*Postponed to 2007* Information for Scotland 2006 - Finding Scotland: Transforming services through the Scottish Common Information Environment
How will people locate and access to Scotland's fast-growing digital resources? Who needs to be taking action, what action needs to be taken, when do we start?
Date: NEW DATE TO BE CONFIRMED. Location:
A.K.
Bell Library, Perth
Chair: Elaine Fulton (Director, Scottish Library and Information
Council)
Speakers include: Shonaig MacPherson (Chair, National Trust for Scotland);
Jon Birger (Director, The Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority)
Cost: £50 plus VAT
To book please complete the booking form (Word)
and email to j.evans@nls.uk
Further information is available from:
Jill Evans
Scottish Confederation of University Research Libraries
National Library of Scotland
33 Salisbury Place
Edinburgh
EH9 1SL
Tel: 0131 623 3940
Fax: 0131 623 3984
Event description
Information for Scotland will seek to derive a common understanding of what we want to achieve for users and what needs to be done, particularly in terms of national information policy, in order to deliver what is required. Some of the issues to be considered are:
- Cultural entitlement - easy access to digital culture
- Co-ordination - different sectors working together for their common customers
- Easy access to all information, wherever it's created and stored - thinking globally, acting locally, getting the branding right
- Service delivery - a focus on how and why people will wish to use information
The conference will begin by setting the scene - examining developments in Europe, the needs of citizens for information and the demands of cultural entitlement. A review of the issues that need to be addressed by decision-makers to allow us to move forward for Scotland follows. Finally, there will be an opportunity to explore the issues in more detail in breakout groups, stimulating ideas for the wrap up discussion. The desired outcome of the conference is a road map for supporting the common information environment concept and taking developments forward across the various sectors.