Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:25:45 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [71.191.137.234] (HELO CNI-Joan-MB-IC2.home) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.8) with ESMTPS id 41781145 for cni-announce@cni.org; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:32:06 -0400 X-Original-Message-Id: <3356A780-8DD8-4CF8-93BE-FC3B97E74CC8@cni.org> From: Joan Lippincott X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-132-169459250 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Subject: EDUCAUSE Live! webcast on digital collections & curriculum X-Original-Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:32:05 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) --Apple-Mail-132-169459250 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D The next EDUCAUSE Live! Webcast features two speakers from Reed =20 College, Marianne Colgrove (Deputy Chief Technology Officer and =20 Director of Web Support Services) and Dena Hutto (Director of =20 Reference and Instruction), speaking on "Teaching with Digital =20 Collections in the Undergraduate Curriculum". 1-2pm Eastern Time, =20 Tuesday, March 25. No charge, but registration required at = . Summary: Many academic digital collection projects are focused on special =20 collections and college archives. Such projects seek to bring =20 collections "out of the basement" and enable greater access to =20 valuable and specialized research materials. However, undergraduate =20 students and faculty often have very different needs and expectations =20= of these digital materials than experienced researchers or the general =20= public. What does it take to implement a digital asset management system that =20= not only improves access to collections but also allows faculty to =20 integrate digital materials into their teaching? Teaching with digital =20= collections means collection development that is driven by faculty =20 needs, flexible presentation tools, and web interfaces that help =20 students understand visual resources in context. Reed College=92s IT and = =20 library will share their experiences in implementing a CONTENTdm-based =20= digital image collection for the classics and humanities. All EDUCAUSE Live! Webcasts are archived for later (re)viewing.= --Apple-Mail-132-169459250 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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The next EDUCAUSE Live! Webcast features two speakers = from Reed College, Marianne Colgrove (Deputy Chief Technology Officer = and Director of Web Support Services) and Dena Hutto (Director of = Reference and Instruction), speaking on "Teaching with Digital = Collections in the Undergraduate Curriculum". 1-2pm Eastern Time, = Tuesday, March 25. No charge, but registration required at <http://www.educause.edu/live086>. Summary:

    Many = academic digital collection projects are focused on special collections = and college archives. Such projects seek to bring collections "out of = the basement" and enable greater access to valuable and specialized = research materials. However, undergraduate students and faculty often = have very different needs and expectations of these digital materials = than experienced researchers or the general public.

    What does it take to implement a digital asset management = system that not only improves access to collections but also allows = faculty to integrate digital materials into their teaching? Teaching = with digital collections means collection development that is driven by = faculty needs, flexible presentation tools, and web interfaces that help = students understand visual resources in context. Reed College=92s IT and = library will share their experiences in implementing a CONTENTdm-based = digital image collection for the classics and = humanities.

All EDUCAUSE Live! = Webcasts are archived for later (re)viewing.

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