From: Mary Ann Jones <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 08:24:20 -0500

***Please excuse cross-postings***

Registration is now open for the Mississippi State University
Libraries eResource & Emerging Technologies Summit (MSU LEETS) being
held at Mississippi State University on Friday and Saturday, August
3rd – 4th, 2012.  The Summit provides a unique and cost-effective
opportunity to focus on pressing concerns in academic libraries today
regarding the development, maintenance, application, and assessment of
electronic resources and emerging technologies.
http://library.msstate.edu/msuleets


MSU LEETS eResource focus: Friday, August 3rd

Friday’s NASIG-sponsored eResource focus provides you with a chance to
broaden your knowledge of issues surrounding the acquisition,
operation, collection, and management of electronic resources in
academic libraries.   Featured speakers include: Tim Collins,
President and Founder of EBSCO Publishing; Regina Reynolds, Director
of the U.S. ISSN Center at the Library of Congress; Tammy Sugarman,
Associate Dean for Collections at Georgia State University Library;
and Carol Joyner Cramer, Head of Collection Management at Z. Smith
Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University.  New this year will be two
Steal-This- Idea sessions led by David Comeaux, Web Services Librarian
at Tulane University, and Kristin Calvert, Electronic Resources
Librarian at Western Carolina University. For more on these sessions:
http://library.msstate.edu/msuleets.

MSU LEETS Emerging Technologies focus: Saturday, August 4th

On Saturday, Nicole Hennig, Head of MIT’s User Experience Group, will
offer a keynote exploring current tech trends in human-centered
design, learning by creating, location-independence, and social good.
Registration for the Summit will also include her popular
Apps4Librarians workshop (http://apps4librarians.com/).  As always, we
will have additional Steal-This-Idea sessions from your colleagues
across the country on subjects like mobile app development, cloud
computing, augmented reality technologies, and more.  This year, we
will also be offering two Think Tank sessions focused on developing
collaborative solutions to social media staffing models and
streamlining our work lives online. For more on these sessions:
http://library.msstate.edu/msuleets.

Registration for the full conference is $80.  One-day registration is
available for $50. NASIG members and LIS students receive a discount.
Registration is online at http://library.msstate.edu/msuleets.

Follow the Summit’s Facebook page (http://facebook.com/msuleets) or
our Twitter account (http://twitter.com/msu_ets) for more.

Let us know if you have any questions—otherwise we hope to see you in August!

June Garner, [log in to unmask]

Amanda Clay Powers, [log in to unmask]
MSU LEETS Co-Chairs

Mary Ann Jones, MLIS
Assistant Professor
Coordinator/Electronic Resources Librarian
Mississippi State University Libraries
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