Copyright Seminar 2010 Presented by Laurence Bebbington
Wednesday 10 March 2010 13:00-17:00
Held at Queen Mother Library Seminar Room
This workshop will outline the fundamental aspects of the copyright framework including the types of works protected by copyright; key conditions for copyright to arise; ownership of copyright; the restricted acts; permitted acts and exceptions and the risks and consequences of infringement. Copyright and particular problems as it applies in different contexts (e.g. education, business and commerce etc) will be addressed. The session will be informed by discussion of actual scenarios and problems, and will also include plenty of opportunity for questions, discussion and debate.
Register your attendance now with Amelia Davies, Grampian Information Executive Support Officer
info@grampianinfo.co.uk
Because this is a free seminar, numbers will be capped 25, so get in touch to secure your place as soon as possible!
The Annual Grampian Information Conference held at the Aberdeen Douglas Hotel was a great success. The keynotes, sessions and speed surgeries were well received!
Several presentations are linked here if you’d like to review what you learned on the day!
Grampian Information would like to announce the programme for our annual conference to be held 5 November 2009, at the Aberdeen Douglas Hotel, Aberdeen. A programme the day is available, some additions are still to be made, but the schedule for the day has been set, along with the keynote speakers, Karen Cunningham of Head of Libraries and Community Facilities and Margaret Forrest of CILIPS Scotland. This can be found under the Conference 2009 directory to the right. This year, we are keeping our fees consistent with last year and adding a half day rate.
Cost: £90 Grampian Information Members, Non-Members £110 including a buffet lunch.
Half Day Rate of £50, including lunch.
Please confirm your attendance by filling out the form found here.
GI are also sponsoring two places at the conference. Please apply! Circulate to all those who may be interested!
Two GI members will attend the conference with their fees paid for by Grampian Information.
Preference will begiven to applicants falling into the following categories: first time attendees to the conference,members from single person services, and members currently seeking chartership. To apply for the sponsorship, please submit a one page personal statement about the benefits of attending this conference to you or your service and send it to info@grampianinfo.co.uk on or before 1 October 2009. This is an excellent opportunity for professional development, and we would love to see a large pool of applicants!
The Hollywood Librarian: A Look at Librarians through Film
Thursday 9th April
6pm refreshments
Film starts 6.30pm
£5/£2.50 students
Room 226, Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University, Garthdee
The Hollywood Librarian is the first full-length documentary film to focus on the work and lives of librarians. Using the entertaining and appealing context of American movies, the film holds surprises for people who may think they know what librarians do. American film contains hundreds of examples of librarians and libraries on screen — some positive, some negative, some laughable and some dead wrong. Films such as Sophie’s Choice, Philadelphia and It’s a Wonderful Life show librarians as negative stereotypes. The librarians in Lorenzo’s Oil, Desk Set and The Shawshank Redemption, on the other hand, are competent and professional. Dozens of interviews of real librarians are interwoven with movie clips of cinematic librarians and serve as transitions between the themes of censorship, intellectual freedom, children and librarians, pay equity and funding issues, and the value of reading.
Interview Skills Evening:CILIPS and GI Working Together 17 March 2009
6-8 PM
£10 (waived if unemployed)
Aberdeen Business School, Garthdee
Light Refreshments Provided
Email info@grampianinfo.co.uk to reserve your space. GI and CILIPS NE have joined together for an exciting event, an opportunity to come and brush up on your interview skills and get some great advice from those in the know. Short presentations will be given by Wendy Pirie, Head of Service at University of Aberdeen, Anne Stevenson from the HR Department at RGU and a Recruitment Professional about putting your best self forward in interviews. Whether you are in records management or a library assistant, there will be skills that you can take away from this event. There will be a nominal fee of £10, which will be waived if you are unemployed. Express interest in attending by emailing info@grampianinfo.co.uk. If you are aware of colleagues or friends who would be interested in attending, please pass the message along. This event is the first of many (hopefully) working jointly with CILIPS NE!
Grampian Information’s Conference 2008 was a great success. You can find several of the presentations and the feedback from our brainstorming sessions under the heading Conference 2008, Conference Documents.
We are currently preparing our schedule of events for 2009, look back here soon for more details.
