Provisional Seminar Programme 2024
Day 1 - Tuesday 4 June
09.00 – 10.00
Registration, networking, and refreshments
10.00 – 10.15
Welcome from Ayub Khan, Libraries Connected President and Head of Libraries, Heritage & Culture and Registration Service, Warwickshire County Council
10.15 – 10.45
Presidential Handover from Ayub Khan to Ed Jewell, Chief Librarian, Jersey.
10.45 – 11.30
The Impact of arts and leisure on health – Professor Daisy Fancourt
Chaired by Anita Luby Head of Culture & Libraries Vision Redbridge Culture & Leisure and Chair of London Libraries
11.30 – 11.35
Sponsor’s Flash Film
11.35 – 12.45
Workshop sessions:
- Library Advocacy: Raising the Profile and Priority of Your Library Service
- The Power of Data and Partnerships: A Call to Action
- Library Services Working with Volunteers to Support Communities and Build Social Capital
- Tackling Health Inequalities: A New Reading Well Community Champions Model
- Co-location: creating harmonious shared spaces
- Responding and Mitigating Impact of Disruptive Behaviour in Libraries
More details on page 5
12.45 – 14.00
Lunch break
14.00 – 14:05
Sponsor’s Flash Film
14.05 – 14.50
Heritage, Arts and Wellbeing: the challenge for libraries. Findings from ten years of research of the What Works Centre for Wellbeing - Ingrid Abreu Scherer, former Senior Civil Society Lead at What Works Wellbeing
Chaired by Russell Allen, Head of Libraries & Heritage, West Sussex County Council Library Service
14.50 – 14.55
Sponsor’s Flash Film
14.55 – 15.15
Tea and coffee break
15.15 – 16.25
Workshop sessions (see above) More details on page 5
16.30 – 17.30
Sponsors’ reception
19.00
Seminar Dinner
21:00
Awards Ceremony hosted by Siân Jones
Day 2 – Wednesday 5 June
9.00 – 9.30
Registration
09:30 – 09.45
Welcome to day two & Libraries Connected update from Isobel Hunter, CEO Libraries Connected
09.45 – 10.30
Diego Gracia, Head of the International Cooperation Service at the Spanish Ministry of Culture
Chaired by Ayub Khan Libraries Connected Past President and Head of Libraries, Heritage & Culture and Registration Service, Warwickshire County Council
10:30 – 10.35
Sponsor’s Flash Film
10.35 – 11.15
Ignite Talks: Working together: examples of co-production and/or co-location working well.
- Community History Project - Claire Pickering, Wakefield Libraries
- Creative Expressions in Libraries: Co-creating with local communities - Nicola Levin, Leicestershire
- Palmer Park Library, Reading Council and Reading College Coproducing a Space for Life Skills - Simon Smith, Reading Libraries
- Memory Labs - Gillian Staples, Westminster Libraries & Archives
- Study Happy: a shared initiative to support educational study and wellbeing - Stephanie Jones, Worcestershire Libraries
- Building Businesses, Generating Growth - Jonathan Ebbs, Manchester Libraries
Chaired by Kelly Saini Badwal, Head of Cultural Services London Borough of Sutton
11.15 – 11.20
Sponsor’s Flash Film
11.20 – 11.45
Tea and coffee break
11.45 – 11.50
Sponsor’s Flash Film
11.50 – 13.00
Panel Session: AI and information literacy
- Helen Milner, Group Chief Executive, The Good Things Foundation
- Jaselle Edward-Gill, Program Associate, Mozilla Foundation
- Emily Macaulay, Head of Delivery and Operations, CONNECTED BY DATA
Chaired Isobel Hunter, CEO Libraries Connected
14.00 – 14.05
Sponsor’s Flash Film
13.05 – 14.05
Lunch break
14.05 – 14:25
TBC
Chaired by Ed Jewell, Libraries Connected President and Chief Librarian, Jersey
14:25 - 15:10
The Community-centred Library - Cormac Russell, Founding Director of Nurture Development –
Chaired by Ed Jewell, Libraries Connected President and Chief Librarian, Jersey
15.10 – 15.30
Closing remarks from Ed Jewell, Libraries Connected President and Chief Librarian, Jersey