Conference 2010

The Research Agenda

As budgets are squeezed, institutions need to maximise research income. How can Business Librarians discover and meet the needs of researchers? Would we be better placed to help researchers if we have some involvement in research ourselves? Perhaps we could learn from research led teaching and become research led practitioners.

The varied programme of BLA 2010 will include Moira Bent, co-author of Providing Effective Library Services for Research, Stéphane Goldstein from the Research Information Network, and Dr Hazel Hall, Information Professional of the Year and executive secretary of the newly formed Library and Information Science Research Coalition.

The conference will take place from 7-9 July 2010 at the new Liverpool Hilton. It is being hosted jointly by the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University. The main sponsor for this year's event is Thomson Reuters. Further information about all of the event sponsors can be found on the 2010 Conference Sponsors page.

To view the draft programme please follow the link below:
2010 BLA Conference - draft programme.

The gala dinner will take place in the Small Ballroom at Liverpool Town Hall on the evening of the second day. Take a virtual tour to find out more about this venue.

For the 2010 conference a BLA hardship fund has been established in order to enable BLA members who are faced with financial constraints at their institution to apply to attend our annual conference.

Booking is now open for the 2010 Conference. To book your place please fill out and submit the online booking form. Please note that booking is open to staff from BLA member institutions only. Booking will close on Friday 4th June. If you need to cancel a booking please contact the treasurer, David Clare. For cancellations made after 4th June an admin fee of £50 will be charged.

Photo: Liverpool waterfront by Martin Waters