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Presentations: Collection directions, pandemic effects, Belgium, Italy
I presented updated versions of a presentation on libraries and pandemic effects and some implications for library collections recently. Each was delivered remotely, one to an event in Ostende, Belgium, and one to Milan, Italy, as unfortunately we have not yet returned to professional travel.
Lorcan
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Presentation: College, consortium, collaboration, collective collection
Collective collections as an example of collective action. A discussion of the issues library consortia face. Presentation materials.
Lorcan
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Presentation: The RLUK Digital Shift Forum
I was pleased to inaugurate the RLUK Digital Shift Forum, with a presentation on Pandemic effects and collection directions.
I was especially pleased to be kindly introduced by my longstanding colleague Robin Green, University Librarian at Warwick University, and current chair of RLUK.
Lorcan
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