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Virtual conference Oct. 18-19: Library 2.013
September 17, 2013 Tags: library, media, virtual
Category: Focus, Mobile Devices, Professional Development, Web 2.0, What's New Technologies No Comments 
Library 2.013 Conference. This is the third virtual and free worldwide conference on the present and future of libraries, librarians, and librarianship–with a bonus half-day special event this year on “Connected K12 Librarians” (more information soon!). They have accepted 92 presentations for this two-day (24-hour-a-day event) and they are GREAT presentations. You should consider adding a proposal as well! The deadline for session proposals is Monday, Sept. 30 (end of day). The focus of this conference is also on practitioner presentations, so be brave and tell us how you can showcase something valuable or contribute to the audience.
Here are the Library 2.013 conference keynote speakers: Doris Samanez Alzamora (Director Biblioteca Nacional de Peru); Dr. Jocelyn Cranefield (Senior Lecturer School of Information Management, University of Wellington); Dr. Sandra Hirsh (Director of the School of Library and Information Science San José State University); Buhle Mbambo-Thata (Executive Director of Library Services University of South Africa-UNISA); Peter Morville (President, Semantic Studios); Neil Pakenham-Walsh (Coordinator, Healthcare For All By 2015 and Co-Director, Global Healthcare Information Network); Lee Rainie (Director, Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project); Barbara Stripling (President, ALA and Assistant Professor of Practice Syracuse University); Roy Tennant (Senior Program Officer, OCLC Research); and Gene Tan (Director, National Library of Singapore). Several keynote speakers from previous Library 2.0 conferences returning as “Distinguished Speakers:” Susan Hildreth, R. David Lankes, Laura Malita, Joe Murphy, Michael Stephens, Ellen Tise, David Weinberger, and Jianzhong Wu.
Eager for even more participation? Join the Library 2.013 advisory board HERE or sign up to be a volunteer session moderator HERE. Non-profit groups can sign up for free to be conference “partners,” and for-profit group can email [email protected] for help in making this all come to pass.
The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at San José State University is the founding conference sponsor.
Altogether, eight conference strands cover a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, and more! Presenters may also submit presentations that cover LIS-related topics not included in the themed strands.
