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(summer round of ACRL-Oregon <a
href="http://www.olaweb.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=66873">E-Learning
Scholarships open in April!)</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ACRL
Registration
is now open for the following e-learning opportunities from ACRL.
Stretch
your professional budget by registering now for these affordable
distance
learning courses and events! Space is limited, so register now to
reserve your
seat!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Multi-week
Courses:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span><b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Introduction
to Website Usability<o:p></o:p></span></b><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">March
23-April 10, 2009<o:p></o:p><br>
For
very little investment in staff hours and training you can reap
tremendous
benefits by connecting with the users of your library website and Web
based
applications through usability testing. This three-week course is
designed for
the librarian or library IT staff person who is interested in setting
up a
usability program but doesn't know where to begin.<o:p><br>
</o:p>For
more information about this course, including pricing and a link to
online
registration, please visit <a
href="http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/Website_Usability.cfm">http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/Website_Usability.cfm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span><b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Implementing
Online Teaching and Learning: Using Moodle and Other Web 2.0 Features<o:p></o:p></span></b><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">April
6 – May 2, 2009<o:p></o:p><br>
In
this four week hands-on course we will overview of the state-of-the-art
of
online teaching and learning technology and its applications. We will
review
the use of teaching materials created with multi-media plug-ins and
classroom
communications tools and specifically the Moodle LMS (Learning
Management
System).<o:p></o:p><br>
For
more information about this course, including pricing and a link to
online
registration, please visit <a
href="http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/OnlineTeaching.cfm">http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/OnlineTeaching.cfm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span><b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Copyright
and the Library Part 2: Library, Classroom and Other Issues Including
the
DMCA<o:p></o:p></span></b><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">April
6 - 24, 2009<o:p></o:p><br>
In
this course, students will continue to learn to think in terms of U.S.
copyright law. In this course, students will focus on issues pertaining
to
Libraries with a special focus on how copyright pertains to the
classroom
setting. Sections 108, 109, 110, 512 and 1201 will be examined for a
thorough
understanding on their impact in academic libraries.<o:p></o:p><br>
For more information about this course, including pricing and a link to
online
registration, please visit <a
href="http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/copyright2.cfm">http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/copyright2.cfm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br>
Live
Webcasts:<o:p></o:p></span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span><b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Next
Generation Information Commons</span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br>
March 31, 2009 – 2PM Eastern<o:p></o:p><br>
Some
information commons are now more than ten years old and are in need of
refreshing in terms of conception, configuration, technologies, and
services.
Others are so popular that additions are planned, either adjacent to
the
existing commons, on other floors, or in other buildings on campus.
Through the
use of principles and practical examples, participants will learn about
trends
in information and learning commons. A wide variety of photos will be
used to
illustrate the presentation<o:p></o:p><br>
For
more information about this webcast, including pricing and a link to
online
registration, please visit <a
href="http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/nextgeninfocommons.cfm">http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/nextgeninfocommons.cfm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><br>
<b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Program
Review for Academic Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></b><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">April
14, 2009 – 2PM Eastern<o:p></o:p><br>
Institutional
program review guidelines often list the library as a resource for
departments
undergoing review. However, more academic libraries are being included
in their
institution 's review cycle and asked to undergo program review
themselves.
This session will introduce academic program review; discuss what is
involved
in putting together a program review for an academic library; and
present
questions to consider in working through the program review process.<o:p><br>
</o:p>For
more information about this webcast, including pricing and a link to
online
registration, please visit <a
href="http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/programreview.cfm">http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/programreview.cfm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><br>
<b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">User
Experience (Blended Librarianship)<o:p></o:p></span></b><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">April
23, 2009 – 2PM Eastern<o:p></o:p><br>
This
webcast serves to help participants identify techniques and tools that
will
enable academic librarians, faculty members, information technologists,
instructional design professionals, et al. to discover or develop and
implement
new approaches for collaboration, to achieve maximum integration of the
library
into the teaching and learning process throughout their institutions.
To help
guide such collaborative efforts toward library, curricular, and other
related
institutional goals - especially those of advancing information
literacy.<o:p></o:p><br>
For
more information about this webcast, including pricing and a link to
online
registration, please visit <a
href="http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/userexperience.cfm">http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/userexperience.cfm</a><o:p></o:p><br>
For
more information about any of the above courses or webcasts, please
contact
ACRL Web Services Manager Jon Stahler at <a
href="mailto:jstahler@ala.org">jstahler@ala.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p>*******************<o:p></o:p></span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br>
ACRL
is a division of the American Library Association (ALA), representing
over
13,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals.
ACRL is the
only individual membership organization in North America that develops
programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic
and
research librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education
community to understand the role that academic libraries play in the
teaching,
learning and research environments.</span><br>
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<p
style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>Robin
Paynter</b><br>
Social Sciences Librarian<br>
220D Library<br>
Portland State University<br>
<br>
503.725.4501<br>
503.725.4524<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:paynter@pdx.edu">paynter@pdx.edu</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.pdx.edu/library/paynter.html">http://www.pdx.edu/library/paynter.html</a>
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“The fragmentation of rational knowledge in the postmodern world has
produced a focus on information that is unaware of its history.” –
Marcus Breen (1997)</p>
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