NEW SPACE FOR OLD BOOKS:
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
Rare Books & Special Collections Group Annual Study Conference,
Wednesday 27 to Friday 29 August, 2014
The Sir Duncan Rice Library, The University of Aberdeen
Weds 27th
New Buildings for Special Collections
12-2:00 pm
Lunch (at the Hub, Elphinstone Road)
Registration (on ground floor of Sir Duncan Rice Library)
First optional tour of Sir Duncan Rice Library
12:45-1:45
2:15–2:40
2:40-3:10
3:20-3:45
3:45-4:05
4:05-4:25
4:25-4:45
1: Building A New Library: The Aberdeen Experience
Stuart Hill, Architect, formerly of schmidt hammer lassen: speaking on
The Building Project at Aberdeen
Siobhan Convery, Head of Special Collections, Aberdeen University:
Challenges of Relocating Special Collections
Tea Break
2: Building Anew: Experiences Elsewhere
Fiona Courage, Sussex University: The Keep Project
Roger Fairman, Worcester University & Worcestershire County
Council: The Hive
Nick Clark, Red House, Suffolk: Building a New Archive - The Britten
Archive
5:00-6:00
Break
6:00-7:00
Second optional tour of Sir Duncan Rice Library
7:00-7:50
Reception in Events Area, Sir Duncan Rice Library
8:00
DINNER at The Bishop’s Table, Crombie Halls
Thurs 28th
Building From The Past: Historic Buildings
8-9:00 am
Breakfast
9:15
AGM
9:45-10:05
10:05-10:25
3: Rebuilding The Past: Historic Buildings
Sheila Hingley, Durham University: Palace Green Project
Susie Bioletti, Trinity College Dublin: A New Life for the Old Library?
10:25-10:45
Simon Chaplin, The Wellcome Library: Provision for Researchers and
Special Collections at the Wellcome
11:00
Break
11:30-11:50
11:50-12:10
12:10-12:30
4: Why Were We Building? The Case of Historic Aberdeen
Kylie Murray, Balliol College, Oxford: The Medieval Library
Iain Beavan, Aberdeen University: Renaissance to Enlightenment at
Aberdeen’s Universities
Peter Reid, Robert Gordon University: Aberdeenshire & Country
House Libraries
1:00 pm
Lunch
2:00-c.5:30
Optional Visits: campus and city. There will also be the opportunity for
a third tour of Sir Duncan Rice Library
6:45-11.30
FORMAL CONFERENCE DINNER INCLUDING RECEPTION
Meldrum House Hotel: transport to and from venue is included
After-dinner speaker: Prof Peter Davidson, Aberdeen University (tbc)
Fri 29th
Building As Best We Can
8-9:00 am
Breakfast
9:15-9:35
9:35-9:55
9:55-10:15
5: Building on a Budget: Refurbishment and How to Make the
Most of Existing Premises
Case studies of 3 different projects
Duncan Chappell and Susannah Waters: Glasgow School of Art
Norman Reid: St Andrews University
David Errington: Newcastle University
10:30
BREAK
11:00
Briefing by Karen Attar on Directory of Rare Books & Special
Collections, 3rd ed.
11:15-11:35
11:35-11:55
11:55-12:15
6: Building for Safety and Preservation.
Jack Plumb, National Library of Scotland: The Estates Manager’s
Perspective
Karen Brayshaw, Canterbury Cathedral: Maintaining Service
Provision
Chris Woods, National Conservation Service: Preservation &
Conservation Issues in Building Projects
12:30-1:00
Conference Round-up/Open Forum
1:00-2:00
LUNCH
2:00
Departure/optional visit to Castle Fraser