Managing Change

Venue: Rooms 152/153, 251 Birkbeck

Aims: To consider some of the causes and effects of change in HE Library and Information Services in the 21st Century and to share best practice in managing change.

Chair: Graham Bulpitt (Kingston)
Speakers & Facilitators: Maureen Wade (LSE), Sally Faith (Sussex), Rodney Amis (KCL), Judith Cattermole (Middlesex), Jacky Camroux (UoArts), Gerry Power (IALS)

The programme for the day will involve the outlining and discussion of three case studies covering change management projects involving the ‘building’, ‘staff’ and ‘service delivery’. Three workshops will run in the afternoon and participants will be able to choose between the following topics:
• ICT strategy as a driver of change
• Library and Information professionals attitude to change in the workplace
• How flexible is your workplace – the re-structuring experience.

Programme:
9.30 Registration & Refreshments
10.00 Welcome
10.15 Case Study 1: Building Re-Development at LSE Library.
11.00 Case Study 2: The Human Element: Managing people through change.
11.30 Refreshments
11.50 Case Study 3: Change in the Delivery of Converged Services in King’s College London.
12.20 Panel Discussion of the three case studies.
1.00 Lunch
2.00 – 3.00 Workshop (See Choices below)
3.00 Refreshments
15.20 Feedback from each workshop
4.00 Summary & Close

Please select one of the following workshops and indicate your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice when making your booking either via email or using the ‘special requirements’ area of the online booking form.

Workshop 1: ICT strategy as a driver of change
Workshop 2: Library and Information professionals attitude to change in the workplace
Workshop 3: How flexible is your workplace – the re-structuring experience.

Cost: £40 for cpd25 member institutions, £70 for non-members.

Please note that there are limited places available for this event. Cancellations less than one week before the event will be charged a 50% cancellation fee. In the event of a ‘no-show’ on the day, the full fee will be charged.

To book please email the administrator, cpd25@wmin.ac.uk or complete the online booking form