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<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Verdana">ACRL is excited to
announce registration for the following
upcoming eLearning events! Space is limited, so reserve your seat
today!<o:p></o:p></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Verdana"><b>Life-Work Balance</b><br>
Format: ACRL Live Webcast<o:p></o:p><br>
Date: October 28, 2008 (11 a.m Pacific | 12:00 p.m. Mountain
| 1:00 p.m. Central | 2:00 p.m. Eastern)<o:p></o:p><br>
Presenter: Melanie Hawks<o:p><br>
</o:p>Description:<o:p></o:p><br>
Personal and professional commitments can collide at any
career stage. What does a healthy life-work balance look? How should
you use
limited resources in the face of limitless possibilities? How can you
accomplish your goals, fulfill your obligations, and still get a decent
night’s sleep?<o:p></o:p></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Verdana">This webcast will
provide you with tools you can use to:<o:p><br>
</o:p></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Verdana"> * Define what
“balance” means
to you<br>
* Explore your assumptions about what you
should (and shouldn't) be doing with your time<br>
* Set clear priorities and maintain them,
even under stress<o:p> <br>
</o:p></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Verdana">Registration fees are
as follows:<o:p></o:p></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Verdana">ACRL member: $50<br>
ALA member: $75<br>
CACUL member: Can$90 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)<br>
Nonmember: $90<br>
Student: $40<o:p></o:p><br>
Group*: $295<o:p></o:p></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Verdana">* Webcasts take place
in an interactive, online classroom
environment with one user/one login. If you select the group rate, one
person
must register, login, and keyboard during the event. A group
registration allows
an institution to project the Webcast to participants in the same
location.<o:p> <br>
</o:p></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Verdana">For more information
on this event as well as registration,
please visit the event page at <a
href="http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/proftools/courses/lifeworkbalance.cfm">http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/proftools/courses/lifeworkbalance.cfm</a>.
Registration for this event is limited, so reserve your seat today!<o:p><br>
</o:p></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Verdana"><b>Virtual Reference
Competencies, Part 2: Practice and
Expand Communication Skills and Knowledge</b><br>
Format: ACRL Online Seminar<br>
Dates: October 27 - November 15, 2008<br>
Presenter: Diane Kovaks<o:p></o:p><br>
Description:<o:p></o:p><br>
Virtual reference service requires all of the same
professional communications skills and knowledge as face-to-face
reference
service. The challenge is to apply, practice, imagine, and understand
how to
communicate professionally within the technology context and using good
reference skills and knowledge. During this course, engage in learning
activities supported by readings as well as lecture and discussion, to
practice
and expand the communications competencies required by effective
virtual
reference librarians.<o:p></o:p></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Verdana"><o:p></o:p>Registration
fees are as follows:<o:p></o:p></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Verdana">ACRL member: $135<br>
ALA member: $175<br>
CACUL member: Can$195 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)<br>
Nonmember: $195<br>
Student: $60<o:p> <br>
</o:p></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Verdana">For more information
on this event as well as registration,
please visit the event page at <a
href="http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/proftools/courses/virtualref2.cfm">http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/proftools/courses/virtualref2.cfm</a>.
Registration for this event is limited, so reserve your seat today<o:p><br>
</o:p></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Verdana"><o:p><br>
</o:p><b>Teaching Portfolios for Librarians</b><br>
Format: ACRL Online Seminar<br>
Dates: November 3 - 22, 2008<br>
Presenters: Judith Arnold, Joan Ruelle and Beth Woodard<o:p></o:p><br>
Description:<br>
Participants in the three-week course will learn the concept
and structure of teaching portfolios, articulate their teaching
philosophy,
identify supporting materials to include in their portfolio, and more.
The
course will provide the opportunity to learn from one another through
online
peer interaction and review.<o:p></o:p></font></small></p>
<small><font face="Verdana"><o:p></o:p>Registration fees are as follows:<o:p></o:p></font></small>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Verdana">ACRL member: $135<br>
ALA member: $175<br>
CACUL member: Can$195 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)<br>
Nonmember: $195<br>
Student: $60<o:p> <br>
</o:p></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Verdana">For more information
on this event as well as registration,
please visit the event page at <a
href="http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/portfolios.cfm">http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/portfolios.cfm</a>.
Registration for this event is limited, so reserve your seat today!<o:p></o:p></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Verdana"><o:p><br>
</o:p><b>Electronic Collection Development for the Academic
Library</b><br>
Format: ACRL Online Seminar<br>
Dates: November 3 - 22, 2008<br>
Presenter: Diane Kovaks<br>
<o:p></o:p>Description:<br>
In this hands-on, three-week course, participants will learn
to create an academic e-library collection development plan for free
and
fee-based Web-accessible resources for a patron community of their
choice.
Participants will end the session with a completed collection
development plan
for the e-library collection they wish to develop.<o:p> <br>
</o:p></font>
</small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Verdana">Registration fees are
as follows:<br>
ACRL member: $135<br>
ALA member: $175<br>
CACUL member: Can$195 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)<br>
Nonmember: $195<br>
Student: $60<o:p><br>
</o:p></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Verdana">For more information
on this event as well as registration,
please visit the event page at <a
href="http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/ecolldev.cfm">http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/proftools/courses/ecolldev.cfm</a>.
Registration for this event is limited, so reserve your seat today!<o:p>
<br>
</o:p></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Verdana">Questions? Please
contact Jon Stahler at <a href="mailto:jstahler@ala.org">jstahler@ala.org</a>.<o:p>
<br>
</o:p></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Verdana">********<br>
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. <o:p></o:p></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Verdana"><o:p></o:p>Jon Stahler<br>
Web Services Manager<br>
Association of College and Research Libraries<br>
(312) 280-2511<br>
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FYI, Robin</font></small>-- <br>
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<div class="moz-signature"><small><font face="Verdana"><img
alt="Portland State University logo"
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<p
style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><small><font
face="Verdana"><b>Robin Paynter</b><br>
Social Sciences Librarian<br>
220D Library<br>
Portland State University<br>
<br>
503.725.4501<br>
503.725.4524<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:paynter@pdx.edu">paynter@pdx.edu</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.pdx.edu/library/paynter.html">http://www.pdx.edu/library/paynter.html</a>
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<br>
“The fragmentation of rational knowledge in the postmodern world has
produced a focus on information that is unaware of its history.” –
Marcus Breen (1997)</font> </small></p>
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