Former Labour Leader and EU Commissioner Neil Kinnock is the latest speaker confirmed for the 3rd Celtic Connections Conference. Now Chairman of the British Council, Lord Kinnock will give the keynote address on Tuesday 16th May, 2006.

Other speakers confirmed include Professor José-Marie Griffiths, Dean of Information and Library Studies at the University of North Carolina; Lorcan Dempsey, Vice-President and Chief Strategist at OCLC, and Sandra Ward of TFPL.

Further programme news will be posted soon.

Welcome to the weblog for the 3rd Celtic Connections libraries conference. The conference will take place in Cardiff, Wales, from 16th - 19th May 2006. This will be the third conference organised jointly by CILIP Wales/Cymru; CILIP in Scotland; CILIP Ireland and the Library Association of Ireland.

The conference programme will be based on themes of Libraries in a democratic society; Demonstrating the value of libraries; Delivering services in a competitive electronic environment; Celtic culture online; and Reading, language and literacy. Speakers will be announced nearer the time.

The Conference Banquet will be held in the National Museum of Wales on Thursday 18th May. A series of library and cultural visits will be offered.

A Trade Exhibition will be held during the Conference in the Hotel, beside the Conference Room.

Information for delegates and trade exhibitors, including rates, may be found on this site.
Enquiries: E-mail: info@celticconnections.info
Telephone: Sue Mace, CILIP Cymru, Tel: 01970 622174.

If you’d like to stay somewhere other than the conference hotel please check our accommodation page as we added some advice on where to look and book.

Our online booking form is now live, so all you have to do to register is click on the link, fill in the required information, and press submit.

All online registrations will be acknowledged when processed.

If you would prefer to book by fax or post, you can download the form as a PDF.