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MMIT Conference 2015 - “With power comes great responsibility - how librarians can harness the power of social media for the benefit of users”

We are delighted to announce the full programme for the MMIT Conference 2015.

The conference theme is social media & addresses areas such as altmetrics, current research, marketing and communications, and delivering services via social media. 

Join us in Sheffield from Monday 14th- Tuesday 15th September 2015. 

Delegates will engage in a series of workshops and seminars on social media themes and the conference will also showcase current research and innovations in these areas through lightning sessions and presentations from researching practitioners. There will also be a student forum where Masters and PhD students will highlight their research.

Our keynote speakers are Marie Kinsey, Professor of Journalism Education at the University of Sheffield; PhD researcher and public library advocate, Lauren Smith of walkyouhome; and Brian Kelly, Innovation Advocate at Cetis, a national centre based at Bolton University. Phil Bradley is our after dinner speaker.

For more information and to book your tickets please visit our Eventbrite page.

Sponsors

Platinum sponsors for the conference:

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Robert Cunningham
Faculty Librarian
Education (BA Primary Teaching with QTS, CPD, Postgraduate Taught, Postgraduate Research)
 
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