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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Emily Sheketoff [mailto:esheketoff@alawash.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 03, 2012 12:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> alacro-l@ala.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [alacro-l] ALA to Host Webinar on Digital Literacy and Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">ALA to Host Webinar on Digital Literacy and Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As the technology landscape continues to evolve rapidly, every information professional must be prepared to teach meaningful digital skills to their communities. But how do librarians and educators keep up with the continual stream of new
advancements?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To facilitate a national dialogue on digital literacy education, the American Library Association (ALA) will host the free webinar “<a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/digilit12/">Assessing Digital Literacy: Outcomes and Impact</a>”
on December 11, 2012, from 7:00-8:00p.m. EST. The December forum, which will be hosted by the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) and the ALA Digital Literacy Task Force, is a follow-up to the
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=ULDV4quyuu0SM&v=DV4quyuu0SM&feature=player_detailpage#t=373s">
highly attended web-based forum</a> that the ALA hosted in November.<o:p></o:p></p>
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In this national conversation, which will be moderated by OITP Fellow <a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/2012/01/renee-hobbs-named-as-fellow-at-ala-office-for-information-technology-policy/">
Dr. Renee Hobbs</a>, attendees will hear from participants who are exploring ways to measure the effectiveness of digital literacy programs. Topics will include:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">How do we motivate and support library staff in staying current?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">What are the perceived obstacles that interfere with the continuing education process?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">What resources or continuous learning models already are available to the profession, and what are their pros/cons?<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WHEN: </b>December 11, 2012, from 7:00-8:00p.m. EST<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><b>WHO:
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Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Moderated by:</span></i><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Renee Hobbs</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">,
ALA OITP Fellow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><b>RSVP:
</b>To<b> </b>RSVP for the webinar (which will be streamed live at <a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/digilit12/">
http://www.districtdispatch.org/digilit12/</a>), email OITP Assistant Director Marijke Visser at
<a href="mailto:alawash@alawash.org">alawash@alawash.org</a>, using “Digital Literacy” in the subject line.<o:p></o:p></p>
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