The American University of Rome » Library Events http://www.aur.edu/american-university-rome Preparing Students from Around the World to Live and Work Across Cultures Tue, 22 May 2012 01:22:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 APR 19 – 5th Annual Biblionext Spring Event http://www.aur.edu/american-university-rome/2012/04/apr-19-5th-annual-biblionext-spring-event/ http://www.aur.edu/american-university-rome/2012/04/apr-19-5th-annual-biblionext-spring-event/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:47:18 +0000 aur http://www.aur.edu/american-university-rome/?p=6084 The U.S. Embassy to Italy and the American University of Rome are proud to host the 5th annual Biblionext Spring Event on Thursday April 19 2012, at the Hotel Aldrovandi in Rome.

2012 is a very special year. It is the 5th anniversary of the Spring Event, and we are looking forward to celebrating it.

This year the focus will be on the Digital Omnivore. Speakers will include Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, Erik Boekesteijn and Japp van de Geer , authors of the Sanachie Tour and This Week in Libraries, Matteo Bittanti, Professor in the Visual & Critical Studies programs at the California College of the Arts, Jeffrey Schnapp, Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, Jannik Mulvad, librarian at Mediaspace, Aarhus, Denmark, Nicola Cavalli, researcher and senior member of the Osservatorio sui Nuovi Media (NuMediaBiOs) of Milano Bicocca University, Francesco Mazzetta, director of the Biblioteca comunale Fiorenzula d’Arda, Karen Hartman, U.S. State Department, and Ross Todd, Director, Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries, State University of New Jersey

The seminar will be of interest to all professions of the information and digital media sectors, including librarians, information professionals, publishers and booksellers, as well as students of library sciences, communication sciences, learning sciences, visual arts, and publishing.

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The U.S. Embassy to Italy and the American University of Rome are proud to host the 4th annual Spring Event, to be held Thursday March 31st 2011 at 9:30 in Rome at the Hotel Aldrovandi, Via Aldrovandi, 15.

2011 will be a milestone year for the Italian book market. Publishers, bookstores, and libraries are exploring the impact of ebooks on readers’ behavior. Business models, reading habits and library services are all going to be dramatically influenced by the new e-reading devices just introduced into the Italian market. Speakers will include Christopher Platt, Director of Collections of the New York Public Library; Professor Gino Roncaglia of Universita’ della Tuscia; Sara Batts, President of SLA-Europe; Jacob Lewis, founder of Figment, an online community for teens and young-adults to create, discover, and share new reading and writing; Antonella De Robbio, librarian and expert of digital copyrights, Universita’ degli Studi di Padova; Antonio Tombolini, CEO of Simplicissimus Book Farm; Giulio Blasi, head of MediaLibraryOnline; Marco Calvo, director of LiberLiber; and Eli Neiburger, expert on gaming and associate director for IT & production at the Ann Arbor District Library.

The event will be of interest to all professions associated with the information and digital publishing sectors, including librarians, publishers and booksellers, as well as students of library sciences, communication sciences, and publishing.

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