L.O.S.T. - Online Workshop - Home Schooling and Libraries

[Isabel Danforth]

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    ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FROM L.O.S.T.

Tips and Suggestions for Meeting the Needs of Home schoolers

L.O.S.T. (Librarian's On-line Support Team) is sponsoring 
another free on-line professional development workshop 
available to library personnel with Internet capability.  
Tips and Suggestions for Meeting the Needs of Home 
schoolers will be presented by Diane Gaylor. 

The number of families who home school has steadily 
increased in recent  years.  By the turn of the 
century, an estimated 5% of school aged  children will 
be taught at home.  What are librarians doing to reach 
this population?  Is it working?  What do home schoolers 
want?  Learn how  to be part of the solution!  

Diane Gaylor earned her BA Liberal Studies-Elementary 
Education from Christ College Irvine and her MLIS 
from San Jose State University.  Since  1986, she has 
worked at Christ College Irvine, University of 
Nebraska-Lincoln,  and Concordia University.  She was 
a library office manager and  reference librarian 
before becoming Director of Library Services at 
Concordia in 1997.  

This session will be offered on Tuesday, Jan 26, 
1999 at 1 PM ET, and will be repeated at 7 PM ET.  
Librarians need not leave their homes or worksites 
to take part in the seminar.  Participants will 
log onto Diversity University's live "virtual campus" 
environment from their home or work computer.   
Organizers anticipate the workshop will last about 
an hour and a half.   Each workshop is limited to 
twenty people and pre-registration is necessary.   
Email Isabel Danforth at danforth at tiac.net by 
January 15th to register and obtain a conference 
information and direction packet.

The Librarian's On-Line Support Team (L.O.S.T.) is a 
an organization that is coordinated by a steering 
committee consisting of academic, research, public, 
and K- 12 librarians from wide-spread locations. The 
group provides space for librarians, many of whom 
are being thrust into cyberspace with minimal training 
and support, to get both formal and informal instruction 
and mentoring.  Librarians with various levels of 
background can meet to share ideas and experiences 
informally.   The group is currently based at the virtual 
campus of Diversity University, a cyberspace location 
that offers both real-time and delayed interaction 
via computer and currently supports over 4,000 educators 
and students world-wide.  Information about L.O.S.T. 
and its programs can be found at:
		http://admin.gnacademy.org:8001/~lost


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Isabel L. Danforth  Technology Librarian, Wethersfield Public Library
danforth at tiac.net       http://www.wethersfieldlibrary.org
		    Coordinator of Librarians' Online Support Team
		        http://admin.gnacademy.org:8001/~lost/ 
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