[Publib] Complimentary Web Conference on Library Education to Focus on Issues

[Russo, Catherine]

WEB CONFERENCE ON LIBRARY EDUCATION TO FOCUS ON ISSUES
 
A forum on the issues that face LIS Programs and their impact on
practitioners was held at the Seattle ALA meeting.  Taped highlights of
the forum will be part of a live webcast from College of DuPage on April
27, 2007  from 12 noon to 1:30 P.M. Eastern Time. The webcast will use
these presentations as a point of departure and focus on ideas that will
ensure that library educational programs remain vibrant and are
responsive to the needs of practitioners.
 
Co-sponsored by ALISE and ALA's Committee on Education, the Seattle
forum, moderated by Don O'Connor, Chair of COE, featured brief
presentations by Michael Gorman, immediate past president of ALA ,
Leslie Burger,  current ALA pres., Loriene Roy, president-elect, and Tom
Leonhardt, chair of COA.  
 
The College of DuPage webcast, LIBRARY EDUCATION: Facing New Realities,
will be co-hosted by Richard Dougherty and Mike Jackson.  Guests will be
Dan O'Connor, chair of COE, Jan Sanders, Director, City of Pasadena
Public Library, and Janice Simmons-Welburn, Dean of Libraries, Marquette
University.  
 
More information is available from the Library Learning Network at
College of DuPage by calling 800 354 6587 or e-mailing us at
teleconference at cod.edu.  To receive the URL for the conference, all you
have to do is register with Cathy at 800 354 6587.  You can also
register by sending us an e-mail at teleconference at cod.edu with your
name, institution, address, work phone number and e-mail address.  
 
The program is presented as a service to the library profession without
charge.
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