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Monday, April 7th, 2014“Libraries and Broadband: Urgency and Impact” – a public hearing that you can join in person, on YouTube or through Google+ (live stream) The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), has issued an invitation to a public hearing, “Libraries and Broadband: Urgency and Impact.” Federal Communications Commission Chairman Thomas Wheeler will make opening remarks, […]
8th Annual Digital Commonwealth Conference
Friday, January 31st, 20148th Annual Digital Commonwealth Conference April 8, 2014 Hogan Center at Holy Cross in Worcester This one-day conference features keynote addresses from two nationally known speakers: Melissa Levine and Liz Bishoff. Melissa Levine is the Lead Copyright Officer from the University of Michigan Library. She will speak about current copyright issues. Liz Bishoff, of the […]
Extreme Weather, Emergency Preparedness
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013Emergency Preparedness Summit The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region will be hosting a half-day Emergency Preparedness Summit at University of Massachusetts Medical School on Friday November 22, 2013 from 8:30am-4:30pm. The theme is Extreme Weather. With a large percentage of New England being located along the northeastern seaboard the potential for […]
Information Literacy Social
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee has proclaimed October as Information Literacy Month. Help celebrate at the Information Literacy Social co-sponsored by the RI Library Association (RILA) and School Librarians of RI (SLRI) on October 15 at the University of Rhode Island. This event is an informal information sharing opportunity focusing on teaching information literacy skills […]
MOOCs Mobile Technologies
Tuesday, September 17th, 2013That All May Read in a Digital World is a session in the MOOCs, Mobile Technolgoies – Their Impact on Reference Service program being offered by Amigos Library Services on November 7th 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 am CST. The speaker of this session, Dr. Richard Smith is the Director of the Wolfner Talking Book and Braille […]
NAHSL Annual Meeting
Friday, August 30th, 2013Surf the waves, plan your future! The North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries (NAHSL) 2013 Annual Meeting will be held in the beautiful seaside town of Falmouth, Massachusetts at the Sea Crest Beach Hotel Sunday, October 27-Tuesday, October 29 Conference website Plenary Speakers: Ann J. Wolpert, Director of MIT Libraries and MIT Press Joanne Gard Marshall, […]
RI Library Association Conference
Monday, May 13th, 2013OLIS will be sponsoring two sessions at the upcoming RILA Conference, to be held June 3-4 at beautiful Salve Regina University in Newport, right on the Cliff Walk. Marci Merola, Director of the Office for Library Advocacy for the American Library Association will present Advocating for Libraries: Keys to Success to help you learn key […]
RILA Conference & AskRI
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013Registration for the annual RI Library Association conference is now open. This year’s program features keynote addresses by activist librarian Andrew P. Jackson and NPR book critic Dr. Maureen Corrigan. In addition, there are 26 programs, lots of poster sessions, evening social events (including a special tour of the Redwood Library), and new this year, […]
New England Music Library Association Meeting
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013New England Music Library Association Meeting When: Friday, May 10, 2013 Where: Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire The program will include the following presentations: Anthony Helm (Dartmouth College) Enabling and Encouraging Student Media Production in the Jones Media Center Anna Kijas (University of Connecticut) Creating an Alt-Bio-Bibliography using Omeka and Geo-spatial Tools Ramona Islam (Harvard […]
Engaging Stakeholders & Creating a Digitally Inclusive Community
Monday, April 8th, 2013Broadband RI’s Stuart Freiman and OLIS’ Howard Boksenbaum will be featured in a national WebJunction Webinar on April 13 at 1 pm. The session focuses on Rhode Island’s digital inclusion stakeholder engagement process. The discussion includes why Broadband Rhode Island (BBRI) decided it was important to create a process of engaging stakeholders in order to […]
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