This is not an official account of the conference full written reports will appear in the next issue of Deadline, and in due course on the site
Delegates gathered in Glasgow for this years annual conference themed "tools of the trade" and for the first year we started the conference with registration on Friday evening and a fascinating talk sponsored by the FT, from, Janet Seaton Head of Research and Information Services The Scottish Parliament. This was followed by a buffet supper and drinks held in the adjoining exhibitor suite.
Dave Jeff and Hugh,
Justin with Charles
Susan Boyde and Fiona Tennyson
After a good nights sleep - some better than others in their more luxurious "Feng-shui" rooms, we assembled on Saturday morning to hear speakers on how to be an information editor, with personal accounts from Panorama’s Annabel Colley and Linday Iley of News International
Annabel
During coffee there was the first opportunity to place bids at the silent auction, and the popular items were soon established.
"Before the day was over it almost got to fisticuffs over the Clinton Gore pencil, the signed Dilbert cartoons and the News of the World Darts medal.
This was the first year this was run and a grand total of £220 was raised.
Jonathan Gordon-Till and Sheila Weber gave us numerous tips respectively on finding information about people and finding companies on the Internet
After lunch,
An evening civic reception was held in the grand Glasgow City Chambers
Glasgow city chambers
inside
debating chamber
We returned to the hotel to find a banquet style table laid for our conference dinner
Writer and broadcaster Bob Crampsey entertained us with his annecdotes,
and the most coveted auction items were awarded After the customary marathon Saturday night evening session, those with enough stamina on Sunday morning braved the cold and clambered onto one of Glasgows fine open top buses to
"wer’e going where the sun shines brightly "
With the tour over it was back to the hotel foyer for welcome hot chocolate and to meet up with those who had had a longer lie in! Goodbyes were said for another year and it was back home clutching our auction goodies until we meet again.
1999 AUKML Conference
Date 15-17 Oct 1999
Venue: Forte Posthouse, Glasgow City, Bothwell Street , Glasgow.
Theme : Tools of the Trade
Speakers
Fri Evening
Janet Seaton,Scottish Parliament Head of Research and Info Services, .
The use of Intranets,extranets and the internet.This will be followed by a buffet supper (maybe with entertainment!!)
Saturday Morning
Linday ILLey, News International:
Intranets at News International
Annabel Colley, BBC Panorama:
Using the Web as research tool
Jonthan Gordon-Till, Aon Consulting:
Finding information about people
Sheila Webber, Strathclyde Uni:
Business info sources?? Finding companies on the Internet
Sat PM
Discussion Forum: The Information Bazaar: the future of online, Internet and Intranet
Panelists: Hazel Hall, Napier University, Edinburgh
Alan Gibson,Televisual Data, Dunoon
Sat Evening Civic Reception at Glasgow's City Chambers Dinner. After dinner speaker:
Bob Crampsey. A writer and broadcaster with encyclopaedic knowledge, especially of sporting matters. A devotee of good old fashioned library services. Also a former Brain of Britain
Sunday A bus tour of Architectural gems in these parts.
Travel Information
Glasgow is very accessible by Air, Rail and Road.
Air: From Heathrow (BA, BM), Gatwick (BA), Stansted (Ryanair, Air UK) and Luton (EasyJet)
Most airlines offer cheap fares if you book well in advance. The cheapest is probably EasyJet from Luton (£46 upwards including taxes.)
Flights also go from East Midlands, Bristol, Manchester and Leeds.
There are also flights from many European cities, including Copenhagen.
From Glasgow Airport there is a bus which stops at Posthouse Hotel in Bothwell Street. It costs about £3. Taxis cost about £12.
Rail
From London, services are operated by Virgin (Euston via The West Coast) and GNER (Kings Cross via The East Coast and Edinburgh).
Services also operate from Birmingham, Leeds, York, Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, and most other cities...
Check with Railtrack : www.railtrack.co.uk
At the last estimate there were 26 different fares from London to Glasgow. Book early.
Road:
From England: M6 / M74 / M73 / M8 right to the centre of Glasgow. Delegates will be sent a map with the booking confirmation.
What's On :
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Valley Tourist Board: Tel. 0141 556 4030 for brochures on places of interest.
Glasgow is the UK City of Architecture and Design 1999. For information on events phone 0141 287 1999 or look on their web site: www.glasgow1999.co.uk
For tourist information look at the "Virtual Glasgow" site www.glasgow.uk.com
AUKML ANNUAL CONFERENCE 1999
SPONSORSHIP GUIDELINES
The committee propose to sponsor 4 librarians to attend the conference of the Association of UK Media Librarians.
The sponsorship covers:
- Conference fees (worth at least £280).
- Hotel accommodation on Friday and Saturday evening of the conference weekend.
- Conference dinner on Saturday evening (drinks excluded).
- Breakfast at the hotel on Saturday and Sunday morning.
- Lunch on Saturday.
The applicants must:
- Be an AUKML member.
- Prove that their employers are unable/unwilling to pay their conference fees.
- Submit a proposal on why they wish to attend the conference.
- Write two articles for the associations journal ‘Deadline’. On 1). their experiences of the conference and 2). a piece on their own particular library. These articles must be received within the month following the conference.
Meet their own travel expenses and arrangements.
Applications are confidential and will be seen by the committee and Chairperson only. The committee’s decision is final and correspondence will not be entered into. The sponsorship can not be exchanged for cash. Applicants must attend the conference sessions.
Details of previous conferences:
Lancaster 1997