WEST EUROPEAN STUDIES LIBRARY AND INFORMATION NETWORK/
INSTITUTE OF GERMANIC & ROMANCE STUDIES JOINT COLLOQUIUM

12 SEPTEMBER 2007 at the IGRS

Exploding the Canon. From Medieval Romance to TV Soap:
meeting the challenges in resource provision

HOW TO REGISTER

PROGRAMME

10. 30: Arrival, registration, coffee

11.00: Welcome: David Pearson, Director, University of London Research Library Services (ULRLS)

11.15: Panel discussion and open forum: trends in French/Hispanic/Italian studies and implications for resource provision
Chair: David Pearson (ULRLS):

AHRC PG panel: Trevor Dadson (QMUL, Spanish)
AHRC Research panel: Jane Everson (RHUL, Italian)
AHRC Review of research in modern languages: Eleanor Quince (Southampton)
British Academy: Michael Moriarty (QMUL, French)
RAE: Margaret Atack (Leeds, French)

13.00: Buffet Lunch

14.00 to 15.15: Projects
Chair: David Lowe (Cambridge University Library)

Stephen Bury (British Library): ‘The British Library's Content Strategy: developing engagement with the research community'
Zoe Holman and Richard Davis (School of Advanced Study, University of London): ‘SAS-SPACE institutional repository'
Ed King (British Library): ‘BL/JISC Newspaper Digitisation Project'

15.15-15.45 : Tea

15.45-17.00 : Resources
Chair: Geoff West (British Library)

Vanya Murray (Taylor Institution Library): ‘Researching film: changes and challenges'
Stephen Hart (UCL): ‘Sourcing material for the study of a living author: compiling a new biography of G. García Márquez'
Sally Curry (CURL/ RIN): ‘ Supporting engagement with the research community through Collaborative Collection Management'

17.15 : Reception (wine and nibbles) kindly sponsored by Maney Publishing

18.00 : Colloquium dinner in Ristorante Paradiso (Store Street) 

For further details contact Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies: email: igrs@sas.ac.uk; Phone: +44 (0)20 7862 8677

Colloquim fee per day:
£ 25.00, to include refreshments, lunch and wine reception (but not the optional dinner at Ristorante Paradiso)