E-Books: Experiences and Future Directions
Conference Programme
University of the West of England, Bristol. Monday 23 April 2012, 10:00 – 16:00
09:00 Registration / coffee
10:00 Welcome – Jason Briddon, Deputy Librarian UWE
10:00 Do you like books or do you like reading?
James Clay, ILT & Learning Resources Manager, Gloucestershire College
10:30 E-book lending and public libraries: the Libraries West experience.
Anne Hooper, Stock Development Manager, Bristol Libraries
11:00 Mobile learning and medical students.
Gareth Frith, Technology Enhanced Learning Manager, Leeds Institute of Medical Education (LIME)
11:30 Coffee break
11:50 Students at the Heart of the (Acquisitions) System: experiences of Patron Driven Acquisitions at Bournemouth University.
Neil Ford, Academic Liaison Development Manager, Bournemouth University
12:20 Are ebooks healthy for publishing? A SAGE perspective.
Huw Alexander, Rights & Digital Sales Manager, SAGE Publications Ltd
12:45 Lunch
14:00 Five e-book aggregators:
Academic Rights Press, Coutts/MyiLibrary, Dawsons, OVID, Proquest/Ebrary
15:00 Question time Q&A session
15:45 Close
The venue is situated close to Bristol Parkway station and has good motorway links, being near to the M4/M5 interchange. Bristol is well served by budget airlines, with regular flights to Newcastle, Leeds-Bradford, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
For more information and to book a place, please go to:
http://www.uwe.ac.uk/library/info/bookings/ebooks/
lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials
UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn
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