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 and Marshall Breeding, of the Library Technology Guides (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 ).
We are still accepting submissions for the 5 minute quick fix - if you have solved a problem using a free technology in your LIS and can inform the conference in 5 snappy minutes, we would like to hear from you.
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Conference web site: http://tinyurl.com/5taclmc
Online booking form: http://tinyurl.com/d6qteh7
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Cost: £120 (incl VAT) for MMIT members; £156 (incl VAT) for non members. A limited number of reduced price places are available for unwaged and students.
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The MmIT group of CILIP unites members from all professional sectors engaged in multimedia information and technology developments in library and information services.
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