Joint Use Libraries, an international conference
19th-21st June 2007, Manchester, The Lowry, Manchester, UK
More than 100 delegates from around the world attended this three day conference which offered practitioners, researchers and policymakers interested in joint use libraries a unique opportunity to meet, network and share experiences.
Conference presentations
| Speaker | Presentation Downloads |
|---|---|
| Dr Stephen Allen & Peter Sandison, Heriot Watt University, UK |  Identifying User-requirements
and Briefing the Design Team for a New Joint
Use Library Facility: A Case Study of the Scottish Borders Campus |
| David Barton & Rebecca Ryan, Metropolitan State University, USA | Sharing
Spaces, Strengthening Service: A Case Study of Public and Academic
Library Cohabitation |
| Dr Patricia Bauer, Florida State University, USA |
Staffing and Managing Joint Use Libraries Changing Places: Personnel Issues of a Joint Use Library in Transition  Staffing
and Managing Handout 1 Staffing
and Managing Handout
2Staffing and Managing Handout 3 |
| Richard Beveridge, Library Services, Tribal Group, UK | Wootton
Fields Joint Use Public/School Library |
| Dee Bozeman, University of Central Florida & Rachel Owens, Daytona Beach Community College, USA | Joint
Use Library: Challenges and Successes |
| Irene Brough, West Lothian Library Services, UK | Blackburn Connected: A Joint Use Case Study |
| Dr Alan Bundy, Library Consulting, Australia | Widening Horizons: South Australia’s Unique System of Rural Joint Use Libraries |
| Roger Fairman, University of Worcester, UK | A Joint Use Library for Worcester |
| Leif Hagberg, Christina Svensson & Cecilia
Hamilton, Härnösandt
and Visby, Sweden |
Three Joint Library Projects and the Combilib Library Network Presentation 1 Presentation
2 Visby leaflet (cover) Visby Leaflet (inside) Hanosand leaflet |
| Deborah Hamblin, Rockingham Regional Campus Community Library, Australia | Education
/ Public Libraries in Theory & Practice Innovation, Experimentation
and Persistence: The Success Factors of an Australian Tripartite Joint Use Library |
| Dr Joacim Hansson, Swedish School of Library and Information Studies, Sweden | New Document Environments
and Institutional Identity: Joint Use Libraries
at the Crossroads between the Physical and the Digital Library |
| Hilary Jackson, Staffordshire Libraries | Staffordshire’s
One Stop Shops |
| Mary Keane, Bolton Libraries, UK | The Bolton Experience |
| Catherine Kearney, Scottish Library and Information Council, UK | Collaborative Communities: A New Service Delivery Model for Lifelong Learning in Scotland |
| Ruth Kifer, San Jose State University, USA | Joint Use University / Public
Library: Public Policy in Action |
| Ayub Khan, Warwickshire Libraries |  Joint Use of Libraries |
| Harriett MacDougall, Alvin Sherman Library, Nova Southeastern University, USA | A Five-year Assessment of a Large Joint Use Library in Southeast Florida |
| Neil MacInnes, Manchester Library and Information Service, UK & Eunice
Long, Library Operations Manager, Manchester City Council, UK |
Partnership and Co-location:
The Mancunian Way  North
City Video East
City video |
| Jayshree Mamtora & Sonia Sumner, Charles Darwin University, Australia | A Joint Use Library in the Red Centre of Australia |
| Ana Martins, Portuguese School Libraries Network, Portugal | Portuguese School Libraries Network Programme |
| Patricia McNamee, Alberta Municipal Affairs and Housing, Canada | Standards and Guidelines
for Public Libraries Housed in Schools in Alberta, Canada: A Case
Study |
| Sarah McNicol, University of Central England, Birmingham, UK No presentation |
Joint use Libraries as Children’s Libraries |
| Ann Melmoth, Bolton Libraries, UK Lesley Hardman, Bolton Primary Care Trust, UK |
Partnerships make progress |
| Susan Richmond, Hull Central Library, UK Presentation Handout |
Staffing and Management
of Joint Use Libraries: A Case Study |
| Linda Riley, East Lancashire Hospitals Trust & Mike Hargreaves, University of Central Lancashire, UK | You say Tomato… Merging
Library Services in NHS and HE |
| Agapi-Stamoulia Polyzou, University of Thessaly & Theodora Tsoli, Panteion University Library, Greece | Suggestions for Joint
Use Libraries Project in Greece: A Promising
Solution for the Advancement of Information Literacy |
| Angela Zetterlund, University College of Boras, Goteborg University, Sweden | Why is it so difficult
for the Public Librarian to share the Vision of Joint Use
Libraries? Problems and Dilemmas Experienced in a Development Project |
Visits to local joint use libraries
Manchester Libraries:
- North City Library - A joint use library shared by North Manchester Sixth Form College and the public library service
- East City Library - A joint use library shared by the public library service and MANCAT (Manchester College of Art & Technology)
Bolton Libraries
- Bolton Central Library - A Primary Care Trust learning and resource library and a Children's Information Service are both located within Bolton Central Library
- High Street Library - a Bolton Access Point for information and will be offering Youth facilities, a Book Bar and Study Support in the two upstairs community rooms.
