Programme

The conference programme is available to download.

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The videos of the conference were produced by Ben Green, Digitisation Infrastructure Manager, at the University of Manchester Library.

9.30am - 10am	Registration and coffee
10am - 10.15am	Introduction Lorraine Beard Head of Information Systems, The University of Manchester Library

Session 1	Chaired by Andy Land E-Library Infrastructure Manager, The University of Manchester Library

10.15am - 10.45am	What's on the JISC radar for digital content? (PDF) Paola Marchionni Digitisation Programme Manager, JISC
	"Digital Bites"
10.45am - 11am	Digitisation for research and teaching at The University of Manchester Carol Burrows and Martin Snelling Collection and Research Support Manager and E-learning Support Manager, The University of Manchester Library
11am - 11.15am	New directions for digitisation: A strategic approach at The John Rylands University Library Lorraine Beard Head of Information Systems, The John Rylands University Library
11.15am - 11.45am	Coffee break

11.45am - 12.15pm	Oxford and Google: Beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning? (PDF) Michael Popham Head of Oxford Digital Library at Bodleian Library, Oxford University
	"Digital Bites"
12.15pm - 12.30pm	Heron services supporting digitisation (PDF) George Pitcher Technical Manager, Heron Publishing
12.30pm - 12.45p	The Manchester Digital Dante Project (PDF) Guyda Armstrong Lecturer in Italian, The University of Manchester
12.45 - 1pm	Panel Q&A session: Chaired by Michael Popham
1pm - 2pm	Lunch - The Hub

Session 2	Chaired by Paola Marchionni Programme Manager, Digitisation, JISC

2pm - 3pm	"Digital Bits"
	Gateway to the Qur'an: Digitising the Qur'an of Kansuh Al-Ghuri (PDF) Paul Tate and Jamie Robinson Faculty Team Librarian and Photographer, The University of Manchester Library
	Digitisation technical infrastructure (PDF) Andy Land E-Library Infrastructure Manager, The University of Manchester Library
	Digital repositories and digital preservation (PDF) Dave Thompson Digital Curator, Wellcome Library
	Active preservation of digital information (PDF) Adrian Brown Assistant Clerk of the Record, Parliamentary Archives
	New skills for old? Digital preservation at JRUL James Peters Assistant Archivist, The University of Manchester Library
	Volunteering with Middle English Manuscripts (PDF) Mary Begley and Jasmine Sparrow Postgraduate students, The University of Manchester
	JRUL, Blackboard and the Practicalities of Modern University Teaching Daniel Szechi Professor of Early Modern History School of Arts, Histories and Cultures The University of Manchester
3pm - 3.30pm	Coffee break

3.30 - 4pm	Lessons from the coffee shop: Why user experience matters (PDF) Michael Stocking Managing Director, Armadillo Systems
4pm - 4.30pm	Panel Q&A session: Chaired by Michael Stocking
4.30 - 4.35pm	Thanks Simon Bains Head of Research and Learning Support and Deputy Librarian, The University of Manchester Library

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