ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES GROUP

Anne RowlandsCo-Chair ARLG

LRC Manager INTO UEA

Changes in HE provision

Landmark move allows institutions to take significant step forward in higher education provision. FE colleges will be able to offer their own foundation degrees for the first time in a landmark step towards institutions obtaining full degree-awarding powers.

NCG - formerly known as Newcastle College Group - has been granted foundation degree-awarding powers, following lengthy scrutiny by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA). New College Durham has also been given the green light.

TES Newspaper on 5 August, 2011 | By: Stephen Exley

Why?

Branches and Groups meeting March 2011

Pilot Special Interest Groups Changes in HE in provision Commonality Activities overlap e.g. joint conferences

What has happened so far?

Brainstorming sessionsActing chair and treasurer UC&RSecretary CoFHE Name Timescales Aborted attempt at EGM Questionnaire to members Request sent to council Council agreed merger

Meeting 8th December

What was discussed? Core valuesCommitment to CPDDedication to best practiceCommitment to communicate national and regional issues of interestForum for information professionals to networkCommitment to promote the sector to future new and existing professionals and employers

Our Mission

To engage with “professional” issues of interest to information professionals working in Further Education, Higher Education and Research Libraries and to shape all levels of academic libraries of the future.

Questions members are asking

Time scale for completion Boundaries/geographical areas Questions regarding balance of

committee Time line of events

Joint publication Joint event Logo Conference Finance Regional committees

Mailing lists Associate members e.g. Isle of Man What ICT support can CILIP offer?

Issues

Time Answers from CILIP Trying to keep everyone informed Up to date lists of members

What next?

Logo Committee selection Groups/circles names and committee

selection Training

ConferenceTraining day

Ensuring what members want is deliveredfeedback from questionnaire

Review 1 year on

New Committee

Co chairs – Anne RowlandsAmanda Poulton

Secretary – Colin SawersTreasurer – Christopher CipkinOther members, Liz Kerr, Nick Roe,

Samantha Gavaghan, Carole Gray, Craigie-Lee Paterson, Charlotte Smith, Helen Westmancott, Virginia Power, Carol Parker, Ian Cockrill

Website and Publications

CILIP web site being refreshed has to be completed by Feb 2013.

Input from Branches and Groups as to what they want on the web site

Publications - this will be discussed at the first committee meeting

Relay and CoFHE Bulletin

The CILIP ARLG (CoFHE and UC&R) Conference

Great Expectations: what do students want and how do we deliver?

Newcastle University, 25-27 June 2012

(Lindisfarne Room - Exhibitors, tea, coffee and lunch)Workshops and presentations covering the following strands:Student ExperienceSkilling the Workforce for the FutureCollaboration and PartnershipExpectations in a Digital WorldMeasuring Impact and QualityConfirmed keynote/plenary speakers:John Hogan, Registrar at Newcastle UniversityTony Durcan, Director of Culture, Libraries and Lifelong Learning at Newcastle City Council Liz Jolly, Director, Library and Information Services, Teesside UniversityPaul Abernethy (President) Liverpool Student UnionGala Dinner Speaker:G P Taylor http://www.gptaylor.info/

FULLY BOOKED

Questions