Who’s watching your space?

Wednesday 5th December 2-5 pm, The London Room, Kensington Olympia (adjoining the main exhibition hall)

Following the publication of the much anticipated OCLC Membership Report Sharing, Privacy and Trust in our Networked World, OCLC is hosting a Symposium at the Online Information Show to share some of the findings from the report, and to explore the impact of social networking in the information environment.  

Three reasons why you should attend this free event:

1. Hear three prestigious speakers offer their own unique perspective on the networking space.
   • John Naughton
     John is Professor of the Public Understanding of Technology at the Open University and Director of the university's Relevant Knowledge project.  He also is a Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge where he is Director of the College’s Press Fellowship Programme.  He has been a weekly columnist on the Observer since 1987 and is now the paper’s Internet commentator.   A Brief History of the Future, his best-selling book on the development and significance of the Internet, is published in the UK by Phoenix.
   • Matt Brown
     Matt is Editor of Nature Network - a social networking site for scientists, from Nature Publishing Group. He has ten years experience in science publishing, having previously worked for Elsevier. In his spare time, Matt also edits Londonist.com - one of the UK's most influential blogs.
   • Cathy de Rosa
     Cathy is Vice President for the Americas & Global Vice President of Marketing for OCLC and the primary author of the OCLC Membership Report series.
2. Be amongst the first to find out what the influential OCLC Membership Report for 2007 has to say.  And for the first 20 people who register, pick up your own free copy at the event.
   Over 6,100 users, aged 14 to 84 from Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States were surveyed for this report.
   
   On average, more than a quarter of the general public respondents currently participate on some type of social media or social networking site. Respondents in the U.S. lead in the number of social networking site users at 37%; respondents in the UK lead in use of social media sites at 34%.  So find out how this audience responded to questions on:
   • using the web
   • sharing on the web
   • information privacy and library privacy
   • libraries and social networks
3. Join us to mark the first international OCLC Symposium at one of the foremost shows in the international library calendar.
   As part of the event we will be hosting a small drinks reception to provide an opportunity to network informally with speakers and other attendees.

As space is limited for this event, pre-registration is required.  Register now >>

In order to attend this event for free, pre-registration for the Online exhibition is also required. Entry to the exhibition on the day of the event is £15.00.