Libraries Connected Annual Seminar 2023 'Connecting Communities'

Tuesday 20 June

09.00 – 10.00  Registration, networking, and refreshments

10.00 – 10.15  Welcome from Ayub Khan, Libraries Connected President

10.15 – 10.30  Libraries Connected Update from Isobel Hunter, CEO Libraries Connected

10.30 – 11.00  Creating Timespaces for People to Linger – Professor Nick Tyler, Director of CTS and Director at PEARL (Person Environment Activity Research Laboratory).

Chaired by Ed Jewell, Libraries Connected President Elect.

11.00 – 11.05  Sponsor’s Flash Film from Lorensbergs

11.05 – 11.10  Sponsor’s Flash Film from Bolinda

11.10 – 12.15  Breakout Sessions (full details available here)

12.15 – 13.30  Lunch break

13.30 – 13.35  Sponsor’s Flash Film from Axiell

13.35 – 14.05  Cornerstones of Culture - Petra Roberts, Strategic Service Head for Culture, Libraries and Heritage, Hackney Council & Lauren Lucas, Adviser for Culture, Tourism and Sport at the Local Government Association.

Chaired by Michael Lewis

14.02 - 14.10 Sponsor’s Flash Film from SirsiDynix

14.10 – 15.10  Panel Session: Dis & Misinformation and the role of public libraries:

• Ruth Carlyle, Head of Knowledge and Library Services, Health Education England
• Elli Narewska, Head of Primary Education, Guardian Foundation
• Dave Lloyd, Service Development Manager, Coventry Libraries and Information Service

Chaired by Isobel Hunter, CEO Libraries Connected

15.10 – 15.15  Sponsor’s Flash Film from OverDrive

15.15 – 15.35  Tea and coffee break

15.35 – 16.40  Breakout Sessions (full details available here)

16.40 – 17.40  Sponsors’ reception

19.00  Seminar Dinner

20:30  Libraries Connected Awards Presentation Ceremony Hosted by Sian Jones

Wednesday 21 June

9.00 – 9.30  Registration

09:30 – 09.35  Welcome to Day Two from Isobel Hunter, CEO Libraries Connected

09.35 – 10.20  Ignite Talks: Engaging new customer and measuring the impact of work outside the library.

1. Festival of Climate Change, Nicci Shepherd, Hampshire,
2. Ey Up!, Fiona Diaper, Outreach Librarian, North Yorkshire Libraries.
3. Create Connect Make, Dionne Hood, Library Development Manager Bradford Libraries.
4. Understanding Audiences: research into the perceptions and awareness of existing and potential library audiences, Paul Howarth, Director of Audiences & Content, Suffolk Libraries.
5. Library Employment Support Partnership, Salma Barakat, Library DWP Partnership Coordinator, RBWM
6. Climate Connections, Vickie Varley, Senior Development Officer, Oldham

Chaired by Anita Luby

10.20 – 10:40  Tea and coffee break

10.40 – 11:10  Lord Parkinson, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Arts and Heritage and DCMS Lords Minister & Baroness Sanderson of Welton

Chaired by Ayub Khan, Libraries Connected President

11.10 – 11.15  Sponsor’s Flash Film from Patron Point

Social Mobility and Improving Outcomes for People in the UK

chaired by Mark McCree

11.15 – 11.45  Speaker 1 - Improving social mobility prospects in the post pandemic era - Professor Lee Elliot Major, Professor of Social Mobility, University of Exeter.

11.45 – 12.15  Speaker 2 - Creating A Better Place - Paul Clifford, Director of Economy, Oldham Council

12.15 - 12.45  Speaker 3 - Summery & Overview, Andrew Laird, Managing Director, Mutual Ventures

12.45 - 14.00  Lunch break

14.00 - 14.30  Creating a Sector Led National Data Strategy, and How You Can Contribute to its Success - Iain Moore, Commercial Director, Libraries Connected

14.30 - 15.15  Libraries of Ukraine in Wartime: challenges and achievements - Lyusyena Shum, Executive Director of the "Library Country" Charitable Foundation

Chaired by Isobel Hunter CEO, Libraries Connected.

15.15 – 15.30  Closing Remarks from Ayub Khan, Libraries Connected President

A printable copy of the event brochure can be downloaded below.