Online Courses of possible interest

Simmons' Graduate School of Library and Information Science offers many online courses that are open to all. The course run the gamut from Instructional Design, to Javascript to Programming for Babies and Toddlers.

More information can be found here

Netspeed 2007 - Oct 17-19, Calgary

To assist library staff and trustees in keeping pace with evolving technologies, The Alberta Library hosts an annual library technology conference called Netspeed. Netspeed is a conference for librarians, technical staff and trustees to explore new technologies in a highly connected world.

Netspeed 2007 will take place October 17-19, in Calgary.

Keynotes:

Jenny Levine - Gaming and Libraries: Intersections of Services
Internet Development Specialist and Strategy Guide for the American Library Association

Cheryl Stewart - The Game's Afoot! Libraries in the early 21st Century
Librarian, Coastline Community College Virtual Library

Nora Young - Library 2.0: The Curator of Information in a Social Software World
Technology News Journalist

More information and registrations can be found here