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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Greetings!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I am forwarding the following announcement to all of you in the hopes that Oregon libraries will have a strong presence in this conversation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">From the end of the announcement:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#333333">Please RSVP for one or both conversations at </span><a href="mailto:alawash@alawash.org" target="_blank" title="Link"><span style="color:#0060FF">alawash@alawash.org</span></a><span style="color:#333333">. We also welcome comments
or questions prior to each conversation. Please use “digital literacy” as the subject line.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Cheers,<br>
Darci<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
Darci Hanning * Technology Development Consultant * Library Development Services<br>
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<br>
503-378-2527 <a href="mailto:darci.hanning@state.or.us" title="blocked::mailto:darci.hanning@state.or.us">
<span style="line-height:115%">darci.hanning@state.or.us</span></a> <br>
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<b>Ask me about Plinkit! <a href="http://www.plinkit.org/" title="blocked::http://www.plinkit.org/">
<span style="line-height:115%">http://www.plinkit.org/</span></a> <a href="http://oregon.plinkit.org/" title="blocked::http://oregon.plinkit.org/">
<span style="line-height:115%">http://oregon.plinkit.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> John Amundsen [<a href="mailto:jamundsen@ala.org">mailto:jamundsen@ala.org</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 05, 2012 12:58 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: ALA to Host Live Web Forum on Digital Literacy and Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Contact: Jazzy Wright, ALA Washington Office (202.628.8410, x8208)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Diverse panel discusses “Culture of Learning” in online digital literacy forum November 14<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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Speakers from a range of settings and library backgrounds have been confirmed to participate in the ALA’s Digital Literacy Task Force program “<i><span style="color:#333333">Creating a Culture of Learning: How Librarians Keep up with Digital Media and Technology”
</span></i><span style="color:#333333">Google Hangout session moderated by OITP Fellow Renee Hobbs. This virtual national conversation will take place Thursday, November 14, at 7 p.m. EST.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#333333">“Creating a Culture of Learning” will explore how information professions can stay ahead of or on the learning curve with our students, colleagues and patrons as new devices, software and Internet-enabled services emerge. It is part
of a series that began at the 2012 ALA Annual Conference and will continue in December with a discussion on assessing digital literacy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#333333">Confirmed speakers for the November 14 session are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Caroline </span>Haebig, is the instructional technology coordinator, Adlai E. Stevenson High School. Haebig collaborates with teachers and administrators to improve student and teacher engagement using
technology. She is an active member of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Young Educator Network and was named as the
<a href="http://www.iste.org/membership/awards-recognition/list-of-awards/outstanding-young-educator-award">
ISTE Outstanding Young Educator 2012</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<o:p> </o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Jamie Hollier is a technology, project management, and library consultant. She has worked at the Colorado State Library, as a rural library manager, and as a corporate librarian. Hollier was the project coordinator for the Broadband
Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant at the state library. Through that project, they conducted trainings across the state and developed a range of training tools available at
<a href="http://www.coloradovirtuallibrary.org/techtraining/">http://www.coloradovirtuallibrary.org/techtraining/</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Gwyneth Jones, aka <a href="http://www.thedaringlibrarian.com/">
The Daring Librarian</a>, is a middle-school teacher librarian at Murray Hill Middle School in Laurel, Maryland. She is a member of the ISTE Board of Directors, and was named an Innovator and one of Library Journal’s Movers & Shakers 2011. The Daring Librarian
blog delivers “Ed-Tech Talk with Sweet Snarky Freshness.” <o:p></o:p></p>
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<o:p> </o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Bobbi Newman, aka <a href="http://librarianbyday.net/">
Librarian by Day</a>, is currently enrolled at Iowa State University pursuing her second master’s degree. While working at a Missouri public library, Newman was among the first to replicate Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Library’s “23 Things” model, and she
has written and spoken frequently on how the library adapted and made the program work. Newman also co-founded the award-winning
<a href="http://librariesandtransliteracy.wordpress.com/">Libraries and Transliteracy Project</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black"> Dr. Anu Vedantham directs the
</span><a href="http://wic.library.upenn.edu" target="_blank">Weigle Information Commons</a><span style="color:black"> at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Vedantham writes and speaks extensively about the integration of technology into teaching and
learning. Her research has explored gender-related aspects of the creation of videos by today's college students. She has held leadership positions in K-12 administration, the federal government and non-profit organizations. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#333333">ALA Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) Fellow Renee Hobbs will moderate, and discussion topics will include:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#333333">How can library groups and library leaders best support library staff in the quest to stay current?”
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#333333">What are the perceived obstacles that interfere with the continuing education process?
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#333333">What resources or continuous learning models already are available to the profession, and what are their pros/cons?
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<span style="color:#333333">This series of conversations is intended to create a forum for discussing key issues and developing a vision for continued library leadership in the digital literacy sphere. “<i>Assessing Digital Literacy: Outcomes and Impact”</i>
will take place December 11 at 7 p.m. EST.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#333333">Join the conversation by watching a live-stream of the panelists on YouTube and chatting with other viewers and tweeting with the hash tag #digilit12. Questions and comments will be submitted to panelists throughout the program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#333333">Please RSVP for one or both conversations at </span><a href="mailto:alawash@alawash.org" target="_blank" title="Link"><span style="color:#0060FF">alawash@alawash.org</span></a><span style="color:#333333">. We also welcome comments
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