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Conference announcement: 'Evidence, Value and Impact: the LIS Research Landscape in 2010'
There are still some places are available for the LIS Research Coalition conference to be held on Monday 28th June, 10:30-16:15 at the British Library Conference Centre, London, UK.
The conference fee is just £100, including VAT and all refreshments. Further details are given below, and full information be accessed from the conference web page at http://lisresearch.org/conference-2010/.
Delegates travelling to the LIS Research Coalition conference may also be interested in other professional events that take place in London at the end of June immediately before and after the event:
CoLIS7
Monday 21 - Thursday 24 June, City University (the week before the LIS Research Coalition conference)
4th Bloomsbury Conference on e-publishing & e-publications
Thursday 24 - Friday 25 June, University College London (the week before the LIS Research Coalition conference)
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/infostudies/e-publishing/
Tipping the scales: tackling information obesity to ensure productive and sustainable information resources
Tuesday 29 June (the day after the LIS Research Coalition conference)
http://www.ukeig.org.uk/training/2010/infoobesity.htm
For those who intend to stay in London for the weekend immediately prior to the LIS Research Coalition conference on Monday 28th June a number of links to sporting and cultural events (including the Wimbledon lawn tennis championships) are available at http://lisresearch.org/conference-2010/.
***Further details of the LIS Research Coalition conference***
http://lisresearch.org/conference-2010/
The Library and Information Science Research Coalition conference ‘Evidence, Value and Impact: the LIS Research Landscape in 2010’ takes place on Monday 28th June at the British Library Conference Centre in London. This one day event will consider perspectives on the LIS research landscape and will appeal to all LIS research stakeholders, ranging from funders to publishers, as well as practitioner researchers and academics.
There will be access to expert speakers and peers from public, academic, special and corporate libraries, the health service, higher education and the corporate sector. Delegates can develop their knowledge and increase awareness of different aspects of research in the context of the conference themes - evidence, value and impact. Related research priorities will also be considered on the day e.g. identification of research opportunities, collaborators and funding; methods for enhancing the relevance of research outputs in services delivery; avenues for publishing research output; techniques for integrating research activities into everyday work practice.
The conference format includes a number of presentations including two keynotes and a "one minute madness" session in which delegates may opt to actively participate.There will be facilitated breakout sessions and opportunities to discuss LIS research issues informally during breaks.
For more detailed information, the conference programme and delegate bookings please see the conference web site at http://lisresearch.org/conference-2010/, and the registration page at http://www.event-logistics.co.uk/lisrc10/lisrc10_registration.html