Annual Seminar 2011 E-Books : Caressing The Divine Details

1. Annual Seminar 2011 E-Books : Caressing The Divine Details

2. LIR ANNUAL SEMINARE-Books: Caressing The Divine Details 09:15 – 10:10 Coffee & Registration10:10 – 10:20 Seminar Opening, Ronán Kennedy, Chair LIR • 10:20 – 11:05 E-books : one small step for man, one giant leap for higher education, Sarah Thompson & Steve Sharp, York & Leeds Universities11:05 – 11:25 E-Books – some food for thought , Terry O’Brien, WIT11:25 – 11:35 Questions & discussion 11:35 – 11:45 Short interval ACQUISITIONS STRAND11:45 – 12:00 Digitisation of an 18th Century Limerick Publication: The Magazine of Magazines,Yvonne Diggins, UL12:00 – 12:15 Rolling out e-books at NUI Galway, Neil O’Brien, NUI Galway12:15 – 12:30 Acquiring & accessing e-books: DkIT’s experience, Claire Kenny, DkIT12:30 – 12:45 E-books – implementation/administration @ DCU, Mary Kiely, DCU12:45 – 12:55 Questions & discussion 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch • END-USER STRAND14:00 – 14:45 The Future of the Textbook Marketplace, Paul Harwood, JISC14:45 – 15:00 I want that one: obtaining major textbooks electronically at Trinity College Library Dublin, Greg Sheaf, TCD15:00 – 15:15 Check out a Kindle!, Dan Holden, Queens15:15 – 15:30 If we lend them will they come? Experiences of lending ebook readers at the Glucksman Library, UL, Michelle Breen, UL15:30 – 15:45 Ebooks in St. Patrick's College: A Leap in a Year, Liam O’Dwyer, St. Patrick’s College15:45 – 15:55 Questions & discussion16:00 – 16:05 Close 16:15 LIR AGM