Web 2.0 policy and practice
ALISS One Day Summer Conference
SOAS Room G50 Philips Building
(Russell Square campus)
13th August 9.30-4.30
On 13th August ALISS (Association of Librarians and Information Professionals
in the Social Sciences) will be holding a one day conference on the topical
issue of Web 2.0 and libraries. It will include presentations from ongoing
projects and practical tips from practitioners. The speakers will include:
• Web 2.0 at the British Library - Adrian Arthur Head of Web Services
and Sally Halper Lead Content Specialist - Business & Management.
• Libraries and social software: lessons from the LASSIE project. Jane
Secker LSE Centre for Learning Technology.
http://clt.lse.ac.uk/Projects/LASSIE.php
• Croydon College & FE 2.0
Thomas Butler
Library Operations Manager
• Feeds & Start Pages: Keeping Yourself & Your Users Up-To-Date.
Matt Lingard, Learning Technologist in the LSE Centre for Learning Technology
• A del.icio.us taster: case studies from the Institute of Education.
Gwyneth Price, Collection Development Services Librarian at the Institute of
Education and a Fellow of the Centre for Distance Education.
• Enhancing social tagging with a knowledge organization system Brian
Matthews Leader, Scientific Applications Group STFC Rutherford Appleton
Laboratory
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/programme_rep_pres/etfd.aspx
Cost: £75 ALISS Members, Non-Members £95. This will include a buffet lunch
plus mid morning and afternoon tea/coffee.
Registration: Places are limited. To register contact: Heather Dawson, ALISS
Secretary, LSE Library, 10 Portugal Street, London, WC2A 2HD.
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Provisional Conference Programme
9.30-10.00 Coffee and registration
10.00-10.15 Welcome and Introduction to the day.
10.15-11.00 Libraries and social software: lessons from the LASSIE project.
Jane Secker LSE Centre for Learning Technology
11.00-11.45 Web 2.0 at the British Library
Adrian Arthur Head of Web Services.
Sally Halper Lead Content Specialist - Business & Management.
11.45-12.00 Coffee
12.00-12.45 A del.icio.us taster: case studies from the Institute of Education
Gwyneth Price Collection Development Services Librarian at the Institute of
Education Fellow of the Centre for Distance Education.
12.45-1.45 Lunch.
1.45-2.30 Croydon College & FE 2.0 Thomas Butler
Library Operations Manager
2.30-3.15 Feeds & Start Pages: Keeping Yourself & Your Users Up-To-Date.
Matt Lingard, Learning Technologist in the LSE Centre for Learning Technology
3.15-3.30 Coffee
3.30-4.15 Enhancing social tagging with a knowledge organization system
Brian Matthews Leader, Scientific Applications Group STFC Rutherford
Appleton Laboratory
4.15-4.30 Round-up and final questions.
