Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:56:42 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wonder-woman.cni.org ([192.100.21.33] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.12) with ESMTPS id 6376619 for cni-announce@cni.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:27:26 -0500 X-Original-Message-Id: From: "Joan K. Lippincott" X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-24--931264285 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Handheld Librarian Conference - Mobile Devices - Online Feb. 17-18 X-Original-Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 14:25:44 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) --Apple-Mail-24--931264285 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm looking forward to giving a keynote for this online conference. =20 For librarians interested in learning more about services to users =20 with mobile devices, this is a good opportunity to hear a wide variety =20= of presentations. --Joan Lippincott ----------------------------------------------------- Alliance Library System and LearningTimes Offer Handheld Librarian 2! More people than 2000 people attended the first ever Handheld =20 Librarian Conference in July 2009 which featured a wide array of =20 collaboration, learning and networking activities focused on Mobile =20 Library Services! The Handheld Librarian 2 will continue the dialog =20 with a 2-day online conference scheduled for February 17-18, 2010 and =20= is now accepting registrations at http://www.handheldlibrarian.org. =20 The program -- sponsored by Alliance Library System, and LearningTimes =20= -- will include a series of wonderful keynote and featured speakers =20 collection of available resources, discussions boards, and access to =20 the recording of all live events for one year after the conference. =20 More people than ever are using mobile devices for a wide variety of =20 purposes including communication, internet access, text messaging, and =20= entertainment. It is important that libraries provide mobile services =20= as handheld use increases. The conference will feature three exciting keynote talks: =B7 Joan K. Lippincott from the Coalition for Networked =20 Information speaking about =93Mobilizing Libraries for Today=92s = Students=94 =B7 Joe Murphy from Yale University speaking about =93This is Now: = =20 The Mobile Library=94 =B7 Tom Peters of TAP Information Services, addressing =93Morphing = =20 with Mobile=94 Registration for the conference is $69 per individual or $119 for a =20 group. LIS students can register for $29. LIS students need to =20 contact Lori Bell, Alliance Library System, at = lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com=20 for a coupon code to register for the $29. =93With the avalanche of new mobile devices and applications, the =20 Handheld Librarian 2 online conference will be a golden opportunity =20 for library land to cost effectively learn how to reach a whole new =20 audience,=94 said Kitty Pope, ALS Executive Director. The Handheld Librarian II will also include the real-life experiences =20= of libraries and information professionals. We are now soliciting =20 presentation proposals highlighting current, evolving and future =20 issues in mobile library services. To submit a proposal for the =20 conference, go to http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/call-for-=20 proposals/. Proposals are due November 15 and you will be notified by =20= January 1, 2010 if your proposal has been accepted. For more information on the conference, go to the conference site at = http://www.handheldlibrarian.org=20 . If you have questions, please contact John Walber at LearningTimes =20= at john@learningtimes.net or Lori Bell at Alliance Library System at = lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com=20 . =20= --Apple-Mail-24--931264285 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


I'm looking forward to giving = a keynote for this online conference.  For librarians interested in = learning more about services to users with mobile devices, this is a = good opportunity to hear a wide variety of presentations.

--Joan Lippincott

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Alliance Library System and LearningTimes Offer Handheld Librarian = 2!

More people than 2000 people = attended the first ever Handheld Librarian Conference in July 2009 which featured a = wide array of collaboration, learning and networking activities focused on = Mobile Library Services!  The Handheld Librarian 2 will continue the = dialog with a 2-day online conference scheduled for February 17-18, 2010 and is now accepting registrations at http://www.handheldlibrarian.org. The = program -- sponsored by Alliance Library System, and LearningTimes -- will = include a series of  wonderful keynote and featured speakers collection of = available resources, discussions boards, and access to the recording of all live = events for one year after the conference.  More people than ever are using mobile devices for a wide variety of purposes including communication, internet access, text messaging, and = entertainment. It is important that libraries provide mobile services as handheld use = increases.

The conference will feature = three exciting keynote talks:

=B7       Joan K. Lippincott from the Coalition = for Networked Information speaking about =93Mobilizing Libraries for Today=92s= Students=94
=B7       Joe Murphy from Yale University = speaking about =93This is Now: The Mobile Library=94

=B7       = Tom Peters of TAP Information = Services, addressing =93Morphing with Mobile=94

Registration for the conference is $69 per = individual or $119 for a group.  LIS students can register for $29.  LIS students need to contact Lori Bell, Alliance Library System, at lbell@alliancelibrarysyste= m.com for a coupon code to register for the $29. 

=93With the avalanche of new mobile devices = and applications, the Handheld Librarian 2 online conference will be a = golden opportunity for library land to cost effectively learn how to reach a = whole new audience,=94 said Kitty Pope, ALS Executive Director.

The Handheld Librarian II will = also include the real-life experiences of libraries and information = professionals. We are now soliciting presentation proposals highlighting current, = evolving and future issues in mobile library services.  To submit a proposal for = the conference, go to http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/call-for-proposals= /.  Proposals are due November 15 and you will be notified by January 1, = 2010 if your proposal has been accepted. 

For more information on the = conference, go to the conference site at http://www.handheldlibrarian.org.  = If you have questions, please contact John Walber at LearningTimes at john@learningtimes.net or = Lori Bell at Alliance Library System at lbell@alliancelibrarysyste= m.com.

 
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