Folk who are already experimenting with mobile technologies to deliver services may care to note that the theme for the Third International M-libraries Conference next year is ‘Mobile technologies – information on the move’.
The conference is in Brisbane, Australia (11 to 13 May 2011).
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It is hosted by the University of Southern Queensland in collaboration with Athabasca University, the Open University, Thompson Rivers University and Emerald Group Publishing.
Nicky Whitsed (OU) has posted the call for papers on LIS-LINK today. The conference will bring together researchers, technical developers, managers and library practitioners to exchange experience and expertise and generate ideas for future developments.
The organisers are seeking papers on the following themes:
1. Emerging mobile technologies (including platforms, devices and software)
2. Delivering new mobile services to users
3. New mobile applications (technical)
4. Mobile users (e.g. studies of requirements and/or behaviour)
5. Development of content for mobiles (including OERs, commercially published, user‑generated etc.)
6. Privacy and mobiles
7. Copyright issues for mobile delivery
Abstracts (up to 300 words) should go to M‑Libraries‑Conference@open.ac.uk by November 1st. So, if you fancy Australia in May, get an abstract in and we might just see the third M-libraries conference fielding a NoWAL speaker!
