Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:55:01 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [96.255.138.199] (HELO [192.168.27.20]) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPS id 55704494 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:03:52 -0400 X-Original-Message-Id: <9559B32E-8FA4-473E-9E3F-4A1B8EB05373@cni.org> From: Diane Goldenberg-Hart X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1-190534208 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Subject: ACRL Live Webcasts on Information Commons X-Original-Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:05:53 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) --Apple-Mail-1-190534208 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear cni-announce subscribers: Next week CNI Associate Executive Director Joan Lippincott will be presenting a session as part of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Live Webcast series. Information Commons 101: Principles and Good Practices (Nov. 6, 2008; 11 a.m Pacific | 12:00 p.m. Mountain | 1:00 p.m. Central | 2:00 p.m. Eastern; 1.5 hours) Is your institution in the planning phase for a library renovation or addition that includes a space that will serve as an information or learning commons? If so, this webcast will provide an overview of some of the key planning components you should take into consideration as you develop a program for the facility. This session will explore: * Visions and goals for information commons * Linking the information commons to learning * Elements of an information commons * Campus partners * Staffing * Understanding collaboration in an information commons setting * "Quick fixes" while waiting for construction/renovation * Assessment of an information commons Registration (for a fee) is available at: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/infocommons101.cfm On December 4, Lippincott will give a presentation in a second webcast, Next Gen Information Commons: Retooling and Refining the Vision, aimed at those institutions who have an Information Commons but are planning modifications. See http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/nextgeninfocommons.cfm for details. *********************************************** Diane Goldenberg-Hart Communications Coordinator Coalition for Networked Information 21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 202-296-5098 202-872-0884 (Fax) diane@cni.org --Apple-Mail-1-190534208 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Dear cni-announce = subscribers:

Next week CNI Associate Executive = Director Joan Lippincott will be presenting a session as part of the = Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Live Webcast = series.

Information Commons 101: =  Principles and Good Practices (Nov. 6, 2008; 11 a.m Pacific | = 12:00 p.m. Mountain | 1:00 p.m. Central | 2:00 p.m. Eastern; 1.5 = hours)
Is your institution in the planning phase for a library = renovation or addition that includes a space that will serve as an = information or learning commons? If so, this webcast will provide an = overview of some of the key planning components you should take into = consideration as you develop a program for the facility.
This = session will explore:
    * Visions and goals = for information commons
    * Linking the = information commons to learning
    * Elements = of an information commons
    * Campus = partners
    * Staffing
   =  * Understanding collaboration in an information commons = setting
    * "Quick fixes" while waiting for = construction/renovation
    * Assessment of an = information commons

Registration (for a fee) is = available at:

On December 4, Lippincott will = give a presentation in a second webcast, Next Gen Information = Commons:  Retooling and Refining the Vision, aimed at those = institutions who have an Information Commons but are planning = modifications.  See http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/ne= xtgeninfocommons.cfm for details.


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Diane = Goldenberg-Hart

Communications Coordinator

Coalition for Networked = Information

21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800

Washington, DC 20036

202-296-5098

202-872-0884 = (Fax)

diane@cni.org

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