FYI Folks:
Saturday, 1/16 10:30am-12pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Room
104C
The LITA Distance Learning Interest Group will meet at the 2010 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston to discuss current issues in distance learning such as:
eBook formats & features – eBooks might be a natural fit for distance learning, but what are the pros & cons [...]
ALA snuck up on me this year, despite falling later on the calendar. This year is also a big one for me, as I had a pre-conference, discussion group, and a book-signing on my calendar.
Kaeley McMahan (my pre-conference co-presenter) and I flew in and are rooming together. It’s a first for me to have planned [...]
So, I had this vision of Midwinter. I would do what I used to do, and write up a thorough post of every meeting I attended. I would include lots of links and my own thoughts on the content. I would write these posts in sessions and get them online before the meeting even adjourned.
But [...]
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Posted 26 January 2009
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One of my favorite parts of ALA is the Interest Group concept. I’m involved in this as the co-chair of LITA’s Distance Learning Interest Group. As such, I’m letting folks know about the meeting all over the place, and though I should probably post it here, too:
You are invited to the LITA Distance Learning Interest [...]
Organizational Perspectives: Distance Learning in the Library, Across the University, and into the Future
Howard Carter, Associate Professor and Manager, Instructional Support Services, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Started with a plug for DLIG and LITA. I’ve heard this talk from him before, and he’s good at it! It’s the speech that got me interested in DLIG and [...]