Event programme for mobile technologies in libraries: information sharing event.

1. Mobile technologies in libraries: information sharing event
8th May 2012
Time Activity Speaker/facilitator
10:00 Registration
10:30 Welcome and introduction Jo Alcock
10:45 Keynote speaker James Clay
11:30 Break
11:45 Lightning talks:
1) ScienceDirect mobile app for institutional users Helga Perry
(Athens/Shibboleth)
2) Barriers and challenges to accessing subscription e- Alison McNab
content on mobile devic es
3) Developing a mobile library gat eway Matt Borg
4) Using BookMyne to deliver a mobile library catalogue Tim Fletcher
12:15 Breakout session (choose one to attend):
 Building mobile-friendly sites with responsive design Matt Machell
 Developing a mobile strategy for the library Kay Munro and Rosemary
Stenson
 Mobile devic es in teaching and research: how do libraries Sarah Barker, Claire
support this? Beecroft, Adam Watson
 Mobile devic es in the physical environment (QR codes, Jason Curtis, Gary Green,
Visual search, Geo-aware services etc.) in libraries, Peter Kargbo
exhibitions and galleries etc.
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Lightning talks:
1) Using apps for legal res earc h Peter Kargbo
2) Using iPads in and around the library Sarah Barker
3) Can Surrey Turn Our Library Projects Into “Something Gary Green
Mobile?”
4) Students’ mobile preferences - are our services meeting Adam Watson
their needs?
14:30 Breakout session (choose one to attend):
 Resource discovery on mobile devices Keren Mills
 Augmented reality for special collections Matt Ramirez
 Delivering existing library-owned content (e.g. historical Ed Fay
maps) on mobile devices
 Bibliographic management on mobile devices Mike Jones
15:15 Break
15:30 Supporting m-libraries community Owen Stephens
15:45 Summary of day and next steps Project team and Ben
Showers
16:00 Close
Organised as part of JISC funded
m-library community support project
(Evidence Base & Owen Stephens Consulting)