The SCONUL Summer Conference took place at Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel on 23-24 June.

The theme was "Library Transformation".

Conference agenda and presentations

Keynote speech: Fostering effective learning environments
Maria Nesdale, Education Practice Area Leader and Senior Associate, Gensler

Keynote speech: Vision for the future of academic libraries
David Lewis, Dean, University Library, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

Data and decisions

• Data capability
  Andy Youell, Director, Higher Education Data & Information Improvement Programme

Parallel sessions on collaboration

• Embracing public engagement in libraries
  Dr Charlotte Haigh, Associate Professor in Human Physiology, Academic Lead for Public Engagement with Research, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds
• Research data management in the arts and humanities: a few difficulties
  Martin Donnelly, Senior Institutional Support Officer, Digital Curation Centre
• WHELF shared LMS: looking back and looking forward
  Gareth Owen, Rheolwr Rhaglen - Programme Manager, WHELF Shared LMS
• Making collaboration work - a theoretical and practical consideration of the requirements for library collaborations to be successful and sustained
  Richard Parsons, CIO, Director of Library and Learning Centre and University Librarian, University of Dundee and Tracey Stanley, Deputy Librarian and Assistant Director, Cardiff University