IGeLU 2011, Haifa

Thanks to a tremendous response by colleagues from around the world, we now have an excellent programme of user presentations and posters to inspire you at the IGeLU conference in Haifa in September.  Presentation topics include: Enhancing collection management and technical processes Providing improved, unified search experiences for users in supporting e-research Experiences of implementing […]

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Haifa 2011 keynotes

Alongside our member’s presentations we are happy to announce that we have two prominent keynoters at the coming IGeLU conference in Haifa. The event will be opened by Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies and Research at Vanderbilt University , who will be providing his view of the changing landscape of library technologies in a […]

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ELUNA Annual Conference, Milwaukee, May 2011

Over 400 delegates from more than 30 countries descended upon Milwaukee, town of beer, cheese and sausages on windswept Lake Michigan, in May for this year’s ELUNA annual conference. The hidden theme of a well-organised and informative conference was Transition, moving from old to new systems while managing the changeover process to reflect the changes […]

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Haifa submissions

We have had a tremendous response to our call for user presentations and posters for the 2011 IGeLU Conference – we can safely say that we’ll have a very good programme for you to experience in Haifa in September. Many thanks to the presenters! Due to the enthusiastic response to our call we have filled […]

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Haifa 2011 registration now open

We are happy to announce that the registration for the 6th IGeLU Conference in Haifa is open at http://2011.igelu.org/ We invite you all to come to our Annual IGeLU conference at Haifa University where you can spend 3 exciting days networking with your colleagues from around the world and discussing issues of interest with developers […]

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Call for presentations, Haifa 2011 – deadline extended to 31st May

Call for Presentations and Posters, 2011 IGeLU Conference, Haifa One of the great benefits of annual conference attendance is the sharing of user experiences among the membership, generating ideas and learning innovative practices. User presentations contribute significantly to this, and create a program that is more than just about Ex Libris products – it’s about […]

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IGeLU conference 2012 – IGeLU needs you!

The location of the 7th IGeLU Annual meeting is still open, and we invite all member institutions to consider hosting of our meeting in 2012!  Hosting of the IGeLU conference provides great publicity for your institution, gives many staff members from your and from your partner institutions in your country, the opportunity to take part […]

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Goodbye Ghent, Hello Haifa

The UFO lecture hall, Ghent (IGeLU 2010)

It was a real pleasure to see so many of you at the 2010 IGeLU conference in Ghent, Belgium, and we hope you found it a useful, interesting, and enjoyable experience. Our thanks go, once again, to our hosts at the Library of the University of Ghent, who put so much work into making us […]

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Voices from Ghent

During the Ghent conference our roving reporter Ulrika Domellof-Mattsson, from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, carried out some short interviews with attendees, to get a flavour of the conference, and to see how popular the famous Belgian beers really were…: (Photos by Eva Törnblom and Marcus Zerbst) Esther Straub, Informationsverbund Deutschschweiz, Switzerland Which session did […]

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Wish you were here

Attendees at the talk on NERS during the Ghent conference were treated to a surprise performance: at the end of the session: Mark Dehmlow and the Steering Committee’s own Lukas Koster got on stage and performed a very special adaptation of the Pink Floyd song Wish You Were Here. In Lukas’s words: “It all started […]

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