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Submission Deadline: April 28.  Conference Dates: October 24-28, 2005Location: Vancouver, BC (Canada) Summary: This annual conference serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the exchange of information on research, development, and applications of all topics related to e-Learning in the Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education sectors. Link: E-Learn Call for Participation.

Next week I’m a guest lecturer for a course on Distributed Learning offered by our Graduate Division of Education.  The topic for the week is support services for distance education, and in preparation the prof is having the students read a chapter of an online textbook titled Library Support for Online Learners: e-Resources, e-Services, and…

Last month I posted about the call for papers for eLit 2005. The deadline for paper submissions has now been extended to March 18th. As a reminder, this conference is June 15-17 2005, and is to be held in Glasgow, Scotland.

Last year I read William Gibson’s latest novel, Pattern Recognition.  In it, the protagonist travels from the US to London, and describes the city as a mirrorworld, in that it’s pretty much the same as back home, but some things are just a little bit off; just slightly different to make her feel as though…

2005 ALA Annual Preconference, Chicago, ILReinvented Reference: The Integration of Digital and TraditionalReference Services Friday, June 24, 20058:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. The RUSA MARS/RSS Preconference Planning Committee is looking for interesting, varied case studies of libraries that have successfully integrated their digital reference service into their pre-existing, traditional reference services. Three case studies will…

Don’t see this program listed on the Weatherhead Programs page yet, but this marketing announcement would seem to indicate that Syracuse and Case Western Reserve are teaming up to offer an MLIS degree via distance learning starting this summer.  Follow the link for all the details: Weatherhead School of Management. (thanks for the tip Ken!)

Course Description: This seminar will provide you with the information you need to design a plan for library support of distance education at your institution. The seminar will cover administrative issues, services/resources, and how your home page can be developed to support your distance education program. More information by following the link: ALA | All…

Internet Librarian 2005 runs from October 24-26 in Moterey, CA.  Call for speakers has a deadline of March 15, 2005.  I’ve always wanted to go to this conference, will this year be the year? 

Interested in mentoring a librarian in the research process?  Right now, librarians have an opportunity to submit a proposal for the Off-Campus Library Services Conference in 2006, and the conference organizers are very interested in seeing more research-related proposals.  If you would like mentor a librarian, email me at tunon@nova.edu and I will pair you…