[Libs-Or] LSTA PORTALS project: change in La Grande Date

[Sheila Afnan-Manns]

Please see attached invitation or below:

The Portland Area Library System (PORTALS) welcomes your participation in a
meeting to discuss the development of an Oregon Online Clearinghouse for
Continuing Education.  Please help us identify the content, services,
functionality and marketing strategies that will result in a useful new
resource!


Please RSVP to Sheila Afnan-Manns (afnanman at pdx.edu) if you can attend one
of the following meetings:




Beaverton
Wednesday, July 20, 2005, 10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Beaverton City Library, Meeting Room B
12375 SW 5th Street, Beaverton, Oregon 97005
For map and directions, please see: http://www.beavertonlibrary.org/

Phone: (503) 644-2197



Bend
Monday, July 25, 2005, 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Bend Library Administration Building
507 NW Wall Street, Bend, Oregon, 97701

Next to Bend Public Library, across from Boys & Girls Club

Contact: Marian Thomas  (541) 312-1024



Medford
Tuesday, July 26, 2005, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Jackson County Library

Central Branch - Carpenter Meeting Room

205 South Central Avenue

Medford, OR   97501

For directions and information about parking, please see
http://www.jcls.org/medford.html.
(541) 774-8679



La Grande
Tentative: Thursday, August 18, 2005

Location and time TBD.


Light refreshments will be provided and reimbursement for travel (mileage,
parking) is available upon request.







Project Background:

In Oregon and our neighboring states, continuing education for librarians
and library staff is met through a commendable array of professional
associations, state libraries, consortia, library systems, graduate schools,
vendors, and other providers.  Yet the lack of a coordinating body is an
obstacle for participation and planning.  To address this issue, PORTALS
received an LSTA grant to develop an online clearinghouse for continuing
education -- a "one stop shopping" repository to better meet the needs of
librarians and library staff in Oregon and our SW Washington and Western
Idaho neighbors by raising awareness and promoting collaboration.

Following user-centered design principles, website development is
purposively participatory and inclusive.  This is why the grant includes
funding to support four regional meetings so we may gain feedback from
librarians and library staff from multiple types of libraries (public,
academic, school, tribal, special) about their CE needs and the types of
content and functionality that will be most useful in an online
clearinghouse.

If you are unable to attend any of these meetings but can refer a colleague
representing your library or organization, please let me know, or have them
RSVP directly.  If you wish to participate through another medium, have any
questions, or would like to review the original grant proposal, please let
me know.

Thank you for your support and participation!


Sheila

Sheila Afnan-Manns, MS, MLIS
Director
Portland Area Library System (PORTALS)
PO Box 1151
Portland, OR   97207-1151
(503) 725-5992, phone
(503) 725-4524, fax





This project is supported in whole or in part by the Institute of Museum and
Library Services  through the Library and Technology Act, administered by
the Oregon State Library.




Sheila Afnan-Manns, MS, MLIS
Director
Portland Area Library System (PORTALS)
PO Box 1151
Portland, OR   97207-1151
(503) 725-5992, phone
(503) 725-4524, fax
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