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Innovate and Collaborate:The Tripod Project

A conversation with Dr. Mark Sanderson a researcher at the University of Sheffield in Sheffield, UK on his pioneering innovation and collaboration project "The Tripod". Dr. Sanderson shows how researchers of seemingly disparate disciplines found synergies in collaborating on a global gps camera project known as the The Tripod Project. Over the course of 3 years, Dr. Sanderson who is an expert in search technologies demonstrated how innovation can have wonderfully surprising collaborative opportunities and practical implications. You don't want to miss this episode of the Elsevier Innovation Podcast Series.

The Mobile U.Too!

Audio interview with Dr. Stella Butler, Deputy University Librarian and Martin Snelling, E-Learning Support Manager at the University of Manchester on a practical success story of a mobile tool and developing a strategy for implementing mobile resources in the library. The specific example in this episode uses E-Readers for academic journals and a key takeaway was how the library saw a dramatic increase in journal usage not only in the assigned journals for the class but in related content that the library had subscribed to.

The Mobile U with Texas A&M

The Mobile U. podcast with Texas A&M university. In our premiere episode we travel to the heart of Texas for a discussion with Leslie Reynolds and Mike Bolton of Texas A&M university as they discuss implementation of the mobile library and integrating with the university's mobile system TAMU. In the second half we gain valuable industry insights and trends in mobile applications by Jan Pretorius, Director of Strategic Planning at Elsevier Inc. The Elsevier Innovation Podcast Series is a four part series library innovation and research collaboration released on the 15th of each month. The final episode will be released on January 15th, 2011.