Technology producer for Channel 4 news, Geoff White, provided a fascinating insight into how news stories make it onto air and the changing role of broadcast news organisations. For example, on Monday morning a prospect list of eight stories were mooted for that evening’s news show. In fact just three of those stories ended up … Continue reading “Changes at Channel 4… Umbrella 2013”
RNIB’s talk at Umbrella 2013 began with the thought-provoking statistic that already one in eight people in the UK have difficulty reading print… and with that figure set to double by 2050 due to the aging population. However, whilst there is a huge and growing need for accessible books, there’s a scarcity of supply, with … Continue reading “RNIB – Reaching out to New Readers. Umbrella 2013.”
The opening keynote speech on day two of the 2013 Umbrella conference promised to address the challenges inherent in this critical time for information professionals. Delivered by the charismatic and energetic Janice LaChance, CEO of the Special Libraries Association (SLA), we learnt much about professional skills as well as some unexpected insights into Janice’s life … Continue reading “Remain Relevant and Valued… SLA’s Janice LaChance at Umbrella 2013”
Presentations from the recent Umbrella conference (with more to follow) Ian Rowland- The Google Generation: Understanding information-seeking behaviours in the digital environment Alan Poulter – IT for the LIS Professional Dave Puplett – How Libraries can bridge the Information Web and the Social Web– Dave has also written an article on this topic for the … Continue reading “MMIT group at Umbrella 2011 – presentations now available”
MmIT will be co-hosting six papers at CILIP’s Umbrella 2011. Details of the papers are below. Three representatives from MMIT Group will be at the conference: Andrew Cox, Jon Fletcher and Catherine Dhanjal, managing editor, MmIT journal. Jon Fletcher has also had a poster accepted for the conference, based on his article on mobile webpages vs apps which … Continue reading “MmIT at Umbrella 2011”
A recent FreePint webinar examined the topic of “Authoritative Analysis: Because 24/7 News is Too Risky“. The speakers, Stephen Foley of the Financial Times and Cynthia Lesky of Threshold Information Services, offered two perspectives on work – from that of a business journalist and research analyst respectively. At first sight, perhaps, the two might not … Continue reading “Tackling the challenge of ‘news’”
The November issue of the Group journal is now available online. To log in with your normal Cilip website user name and password, visit: http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/multimedia/journal/pages/journalcurrentissue.aspx. If you need a reminder of your Cilip password/user name, contact Cilip or catherine.dhanjal@theansweruk.com This issue covers news, book and product reviews, tech-round up plus features. Our special feature focus … Continue reading “MmIT journal November issue now available”
At Umbrella this year we realised that a number of MMIT Group members didn’t realise they could have the printed version of the journal for just £17/pa UK or £24 overseas. Contact catherine.dhanjal@theansweruk.com if you’d like to set this up.
