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- there are still opportunities to offer a 5 minute quick fix talk, also attracts a reduced conference fee... ************************************************************************* MmIT National Conference 2012 17th April 2012, University of Sheffield Reduced budgets? Increased impact! Increasing LIS impact with new technologies Keynote speakers: * Ross Mahon, Apps Edu Evangelist, from Google * Marshall Breeding, of the Library Technology Guides ( http://librarytechnology.org ). Workshop sessions: Dave Pattern – Discovering discovery: Experiences of implementing Summon at Huddersfield Jon Fletcher – In the palm of their hand: The next step for the handheld librarian Andy Tattersall and Claire Beecroft – A free web toolkit for the modern library Rene Meijer – Designing space and services to support digital literacies Other features of the conference: Expert Q&A; 5 minute quick fixes; Interactive voting session. Tours of University of Sheffield’s Information Commons ( http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/infocommons ). Conference web site: http://tinyurl.com/5taclmc Online booking form: http://tinyurl.com/d6qteh7 Cost: £120 (incl VAT) for MMIT members; £156 (incl VAT) for non members. A limited number of reduced price places are available for the unwaged and students. Enquiries: [log in to unmask] The MmIT group of CILIP unites members from all professional sectors engaged in multimedia information and technology developments in library and information services.