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Elaine Fulton has regretfully had to withdraw her attendance from the event being held on 30 June 2010 due to a back injury, but Marilyn Milligan, Chair of CILIPS and SLIC Board member and Cathy Kearney Assistant Director will be able to attend in her stead.  We have already have considerable interest in attending this event, and hope to gain more by this exciting news: at the event on 30 June we will be hosting raffle for two tickets for the Britain’s Got Talent Finalist Tour being held at the AECC on  Thursday 1 July 2010.  Our  annual conference will be held at the AECC on 4 November, and they have graciously offered two tickets for a Grampian Information member and guest!  You will need to come on the 30 June and enter and be available to attend the next night.   We look forward to seeing you at the event on the 30 June 2010.  Light refreshments will be served so please make sure to let me know if you will be attending!

Elaine Fulton Director, Scottish Library and Information Council/CILIP in Scotland has agreed to come to Aberdeen to host a SLIC Policy Roadshow.  There will be a presentation by Elaine on the work of SLIC, time for questions, and networking  opportunities.  It should be an informal and informative evening!  This event is completely free and light refreshments will be provided by Grampian Information.  If you’d like to attend, please let us know by return email so that we can plan for catering purposes.  Please circulate to those who you think might be interested in attending!

SLIC Policy Roadshow

30 June 2010

QML Library

University of Aberdeen

4-6 PM

Light Refreshments served.

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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!

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Newsletter has published, with details of  the conference as well as an exciting update on our plans for 2010!

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!

Margaret Forrest Keynote Presentation

We’re now on twitter, the better to facilitate you applying for a sponsored place at our conference!

Go to our twitter page to find out more! http://twitter.com/GrampianInfo

Grampian Information’s Latest Newsletter has been published here. Take a look!

Grampian Information presents…. 

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.

Further details at: http://www.hollywoodlibrarian.com

All Welcome.

If possible, please book with Amelia Davies info@grampianinfo.co.uk to confirm numbers for catering.

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.

We are excited to announce the programme for the Grampian Information Conference and Annual General Meeting 2008.

We look forward to seeing you at our new venue, the Inspire Conference Centre  on the 6th November 2008.

See the programme and speaker profiles (updated as we receive them) under the Conference 2008 page.

Registration is now available through our online booking system. Link directly to the form here

Nominations for the annual Grampian Information Awards are also open. This awards will be presented at the Conference.

See the nomination criteria here.  The nomination form can be found here.