MmIT National Conference 2012 17th April 2012, University of Sheffield - Reduced budgets? Increased impact! Increasing LIS impact with new technologies

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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 ).

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 unwaged and students.

Enquiries: mmit2012@sheffield.ac.uk

The MmIT group of CILIP unites members from all professional sectors engaged in multimedia information and technology developments in library and information services.