The National Endowment for the Humanities “Small Grants to Libraries†program brings humanities public programming to libraries across the country. This current grant program provides financial support to libraries for the planning, arranging, administering, and promoting of the traveling exhibition, “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War.”
Deadline for grants: January 30, 2009.
Instructional Design: Creating Materials for an Online Course
Online — August 29 – October 3, 2008
What is the difference between preparing to teach an online course and preparing to teach in a face-to-face setting? A lot! Many who are new to online teaching are surprised at how much planning and writing is involved. This workshop orients participants to the ins and outs of online course design and authorship. This workshop is non-technical and software agnostic; we will not focus on the technical process of posting materials within a learning management system. Instead, we will concentrate on instructional design and materials preparation. By the end of the workshop, you will have developed (1) a sample syllabus and other orienting materials; (2) an online community-building warm-up activity; (3) the text for one online “session,†including an activity/assignment; and (4) a strategy for assessing student learning.
Preview at: http://gailonline.org/GSLIS_
Faculty: Gail Matthews-DeNatale, Ph.D., Associate Director of Academic Technology, Simmons College; gmdenatale@simmons.edu
To register or for more information see http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/
Some of you around the state may have heard word of a group of libraries working together to create a customized “Vermont” version of the open source integrated library system (ILS) Koha.
It’s true, and the group is more than happy to welcome new members who are interested in the development phase of the project as well as those who might be interested in joining a consortium model ILS down the road. If you are unhappy with your current system, looking at a forced upgrade, or looking to automate, the Vermont Koha Project might be of interest to you.Read more
The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) is pleased to present its Spring 2008 series of one-day preservation workshops:
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
BASIC PAPER REPAIR (at NEDCC)
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
BASIC BOOK REPAIR (at NEDCC)
Thursday, March 6, 2008
DEVELOPING AND MANAGING DIGITAL PROJECTS (at NEDCC)
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
DISASTER PLANNING WITH dPLAN LITEâ„¢ (at Merrimack College)
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
MOVING IMAGE PRESERVATION (at NEDCC) **NEW this year!**
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VLA News Online Extra available now: March 2007
VLA News is the official newsletter of The Vermont Library Association, and accepts articles and advertisements that reflect the mission and purpose of the association. The newsletter is published six times a year, and is distributed free to all members of the association.Read more