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:
· Joan K. Lippincott from the Coalition for Networked
Information
speaking about “Mobilizing Libraries for Today’s Students”
· Joe Murphy from Yale University speaking about “This is Now:
The
Mobile Library”
· Tom Peters of TAP Information Services, addressing “Morphing
with
Mobile”
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 lb...@alliancelibrarysystem.com
for
a
coupon
code to register for the $29.
“With 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,” 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.
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 j...@learningtimes.net
or
Lori
Bell at
Alliance Library System at lb...@alliancelibrarysystem.com.