Beyond the silos of the LAMs
Posted by Brian Kelly on August 25th, 2009
I’ll be taking part in this CILIP/OCLC Executive Briefing Day on 15th September 2009 at CILIP HQ, London, alongside Roy Clare of MLA and Nick Poole of Collections Trust as part of the roundtable panel. So what’s this event all about?
Libraries, Archives and Museums (LAMs) all collect, manage and share information and materials. By integrating and working together, their users can access dispersed materials from within a single search environment. This one-day event will look at what makes LAM collaborations work and consider the potential for future joint ventures. The programme will feature presentations on the OCLC Research and RLG Partnership workshop series and case studies demonstrating varying forms of collaboration, followed by a panel roundtable and discussion forum. Speakers come from diverse organizations, including the Smithsonian Institution; V&A; University of Calgary; Libraries and Heritage, City of York Council; MLA; UKOLN; Collections Trust; University of Aberdeen, JISC and Culture24.
Places are still available and the full programme, speaker profiles and online booking are available at www.cilip.org.uk/lams.