ALISS One Day Summer Conference
SOAS Room G50 Philips Building
(Russell Square campus)
13th August 9.30-4.30

On 13th August ALISS (Association of Librarians and Information Professionals in the Social Sciences) will be holding a one day conference on the topical issue of Web 2.0 and libraries. It will include presentations from ongoing projects and practical tips from practitioners. The speakers will include:

* Web 2.0 at the British Library – Adrian Arthur Head of Web Services
and Sally Halper Lead Content Specialist – Business & Management.
* Libraries and social software: lessons from the LASSIE project. Jane Secker LSE Centre for Learning Technology. http://clt.lse.ac.uk/Projects/LASSIE.php
* Croydon College & FE 2.0
Thomas Butler
Library Operations Manager
* Feeds & Start Pages: Keeping Yourself & Your Users Up-To-Date. Matt Lingard, Learning Technologist in the LSE Centre for Learning Technology
* A del.icio.us taster: case studies from the Institute of Education. Gwyneth Price, Collection Development Services Librarian at the Institute of Education and a Fellow of the Centre for Distance Education.
* Enhancing social tagging with a knowledge organization system Brian Matthews Leader, Scientific Applications Group STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/programme_rep_pres/etfd.aspx

Cost: £75 ALISS Members, Non-Members £95. This will include a buffet lunch plus mid morning and afternoon tea/coffee.

Registration: Places are limited. To register contact: Heather Dawson, ALISS Secretary, LSE Library, 10 Portugal Street, London, WC2A 2HD. h.dawson@lse.ac.uk Completed forms can be e-mailed to h.dawson@lse.ac.uk

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