Social Media Week Glasgow

News from EDINA:

Next week is Social Media Week Glasgow (#SMWgla) and EDINA and Edinburgh Beltane, Beacon for Public Engagement are jointly running an event, "Social Media & Academia Panel Session and Surgery" (#socac) which is taking place on Wednesday 21st September 2011 at University of Glasgow Library from 3.30 - 6pm.

The event will focus on the opportunities for using social media in academia, particularly for public engagement where collaboration and communicating research to wider audience can create greater social impact for your work. It is free to attend but registration (via:

http://socialmediaweek.org/event/?event_id=470 ) is essential.

Our panellists are social media enthusiasts using new technologies to engage their audiences in innovative ways:

- Dr Chris Speed, researcher in Digital Architecture, Human Geography and Social Computing, Edinburgh College of Art

- Jen Ross, Associate Lecturer on the MSc in E-Learning programme and part of the Digital Cultures and Education research group at the School of Education, University of Edinburgh.

- Dr Peter Matthews, lecturer in the School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University

- William Nixon, Digital Library Development Manager at University of Glasgow

After the panel session there will be an informal social media surgery - an opportunity to ask more in depth questions, get specific advice or play with social media with lots of experienced people on hand.

The website includes further information and the link to register for the event:

http://socialmediaweek.org/event/?event_id=470

The event is free and open to all though it will be particularly useful for academic and support staff, researchers, library and information professionals, and post graduate students. If you have any questions or problems registering please email: edina@ed.ac.uk. If you are unable to attend in person please do join in the discussions online by keeping an eye on the #socac hashtag or the event page where we will be linking to live blogging and any images and audio of the event.

sent on behalf of:

Nicola Osborne, Social Media Officer for EDINA & Heather Rea, Project Manager for Edinburgh Beltane, Beacon for Public Engagement