Sound and Vision in Librarianship - Going Beyond Words and Pictures

MmIT 2014 Conference: Sound and Vision in Librarianship - Going Beyond Words and Pictures

CILIP: Multimedia Information & Technology Group

Thursday, 11 September 2014 at 10:30 - Friday, 12 September 2014 at 15:30 (BST)

Sheffield , United Kingdom

The conference theme is ‘Sound and Vision in Librarianship: Going Beyond Words and Pictures’ and addresses the implications and practices of producing, managing & curating audio/video materials in the digital age.
 
The keynote speakers have been confirmed as:
 

• Liz McGettigan, Director of Digital Library Experiences at SOLUS
  'The use of Augmented Reality to drive audience growth and innovative customer experience'
• Richard Ranft, The British Library Sound Archive
  'One hour in a century: finding sounds in the British Library'
• Graham McElearney, Senior Learning Technologist for the University of Sheffield:
  'iTunes U - Making Learning Global'.

Delegates will engage in a series of workshops and seminars on sound and vision themes and the conference will also showcase current research and innovations in these areas through lightning sessions and presentations from researching practitioners

http://www.cilip.org.uk/about/special-interest-groups/multimedia-information-and-technology-group