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The 2007 ACRL Environmental Scan: a LIRG Seminar  

 

 
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This exciting seminar, organized by the 

Library and Information Research Group 

(LIRG), is an exploration of some of the 

major assumptions shaping practice in 

academic library and information services 

based on the Environmental Scan published 

by the ALA's Association of College and 

Research Libraries (ACRL) research 

committee in 2008. The seminar features a 

panel of UK-based expert speakers - Sheila 

Cannell, (Director of Library and Collections 

(University of Edinburgh), Chris Powis 

(Director of Academic Services University of 

Northampton) and Gary Horrocks (Deputy 

Director, Customer Services King's College 

London) - who will each give their reaction 

to the 2007 ACRL Scan. Then there will be a 

planned video conference to involve the 

Chair of the ACRL. A general discussion 

will follow. For the Scan itself see 

<http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/whit

epapers/Environmental_Scan_2.pdf>.  

 

As a pre-cursor to the seminar, LIRG will 

hold its AGM, with presentations of the 

LIRG Research Award and the Student Prize 

for 2008. The 2007 LIRG Elsevier Research 

Award winner Jacqueline Chelin (University 

of the West of England) will also talk about 

her research on "E-Book usage".  

 

 

The seminar/AGM will run from 1:00-4:00 

on 29 July 2008 at The Council Room, Strand 

Campus, King’s College London. 

Attendance costs £30 (free of charge to 

members of LIRG). To book a place at the 

Seminar/AGM please contact: 

 

Alan Poulter 

Hon. LIRG Secretary/Policy Forum 

representative 

Department of Computer and Information 

Sciences 

University of Strathclyde 

Livingstone Tower, 26 Richmond Street 

Glasgow G1 1XH 

E-mail: alan.poulter@cis.strath.ac.uk 

Telephone: 0141 548 3911