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***Apologies for cross-posting*** **ISG (Scotland) presents: Professor Tara Brabazon.** **"From scrolling to literacy - creating new models of learning"** Friday 26 March 2010, 2 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. (refreshments available afterwards), St. Augustine's Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh. £5 (ISG Members £2.50) Entry fee will be collected on the door, please reserve your place by emailing Paul Hambelton: [log in to unmask] Closing date for bookings: 19 March. ISG (Scotland) is proud to present for their 2010 Annual Lecture a rare Scottish appearance by star academic Professor Tara Brabazon. Author of several books including 'The University of Google' and 'Digital Hemlock?' and regular Times Higher Education online columnist, Tara is well known for her attempts to make sense of the impact of digital information and modern communications on the way we learn and teach. New models of literacy are required to cope with the digital world, and Tara will explore this in her lecture as she gives us an insight into her current thinking. Bound to be both challenging and controversial, this is a great opportunity for information professionals and others to hear from a leading thinker on the digital age first hand so please book early to avoid disappointment! "While so many of our institutional emails and policy documents are filled with words such as partnership and collaboration, it is important to celebrate the innovative leadership provided by the international librarian profession. These writers, thinkers and practitioners not only manage the material culture of the past but enliven the present. They may also give us a catalogue for - and to - our future." Tara Brabazon, THE Online, 16 February 2010 Tara Brabazon is Professor of Media Studies at The University of Brighton. ------------- Celia Jenkins SUNCAT Bibliographic Assistant EDINA Causewayside House 160, Causewayside Edinburgh. EH9 1PR email: [log in to unmask] Phone: +44 (0) 131 650 3188 The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.