Research and Resources Portfolio Development Manager

The Bromley-by-Bow Centre – Rob Trimble, Chief Executive CHAIR: Sue Wilkinson, Chief Executive, The Reading Agency

14.45 – 15.15 Tea & coffee break

15.15 – 16.00

Resilient Leadership at a time of change Myles Garland, Mission Excellence CHAIR: Janene Cox, SCL Exec & Commissioner for Tourism and the Cultural County, Staffordshire County Council

16.00– 17.00

Workshops: 1. Adventures in governance: our experiences in living and working outside the

council box. The unexpurgated version! Alison Wheeler, Suffolk Libraries & Fiona Williams, Explore York

2. The Road to Independence Jen Beardsmore Dudley & Peter Gaw, Nottinghamshire

3. Community Spirit Nigel Thomas, Leicestershire & Jillian Southwell, Oxfordshire 4. Libraries Building Business Isabel Oswell, British Library, David Fletcher,

Wimbletech & John Keane, Liverpool

5. Retail Experience Melanie Stacey & Marion Akehurst, Wellcome Trust & Kate Rouse, Brighton & Hove.

6. Digital Eagles Charlotte Snell, Barclays

7. Single Digital Sign On Ayub Khan, Warwickshire & Mark Williams, Jisc 8. Challenge and Change Andy Wright, Wakefield, Sharon Kirkpatrick, Dorset & Sue

Wills, Poole. 9. Cultural Programming Arts Council England & Susan Williamson, St Helens 10. #codegreen – Julie Griffiths, Halton & Barking & Dagenham 11. Libraries Reading Year Sue Wilkinson, The Reading Agency & Janene Cox,

Staffordshire 12. Making Difficult Decisions Cllr Graham Turner & Carol Stump, Kirklees 13. Reading Friends –Debbie Hicks, The Reading Agency & Julie Spencer, Bolton

17.00 – 18.00 AGM

19.00 Drinks and Dinner

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Friday 10th June

9.00 – 9.45

Fun Palaces : Culture by, with and for the Community Stella Duffy, Co- Director, Fun Palaces CHAIR: Jane Ellison, Head of Creative Partnerships, BBC

9.45 – 10.00 Autism Friendly Libraries Film Launch Sarah Mears, SCL Exec, ASCEL Chair & Library Services Manager, Essex and Lisa Hopkins, Managing Director, Dimensions UK

10.00 – 10.20 Tea & coffee break

10.20 – 11.30

Investing in Libraries: the views of trusts and foundations

Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Moira Sinclair, Chief Executive

Carnegie UK Trust – Martyn Evans, Chief Executive

Wolfson Foundation - Paul Ramsbottom, Chief Executive

CHAIR: Ciara Eastell, SCL Past President

11.30 – 13.00

Overview of the Ambition and initial feedback from the consultation Kathy Settle, Chief Executive, Libraries Taskforce CHAIR: Councillor Mike Bell, the Deputy Chair of the Local Government Association, Culture, Tourism and Sport Board Followed by Q&A Open Discussion Kathy Settle, Chief Executive, Libraries Taskforce CHAIR: Brian Ashley, Director – Libraries, Arts Council England

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch Break

14.00 - 15.00

International Speaker From Books and Mortar to Community Hubs - R. David Lankes - Professor and Dean’s Scholar for the New Librarianship at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies & Director of the Information Institute of Syracuse. Libraries have existed for over 4 millennia not by remaining the same, but by evolving, sometimes rapidly, to meet the needs of the communities they serve. This talk will explore the evolution of librarianship and key messaging for building support from communities. CHAIR: Nick Poole, Chief Executive, CILIP

15.00 Farewell Neil MacInnes, SCL President & Strategic Lead - Libraries, Galleries and Culture The Neighbourhoods Service Growth and Neighbourhoods Directorate, Manchester

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Workshops

Thursday 9th June 10:00 – 11:00 & 16:00 – 17:00

1. Adventures in governance: our experiences in living and working outside the council box. The unexpurgated version! – Alison Wheeler, Suffolk Libraries & Fiona Williams, Explore York As local authorities seek new ways of delivering services a number of library services have taken the reins and become independent mutuals. Suffolk Libraries and Explore York were two of the first leading the way and demonstrating how successful this model can be. 2. The Road to Independence - Jen Beardsmore Dudley & Peter Gaw, Nottinghamshire This year has seen a number of library services have begun the transition to becoming independent library mutuals. In this workshop Dudley and Nottinghamshire Libraries share their experiences of setting up a library mutual and give delegates an insight into the exciting journey they have been on in 2015/16. 3. Community Spirit – Nigel Thomas, Leicestershire & Jillian Southwell, Oxfordshire A number of library services have been working with their local communities to ensure libraries are kept open and are able to provide essential library services to the people who value them. In this workshop Leicestershire and Oxfordshire Libraries will share their experience of working with and supporting community groups to run some of their smaller libraries. 4. Libraries Building Business – Isabel Oswell, British Library, David Fletcher, Wimbletech & John Keane, Liverpool The British Library works in partnership with eight library services across the UK to provide Business & Intellectual Property Centre support to business owners, entrepreneurs and inventors. In this workshop delegates will find out more about these centres, the resources that are available and ideas for how to support businesses in their own libraries. 5. Retail Experience - Melanie Stacey & Marion Akehurst, Wellcome Trust & Kate Rouse, Brighton & Hove. Libraries are under increasing pressure to generate income in order to supplement the funding they receive from Local Authorities. In this workshop delegates will hear from the Wellcome Trust and Brighton Libraries who will be sharing their tips for retail success. 6. Digital Eagles - Charlotte Snell, Barclays Charlotte Snell is a Digital Eagle Leader and Implementation Manager for Eagle Labs from Barclays who will talk about the success of the scheme which many libraries across the UK have participated in over the past couple of years. Digital Eagles has helped to support communities in gaining skills around coding and accessing technology and are now opening Maker Spaces known as Eagle Labs across the UK. 7. Single Digital Sign on - Improving the Customer Journey – Ayub Khan, Warwickshire & Mark Williams, Jisc Jisc is engaged with the 11 library authorities in an SCL pilot establishing Single Sign On to electronic resources via the UK Access Management Federation. In this workshop delegates will hear how the library LMS systems, active directories and user facing portals are being linked to support seamless access to resources for the end user.

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8. Challenge, Change and Opportunity – Andy Wright, Wakefield, Sharon Kirkpatrick, Dorset & Sue Wills, Poole. In this workshop delegates will hear from two Heads of Library service who have challenged themselves by taking a secondment to work with a new organisation. Andy Wright has been seconded to the Wellcome Trust and Sue Wills and Sharon Kirkpatrick have been seconded to the Libraries Taskforce. Andy, Sue and Sharon will share their personal experiences and talk about how it has changed them as individuals and what they have learnt. 9. Cultural Programming – Arts Council England & Susan Williamson, St Helens Funded by Arts Council England St Helen’s Libraries have created a programme of work animating their network of 13 libraries with performances, plays, gigs, workshops, courses, events and exhibitions. In this workshop delegates will hear from Arts Council England’s about their cultural programming and how St Helen’s libraries have been successful in creating their cultural hubs. 10. #codegreen– Julie Griffiths, Halton, Zoinul Abidin, Barking & Dagenham & DigiLab This workshop will give a flavour of some of the new technologies available and demonstrate with a case study how the learning offer is being using in libraries. It will also offer delegates an opportunity to discuss how the next stage of the learning offer will evolve. 11. Libraries Reading Year – Sue Wilkinson, The Reading Agency & Janene Cox, Staffordshire This workshop will provide an opportunity to inform the continued progress of the Reading Offer. We will focus specifically upon the key activity spikes of the BBC year of Reading for our audiences within libraries- looking at progress to date, and considering how to make the most of the last half of the year. It will be interesting to hear your views of the BBC partnership and how we take this forward and it will be an opportunity to update you on key campaigns, such as Read On, Get On and the Evaluation Framework which was discussed at a Seminar workshop last year. 12. Making Difficult Decisions – Cllr Graham Turner & Carol Stump, Kirklees Local Authority portfolio holders are being asked to make difficult decisions about the services they are responsible for. They are required to find the balance between meeting the needs of the service users and making financial savings. In this workshop delegates will hear from Carol Stump, Chief Librarian at Kirklees Council about her experience of working with her portfolio holder to make these decisions. 13. Reading Friends – Debbie Hicks, The Reading Agency & Julie Spencer, Bolton A workshop to explore the development of a new reading project for older people. Targeting the vulnerable and isolated through supported activity and delivered by ‘Reading Friends’. This work highlights the role of public libraries in keeping people connected and independent. The project, led by the Reading Agency, is currently at a research and development stage, and is being considered by the BIG Lottery Accelerating Ideas fund for pilot and roll out funding.

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Speakers Sue Crossley manages the Wellcome Trust's Research Resources funding portfolio. Part of

Wellcome's Culture and Society division, which includes Wellcome Collection and the

Wellcome Library, Research Resources supports UK library and archive collections with

high research value by awarding grants for cataloguing, preservation and digitisation.

After training as a bookbinder Sue specialised in book and paper conservation and worked

at the British Library, Senate House Library and St Paul' Cathedral before joining the

Wellcome Library's conservation department. In 2003 she joined the Trust's funding

division and took up the challenge of running the Research Resources grant scheme, developing it from a small-scale,

temporary scheme to its current position as one of the leading funding programmes for research collections in the

UK, with an annual spend approaching £2million and a well-established position in Wellcome's complex grant giving

framework.

Since its inception in 2001 the scheme has awarded hundreds of grants, opening up thousands of previously

inaccessible collections including the Oxfam archive, the Boots archive and the field notebooks of Peter Piot, co-

discoverer of the Ebola virus. In the past 5 years the scheme has created 146 project posts for archivists, librarians

and conservators, amounting to 168 years of work completed since 2011.

Stella Duffy is an award-winning writer with over fifty short stories, ten plays, and thirteen

novels published in fifteen languages. She has twice won Stonewall Writer of the Year. She

adapted her novel State of Happiness for feature film with Zentropa/Fiesta, and HBO have

optioned her Theodora novels for TV. She has twice won the CWA Short Story Dagger, and

her short story collection ‘Everything is Moving, Everything is Joined’ was published in 2014.

She has worked in theatre for over thirty years as an actor, director, playwright, and

facilitator. She is Co-Director of the Fun Palaces campaign for greater access to and

engagement with all arts and sciences.

Fun Palaces is an ongoing campaign for culture at the heart of community, with an annual event every October,

locally-led and community-driven. Over two weekends in 2014 and 2015 there were 280 Fun palaces across 11

nations made by 5262 local people with over 90,000 joining in. Fun Palaces have taken place in museums, libraries,

theatres, town squares, shopping centres, village halls, fields, forests, an observatory, a ship, a tech lab and one

outdoor swimming pool.

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Martyn Evans BA (hons) MA (econ) FRSA - Chief Executive of the Carnegie UK Trust.

The Carnegie UK Trust is an independent, endowed charitable trust incorporated by a

Royal Charter. The Trust is one of over twenty foundations established by Andrew

Carnegie. There are over 650 Carnegie libraries in the UK and Ireland and 2800 worldwide.

Martyn was a visiting Professor of Law at the University of Strathclyde from 1995-2001.

Martyn has recently been the chair of the Expert Group on Welfare and Constitutional

Change (2014), Northern Ireland Roundtable on Wellbeing (2015), and National Strategy for Public Libraries in

Scotland (2015) and the Fairer Fife Commission (2015).

He was Director of the Scottish Consumer Council (SCC) from 1998–2009, Vice-Chair of NHS Quality Improvement

Scotland and Chair of its Audit Committee, Chief Executive Officer of Citizens Advice Scotland for five years prior to

taking up his post with SCC and Director of Shelter (Scottish Campaign for Homeless People) from 1987-1992.

Myles Garland is a former RAF fighter pilot with experience of strategic and operational-

level campaign planning having deployed to Afghanistan as a Senior Air Advisor. Myles

was the Deputy Squadron Commander of a Royal Air Force front-line Harrier fighter

squadron and was a Qualified Weapons and Tactics Instructor. He was able to lead and

supervise any scale of combat mission, anywhere in the world, operating from both land

bases and aircraft carriers and was awarded a ‘Mention in Despatches for Gallantry in the

Air’.

He also has first-hand experience of a world-class high performance team. As a former Red Arrows pilot and leader

of the ‘synchro pair’, he had a key role in the design, training and safe delivery of the Red Arrows’ display.

As a founder member of 2Excel and a pilot on the Blades, Myles gained extensive experience as a speaker.

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Roly Keating has been Chief Executive of the British Library since September 2012.

Over the past three years he has overseen a series of major projects, including the Library’s

successful and popular 800thh anniversary commemorations of Magna Carta; the historic

move to Legal Deposit collecting of digital content; the launch of the Knowledge Quarter, an

innovative partnership of over 50 knowledge-based organisations near the Library’s London

HQ; the completion on time and on budget of the National Newspaper Building at Boston

Spa in Yorkshire and the Newsroom in London; the creation of a regional network of

Business and IP Centres in partnership with six city libraries, leading to the creation of over 4000 new jobs; and the

launch in 2015 of Living Knowledge, a new vision for the Library which sets out an ambitious prospectus for growth

and development leading up to its fiftieth anniversary in 2023.

Roly joined the Library after a long and successful career at the BBC, where his roles included Controller of BBC Two,

Controller of BBC Four and Director of Archive Content, with editorial oversight of the BBC's online services including

BBC iPlayer.

Roly is a member of the Barbican Centre Board and a Trustee of Turner Contemporary in Margate. He chairs the

Knowledge Quarter Board and the Conference of European National Libraries.

R. David Lankes is a professor and Dean’s Scholar for New Librarianship at Syracuse

University’s School of Information Studies. Lankes has always been interested in

combining theory and practice to create active research projects that make a difference.

His work has been funded by organizations such as The MacArthur Foundation, The

Institute for Library and Museum Services, NASA, The U.S. Department of Education, The

U.S. Department of Defense, The National Science Foundation, The U.S. State Department,

and The American Library Association.

Lankes is a passionate advocate for libraries and their essential role in today’s society. He also seeks to understand

how information approaches and technologies can be used to transform industries. In this capacity he has served on

advisory boards and study teams in the fields of libraries, telecommunications, education, and transportation

including at the National Academies. He has been a visiting fellow at the National Library of Canada, The Harvard

School of Education, and was the first fellow of ALA’s Office for Information Technology Policy. His book, The Atlas of

New Librarianship won the 2012 ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Award for the Best Book in Library Literature.

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Paul Ramsbottom attended Corpus Christi College, Oxford where he gained a First in

Modern History. Since 1998 he has worked in a variety of positions at the Wolfson

Foundation and in January 2007 was appointed Chief Executive. He also acts as Chief

Executive for an affiliated charity, the Wolfson Family Charitable Trust. Paul is a CCB

Fellow of the University of Oxford and takes a wider interest in issues relating to endowed

charities and philanthropy in the UK.

Outside of the Foundation, he has an interest in international development and is on the

Board of Mercy Ships and helped found the Savannah Education Trust (a charity which he currently chairs). Later this

year, he will be appointed Maula Naa (Chief) of the Dagaari people in north-west Ghana.

Paul is married to Karen, and has four young daughters. Recreations include world travel and food.

Kathy Settle is the Chief Executive of the Libraries Taskforce which was set up (jointly

sponsored by DCMS and the LGA) in response to the Independent Library Report for

England (published in December 2014). The Taskforce’s objectives are to implement the

recommendations of the report, to provide leadership, and to help reinvigorate the public

library service in England.

Prior to this, she was Director for Digital Policy and Departmental Engagement at the

Government Digital Service (part of the Cabinet Office) where, having developed the

Government's Digital Strategy, she worked alongside GDS colleagues and Departmental Digital Leaders to deliver it.

Her agendas included Digital Inclusion - helping everyone get online - and Assisted Digital - supporting people to

access government digital services if they can’t self-serve.

Kathy has also worked in the Civil Contingencies Secretariat in the Cabinet Office, and in Government Office for the

North West. In her earlier career, Kathy worked for the Department for Transport and the Highways Agency as a

Chartered Civil Engineer.

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Moira Sinclair is Chief Executive of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, an independent grant

maker that aims to help people overcome disadvantage and lack of opportunity, so that

they can realise their potential and enjoy fulfilling and creative lives. PHF has a particular

interest in social justice and in supporting young people and a strong belief in the

importance of the arts. Previously, as Executive Director London and South East for Arts

Council England, she oversaw a portfolio of 322 funded cultural organisations and

contributed to national policy development, with a particular focus on the resilience and

sustainability of the cultural sector and workforce development. She played a key role

supporting the cultural programme for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and continues to support its

legacy at home and internationally.

Before joining Arts Council in 2005, Moira was Director of Vital Arts, an arts and health charity. She has also worked

in local government, and in theatre and production management. A graduate of Manchester University where she

studied drama, Moira became a Clore Fellow in 2004/05. She is Chair of East London Dance, Vice Chair of Look

Ahead Care and Support and a member of the British Library Advisory Council.

Rob Trimble is the Chief Executive of the Bromley by Bow Centre. In February 2016 he was

named by the Sunday Times and Debretts as one of the 500 Most Influential People in the

UK.

Over the past 30 years the Bromley by Bow Centre has helped transform the lives of

thousands of people in East London. It has achieved this by providing a distinctive, holistic

and easily accessible range of integrated services in one place. Since 1997 it has worked

collaboratively with the Bromley by Bow Health Partnership to create a new and unique model of delivery which has

a holistic primary care operation at its core and it was the first Healthy Living Centre in the UK.

The services available stretch from healthcare for local residents to opportunities to set up your own business; from

support with tackling credit card debts to becoming a stained glass artist; from learning to read and write to getting

a job for the first time or a helping hand up the career ladder.

Rob is also a Partner (non-clinical) in the Bromley by Bow Health Partnership which delivers primary care services to

37,000 patients across four GP practices in East London. In addition, he is a Director of Allia, a charity based in

Cambridge which creates incubator space for small businesses and is the UK’s foremost issuer of charity bonds. He is

also the Chair of Settle, a charity that supports young people moving into their first homes, and is an Advisor on

Public Health England’s Well North programme. He has recently been appointed as a Patron to the Reader

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Organisation which uses the power of reading to effect change in the lives of people in venues as varied as health

centres and prisons.

Rob was awarded Business in the Community’s Sieff Award for Outstanding Leadership in 2008 and was shortlisted

as “Most People Focused CEO in the Not-for Profit Sector” in the 2015 HR Excellence Awards. Under Rob’s leadership

the Bromley by Bow Centre has risen up the Sunday Times Best Not-for-Profits to Work For and is classified as an

“Outstanding” employer and is now 22nd in the UK’s Top 100.

Rob was born in the Orkney Islands and is a graduate of Aberdeen University. He has lived in East London since 1989

and has two daughters, two dogs and a season ticket at West Ham United!

Ed Vaizey MP was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Culture, Media and

Sport and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with responsibility for

digital industries on 15 July 2014. Ed was first elected as the MP for Wantage in 2005. He

was re-elected in 2010, and May 2015.

Ed was educated at Merton College, Oxford and after university he worked as a political

researcher, before training and practising as a barrister. From 1996 to 2004 he was

director of a public relations company. In 2004 he became a political speech writer. He was Shadow Minister for the

Arts from 2006 to 2010 and he was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Culture, Communications

and Creative Industries in May 2010.

Andy Wright is part of the Library Service Management Team in Wakefield, with over 20

years’ experience as a professional librarian. He has a background in Children’s

librarianship, having led that area in Wakefield for a number of years, and served as

National ASCEL Secretary for two years. As well as being a recognised authority on mobile

libraries, in recent years Andy has developed a particular interest in the relationship

between libraries and health, representing SCL Yorkshire on the National Universal Health

offer committee, and working closely with Wakefield’s Public Health department and the

Alzheimer’s Society to develop the first entirely dementia friendly library in the country.

He has just finished a six month secondment with The Wellcome Trust (the independent global charitable foundation

dedicated to improving health) in central London, where he represented the SCL. Andy’s role was to scope out

potential areas of joint working by exploring commonalities between the key themes in the public library Universal

Offers, and the objectives of Wellcome.

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Venue

The seminar will take place at Scarman House which is one of a number of conference venues on the

Warwick University campus near Coventry in the West Midlands

http://www.warwickconferences.com/about-us/how-to-find-us

The majority of the seminar will take place in the main lecture theatre and workshops will take place in

nearby syndicate rooms.

Refreshments are available throughout the day in the lounge area and lunch will be in the dining room.

Parking

There is free parking for delegates at Scarman House and if the car park is full delegates should go to

reception and staff will direct you to another nearby at one of the other conference venues.

Accommodation

Accommodation is available at Scarman House and can be booked via Helen Drakard

(helendrakard@hotmail.com).

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SCL at a glance The Society of Chief Librarians leads and manages public libraries in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

SCL is made up of the head of service of every library authority, and advocates for continuous

improvement of the public library service on behalf of local people.

The Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) was formed in 1996 in response to changes in local government. It

brought together the former Association of Metropolitan District Chief Librarians (AMDCL), the Society of

County Librarians, and the Association of London Chief Librarians. It replaced the Federation of Local

Authority Chief Librarians (FOLACL) as the body speaking on behalf of all Chief Librarians in England, Wales

and Northern Ireland.

Since its inception, the Society has grown in strength to become a major local government society acting in

partnership with government and other agencies to further the strategic development of public library

services.

SCL Leadership

President: Neil MacInnes Past President: Ciara Eastell

Treasurer: Simon May

Vice President Wales: Jane Sellwood

Vice President Northern Ireland: Muriel Todd

ASCEL Chair: Sarah Mears

National Members:

Janene Cox

Jayne Wilkins

Ayub Khan

Nick Stopforth

Bev Rice

Alison Wheeler

Fiona Williams

Mark Freeman

Regional Members:

East Midlands: Peter Gaw

East of England: Andrew Bignell

London: Carol Boswarthack

North East: Marie Brett

North West: Julie Spencer

South East: Lesley Sim

South West: Medi Bernard

Wales: Steve Hardman

West Midlands: Barry Clark

Yorkshire: Carol Stump

For more information visit www.goscl.com

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Seminar Sponsors

We would like to thank the companies that have agreed to sponsor our event this year.

PLEASE make a special effort and visit their stands in the lounge area over the two days.

Axiell Ltd

Axiell serves libraries, schools, archives, museums and authorities with technically advanced and

innovative solutions developed in close cooperation with its customers in 35 countries globally.

More than 1000 library organisations with thousands of branches use an Axiell library management

system and Axiell Arena, a tool for the virtual library. The system for archives, libraries and

museums, are used by over 3000 cultural institutions around the world. In addition, more than 3000

school libraries use an Axiell system. The Axiell Group, headquarters in Lund, has more than 290 employed based out

of 24 offices in Sweden, Adu Dhabi, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand,

The UK and USA. Together, we form one of the world’s largest companies in these sectors.

Bibliotheca

Bibliotheca is dedicated to the development of solutions that help sustain

and grow libraries around the world. Our products are designed to provide a

welcoming, intuitive and seamless environment for those that use the library – wherever they chose to use it - be

that at home, on the move or within the foundation of the library itself.

We have direct operational offices in all major continents, together with dedicated distributors who offer our

solutions across a further 70 countries. We are proud have over 30,000 unique libraries as part of our family, with a

deployed equipment range in excess of 10,000 individual self-service units, 6,000 security systems and over 650

automated materials handling (sorter) systems. In addition, our digital platform features content from over 1,000

publishers and is available through almost 3,000 libraries.

Capita

Capita is the market-leading library management software provider in the UK. Our software

solutions are designed to deliver effective library services through configurable and

innovative applications.

Capita’s core library management system (LMS) software enables libraries to manage the running of their library

effectively and efficiently.

Visit www.capita.co.uk/libraries

Email libraries@capita.co.uk

Call 0870 400 5000.

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Carnegie UK

Carnegie UK Trust seeks to improve the lives and wellbeing of people throughout the UK

and the Republic of Ireland with particular regard to those that are disadvantaged. It does

so through influencing public policy and through innovative practice and partnership work.

From its inception in 1913 the Trust (and its founder Andrew Carnegie before that date)

supported public libraries in the belief that they were the single most effective

contribution which could be made to improving the wellbeing of communities. The Trust remains a very strong

supporter of libraries and library services.

Collection HQ

CollectionHQ is the world’s leading collection performance improvement solution

for public libraries, based on the proven Evidence Based Stock Management

(EBSM®) methodology. By analyzing detailed trends of how the library’s stock has

been used over time and comparing this with current provision, the methodology

provides action plans to help librarians develop and manage their collections, saving time and money, improving

turnover and aligning stock with local demand. For more information please visit www.collectionhq.com

Demco Interiors

We design and deliver inspiring public and academic interiors, creating for you

extraordinary places out of ordinary spaces. Our design and creative space

planning is complimented by our FF&E service with projects delivered through agile logistics and supply chain

management, an enviable ‘first time right’ installation record and robust systems and processes. We’re looking

forward to meeting you.

The Design Concept

The library of today is not just a collection of books or a place to study – it is a

place for multicultural contacts, digital enlightenment, creation, imagination and

discovery. Embracing all these aspirations, we have evolved into the most

dynamic provider of total design solutions to libraries and other public spaces, working hard to create tomorrow’s

library – today.

Insight Media

Insight Media is the leading library technology partner in the UK for the

provision of PC bookings, print management and wireless solutions with

unparalleled experience offering innovative market-leading solutions to

a variety of customers including public and academic libraries. Currently

we provide solutions to over 100 UK customers including over 80 public library authorities spanning

our services to more than 1000 locations.

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Infor

Infor is one of the world’s most innovative enterprise software companies. Deep knowledge of the

sectors in which we operate, path-breaking approaches to software design, cloud-based delivery,

and almost 13,000 employees operating from 153 offices in over 40 countries, enable our customers

to offer their customers the best possible performance. Infor’s library division shares this outlook.

Our library solutions are a comprehensive suite of web delivered applications for library automation.

V-smart the LMS provides integrated tools for managing all library operations including cataloguing, circulation,

acquisitions, serials, and e-content. Iguana is the personalised interactive web interface enabling library customers

to discover resources and services wherever they are; it also provides Digital Asset Management. V-insight is the

statistical portal for advanced statistical analysis with in-depth trend reporting. Together with our stock performance

module V-eyeQ, it will give you information and resource control when and where you need it. And with our new

completely accessible and responsive design interface, V-smart Air, you can access the system from any device,

anywhere.

Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the

University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by

publishing worldwide. In addition to publishing over 4,600 new books each year, Oxford

University Press produces online editions of many of its most acclaimed scholarly and reference works including

academic and research journals, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, general reference material, and monographs in a wide

range of subject areas.

SirsiDynix

SirsiDynix connects people with knowledge at more than 23,000 libraries around the world.

Through library management technology and search and discovery tools, libraries using

SirsiDynix technology bring relevant resources and the power of knowledge to their users and

communities. SirsiDynix technology is architected to be open, scalable, and robust, offering a

complete out-of-the-box solution and unparalleled flexibility through APIs and web services.

Complemented by the most experienced training, consulting, and support staff in the industry, SirsiDynix helps

libraries create tomorrow’s libraries, today. To find out more, visit www.sirsidynix.com

Solus

SOLUS is a world-wide Library Technology Company. We provide a wide range of digital

discovery products and work with libraries that want to maximise the impact and return

on their physical and digital collections. Our products include; Interactive Digital Signage,

Digital Tables, Interactive End Panels, Gadget Bars, Self-Service, Library Apps, Library Treasures – a library visitor

rewards game App and the Virtual Reality Library and Collection.

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