Event programme

Wednesday 3 September 2003

10.00-10.30 Registration and coffee
10.30-11.00 Brian Hillyard, Head of Rare Books: Introduction; Recording the nation's printed heritage
11.00-11.30 John Scally, Deputy Head of Rare Books: Building and safeguarding the nation's printed heritage
11.30-12.00 'Break out' sessions (Red Group, led by David Weston, Room 1130; Blue Group, led by Iain Milne, Board Room) to collect views on next steps
12.00-12.30 Reports from 'break out' sessions and Conclusions
12.30-13.15 Buffet lunch for Red Group (Board Room), Library tour for Blue Group (guides: Joe Marshall and Helen Vincent)
13.15-14.00 Buffet lunch for Blue Group (Board Room), Library tour for Red Group (guides: Eoin Shalloo and Anette Hagan)
14.15-16.00 After a welcome from Martyn Wade, National Librarian, Dr David Shaw, Secretary, Consortium of European Research Libraries, will speak on 'The European printed heritage: using the Hand Press Book database and the CERL Thesaurus', followed by an informal session at which delegates will be able to use the database and Thesaurus
16.00 Tea and disperse