Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:10:50 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from triplicate-girl.cni.org ([192.100.21.35] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.12) with ESMTPS id 4767935 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:33:07 -0400 X-Original-Message-Id: <0794DD45-4DAA-421E-A21B-BFF57917AF6F@cni.org> From: Diane Goldenberg-Hart X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-4--575654162 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Subject: ACRL Live Webcast on Next Gen Information Commons X-Original-Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 11:35:36 -0400 References: <0918BDFD-F9FA-43B7-BB3E-787483B05A8F@cni.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) --Apple-Mail-4--575654162 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 (Oct. 13, 2009; 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/events/elearning/courses/nextgeninf= ocommons.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 www.cni.org For the latest news & information, CNI-ANNOUNCE: = cni-announce-subscribe@cni.org --Apple-Mail-4--575654162 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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 
(Oct. 13, 2009; 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

Coalition for Networked = Information

Washington, DC 20036

202-296-5098

202-872-0884 = (Fax)

diane@cni.org

www.cni.org


For the latest news & = information, CNI-ANNOUNCE:  cni-announce-subscribe@cni.= org

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