[Sig-bwp] Geo-Based Social Networks - a one-day Online Conference February 16

[Sarah Emmerson]

**Apologies for the 2 previous e-mails I sent that were ill formatted -- trying one more time.**
Trendy Topics 

Geo-Based Social Networks: 
FourSquare, Gowalla, MyTown and More! An Online Conference

Wednesday February 16, 2011

 

TAP Information Services and the School of Library and
Information Science at San Jose State University are pleased to announce
another in the ongoing series of online conferences on hot topics that
librarians can enjoy right at their desktops. 

 

Keynote Speaker:  Joe
Murphy, a leading innovator and trend spotter at the forefront of designing
strategies for meeting the changing technological landscape and Science
Librarian at Yale University Libraries, will speak on “Location Aware
Technology for Libraries.”  This keynote
explains the growing role of location in social networking and information
engagement and outlines library applications of geobased social media

 

Other Speakers:

 

·       Eric Gordon is a scholar of new media, with
a special interest in civic media, location-based media, and urban design. He
is an associate professor in the department of Visual and Media Arts at Emerson
College and will speak  on “Why Location
Matters in a Networked World”

·       Jason A. Clark
is Head of Digital Access and Web Services at Montana State University
Libraries where he builds digital library applications and sets digital content
strategies.  He will speak on “Where are
you? Surveying and Building Location-Aware Library Apps.”

·       Other speakers
To be announced

 

 

Registration: 
http://www.eventbee.com/view/trendytopics/event?eid=717982291

 

Registration Fees: 
$40 for individuals; $100 for groups; $25 for students and SJSU SLIS
alumni.  Your registration fee provides
access to all the live online presentations and discussions, and to the
conference archive of recordings and slide sets. SJSU SLIS current faculty and
students may attend for free.  Contact
Lori Bell at lbell927 at gmail.com for a free coupon code.   

 

Register at:  Trendy
Topics Conference Series Website:  
http://www.trendytopics.info/

 

Start Time:  11 a.m.
Eastern, 10 Central, 9 Mountain, and 8 Pacific.

End Time:  3:30 p.m.
Eastern, 2:30 p.m. Central, 1:30 p.m. Mountain, and 12:30 p.m. Pacific. 

 

More Info:  Lori Bell
at lbell927 at gmail.com or 

Tom Peters at tpeters at tapinformation.com
  Sarah EmmersonPhone:  714-478-7137E-mail:  saemmerson at yahoo.comFacebook:  http://www.facebook.com/sarah.emmerson