[Sig-bwp] ACRL Webcast on Podcasting | May 9 |

[Gerry Mckiernan]

Colleagues/

FYI

/Gerry 

Gerry McKiernan
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck at iastate.edu 

Iowa: Where The Tall Corn Flows and the West Wind Blows 

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ACRL is offering a new Webcast, "The Classroom Will Now Be Podcast: Podcasting in Higher Education and Implications for Academic Libraries." Register today!
 
Webcast Date: May 9, 2007
 
Webcast Time: 11:00 a.m. Pacific, 1:00 p.m. Central, 2:00 p.m. Eastern
 
Length: 1.5 hours
 
"The Classroom Will Now Be Podcast" will explore the growing usage of podcasting in higher education and examine how academic libraries fit into the educasting environment. The session focuses attention on examples of podcasts as classroom and library instruction tools and examines how academic libraries can become more integrally involved in podcasting efforts on their campuses. 
 
 
David Free, public services librarian at the Decatur Campus Library of Georgia Perimeter College, will lead the Webcast. David produces the GPC Libraries podcasts and is the podcast editor of The Chattahoochee Review literary quarterly.  He has also served as a podcasting consultant for several libraries and academic organizations. 
 
Registration is limited to 60. ACRL and ALA members receive a registration discount. A group registration rate is also available. For complete information, including a link to registration, go to: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/podcasting.htm 
 
Registration
ACRL member: $50
ALA member: $75
CACUL member: Can$90 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)
Nonmember: $90
Student: $40
Group: $295
(ALA members and nonmembers with an existing account will need to use their login and password to register* new users will be asked to create a user account before registering.)
 
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ACRL is a division of the American Library Association (ALA),representing more than 13,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals. ACRL is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic and research librarians.Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments.