Events
HUG Summer Meeting 2026
The Summer Meeting will take place at The Priory Rooms in Birmingham on Wednesday 17th June.
Programme for the day:
10.00 Registration
10.30 Emma from IS Oxford
11.15 Break
11.30 "Heritage Helpdesk" Q&A from members
12.30 Lunch (Hot meal)
13.30 Tips and tricks from the Committee
14.30 Break
14.45 Celebrating HUG. Share your memories and thoughts
15:30 Close
Link to The Priory Rooms website for venue information
This will be a free event for existing HUG members and our final meeting before the group disbands
Book your free space (up to 2 members per institution):
HUG Winter Meeting & AGM 2026
The Winter Meeting & AGM took place on Wednesday 18th March 2026 via Microsoft Teams. The main session was delivered by IS Oxford & covered a proposed Summer upgrade to Heritage Cirqa and improvements to Look4. At the AGM a motion was passed to disband HUG after the June 2026 Summer Meeting. A copy of the minutes can be accessed via the Documents area of the website.
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If you require access to recordings from the day please contact Julian Dawson, HUG ChairHUG Summer Meeting 2025
The Summer Meeting took place at The Priory Rooms in Birmingham on Wednesday 18th June. There was a morning session with IS Oxford followed by afternoon networking sessions. There were no documents or presentations from the meeting.
HUG Summer Meeting 2024
The Summer Meeting took place The Priory Rooms in Birmingham on Wednesday 19th June. The morning session was delivered by IS Oxford. This was followed by a breakout session to discuss and share Look4 interfaces and ideas. HUG Committee members delivered presentations in the afternoon. Copies of the Copilot presentation by Laura Cooper and Tiny Teams by Kat Aveyard can be found in the Documents area of the website.Click here for access (members only)
HUG Winter Meeting & AGM 2024
The Winter Meeting & AGM took place on Wednesday 6th March 2024 via Microsoft Teams. The morning session was delivered by IS Oxford & included Look4 developments. This was followed in the afternoon by the AGM and presentations entitled Marketing & promoting the library by Claire Lyness and Ravishing reports by Rob Collier. Notes and recordings can be accesed via the Documents area of the website.
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HUG Summer Meeting 2023
The Summer Meeting took place at The Priory Rooms in Birmingham on Wednesday 14th June. The morning session was delivered by IS Oxford & included Look4 developments. This was followed by Library usage speed dating - encouraging usage of the library from beginner to expert. There were presentations on Organising your overdues with Claire Lyness & Amanda Hartley-Newton and Inheriting Heritage by Olivia Edmonds. Notes from the Library usage session and copies of the presentations are available in the Documents area of the website.
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HUG Winter Meeting & AGM 2023 Online
The Winter Meeting & AGM took place on Wednesday 8th March via Microsoft Teams. The morning session was delivered by IS Oxford & included Heritage Online 3.8. developments. This was followed in the afternoon by the AGM and presentations about SDI-OPAC customisation by Barbara Ferromosca, Stocktaking with ease by Amanda Hartley-Newton & Claire Lyness, and Keywords, Thesauri & Taxonomy by Julian Dawson. Copies of the presentations are available in the Documents area of the website.
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HUG Summer Meeting 2022
The Summer Meeting took place on Wednesday 15th June at The Priory Rooms in Birmingham. The morning session featured a presentation by Emma Duffield of IS Oxford on Plans for the new Heritage Online 3.8. This was followed by a breakout session to share tips and tricks on report writing. There were presentations on E-book collections in Heritage Cirqa by members of the HUG Committee in the afternoon. There was also a second breakout session on promoting content. Copies of E-book presentations are available in the Documents area of the website.
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HUG Winter Meeting and AGM 2022 Online
The Winter Meeting & AGM took place on Wednesday 2nd March via Microsoft Teams. The morning session was led by Emma Duffield and Eoin Garland of IS Oxford. They gave us an update on Heritage Online 3.8, discussed ways of collecting data in Heritage and reading lists. This was followed in the afternoon by the AGM and presentations about reading lists by Claire Lyness, Amanda Hartley-Newton & Julian Dawson. Rob Collier delivered a presentation about housekeeping and we finished the day with a discussion about reporting and why we need data. Copies of the presentations, AGM minutes and information on how to access recordings from the day can be found in the Documents area of the website.
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HUG Summer Meeting 2021 Online
The Summer Meeting took place on Wednesday 16th June. There were two 90 minute sessions at 10.00 and 14.00. We were joined by I.S. Oxford in the morning. There were afternoon presentations on: Widgets from a user perspective, MyCirqa App Promotion and The use of Heritage in delivering information literacy.
HUG Winter Meeting & AGM 2021 Online
The Winter Meeting & AGM took place Wednesday 3rd March via Microsoft Teams. Recordings of the IS Oxford presentation, AGM and afternoon sessions on Library News and Inductions are available in the Documents area of the website.
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HUG Winter Meeting & AGM 2020
The Winter Meeting & AGM took place on Wednesday 4th March at Friends House in London. Neville Jones from IS Oxford gave a presentation on the latest Heritage Cirqa devlopments. This was followed by the AGM. After lunch there were presentations on Widgets by Jackie Knee, West Dean College and Statistics by Deb Farrell, Bournemouth and Poole College. Copies of the presentations, AGM documents and Tips and Tricks sheet provided by Neville are available in the Documents area of the website.
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HUG Summer Meeting 2019
The Summer Meeting took place on Tuesday 11th June at Conference Aston in Birmingham. Emma Duffield from IS Oxford gave a talk on the latest Heritage Cirqa and MyCirqa app developments. This was followed by a presentation: Using Heritage to promote Sustainable Development Goals by Ella Hassett, Arup. After lunch there was a break-out session on Best practice & feedback. This was followed by a presentation on Building reports by Deb Farrell, Bournemouth and Poole College. A copy of Ella's presentation and notes from the Break-out session are available in the Documents area of the website.
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HUG Winter Meeting 2019
The Winter Meeting & AGM took place on Wednesday 6th March at Friends House, London. Eoin Garland gave a talk on the latest Heritage Cirqa developments. This was followed by the AGM. Copies of the notes, plus questions & answers provided by Eoin are available in the Documents area of the website.
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Notes and presentations from earlier meetings can also be found in the Documents area of the website.
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