| Collaboration & Partnership 22 June 2005 |
Meeting MinutesMeeting held at Senate House Library, University of London.Present: Mary Davies (Chair), Penny Dade, Adam Edwards, Brian Murphy, Fiona O’Brien, Ann Sainsbury, Christine Wise (Secretary). 1. Apologies for AbsenceNone. 2. Minutes of the meeting held 25 April 2005These were accepted as a true record, subject to the following amendment under item 5: Adie Batt is President of the ALCL, not Chair as recorded. 3. Matters arisingMD would approach Robert Hall regarding British Library representation. 4. Presentation: Dr Michael Reynier, Deputy Director, London Higher: Promoting London’s HE[Secretary’s note: these headings are reproduced with permission from Dr Reynier’s report]. Presentation overview
About London Higher To establish London as the knowledge capital of the world Our main activities…
In addition, we will seek to…
Review of the organisation "…If London Higher were disbanded, it would certainly have to be re-invented". (Page 18) Core findings in brief
Highlights from 2004-05 A wide variety of initiatives on behalf of our members… Pan-London issues…
Operational Plan 2005-06 Strategically-aligned to the Vision & Excellence document MD thanked Dr Michael Reynier for his presentation. It was agreed that a meeting would be arranged further to progress issues of mutual interest for London Higher and the M25 Consortium. ACTION MD 5. Action Plan - reports from membersALCLAS reported that ALCL had not met since the last Working Group meeting. ALM LondonMD reported that there had been a number of recent ALM London Board meetings. She would invite Graham Fisher to address a future meeting of the Working Group. ACTION MD The British LibraryBM continued to maintain a watching brief on British Library developments. Committee of Departmental LibrariansMD continued to liaise with Peter Griffiths regarding topics of mutual interest. HE / FE liaisonA further joint HE/FE seminar would be held on Monday 25 July 2005 at the British Library Conference Centre, with the general theme of "aim higher". FOB was currently investigating detailed topics and speakers and would advertise this event to gauge interest amongst the HE and FE communities. LLDAFOB reported on a number of key current initiatives. The LLDA work plan 2005-06 had been discussed at the LLDA board meeting on 17 June 2005. The five main themes were:
FOB would send MD a copy of the LLDA work plan 2005-06 for consultation and discussion. ACTION FOB The LLiL migration paper would be circulated following further discussion at the next Steering Group meeting. Other key areas of work included:
London HigherKey developments were noted from Dr Michael Reynier’s presentation. Regional library consortiaAE reported that from 1 July 2005 onwards UK Libraries Plus would run a pilot to enable all full-time postgraduate students to borrow materials under the standard operation of the scheme. This was noted by Working Group members as a major strategic advance. Research Libraries NetworkCW continued to maintain a watching brief on RLN developments. The newly-designed RLN website at http://www.rln.ac.uk/ was noted. 6. Any other businessWorking Group members congratulated Adam Edwards on his recent election to the M25 Consortium Steering Group. Working Group noted the presentation by Sarah Dodgson, Project Officer, on the COOLperstor Project at the recent M25 Consortium AGM. Working Group members discussed potential themes for speakers at future meeting, including AIM Higher, the British Library, the Committee of Departmental Librarians, London Olympics 2012 and student top-up fees. 7. Date of next meetingThursday 1 September 2005, Senate House Library, University of London.
Christine Wise, Secretary to M25 Collaboration & Partnership Working Group |
