Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:25:00 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from triplicate-girl.cni.org ([192.100.21.35] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPS id 56097291 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:45:00 -0500 X-Original-Message-Id: <0918BDFD-F9FA-43B7-BB3E-787483B05A8F@cni.org> From: Diane Goldenberg-Hart X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-14-140743790 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Subject: ACRL Live Webcast on Next Gen Information Commons X-Original-Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:47:26 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) --Apple-Mail-14-140743790 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear cni-announce subscribers: Next week CNI Associate Executive Director Joan Lippincott will be =20 presenting a session as part of the Association of College & Research =20= Libraries (ACRL) Live Webcast series. Next Generation Information Commons: Retooling and Refining the Vision (Dec. 4, 2008; 11 a.m Pacific | 12:00 p.m. Mountain | 1:00 p.m. =20 Central | 2:00 p.m. Eastern; 1.5 hours) Some information commons are now more than ten years old and are in =20 need of refreshing in terms of conception, configuration, =20 technologies, and services. Others are so popular that additions are =20= planned, either adjacent to the existing commons, on other floors, or =20= in other buildings on campus. Through the use of principles and =20 practical examples, participants will learn about trends in =20 information and learning commons. A wide variety of photos will be =20 used to illustrate the presentation. This session will explore: * New goals and rationales for information/learning commons * Special purpose spaces * New service collaborations * New technologies * Links between physical and virtual spaces * Design and aesthetics * Assessment Intended audience: This session is intended for librarians and other involved in planning =20= the next phase of an institution=92s existing information or learning =20= commons program. This could involve revamping spaces or services in a =20= commons, planning for additional spaces to supplement an existing =20 commons or planning for specialized spaces within the library or in =20 other buildings to supplement a commons. Registration (for a fee) is available at: = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/nextgeninfocommon= s.cfm *********************************************** 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-14-140743790 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 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.

Next Generation Information Commons: =  Retooling and Refining the Vision 
(Dec. 4, 2008; = 11 a.m Pacific | 12:00 p.m. Mountain | 1:00 p.m. Central | 2:00 p.m. = Eastern; 1.5 hours)

Some information commons = are now more than ten years old and are in need of refreshing in terms = of conception, configuration, technologies, and services.  Others = are so popular that additions are planned, either adjacent to the = existing commons, on other floors, or in other buildings on campus. =  Through the use of principles and practical examples, participants = will learn about trends in information and learning commons.  A = wide variety of photos will be used to illustrate the = presentation.

This session will = explore:

    * New goals and = rationales for information/learning commons
   =  * Special purpose spaces
    * New = service collaborations
    * New = technologies
    * Links between physical and = virtual spaces
    * Design and = aesthetics
    * = Assessment

Intended = audience:

This session is intended for = librarians and other involved in planning the next phase of an = institution=92s existing information or learning commons program. =  This could involve revamping spaces or services in a commons, = planning for additional spaces to supplement an existing commons or = planning for specialized spaces within the library or in other buildings = to supplement a commons.

Registration (for a = fee) is available at:


=

***********************************************

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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