JLSDE-Announcements

Announcements

2002 Off-Campus Library Services Conference
April 17-19, 2002
Omni Netherland Hotel / Cincinnati OH
http://ocls.cmich.edu/conference.htm

Sponsored by Central Michigan University Libraries & the College of Extended Learning

If you would like to make a presentation at this conference, the proposal form can now be sent electronically from this site. All proposals are due by March 25, 2001 so there is still time for you to write up the marvelous ideas that you have or will have implemented for your library and off-campus students by April 2002. Suggested topics, formats, submission guidelines and information about the acceptance of your paper are included on the above site. As other information becomes available about the conference such as conference registration, program schedule, hotel registration, and much more, it will be posted on this site.

If you need more information so that you can plan to attend or make a presentation, please contact Connie Hildebrand, Conference Coordinator at 517-774-6080, or email connie.hildebrand@cmich.edu

Libraries Without Walls 4 -- The Delivery of Library Services to Distant Users:
Distributed Resources - Distributed Learning
Lesvos, Greece - September 14th - 18th, 2001

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
The submission date for papers is 2nd March 2001
Details: http://www.cerlim.ac.uk/conf/lww4/welcome.html

Call for Sessions, Workshops, and Cracker-barrel Discussions
17th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning
August 8-10, 2001****Madison, Wisconsin
Session proposals are due online by February 28, 2001
www.uwex.edu/disted/conference

The Virtual Reference Desk(SM)
3rd Annual Digital Reference Conference
November 12-13, 2001 Orlando, Florida, USA

Call for Proposals

DEADLINES: Proposals Due: April 2, 2001 Notification of Acceptance: May 15, 2001 Final Papers Due: August 1, 2001

Proposals are invited for breakout session presentations and poster sessions at the VRD 2001 Annual Digital Reference Conference. The third annual VRD conference will highlight digital reference service in a variety of contexts: libraries and information centers, government, business, education, etc. This conference will explore the nature of Internet-based question-and-answer service as well as the specific issues involved in providing all types of digital reference service. Presenters will receive free admission to the conference.

Proposals should address issues of digital reference from the following perspectives: libraries and information centers, professional associations and organizations, government agencies, business, K-12 education, higher education, and other contexts involved in providing or receiving digital reference service.

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Proposals should include speaker's name, job title, institution, address, phone, fax, e-mail, brief biographical information, and a topic related abstract of 250-500 words. Please e-mail your proposal to VRD Conference (vrdconf@vrd.org) by April 2, 2001.

Proposals will be considered for the concurrent breakout sessions and poster sessions of the VRD 2001 Annual Digital Reference Conference on November 12 and 13. Specific presentation formats are to be determined and will depend on the nature of the proposal.

PROCEEDINGS: Presenters are encouraged to submit papers or related materials (e.g., handouts, copies of slides, etc.) for publication in the conference proceedings. For more information, contact vrdconf@vrd.org.

For more information regarding the VRD 2001 Annual Digital Reference Conference, please contact Marilyn Schick, vrdconf@vrd.org, 800-464-9107 or, 315- 443 -3640. The Virtual Reference Desk(SM) is a project of the U.S. Department of Education, operated by the Information Institute of Syracuse, Syracuse University. Located at: 621 Skytop Road, Suite 160, Syracuse, New York 13244 - 5290.

Texas Distance Learning Association 2001 Annual Conference
March 28-31, 2001
Adams Mark Hotel
Houston, Texas

Call For Presentations: http://www.txdla.org/events/2001Conf/CFP.html

Visit our website www.txdla.org

International Summer School on the Digital Library
Course 1: The Management of Change
Tilburg University, The Netherlands
30 July - 3 August 2001

Course 2: Digital Libraries and the Changing World of Education
Tilburg University, The Netherlands
5 - 10 August 2001

Course 3: Electronic Publishing
European University Institute, Florence, Italy
7 - 12 October 2001

Contact:
Ticer,
Mrs. Jola Prinsen,
P.O. Box 4191,
5004 JD Tilburg,
The Netherlands
Phone +31 - 13 - 466 8310
Fax +31 - 13 - 466 8383
E-mail ticer@kub.nl
http://cwis.kub.nl/~ticer/summer01/

The Journal of Library Services for Distance Education <http://www.westga.edu/library/jlsde/>
State University of West Georgia - Carrollton, Georgia
ISSN: 1096-2123