 Integrating Access to Digital Course Materials: Blackboard/WebCT, Coursepacks, e-Reserves, Licensed Materials, e-Books, Open Access...What Will They Think of Next?
Dates: January 28 - February 8, 2008 (early registration by January 11)
Moderator: Georgia Harper, J.D., Scholarly Communications Advisor, University Libraries, University of Texas at Austin
Please see site for details -
http://www.umuc.edu/cip/ipa/workshops.shtml#integratingaccess
 Children's Literature Festival
Dates: 14 – 22 February 2008
Tickets: £7 (adults); £4.50 (children),
Family ticket: £19 (4 tickets, at least two of which must be children)
Southbank Centre welcomes a host of top writers, poets, performers and children’s authors for its annual Imagine: Children’s Literature Festival. The theme of this year’s festival of words is humour, comedy, jokes and games, especially designed for children, aged between 5 and 11 years. Featuring storytelling, fiction, poetry, stand-up comedy and music, the festival line-up includes Michael Rosen's A-Z of Poetry (14 February), James Campbell's Comedy 4 Kids (16 February), John Hegley’s Crowd of Creatures (18 February), the premiere of Francesca Beard's Animal Olympics (20 February), performances from Philip Ardagh (19 February), Jeremy Strong (21 February) and Eoin Colfer (22 February), who reads from his brilliant adventure story Airman. Renowned performance and poetry specialists Apples & Snakes return to Southbank Centre with a new show called Spin! (22 February). The Imagine festival fun will spill out into the Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall with storytelling chairs, a joke-telling wall, joke tokens to swap and collect across the site and comic workshops in the Comedy Village.
 Date: Thursday 14 February, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 11.30am
This year’s Children’s Laureate, Michael Rosen opens the Imagine festival.
Michael has selected two of his favourite poets, John Agard and Val Bloom, to lead the audience on a journey through an A-Z of poetry, which promises to be a rollercoaster ride of rhythms, rhymes, jokes and laughter.
Date: Saturday 16 February, Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 2.30pm
James Campbell, the UK’s best comedian for kids, covers everything from penguins to playstations. He creates a wonderful, unusual environment for children to experience real stand-up comedy in a show that appeals to everyone. Comedy 4 Kids has been a huge success all around the world from the Edinburgh Fringe to the Melbourne Comedy Festival.
Dates: Monday 18 February, Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 2.30pm
John Hegley returns to Imagine with his latest show Winter Wonderland, featuring new poems, songs and characters. John is joined by musicians and performers including Andrew Bailey, Diego Brown, The Good Fairies and Keith Moore, and everyone in the audience has an important part to play in this exhilarating participatory show.
Date: Tuesday 19 February, Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 11.30am
Philip Ardagh, the creator of The Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens, is guaranteed to make his audiences laugh as he tells the story of Mad Uncle Jack and the even Madder Aunt Maud. Described as a ‘scrumptious cross between Dickens and Monty Python’ (Guardian), Philip Ardagh delights with his surreal stories and witty wordplay.
Date: Wednesday 20 February, Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 11.30am
Using songs, poetry and storytelling, Francesca Beard introduces her audiences to characters from the Chinese horoscope in the Animal Olympics. It’s 2008 and Rabbit, Dragon, Rat, Rooster and many other animals must compete in their own Chinese Olympic games. Children learn about the characters, and then choose their favourite in the premiere of this exciting new show.
Date: Thursday 21 February, Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 11.30am
Jeremy Strong brings his irresistible blend of farcical stories and slapstick comedy. Often called the Jacqueline Wilson for boys, he introduces hilarity into real-life situations. The audience can meet Jeremy after the show, when he signs copies of his books.
Date: Friday 22 February, The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 11.30am
Spin! is the irresistible new show of storytelling, poetry and music by Apples & Snakes, England's leading organisation for performance poetry. This event features new poems from Kimberly Trusty, a specially commissioned story by the brilliant Sally Pomme Clayton and a guest spot from Slam poet Corbell and live music from DJ John Berkavich.
Date: Friday 22 February, Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 2.30pm
Eoin Colfer reads from his brilliant adventure story Airman. Conor Broekhart was born to fly – in fact he was born flying. Audiences can follow Conor’s amazing journey with Eoin as he reads and talks about the book and answers questions. ‘Colfer ranks alongside writers like Philip Pullman and Jacqueline Wilson’ (Sunday Express).
For further press information and images please contact:
Miles Evans on 020 7921 0676 / miles.evans@southbankcentre.co.uk
Sabine Kindel on 020 7921 0917 / sabine.kindel@southbankcentre.co.uk
Southbank Centre Ticket Office:
0871 663 2500 / Book online www.southbankcentre.co.uk
 Building a Community that Values Academic Integrity
Dates: February 25 - March 7, 2008 (early registration by February 8)
Moderators: Gary Pavela, M.A., J.D., Director of Judicial Programs and Student Ethical Development, University of Maryland -- College Park & Kimberly Bonner, J.D., Executive Director, Center for Intellectual Property, University of Maryland University College
Please see site for details -
http://www.umuc.edu/cip/ipa/workshops.shtml#AI
 RECORDS MANAGEMENT 2008: Preserving and Protecting Data and Information Assets (PDF brochure)
Dates: 27 February 2008, London
WWW.UNICOM.CO.UK/RECORDSMANAGEMENT
If you register for this conference before 25 January, there is an 'Early Bird' discount of £200. For details or to download a brochure, please visit: WWW.UNICOM.CO.UK/RECORDSMANAGEMENT
Background: This one-day mini-conference, which is run in association with the Records Management Society and ASLIB, provides an opportunity to receive a snapshot of new issues facing Records and Information Professionals; to network with peers; to gain valuable advice and learn from the case studies of experiences across various organisations from both the public and private sectors.
Presentations are by practitioners, for practitioners, with case studies from a variety of sectors to provide examples of lessons learned.
Programme Highlights:
Chairman's Introduction and Overview
Paul Duller, Records Management Society
Information Audits and Data Protection: looking after your information assets
Paul Duller, Records Management Society
If You Don’t Protect Your Digital Assets, They Can’t Protect You
Frieda Midgley, Head of the Strategic Digital Development Team, Digital Continuity Project, The National Archives
Ensuring the Efficacy of your Emergency Plan
Emma Dadson, Harwell Document Restoration Services
Case Study: Sustaining Records: keeping an electronic records system going in the Scottish Government
Ben Plouviez, Head of Information Services, The Scottish Government
Case Study: Life after Policy Implementation: The maintenance of Records Management in day-to-day operations
John Ramsey, Programme Director, Information Management, Global Retail and Commercial Banking, Barclays Bank
Case Study: Managing Records in a Multinational Organisation and the challenges of apparently conflicting regulation
Glyn Evans, Credit Suisse
A Bird's Eye View of e-Documents from a Legal Perspective
Kate Matthews, Partner, Shadbolt & Co LLP
The Impact of Web 2.0 on Records Management
James Lappin, Consultant, TFPL
Interactive Panel Session
For further details, call 01895 256484 or e-mail: info@unicom.co.uk
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