Bookings now open for the 2013 MmIT Conference
‘Cloudbusting – demystifying the Cloud’, University of Sheffield, 5th April 2013
MMIT bring you an exciting new conference for 2013 covering all aspects of Cloud technology and the implications for library and information services. Featuring a wide variety of excellent speakers and session formats this interactive conference will be both informative and inspirational. If you work in the library and information sector and are increasingly being asked to work in the Cloud or with new technologies, or are just generally interested in library Cloud developments, then this conference is for you!
Programme
9:30 - registration and morning coffee
10:00 – Introduction and welcome – Chris Sexton, University of Sheffield, Leo Appleton, MmIT
10:15 -11:00 – Keynote presentation by Karen Blakeman, RBA Information Services “Searching in the cloud”
11:00 -11.50 – Parallel workshop sessions 1
• Andy Tattersall & Claire Beecroft (University of Sheffield) “Cloudme - Being an Effective LIS Professional without Touching Terra Firma”
• Gurdish Sandu & Adjoa Boateng (University of East London) “The UEL Library: Entering the Cloud”
• Lise Robinson (OCLC) “Something good is going to happen” : an overview of developing a cloud based solution”
• Emily Goodhand (University of Reading) “Cloud(y) Law: unpacking the issues for library & information professionals”
11.50 - 12.10 – Break
12.10-13:00 - Parallel workshop sessions 2
• Axiell Workshop
• Andrew Cox (University of Sheffield) “Research data management – what is the library’s role?”
• Paul Walk (UKOLN) “Bring your own Cloud”
13.00 – 13:45 – Lunch
13:45 – 14:30 – Rapid fire sessions
14.30 – 15:20 - Parallel workshop sessions 3
• Dave Parkes (University of Staffordshire) “Implementing the Koha Library Management System”
• Anthony Beal (JISC) "Collaborating to create ebooks in the cloud: media rich resources for teaching, learning and assessment"
• Bethan Ruddock (MIMAS) “Opening up – bibliographic data-sharing and interoperability”
15:20 – 16:00 – Panel Q&A – Dave Parkes, Anthony Beal, Bethan Ruddock, Karen Blakeman, Paul Walk, Emily Goodhand
16:00 Close
Conference fee: £156
Student / unwaged: £75
MmIT member: £120
To book a place at the ‘Cloudbusting’ conference please use the online booking form:
https://docs.google.com/a/sheffield.ac.uk/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFlyZUFyNHF5UDAxeEVwZlpGcGwwR2c6MA#gid=0
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