There's been a several sites sprouting up that offer excellent seminars and workshops for information professionals. Here's the sites that I have collected so far. Please send me links to any that I have missed. This is a work in process.
University of Missouri LiS Webcast
- Audio
- HIB Spot: Once a month Dr. Sanda Erdelez and her students will host a 30-minute conversation about current developments in the field of human information behavior (HIB)
- Recent programs:
- Information Behavior on the Web--Sanda Erdelez Interviews Brian Detlors
- Interview with Dr. Kevin Rioux, Assistant Professor at the Division of Information Science, St. JohnÂ?s University, NY
-First Tuesday: On the first Tuesday of each month we will be interviewing a major player somewhere in libraryland.
- Recent programs:
- Government Information at the Crossroads - Dr. Seavey talks with Laurie Canepa of the State Library of New Mexico and Barbara Rehkop of Washington University in St. Louis about the present and future of government information
- Charley Seavey interviews Janet Swan Hill Associate Director for Technical Services, University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries, on the topics of map librarianship, librarian education, and cataloging
-Other series include "On the Job" and "ShowMe Libraries" and LiS ClassCast and LIS Limited Editions
OPAL: Online Programming for All Libraries--And All Library Users
- Audio, sometimes text chat, slides/web site
- Frequency: Monthly - bimonthly for professional development topics
- Wiki World presentation by Meredith Farkas
- Library Services for Older Adults presentation by Allan Kleiman
Talking with Talis
- Audio - interview format
- Monthly
- Recent programs:
- Lawrence Lessig on Creative Commons and the Remix Culture
- George Needham on OCLC's new Perceptions report and their Environmental Scan
SirsiDynix Institute Web Seminar Series
- Monthly, sometimes more often
- Recent programs:
- Weblogs & Libraries: Communication, Conversation, and the Blog People - Michael Stephens
- Knowing Who We Serve - To Serve Them Better Geo-Marketing: Customer-Based Research - Dr. Christie Koontz
The Blended Librarian Portal
- Offers webcasts on a monthly schedule.
- Requires registration (no cost) at The Learning Times Online Community
- Recent programs:
- Designing Library Experiences For Users - Aradhana Goel of MAYA Design
- Shifting the Balance: Faculty-Led Information Literacy Instruction led by William Miller, Steven Bell, and John Shank
PALINET Podcast: Technology Conversations
- 20 minute audio talks on tech topics
- Frequency ?
- Recent programs:
- Reference by SMS (cutting-edge cell phone texting reference service) - J. B. Hill, Southeastern Louisiana University -
- Use of personal digital assistants (PDAs) in libraries - Colleen Cuddy, New York University
PALINET Podcast: IR Conversations
- Podcasts, frequency ?
- Recent programs:
- Implementation and planning of a New Jersey statewide initiative with open source Fedora institutional repository software - Linda Langschied (Head of the Scholarly Communication Center) and Ann Montanaro (Head of the Systems Department) at the Rutgers University Libraries
- Real-world experience setting up an institutional repository (in this case the IR resource used is Digital Commons) - Ed Tawyea, Director of Academic and Instructional Support Resources and the University Librarian at Thomas Jefferson University
EdTechTalk
- Webcast to discuss, comment and generally mull-over all things related to educational technology
- Frequent updates
- Recent programs:
- EdTechTalk #35 - News, Edubloggosphere roundup
And Doug Symington from the Northern Voice Conference - Discussion with Larry Sanger of DigitalUniverse.net
Wiki Textbook Project Webcast#5 , Part 2
IEEE Education Society 2006 Distinguished Lecture Series
- Annual series
- Recent programs: (all by Prof. Burks Oakley II University of Illinois)
- Presentation 1: Blogs
- Presentation 2: RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
- Presentation 3: Podcasting
- Presentation 4: Wikis
BBC Radio 4 ShopTalk - Intelligent and entertaining conversation about business, money, technology and workplace issues. Presented by Heather Payton,
- Tuesdays
- Recent programs:
- Web 2.0
- Digital Mapping and Tracking
