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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Alliance Research Interest Group
(RIG)
was formed to support continuing education in research methodologies
and
statistics for academic librarians, provide a platform for
cross-institutional
research projects, and encourage publication or otherwise make results
available
to advance the field of academic librarianship.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">When: Friday, December 11 -- 10
a.m.-12 noon<br>
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Where: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a
href="http://pdx.uoregon.edu/?p=directions">White Stag Building</a> –
downtown Portland </span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Or via
Adobe Connect (contact Laura Zeigen or Robin Paynter (contact info
below) for more information on this option)</span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Or via
video conference – a list of public video conference sites is available
at <a href="http://www.co.washington.or.us/LawLibrary/whats-new.cfm">http://www.co.washington.or.us/LawLibrary/whats-new.cfm</a>.
Please contact the site directly if you are interested in using their
facility.</span><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">What:<br>
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The December meeting will be an
opportunity
to discuss progress on current projects and future directions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Current projects include:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Information
literacy assessment comparison between institutions</span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Web
logs comparison</span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Electronic
journal availability study</span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Instant
Messaging (IM) transcript analysis</span><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">If
you are interested in participating in the December meeting, please
email Laura
Zeigen (<a
href="mailto:zeigenl@ohsu.edu?subject=Alliance%20RIG%20meeting%20December%2011">zeigenl@ohsu.edu</a>)
or Robin Paynter (<a
href="mailto:paynter@pdx.edu?subject=Alliance%20RIG%20meeting%20December%2011">paynter@pdx.edu</a>).</span><br>
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<img alt="Portland State University logo"
src="cid:part1.09090509.07030407@pdx.edu" align="left" height="35"
width="165"><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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<br>
“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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