Friday 4th April 2008
0945 – 1630

IIIS Room, Arts Block

Trinity College Dublin,

College Street,

Dublin 2

Programme

09.45

Welcome and introduction

10.00 Tomorrow’s tomorrow: strategic overview of Higher Education in Ireland – Dr Conor O’Carroll, Head of Research Office, Irish Universities Association

10.30 Tomorrow’s Libraries: Higher Education Strategy & its effects on the Libraries of Ireland – Robin Adams, Librarian & College Archivist, Trinity College Dublin

11.00 Followed by a 15 minute question, answer, discussion period

11.15

Coffee

11.35 Planning your future today: aligning your skills, abilities and competencies in the real (library) world – Prof. Sheila Corrall, Head of Department and Professor of Librarianship & Information Management, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield.

12:15 The role of CPD in your future – Pauline Corrigan, Deputy Librarian, University College Dublin

12.45 Followed by a 15 minute questions, answer, discussion period

13.00

LUNCH

13.45 Future Leaders Programme (supported by SCONUL, UCISA, JISC, BL): Preparing for Leadership – John Cox, Deputy Librarian, National University of Ireland, Galway.

14.15 My Story: Case Studies in Succession Planning

(1) Philip Cohen – Head of Library Services, Dublin Institute of Technology

(2) Jessie Kurtz – Deputy Librarian, Trinity College Dublin

(3) Ursula Byrne – Head of Academic Services (Humanities & Social Sciences), University College Dublin

15.15

Coffee

15.35

Wrap-up – where do we go from here?

16.15

Course evaluation