| Handheld Librarian VI: Mobile Solutions for Libraries That Work |
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| Written by Snow Scarmon |
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The Handheld Librarian VI: Mobile Solutions for Libraries That Work The conference will be of interest to librarians wishing to bring their tools and strategies to the learning scene. The conference will feature professional development for librarians by librarians. This is the grass-roots nature of our highly successful program. Handheld Librarian VI will build on the success of prior conferences in which an array of presenters shares their experiences and insights, addressing themes such as ebooks, location-based social networking, lending devices, reference, and mobile technologies impacting society. You can see the quality of the content by looking through our past archives. The Handheld Librarian VI conference will feature interactive, live online sessions and recorded events. This conference will highlight current, evolving and future issues in mobile library services. These include but are not limited to the following program tracks:
Keynote speakers: Michael Stephens - Assistant Professor at the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University - will address the conference in the morning. His research focuses on the use of emerging technologies in libraries and technology learning programs. He currently writes a monthly column in Library Journal exploring issues, ideas and emerging trends in library and information science education. Stephen Abram - Stephen has over 30 years in libraries as a practicing librarian and also in the information industry. He has visited hundreds of libraries in many different countries and is uniquely positioned to spark ideas and insights. Stephen is currently Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Markets at Gale Cengage in Toronto, Canada. He has been Vice President of Innovation for SirsiDynix and the Chief Strategist for the SirsiDynix Institute, VP of Corporate Development for Micromedia ProQuest, and Publisher Electronic Information for Thompson. Post-Conference Skill Builders – New this year, a post conference experience will focus on giving participants explicit hands-on skills through extended workshops. For a nominal fee, participants can register for the following two-hour synchronous workshops on February 2.
Each workshop will not only provide a conceptual framework, but will ask the participants to try their hands at either developing or implementing specific strategies. After the workshop, audience members will be provided with additional ongoing tutorials and access to the experts for mentoring.
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is an online conference that will be held on February 1-2, 2012.