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Programme

Call for papers

Guidelines for
Speakers

Guidelines for Chairs

Delegate List

Committee

Conference Hotels

Registration

Travel Info

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Day 1  

11:00 onwards Registration Commences Venue: Benbulben Section 1, Radisson SAS Hotel

13.00-14.15

Lunch

Venue: Restaurant, Radisson SAS Hotel

14.15-14.30

Chair IUISC Committee

Opening: Robin Adams, Librarian, TCD

Venue: Benbulben Section 2 & 3

THEME: Future of Higher Education , Venue: Benbulben Section 2 & 3

14.30-15.15

Keynote Speaker 1
Chair: Robin Adams, TCD

Danny O’Hare
Chair Information Society Commission
The OECD review of Higher Education in Ireland : possible futures.

15.15-15.45

Coffee/Exhibition Viewing

Venue: Benbulben Section 1

15.45-16.30

Plenary Session 1
Chair: Michael Nowlan, TCD

John Boland, Chief Executive, HEAnet
Education and Research Networking for the Future (pdf)

16.30-17.15

Plenary Session 2
Chair: Michael Nowlan, TCD

Prof. Mark Keane
Director ICT Division, Science Foundation Ireland
SFI’s Computational Ventures (pdf)

19.00

Pre-Dinner Drinks and Dinner

Venue: Benbulben

Day 2

8.00-9.00

Registration Commences

Venue: Benbulben Section 1

9.00-9.05

IUISC Committee

Notices

THEME: Developing Quality assurance in service provision

9.05-10.00

Plenary Session
Chair: Paul Sheehan, DCU

Prof. Derek Law
Head of Information Resources Directorate, University of Strathclyde .
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width: Supporting Institutional Innovation in an Integrated Environment. (pdf)
Venue: Benbulben Section 2 & 3

 

Parallel

Stream 1

THEME: Performance Indicators

Venue: Benbulben

Stream 2

THEME: Best Practice Models, Service improvement plans & SLAs

Venue: Knocklieve Room

Stream 3

THEME: Quality Review Procedures.

Venue: Bricklieve Room

10.00-10.30

Session 1

Performance measures for IT services

Presenter: Mary Crowe, Director UCD Computing Services.

Making SLAs and business scorecards work. (pdf)

Barclay Rae, Director E2E Customer Services.

Accessibility Technologies and their impact on University web services. (pdf)

Presenter: Tracey McKillen, UL

10.30-11.00

Session 2

Workshop - Key Performance Indicators . (pdf) (facilitated by)

Prof. James P. Gosling, Director of Quality, NUIG.

Please register for this workshop at the conference registration desk

From different perspectives to a partnership. (pdf)

Presenters: Michaela Hollywood & Paul Smith, DCU.

What is "Quality"? (pdf)

Presenter: Martin Price, Executive Secretary –UCISA.


11.00-11.30

Coffee/Exhibition Viewing

Venue: Benbulben Section 1

 

11.30-12.00

Session 3

Digital Reference: QuestionPoint. (pdf)

Presenter: Pattie Punch UL.

A Student’s charter for Library and IT services in a University Environment. (pdf)

Presenter:Ciaran Cregan, UU.

Zen and the Art of Service Provision. (pdf)

Gill Ferrell, Assistant Director & Programme Manager - JISC Infonet.

12.00-12.30

Session 4

Purchasing for Quality. (pdf)

Presenters: Ben Hartnett, TCD & Philip Gurnett, UL, University Procurement & Contract Officers Group

Demystifying Quality Process Metric Calculation. (pdf)

Presenter: Declan Maguire, UL.

Web-based tutorials versus printed guides? Innovations in Info Skills Provision in the University of Limerick Library. (pdf) Part II (pdf)

Presenter: Ciara McCaffrey UL

12.30-14.00

Lunch, Venue: Restaurant

14.00-14.30

THEME: The Research Agenda

 

Parallel

Stream 1

Models or measures for service provision

Venue: Benbulben

Stream 2

Open Access

Venue: Knocklieve Room

Stream 3

Integration of Systems & Resources.

Bricklieve Room

14.00-14.30

Session 1

Ballrooms or Romance? Towards Collaborative Virtual Research Environments in Ireland (pdf)

Presenter: N Brennan, TCD

Open Access - The Future of Scholarly Publishing. (pdf)

Presenter: Dr. David Prosser, Director of SPARC Europe.

Mobile access in the Library: Some new developments. (pdf)

Presenter: Micheal hAodha, UL

14.30-15.00

Session 2

The Development of ViBEL as a Model One-Stop Subject Shop for Built Environment Students. (pdf)

Presenter: Mick Carragher, UU.

Title: Building a public library of science. (pdf)

Presenter: Catriona McCallum, Senior Editor, Public Library of Science.

Link Resolvers – Faster Than a Speeding Locomotive! (pdf)

Presenter: Ronan Kennedy, NUI Galway.

 

15.00-15.30 Coffee & Exhibition Viewing Venue: Benbulben Section 1

15.30-15.45

Gala Dinner Notices

 

 

15.45-16.45

Plenary Session 1
Chair: Marie Reddan, NUIG

The Research Agenda and the Politics of Convergence: Developing Research Resources in the 21st Century (pdf)

Prof. John Gillespie, Head of School of Languages and Literature and Chair of the Working Group on Information Support for Researchers.

Venue: Benbulben Section 2 & 3
17.00-18.00 IUISC Steering Group Meeting

19.00

Delegates to meet in the foyer of the Radisson SAS for Coach departure to Pre Dinner Drinks & Gala Dinner in Markree Castle

Day 3

8.30-9.00

Registration Commences
Venue: Benbulben Section 1

 

9.00-9.15

IUISC Committee

Notices/Handover

THEME: Emerging Technologies

9.15-10.00

Plenary Session 1

Kimberly Voltero,  
Solutions Specialist -  Higher Education
Education Solutions Group (EdSG),  HQ EMEA, Microsoft.

Evolving academic technologies to deliver a connected learning community.

Venue: Benbulben 2 & 3

10.00-10.30

Coffee & Exhibition Viewing & Checkout of Hotel Rooms

 

Parallel

Stream 1

Venue: Benbulben Section 2 & 3

Stream 2

Venue: Knocklieve Room

Stream 3

Venue: Bricklieve Room

10.30-11.00

Session 1

Future Directions in Library Systems: Inside a Digital Campus

Presenter: Dave Price, Head of Systems and Electronic Resources Service, Oxford University Library.

Working towards a secure, resilient mail system.

Presenter: John Tobin, Computer Science Department, TCD.

Sustain Innovation – Yea. Sure! (pdf)

Presenter: Martin Hayes, Director, UCC Computer Centre.

11.00-11.30

Session 2

Managed Access to Online Resources at UCD Library (pdf)

Presenters: Samantha Drennan & Eoin McCarney.

 

Student Desktop Computing: From the ground up with Active Directory (pdf)

Presenter: Michael Field,UCC

Implementing a SUS Solution at UniversityCollegeCork. (pdf)

Presenter: Barry Foley UCC

Moodle – an e-Learning Environment

Presenter: Denis Cahalane, DCU

Wrap up

11.30-12.00

Plenary Session
Chair: Brendan Tolan, DCU

Mr. Malcolm Fry, Independent Executive Advisor to BMC Software, and Remedy

Raising the profile of IT Service Management. (pdf)
Venue: Benbulben Section 2 & 3

12.00-12.05

IUISC Closing Session

Robin Adams, Librarian, TCD

12.05-12.35

Light Lunch
Venue: Restaurant

12.45

Coach departs Radisson Hotel to Railway Station – train departs 13.25

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