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Announcing the Library 2.0 "Emerging Technology" Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded. network to be kept updated on this and future events. We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to participate in this event. She is the author of the book Emerging Library Technologies: It's Not Just for Geeks (Elsevier, 2018).

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Register for the Library 2.0 "Emerging Technology" Mini-Conference - Plus, Some Accepted Sessions Are Online!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to participate in this event. This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded. network to be kept updated on this and future events. She is the author of the book Emerging Library Technologies: It's Not Just for Geeks (Elsevier, 2018).

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Next Week - The Library 2.0 "Emerging Technology" Mini-Conference - All Keynotes and Sessions Posted!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to register now to participate in this event. This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded. network to be kept updated on this and future events. Her forthcoming book on Drones in Libraries will be available in July 2020 (Elsevier).

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Inspire to learn

Learning with 'e's

As a prelude to the event, the organisers have asked me to write a short blog post which takes the form of my responses to four questions: Q1. The big four publishers - Elsevier, Wiley, Taylor and Francis and Springer - are making huge profits worldwide from the goodwill of academics. I plan to discuss our possible responses to this.

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Cultural hegemony and disruption

Learning with 'e's

Wikipedia is popular because it can be accessed from anywhere using a web enabled mobile phone. How long will it be before these media disrupt the hegemony the large publishing houses such as Elsevier, Springer and Wiley currently impose upon the academic world? And when all factors are analysed, this should be no surprise.