NITLE Update - 23 March 2009

Late last week, the University of Richmond and NITLE added two new workshops to the NITLE events calendar. Registration is now open for:

= Handling Information Overload =

For any faculty member, librarian, technologist, or other campus professional who wants to learn tools and practices for managing information and develop a plan for getting back in control.

• Location: University of Richmond (Richmond, VA)
• Date: May 6, 2009, 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Registration deadline: Friday, April 3, 2009
• Price: 4 program units
• More Info: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/950

= Teaching Digital Natives =

For faculty members, librarians, technologists, and others who want to explore strategies and technologies for educating contemporary undergraduate students as “digital natives.”

• Location: University of Richmond (Richmond, VA)
• Date: May 7, 2009, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
• Registration deadline: Friday, April 3, 2009
• Price: 4 program units
• More Info: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/951

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In addition to these new workshops, don’t miss out on these upcoming events. (A full list of NITLE professional development events is always available at http://www.nitle.org/www/events.)

= Register now =

• Digital Identities: Maintenance, Boundaries, and Ethics for Students and Faculty. March 25, 2009, 4 – 5:00 p.m. Eastern. Online. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/858.

• Special Topics in Information Services: Digital Repository Strategy. March 26, April 2, and April 9, 2009, 2 – 3:15 p.m. Eastern. Online. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/914.

= Register by this Friday, March 27 =

• Special Topics in Information Services: Manakin, The DSpace Interface Toolkit. April 8, 2009, 3 – 4:30 p.m. Eastern. Online. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/913.

• Special Topics: Update on Emerging Technologies. April 8, 2009, 4 – 5:00 p.m. Eastern. Online. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/938.

• Virtual Voyages: Using Technology to Convey a Sense of Place. April 9, 2009, 4 – 5: 15 p.m. Eastern. Online. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/927.

• From Property to Privacy: the Ethics of Information (entire conference OR Part 1). April 17, 2009, 12 – 1:00 p.m. Eastern. Online. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/943.

= Register by Friday, April 3 =

• Creating a Digital Footprint in Google Earth: The “AUGE” Experience. April 21, 2009, 4 – 5:15 p.m. Eastern. Online. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/919.

• From Property to Privacy: the Ethics of Information (Part 2). April 24, 2009, 12 – 1:00 p.m. Eastern. Online. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/944.

• Visual Literacy: Tools for Teaching and Learning with Images. May 6 – 7, 2009 (1:00 p.m. Wednesday – 1:00 p.m. Thursday, Central). Millsaps College, Jackson, MS. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/921.