An Invitation to the Talis Insight Conference, 6 - 7 November
Free to attend, Talis Insight is open to every academic and public library in the UK and Ireland, regardless of LMS.
CILIP are delighted to support the Talis Insight Conference this year, sponsoring the afternoon lunch for attendees.
As the leading provider of library management solutions in the UK and Ireland, Talis would like to invite you to attend the Talis Insight Conference on the 6 - 7 November, at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole.
Open to all public and academic libraries, Talis has assembled a great list of keynote speakers, sessions and exhibitors for the library community. Already almost 200 delegates have registered to attend Talis Insight. Whether you have systems from CivicaTM, DS, Ex LibrisTM, Infor, Innovative, Talis or SirsiDynix, Talis Insight is relevant for you.
Conference Programme
The Talis Insight Conference brings together some of the leading voices in the library world to stimulate debate, meet with peers, share ideas and provide 'Inspiration for Change'. Key presenters include:
For public libraries:
* Roy Clare CBE, Chief Executive, MLA
* Tony Durcan, President, The Society of Chief Librarians
* Ken Chad, Consultant
* Frances Hendrix, Consultant and Young Librarian Panel
* Tim Coates, Author and Bookseller
For academic libraries:
* Tony Hey, Vice President of Technical Computing, Microsoft
* Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies, Vanderbilt University
* Les Watson, Freelance Educational Adviser
* Peter Godwin, The University of Bedfordshire
* Antony Brewerton, The University of Warwick
The event will open with a challenging session entitled 'What will 'Businesslike' mean when business isn't like business anymore?' from Euan Semple, former Head of Knowledge Management at the BBC. The full conference programme is now available online.
Exhibitor Showcase
This year, CILIP is supporting Talis Insight sponsoring the delegate lunches across the two days. Throughout the two days, Talis and partner organisations will be demonstrating new product developments. Conference sponsors include Insight Media, BDS, Salford Software, SB Electronics, 2CQR, Lorensbergs, Talkingtech, D-Tech, QAS, FIL and CILIP.
Register online, its free to attend
For additional information about Talis Insight visit www.talis.com/insight and secure your free place online. Alternatively contact the Talis Insight team on insight07@talis.com to discuss your interest.
Notes for Editors
Press Contact (do not print these details)
Contact: Harpreet Kaur Dhillon, Marketing Executive, Marketing Group, Talis
Tel: +44 (0)870 400 5000
Email: harpreet.dhillon@talis.com
1. CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. It forms a community of around 36,000 people engaged in library and information work, of whom around 21,000 are CILIP members and around 15,000 are regular customers of CILIP Enterprises. For more information about CILIP, please go to www.cilip.org.uk
2. Talis is an established provider of library and information management software to public and academic libraries and has a long history as a technology innovator, a pioneer for open standards, and as a partner for its customers.
Working closely with world standards bodies such as World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, and NISO, ongoing research activities include Web Services, Services Oriented Architectures, RDF based metadata and RSS.
Talis' heritage of working with academic and public institutions means that we are ideally positioned to apply emerging technologies to build new, and enhance existing software solutions. The Talis Library Platform is an open, extensible, Web 2.0 based software platform that provides the foundation upon which next generation applications are being developed.
Through the Talis Developer Network (www.talis.com/tdn), Talis welcomes developers to join its development community and build the next generation of applications and services on a shared platform.
For more information, visit www.talis.com/library where you can find detailed information, read our blogs, join our discussion forums, and listen to our industry podcasts.
Updated: 24 January 2008