Online Information, the largest UK event dedicated to the information industry, will host The European Librarians Theatre at this year's exhibition. Staged in association with SLA EUROPE and EBSCO, the theatre will feature panel discussions focussing on topical issues facing librarians.
The discussions will be led by speakers from a number of different European countries to provide a variety of viewpoints. These sessions will take place on all three days of the show and will address the impact of new technologies on the role of the librarian and library management.
EBSCO is supporting SLA Europe and Online Information in hosting three topical discussions in Online Information's European Libraries Theatre. SLA Europe has enlisted expert panellists from across Europe, and the wider world. Together with their audiences they will examine the impact of digitisation, mobile technologies and social media on librarians, libraries and their users. Geraldine Clement-Stoneham, a former President of SLA Europe, will be the moderator of the digitisation debate. Panellists from Italy, France, the Netherlands and the UK are expected to exchange their experiences of libraries going digital.
In putting social media under the spotlight, Jakob Harnesk from EBSCO and a panel from Spain, France, Sweden and the UK will draw on evidence from Europe-wide surveys to help predict the future for 21st century librarians. Examining the effects of mobile technologies in Europe's libraries, SLA President, Anne Caputo, will lead a panel from Greece, France, the UK and Italy. Complete details of the programme are available online at http://www.online-information.co.uk/visiting/seminars_online_2010.html?group=147&show_dayplanner=1.
Online Information is an annual meeting place for more than 9,000 attendees from over 40 countries across the globe. This unique free to attend event consists of an exhibition with more than 200 international exhibitors, an extensive educational show floor seminar programme, plus a range of exciting and stimulating show features. Focusing on new technologies and key sectors, Online Information feature areas are set to be a major highlight of the 2010 event.
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