[Asis-l] Register Now -- The Open Movement & Libraries -- an online workshop with Ellyssa Kroski

[GSLIS CE2]

(Please excuse cross-postings)

The Open Movement and Libraries
Online -- February 1 - 28, 2009
$250 ($200 for Simmons GSLIS alums)

Please register by January 20th....

"Openness" which has become a hallmark of the new Web has long been a 
mission in libraries. The philosophy of free and open access to 
information and technology has become a critical subject for information 
and technology leaders and practitioners. This month-long session will 
focus on what's happening in the realm of "open" on today's Web including 
an overview of open-source technologies (such as content management 
systems and ILS programs) which are being used by libraries today and an 
exploration of the latest efforts of the open access movement, open 
courses and learning initiatives, open conferences and "camps", and open 
licenses (like GPL and Creative Commons).

Students will explore weekly modules which will introduce them to open
topics.  They will have the opportunity to take part in weekly discussions
via a private chat room, and will blog their impressions of the materials
on an interactive website custom-designed for the course.

Faculty: Ellyssa Kroski, information consultant, reference librarian, 
and adjunct faculty member at Long Island University, Pratt Institute, 
and San Jose State University. Author of the blog iLibrarian and the 
book "Web 2.0 for Librarians and Information Professionals" (2008); 
ellyssakroski at yahoo.com; http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian

For additional information see 
http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/continuinged/workshops/ or contact 
gslisce at simmons.edu


-- 
Kris Liberman '87LS
Program Manager
Simmons GSLIS CE
T - 617-521-2803
F - 617-521-3192
gslisce at simmons.edu
http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/continuinged/