Mississippi State
University Libraries eResource & Emerging Technologies Summit (MSU LEETS)
is an annual joint conference hosted by MSU Libraries (http://library.msstate.edu/) exploring the application of new
technologies in libraries and the acquisition and management of eResources.
Previous keynote speakers include Matt Goldner, Jason Griffey, Nicole Hennig,
Sarah Houghton, Ross Housewright, Aaron Schmidt, and Michael Stephens.
MSU LEETS 2013 will take
place on Thursday and Friday, August 1-2, 2013 at Mississippi State University
in Starkville, MS.
Call for Proposals:
The 2013 MSU LEETS
programming committee is now accepting proposals for Steal This Idea sessions and
poster presentations!
Steal This Idea sessions
are one hour in length (including Q&A) and are opportunities for speakers
to share their successful (or not!) implementations and investigations of
electronic resources and/or emerging technologies in academic libraries.
Potential topics
include, but are in no way restricted to:
Altmetrics
Articles on demand
Bookless libraries
Cloud computing
Consortium licensing and
access
Data collection and
assessment
Digital collections/Digitization
ERMS implementation and
use
Integrated Library
Systems
Information literacy
Institutional
repositories
Interlibrary Loan
Marketing
Mobile applications
Mobile ready websites
Open access
Open source
Patron driven
acquisition
Patron use of e-devices
Reference
Social media
User experience
Virtual services
Website analytics
Please submit your 150-200
word proposals for Steal This Idea sessions and poster presentations at: http://blogs.library.msstate.
Submission deadline is
Monday, May 5, 2013 and notifications of acceptance will be emailed by Friday,
May 17, 2013. Presenters receive complimentary registration to the summit.
Thank you,
The MSU LEETS
Programming Committee
MSU LEETS Co-Chairs: Pattye
Archer (parcher@library.msstate.edu), Karen Davidson (kdavidson@library.msstate.edu
