Online conference on Virtual Worlds and Libraries

[Lori Bell]

TAP Information Services and the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University Announce a One-Day Online Conference:
“Trendy Topics 2010:  Virtual Worlds and Libraries” on Tuesday, October 12th

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. 

Jeremy Kemp, Lecturer at the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University will deliver the keynote on “Virtual Worlds for Teaching, Learning and Library Services.”  Other speakers for this day-long conference include:

·       Dr. Bryan Carter on “Literature and Virtual Worlds”

·       Randy Hinrichs on “Certificate in Virtual Worlds”

·       A panel on “The Innovative World of Academic Librarians in Second Life”

·       A panel on “The Community Virtual Library in Second Life”

·       A panel on “Health Information in Virtual Worlds”

Full Schedule:  http://www.trendytopics.info/T2VWschedule.pdf

Registration Fees:  $40 for individuals; $100 for groups; $30 for students.  

Register at:  http://TrendyTopics.eventbee.com/event?eid=751168284

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

San Jose State SLIS current faculty and students may attend for free. 
Please contact Lori Bell at lbel...@gmail.com for a coupon code.

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

End Time:  6 p.m. Eastern, 5 Central, 4 Mountain, and 3 Pacific. 

For more information on these workshops please contact Lori Bell at lbel...@gmail.com or Tom Peters at TAP Information Services at tpe...@tapinformation.com.

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Lori Bell
Lecturer
School of Library and Information Science
San Jose State University
(309)338-5115
lbel...@gmail.com
lbel...@yahoo.com