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FYI: ACRL-Oregon E-learning Scholarship Applications for the Summer
Round of Scholarships will be available very soon!*** - Robin</b><br>
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Registration
is now open for two ACRL e-Learning events. Please take a moment to
review ACRL’s upcoming e-Learning course offerings, available at <a
href="http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/elearning/">http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/elearning/</a>.
Details for each upcoming event are below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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style="font-size: 14pt;">Program Review for
Academic Libraries</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><br>
Live Webcast<br>
April 14, 2009<br>
11 a.m Pacific | 12:00 p.m. Mountain | 1:00 p.m. Central | 2:00 p.m.
Eastern<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p><b>Webcast description:</b><br>
Has your library recently been included in your institution’s academic
program review cycle? Erin McCaffrey, Digital Systems Librarian at
Regis
University, will introduce academic program review, discuss what is
involved in
putting together a program review for an academic library and questions
to
consider in working through the program review process.<br>
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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></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p><b>Presenter:<br>
</b>Erin McCaffrey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p><b>Registration fees:<br>
</b>ACRL member: $50<br>
ALA member: $75<br>
CACUL member: Can$90 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)<br>
Nonmember: $90<br>
Student: $40<o:p></o:p><br>
Group*: $295<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>For more details and a link to register
for this event
online, please visit the course page at <a
href="http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/elearning/courses/programreview.cfm">http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/elearning/courses/programreview.cfm</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">From Encounters
to
Experiences: Using Design Thinking to Create a User Experience<o:p></o:p></span></b><br>
Live Webcast<br>
April 23, 2009 <br>
11 a.m Pacific | 12:00 p.m. Mountain | 1:00 p.m. Central | 2:00 p.m.
Eastern<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Workshop Description:</b><br>
Convenient. Simple. Unexpected. Impressive. The Age of User Experience
has
forever altered the expectations of American consumers, especially the
millennial generation that constitutes a majority of the academic
library’s user base. To successfully reach and engage the user
community
academic librarians must master the art of adaptability. Good customer
service
is and will remain important, but may be insufficient to meet rapidly
shifting
user expectations. Many organizations are learning they must go beyond
traditional customer service into the new realm of user experience
design.
Doing so requires new skills and a willingness to evolve
professionally. In
this online workshop attendees will learn how design thinking, rooted
in the
methods designers use to find problems and identify appropriate
solutions, may
be used to create user experiences that deliver meaning to individuals.
Steven
Bell, co-author of Academic Librarianship by Design and lead blogger at
Designing Better Libraries, will introduce design thinking as a
strategy to
transform routine encounters into memorable experiences that exceed
user
expectations. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Webcast Presenter:</b><br>
Steven J. Bell, Temple University <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p><b>Registration fees:</b><br>
ACRL member: $50<br>
ALA member: $75<br>
CACUL member: Can$90 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)<br>
Nonmember: $90<br>
Student: $40<o:p></o:p><br>
Group*: $295<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>For more information about this
webcast, including a link to
online registration, please visit <a
href="http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/elearning/courses/userexperience.cfm">http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/elearning/courses/userexperience.cfm</a>.</p>
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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>
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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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