M25 CONSORTIUM BUSINESS MEETING
(refreshments will be available
from 9.30am)
Central Saint Martins, The London Institute (Room G12),
Southampton Row, London WC1B 4AP (Map and other travel
instructions available at: http://www.linst.ac.uk/intro/locadef.htm
(click on Southampton Row for details). Nearest Tube station:
Holborn (Piccadilly Line)
Please note: The meeting will be held in the afternoon (starting
at 14.00) and will be preceded by a morning session (starting
at 10.00) when Members will be presented with information
on the following issues:
- Support for disabled and special needs users - includes a presentation
by Wendy Le Mesurier from SKILL on the Special Educational
Needs and Disability Act 2001 (this session will be fully
interactive, allowing questions and discussion throughout
the presentation and an update from Margaret Coutts (U Kent)
on the role and activities of the M25 Working Group on Disability
and Special Needs Support.
[10.00 - 11.30]
- Update on British Library activities (Geoff Smith, BL) [12.00
- 12.30]
- Lunch will be provided during 12.30-14.00
AGENDA for Business meeting
There will be a meeting of the M25 Consortium on Friday 24 January
2003 at 14.00 at Central Saint Martins, The London Institute
(Room G12), Southampton Row, London WC1B 4AP
Please note that hard copies of the agenda papers will only be
sent out on request, as all will be available as Web documents
in advance of the meeting.
Please let me know if you have any queries regarding the meeting.
I look forward to seeing you there.
Suzanne Enright Secretary
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1. |
Apologies for absence, welcome to new
members, to John Gilby (M25 Systems Team) and to representatives
of ALCL, BL and LLDA
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2. |
Minutes |
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2.1 |
To approve the minutes of the
Consortium meeting held on Friday 21June 2002 at 10am at Vernon
Campus, SOAS |
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2.2 |
To receive the Minutes of Steering
Group meeting held 16 July 2002 |
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2.3 |
To receive the Minutes of Steering
Group meeting held 9 October 2002 |
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2.4 |
To receive the Minutes of Steering
Group meeting held 3 December 2002 |
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3. |
Matters arising from the minutes not
otherwise on the agenda
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3.1 |
10th Anniversary Party:
To note that planning has been undertaken by a small group
(Suzanne Enright [M25 Secretary], Sue Price [Courtauld], Philippa
Dolphin [Birkbeck], Jean Yeoh [Kings] and David Murray [LLDA]).
The party will take the form of an evening reception, 5pm - 7.30pm,
on
27 February 2003 at Kings College London - the Weston
Room, The Maughan Library and Information Centre in Chancery
Lane.
Three key areas of M25 activity, set in a regional context and
tied to Government agendas, will form the backdrop to the
evening. These are: access/LLiL (social inclusion), InforM25/AIM25/WiLL
(ICT) and CPD25 (skills and employability)
The organising group have successfully sought sponsorship for the
event (targeting partner companies who have an interest in
the Consortium and its work - library management system suppliers
in M25 Libraries and key suppliers for the host Library and
Information Centre). Sponsors will display their logo on the
invitations and be able to insert material of their choice
in the commemorative folder.
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4. |
Update on progress with implementation
of Development Plan
2002/3 - 2005/6
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4.1 |
Members are asked to consider
an interim report for the year, providing an update on recent
progress related to the main aims and objectives for each of
the main areas of Consortium activity - a full report and revised
Development Plan will be submitted to the Consortium meeting
in June 2003.
Interim
report Jan 03.pdf
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4.2 |
Members are asked to note in
particular that: |
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4.2.1 |
A task force was set up, led by Anne Peters
(Institute of Education) to undertake initial investigations
into the issue of student centred and shared services |
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4.2.2 |
A new Working group on Collaboration and
Partnership has been convened to take this part of the Development
Plan forward as a matter of priority. Mary Davies (University
of East London) has taken on role as Chair. |
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4.2.3 |
The role, remit and focus of the M25 Systems
Advisory Committee has been reviewed and broadened in order
to find a development path for InforM25 given commercial advances
and to bring the Consortium's resource discovery work together
in a more structured way within the Working Group framework.
As a result a new Resource Discovery Working Group has been
convened, chaired in the first year by Di Martin (University
of Hertfordshire).
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4.2.4 |
The Health Science Group has been abandoned
following resignation of Denis Heathcote as Chair.
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4.3 |
In addition members are asked
to note an update report from David Murray, Director of London
Libraries Development Agency (LLDA) on regional developments
will be given in the morning session
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5. |
Constitutional and membership issues
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5.1 |
At its meeting in June 2001
the Consortium voted in favour of new Constitution and it was
further agreed that the Consortium should formally adopt it
when the issue of legal status as a Limited Company and Charity
could be sorted out - this work was undertaken by a small Working
party led initially by Nik Pollard and more recently by Keith
Webster.
Members are asked to receive a report from the Constitution
Working party
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5.2 |
As regards membership of the
Consortium Steering Group, members are asked to note that: |
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5.2.1 |
Jean Yeoh has been co-opted onto the Steering
Group in her role as Chair of CPD25 |
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5.2.2 |
Di Martin (Hertfordshire), Christine Wise
(ULL) and Doug Dodds (National Art Library) have been co-opted
onto the Steering Group in their respective roles as Chair of
Consortium Working Groups (Resource Discovery, Disaster Management
and Creative Arts Subject Group)
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6. |
CPD25: Staff development and training
issues
Members are asked to receive an update from the Chair of
CPD25 |
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7. |
Treasurer's report
The report will provide an update and report on finances
for 2002/03 and initial proposals for financial aspects of
the Consortium's work in 2003/04 (which are based on a continuing
financial model of combining a flat fee subscription with
formula driven contributions for specific activities).
Members are asked to receive the report from the Treasurer |
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8. |
Any other business
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8.1 |
To note the dates, time and
venue of programme of Consortium meetings for 2002/03 and 2003/04
- 4 June 2003 at Imperial War Museum
- January 2004 at Wellcome
- June 2004 (tbc)
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8.2 |
To discuss proposals and themes
for the June 2003 meeting which would again be a one-day meeting
with a mixture of keynote speakers and interactive sessions.
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| Suzanne Enright |
| Secretary |
| January 2003 |
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