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POSTPONED: ITIG program scheduled for Friday, 3/16/07
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Jim Kinnie
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Mar 15, 2007 09:36 PST
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(Please pardon duplication)
Dear ACRL/NEC members,
Due to the predicted inclement weather, we have decided to postpone the
Information Technology Interest Group program scheduled for tomorrow,
Friday, March 16, at Bryant University, (announcement below fyi). I will
keep you informed about when the program will be rescheduled.
I apologize for the inconvenience!
Janice Schuster
Coordinator of Reference Services and Reference Librarian
Phillips Memorial Library
Providence College
jsch-@providence.edu; 401-865-2631
IM reference: AIM, Yahoo: PCLibChat
http://www.providence.edu/Academics/Faculty/Humanities/Schuster.htm
From: Schuster, Janice
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 4:24 PM
To: 'acrln-@bu.edu'
Cc: 'srothe-@frc.mass.edu'
Subject: ITIG/LOCI program announcement, March 16, 2007
ACRL/NEC Information Technology Interest Group (ITIG) and Librarians on
Online Course Information (LOCI) are pleased to co-sponsor:
"Library-faculty collaboration: Bryant University's experience with Blackboard"
Friday,, March 16, 2007, Bryant University, North Smithfield, RI,
Unistructure room 382.
For directions to Bryant:
http://www.bryant.edu/bryant/about/visiting_campus.jsp
To find the Unistructure: drive up the main drive into Bryant and go past
the info kiosk, you will begin to see a big parking lot on your
right. Make the right into this lot. The lot expands out to the right and
attendees can park anywhere here they can find a space. The lot is
situated in front of a large building surrounded with windows. This is the
George E. Bellow Center for Information and Technology. This building also
contains the library. OUR MEETING WILL NOT BE IN THIS BUILDING!! Walk
past the Bello Center (the Chace Wellness Center will be on your right and
the Bello Center will be on your left as you walk up the main
sidewalk). In front of you will be the Unistructure building (the building
is curved). Walk in the main entrance and go to the 2nd level where you
will find room 382.
Speakers:
Colleen Anderson, instructional and e-resources Librarian,
Bryant University library
Janet Morahan-Martin, professor of Applied Psychology, Bryant University
Enoch Park, instructional technologist, Bryant University library
Topic:
The presentation will focus on how Bryant librarians and faculty are
working collaboratively to create virtual learning spaces within Blackboard
sites. The librarians are building customized library modules within
Blackboard sites, i.e. the modules include the most appropriate library
resources to complete each particular course assignment.
A typical library module includes, at minimum: 1) the most appropriate
library databases for the course, 2)useful websites, 3)a link to
e-reserves, 4)and information on how to contact a reference
librarian. Depending on the course assignment, each librarian uses his/her
judgment to decide what other resources might be useful to add.
The InstructionalTechnology Specialist is a key contributor to this
Blackboard initiative, since he adds each librarian to individual sites as
a course builder.
This initiative was started in the spring of 2005 with one psychology
course. It has grown to include approximately 30 course sites. The
presentation will cover how and why the initiative got started, the
perceived benefits, and the process for developing the initiative.
Tentative schedule:
9:30am Coffee, continental breakfast
10:00-10:15am Welcome, introductions, etc.
10:15-11:15 Presentation part one
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30-12noon Presentation part two
12noon-12:30pm Q & A
Registration is free and limited to 45 participants. Please RSVP to Colleen
Anderson, cand-@bryant.edu by Friday, March 9.
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