CORRECTED DESCRIPTION: Got Innovation?

[Debra Shapiro]

Just another reminder, folks - 

On Jun 7, 2014, at 11:18 AM, Debra Shapiro <dsshapiro at wisc.edu> wrote:

> When: 
> Saturday, June 28, 2014
> 8:30 am to 10:00 am
> The description of the program "Experimenting with Animation: Lehman College's Animated Information Literacy Advocate" at http://ala14.ala.org/node/14575 and in the printed program has been updated.
> 
> The new, corrected description and title are:
> 
> Program Title: Got Innovation?
> 
> Program Description: Sparks! Ignition Grants are small awards that encourage libraries to develop dynamic and innovative projects that push digital scholarship within the library community. With this unique investment of federal funding, IMLS gives libraries the opportunity to test and evaluate ways they operate and the services they provide to the public. This two-part program will begin with guidance from IMLS staff on how to apply for a Sparks! Ignition Grant and answers to question such as: “What is dynamic?” or “How can my library provide innovative services to meet a growing public need?”
> Next, one of this year's grantees, a librarian at Lehman College (City University of New York), will present a project developed by her and her colleagues. They are testing whether an animated character, capable of real-time interactions with students, can provide effective information literacy learning opportunities. The results of their focus groups and pre-/post-testing will be presented, as well as the ways their project met the goals of the Sparks! Ignition Grant program.
> 
> Speaker Names: Tim Carrigan, Senior Program Officer, Institute for Museum and Library Services; Jennifer Poggiali, Assistant Professor and Instructional Technologies Librarian, Lehman College, CUNY
> 
> Location and time are still the same:
> 
> 8:30 - 10 AM June 28th
> 
> Las Vegas Convention Center
> 
> S224
>  
> Please make a note of this. Thanks!
> 
> - See more at: http://connect.ala.org/node/224444#sthash.DuLK3PIc.dpuf
> When: 
> Saturday, June 28, 2014
> 8:30 am to 10:00 am
> The description of the program "Experimenting with Animation: Lehman College's Animated Information Literacy Advocate" at http://ala14.ala.org/node/14575 and in the printed program has been updated.
> 
> The new, corrected description and title are:
> 
> Program Title: Got Innovation?
> 
> Program Description: Sparks! Ignition Grants are small awards that encourage libraries to develop dynamic and innovative projects that push digital scholarship within the library community. With this unique investment of federal funding, IMLS gives libraries the opportunity to test and evaluate ways they operate and the services they provide to the public. This two-part program will begin with guidance from IMLS staff on how to apply for a Sparks! Ignition Grant and answers to question such as: “What is dynamic?” or “How can my library provide innovative services to meet a growing public need?”
> Next, one of this year's grantees, a librarian at Lehman College (City University of New York), will present a project developed by her and her colleagues. They are testing whether an animated character, capable of real-time interactions with students, can provide effective information literacy learning opportunities. The results of their focus groups and pre-/post-testing will be presented, as well as the ways their project met the goals of the Sparks! Ignition Grant program.
> 
> Speaker Names: Tim Carrigan, Senior Program Officer, Institute for Museum and Library Services; Jennifer Poggiali, Assistant Professor and Instructional Technologies Librarian, Lehman College, CUNY
> 
> Location and time are still the same:
> 
> 8:30 - 10 AM June 28th
> 
> Las Vegas Convention Center
> 
> S224
>  
> Please make a note of this. Thanks!
> 
> - See more at: http://connect.ala.org/node/224444#sthash.DuLK3PIc.dpuf
> The description of the program "Experimenting with Animation: Lehman College's Animated Information Literacy Advocate" at http://ala14.ala.org/node/14575 and in the printed program, is not up to date.
> 
> The new, corrected description and title are:
> 
> Program Title: Got Innovation?
> 
> Program Description: Sparks! Ignition Grants are small awards that encourage libraries to develop dynamic and innovative projects that push digital scholarship within the library community. With this unique investment of federal funding, IMLS gives libraries the opportunity to test and evaluate ways they operate and the services they provide to the public. This two-part program will begin with guidance from IMLS staff on how to apply for a Sparks! Ignition Grant and answers to question such as: “What is dynamic?” or “How can my library provide innovative services to meet a growing public need?”
> Next, one of this year's grantees, a librarian at Lehman College (City University of New York), will present a project developed by her and her colleagues. They are testing whether an animated character, capable of real-time interactions with students, can provide effective information literacy learning opportunities. The  results of their focus groups and pre-/post-testing will be presented, as well as the ways their project met the goals of the Sparks! Ignition Grant program.
> 
> Speaker Names: Tim Carrigan, Senior Program Officer, Institute for Museum and Library Services; Jennifer Poggiali, Assistant Professor and Instructional Technologies Librarian, Lehman College, CUNY
> 
> Location and time are still the same:
> 
> 8:30 - 10 AM June 28th
> 
> Las Vegas Convention Center
> S224
>  
> Please make a note of this. 
> 
> You can visit ALAConnect to download the program info to your own calendar - http://connect.ala.org/node/224444
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> dsshapiro at wisc.edu
> Debra Shapiro
> UW-Madison SLIS
> Helen C. White Hall, Rm. 4282
> 600 N. Park St.
> Madison WI 53706
> 608 262 9195
> mobile 608 712 6368
> FAX 608 263 4849
> 
> 

dsshapiro at wisc.edu
Debra Shapiro
UW-Madison SLIS
Helen C. White Hall, Rm. 4282
600 N. Park St.
Madison WI 53706
608 262 9195
mobile 608 712 6368
FAX 608 263 4849

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