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About usWESLINE is an umbrella group created to enable collaboration between the individual Library Groups for West European Languages and to facilitate the dissemination of information and discussion of issues in West European studies in the UK. The members of WESLINE are:
Other language groups which may be of relevance or interest to WESLINE members include:
The WESLINE Mailing list The new WESLINE mailing list is up and running with over 60 subscribers. Please use the list to relay messages about items of mutual interest to people who work in (or have an interest in) the field of resources for West European languages or area studies. To join the list got to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/WESLINE DirectoryThis is a directory of library staff and their areas of interest, please send us your contact details if you wish to be included.
AnnouncementsWESLINE 2009 Conference 2nd - 5th September 2009 The fourth annual WESLINE conference will be held in Durham. Here is the final revised programme for the event and a booking form. The FSLG AGM will be held after the WESLINE AGM on the 3rd September. The GLSLG AGM will be held on the 4th September.
ACLAIIR AGM 19th June 2009 The 2009 Annual General Meeting of ACLAIIR was held on Friday 19 June at the Instituto Cervantes de Londres (102 Eaton Sq., London SW1W 9AN). The afternoon consisted of a seminar on the outcome of the RAE exercise for Latin American and Iberian Languages (i.e.Panel 55) and on the preliminary findings of the British Academy report on Latin American Area Studies. Professor Catherine Davies, Philip Swanson and Linda Newson agreed to speak. We considered research trends, implications for resources and changes in research methods and practice. A final session looked at current practices in acquisition and selection of Hispanic materials in UK university and research libraries.
ISLG AGM and Annual Lecture 23rd June 2009 The ISLG AGM and the annual ISLG lecture both took place on Tuesday 23 June in The Conference Centre at the British Library. The AGM took place at 11am. The annual lecture took place at 6pm. The title of this years lecture was "The poet as Pirate: D'Annunzio at Fiume and on Garda" and it was given by John Woodhouse, Emeritus Fiat Serena Professor of Italian in the University of Oxford. The Society for Italian Studies Biennial International Conference 16th-19th April 2009 The Society for Italian Studies held its Biennial International Conference at Royal Holloway College (Univ. of London) on 16-19 April (2009).
FSLG Annual Review: issue 5 (2008-9) The fifth issue of the FSLG Annual Review is now available. It is a mixture of feature articles and news items covering all matters relating to French Studies librarianship. It is an e-publication only, available from the FSLG and WESLINE websites as a PDF document. The editor would like to thank all those who contributed pieces. (PDFs require Adobe Acrobat reader. Click here to download). FSLG Annual Review: issue 4 (2007-8) The fourth issue of the FSLG Annual Review is now available. It is a mixture of feature articles and news items covering all matters relating to French Studies librarianship. It is an e-publication only, available from the FSLG and WESLINE websites as a PDF document. The editor would like to thank all those who contributed pieces. (PDFs require Adobe Acrobat reader. Click here to download).
ACLAIIR Newsletter: issue 16 (2007)
The WESLINE 2008 Conference (ACLAIIR/FSLG/GSLG/ISLG) 'Social Studies of Western Europe. Projects and resources' was held on 1st & 2nd of September at the British Library in London. The conference focused on Social Studies in Western Europe, covering research trends and a range of academic and library case studies and projects. A selection of the conference papers are available below:
WESLINE is grateful to the Taylor & Francis Group for their support for this conference. Click here to view and download the full Conference Programme.
WESLINE 2007 Conference (ACLAIIR/FSLG/ISLG) / Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies joint colloquium, IGRS, University of London 'Exploding the canon. From Medieval Romance to TV Soap: meeting the challenges in resource provision' The 2007 conference, hosted by the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, took place on Wednesday 12th September. The conference looked at how Romance Studies have evolved beyond language and literature to embrace all cultural phenomena. A selection of the conference papers are available below:
Further details of the conference programme are available on the IGRS website.
WESLINE 2006 Conference (ACLAIIR/FSLG/GSLG/ISLG), University of London The 2006 conference, hosted by the University of London Research Library Services and the School of Advanced Study, took place in London on the 14th - 16th September. Here are details of the conference programme.
ISiS (Iberian Studies in SALALM)
Documents of interestThe AHRC's Research Review on Modern Languages WESLINE response to the British Library's Content Strategy Consultation compiled by Jill Kempshall. Consortium of West European Studies Library Groups questionnaire and analysis. (These documents are PDF files and will require Adobe Acrobat to view them). National Languages Strategy report by Hilary Foottit Any comments and contributions to this website are welcome, please send them to Sarah Burn For more information about WESLINE, please contact David Lowe WESLINE does not accept any responsibility for the content of any external sites it provides links to. |
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