[Neasis-l] registration now open- Mobile mania, Nov 5th in Boston

[Christine Quirion]

Registration is now open for "Mobile Mania: Developing information services for portable devices," which will be held on Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 8:30am - 4:00pm, Kotzen Center, Simmons College, Boston, MA. This event is co-sponsored by NEASIS&T and the Simmons College Student Chapter of ASIS&T.

Register here: http://neasist.org/pc/programs/20081105.html

ABOUT THIS EVENT: "While devices like PDAs, portable phones, and digital music players have been on the scene for almost a decade, mobile devices have now reached an unprecedented level of popularity. Devices like the iPhone, iPod touch, Blackberry, and Kindle are no longer simply tools for communication-they are now a primary channel through which everyday people interact with news, music, blogs, wikis, television, video, books, academic content, the world wide web, and more. Platforms like Windows Mobile, iPhone, Blackberry, Symbian and the new Google Android will continue to challenge information service organizations to deliver content in new ways, and embed services within these virtual environments. [More info on program web site]

SPEAKERS:

*	Andrew Yu is the Mobile Devices Program Manager for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
*	Ellyssa Kroski is an Information Consultant, Reference Librarian, writer and speaker in the field. She blogs at iLibrarian and InfoTangle.
*	Michelle Kraft a Senior Medical Librarian at the Cleveland Clinic Alumni Library, and author of "The Krafty Librarian," a blog for medical librarians discussing medical library technologies and applications.
*	Alexis Robin Rondeau and Stanley Wiechers are the founders of Semapedia.org, a non-profit, community-driven project that connects the physical and virtual worlds. Semapedia-Tags which are cellphone-readable physical hyperlinks to the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia (or any of Wikipedia's sister projects such as Wikibooks and Wikinews).

SCHEDULE:

8:30-9:00 -- Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:15 -- Welcome & Introduction
9:15-10:15 --Andrew Yu - "Introduction to mobile devices and platforms"
10:15-10:45 - Networking break
10:45-11:45 - Ellyssa Kroski - "Libraries and the Mobile Web"
11:45-1:15 - Lunch (included with registration)
1:15-2:15 -- Michelle Kraft - "What's in Your Pocket? Mobile Medical Applications"
2:15-3:00--Alexis Robin Rondeau and Stan Wiechers- "Connecting the virtual and physical world with Semapedia Tags"
3:00-4:00 -- Panel

REGISTRATION INFO:

*	Online registration or pre-registration must be received by Thursday, October 30, 2008.
*	Registration fee includes lunch and refreshments.
*	Registrations will be processed on a first come, first served basis. Space is limited, online registration is encouraged.

COST:

*	ASIS&T or SLA member: $45.00
*	Non-ASIS&T member: $85.00
*	Student/retiree/between jobs: $30.00

Register here: http://neasist.org/pc/programs/20081105.html

Questions: Contact Christine Quirion, cquirion at mit.edu

 
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Christine Quirion
Document Services Librarian
MIT Libraries 
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Bldg.14-0551
Cambridge MA 02139
phone: 617-253-5667
email: cquirion at mit.edu
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