[OPLINLIST] Announcement: Online Program about Rural Public Libraries

[Rebecca Felkner]

FYI: An online program about sustaining rural libraries: 

Wednesday, October 4, 2006 beginning at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight 
Time, 9:00 a.m. Central, 8:00 a.m. Mountain, 7:00 a.m. Pacific, and 2:00

p.m. GMT: 
Sustaining the Rural Library: A Discussion of Current Trends Facing 
Public Libraries 

What are the current trends and issues affecting the operation and 
administration of rural public libraries? What are some strategies for 
sustaining rural libraries? Join Dr. Bernard Vavrek for a discussion of 
current challenges and future opportunities for rural public libraries. 

Bernard Vavrek is Professor of Library Science and Chair of the 
Department of Library Science at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. He
is 
also director of the Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship, an 
entity dedicated to supporting rural and small libraries across the
United 
States. He is an active member of the American Library Association and 
the Association of Rural and Small Libraries. Currently, he serves in an

advisory role to the Rural Library Sustainability Project, and 
MaintainIT, two programs sponsored by the Gates Foundation. His teaching

specialties include reference resources, rural library services,
marketing, 
and public access computers. 

Sponsor: State Library of Kansas 
Location: OPAL Auditorium 
This OPAL online program is free and open to everyone.  There is no 
need to register.  For current information about this event, as well as 
live links into the online meeting room and to background information, 
please visit the following URL:
 
http://www.opal-online.org/progschrono.htm
 
Tom Peters, OPAL Coordinator

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