Information School News

The annual MmIT national conference takes place in Sheffield on 11 and 12 September.  The 2014 conference focuses on sound and vision, exploring the world of video, podcasts, visualisations, augmented reality and iTunesU. Dr Andrew Cox of the Information School is attending the event, along with a number of student volunteers from the Information School who will be helping to run the event: Sharon Wagg, Rosa Sadler, Sarah Wilson, Naomi Calhoun and Foteini Karagianni.  MSc Digital Library Management student Penny Andrews is also speaking at the event on open resources and sharing media . Further details are available on the conference website .

The national MmIT conference was hosted in Sheffield yesterday. You can follow a lot of the action on Twitter . More informal commentary on the event ... on Michelle's library stuff , Lady Pen's treasure trove and Sensible shoes . Further news will follow on the MmIT blog . Special thanks go to students who got involved in helping to organise the conference John Bottomley Linda Kemp Jen Smith Simon Wakeling & also to the following students who did a marvellous job helping out on the day: Michelle Bond Nancy Broadfoot Sarah Cole (Official photographer) Penelope Dunn Adoree Hatton Anna Richards Leanne Wain