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The University of Exeter

13-15 September 2010

 

Twitter Hashtag for the CIG Conference is #cigx

Introduction

Every cloud has a silver lining? Changes in cataloguing in ‘interesting times’.

What are cataloguers doing to get through these days of recession and financial stringency? Some of us are under clouds and some of us are computing in them. The 2010 Cataloguing and Indexing Group conference will look at the pressures facing the cataloguing community and how people are working through them. Some current developments may have come out of difficult circumstances but may signal the way of the future. e.g. Management initiatives (reducing cost, increasing efficiency, doing more with less, etc); cataloguing developments and changes automated metadata extraction, harvesting, re-purposing and re-use); technical developments (shared services, cloud solutions, vertical search, etc); new standards and protocols (not just RDA!); standardisation; etc, etc. If you think you might have a story to tell this is your chance.

Learning Aims and Objectives

• Aim: to refresh professional knowledge
• Objectives: enabling Delegates to update knowledge, share innovative solutions and best practices and develop professional networks

Publicity Photos

Photos will be taken during the event which we may put up on the CIG blog and/or use in publicity material - if you do not wish any photos of you to be used in this way then let us know at the event.

Call for Papers

The Call for Papers is now closed.

Proposals for papers are invited for the CIG/ CIGS Annual Conference 2010.

Proposals for papers should be submitted to Andrew Coburn Andrew.coburn@essex.gov.uk no later than Friday 26 February 2010 on a form available from him or download it here [Word document]. Please complete the attached form. Papers should be 30-45 minutes in length. Papers will be considered for publication in Catalogue & Index following the conference. If the presentation of the paper is accompanied by a PowerPoint or similar presentation, CIG will publish the presentation on its website.

Submissions will be evaluated by the CIG committee and notification of the selection decisions will be made during March 2010. CIG will reimburse any reasonable travel and accommodation expenses incurred by invited speakers.

Andrew Coburn
Acquisitions & Cataloguing Manager
Essex Libraries
Adults, Health and Community Wellbeing
Essex County Council
Goldlay Gardens

Tel: 01245 244957 & 01245 284981 ext 255
Minicom 01245 244966
Email: andrew.coburn@essex.gov.uk