[Yulpub] ACRL's Fall Virtual Institute

[Suzanne Lorimer]

Is anyone else planning on "attending" this online institute on November 9 
($135 in you're an ACRL member)?  There are group discounts available, so 
we might be able to take advantage of them.

1. Register by Oct. 26 for ACRL's Fall Virtual Institute
Register now for the ACRL Fall Virtual Institute, "The User at the Center," 
which will be held completely online on November 9, 2006. The institute 
will focus on how libraries can use technologies and practice to put the 
user at the center of the information enterprise on campus. Maximize your 
ability to meet your mission on campus by discovering new tools and new 
ways of thinking about users and their behaviors.

The ACRL Fall Virtual Institute will provide you with a framing featured 
speaker, Jeffrey Trzeciak, University Librarian at McMaster University, as 
well as concurrent sessions focusing on topics varying from vlogging to 
wikis to user perceptions and more. Complete program descriptions are 
online at 
<http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/fallvirtualinstitute.htm>http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/fallvirtualinstitute.htm. 
The ACRL Fall Virtual Institute will be held on Thursday, November 9, and 
will run on a real-time schedule. The institute will feature synchronous 
webcasts that begin and end at a certain time. Other asynchronous 
activities will be offered as part of the institute, allowing for 
convenient scheduling and flexibility.

Registration materials are online at 
<http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/virtualinstitutereg.htm>http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/virtualinstitutereg.htm. 
October 26, 2006, is the advance registration deadline. Group discounts are 
available.

Register for the ACRL Fall Virtual Institute and enjoy these benefits:
* Flexible event schedule with synchronous and asynchronous activities
* Access to ALL institute sessions in the community archives which is 
available for one year after the event
* View and download speaker materials including PowerPoint presentations, 
bibliographies, and biographies
* Connect directly with experts and network with other attendees

-Sue

Suzanne Lorimer
Coordinator of Research Services
226 Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven, CT  06520-8240
(phone) 203-432-8371  (fax) 203-432-8527
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