News from the Field
Florida Distance Learning Reference & Referral Center
People: Appointments, Departures, Promotions
Carlene Jaworowski has joined the Florida Distance Learning Reference & Referral Center Library as a Distance Learning Librarian.
People: Papers, Publications, and Presentations
Rhonda Smith presented "Library? What Library? Building Research Requirements into Distance Courses" at the 16th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning in Madison,Wisconsin on August 3rd, 2000.
Carlene Jaworowski and Tina Adams presented a poster session "Bridging the Gap: Library Services to Florida's Distance Learners", at the ALA Annual Conference 2000 in Chicago.
Meredith Ault and Rachel Viggiano presented a poster session, "Real Time Reference Using Chat" at the ALA Annual Conference 2000 in Chicago.
Stephanie Race presented "Distance Learning: More than Remote Possibilities" at the Dancing with Change teleconference at the College of DuPage, on June 16th, 2000.
Rhonda Smith and Meredith Ault presented "Virtual Desk: Real Reference - The Florida Distance Learning Library Initiative" at the Off-Campus Library Services Conference in Portland, Oregon on April 28th, 2000.
Meredith Ault and Stephanie Race presented "Equal but Not Identical: Library Services for Distance Learners" at the 11th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning in Jacksonville, Florida on April 14th, 2000.
Librarians from the Florida Distance Learning Reference & Referral Center will also be presenting at the following upcoming conferences: Virtual Reference Desk in Seattle, SELA/COMO in Jekyll Island, EDUCAUSE, in Nashville, and Internet Librarian in Monterey. Stop by and say hello.
People: State/National Activities
Meredith Ault was appointed to the ACRL Distance Learning Section Instruction Committee.
Rachel Viggiano was appointed to the ACRL Distance Learning Section Conference Program 2002 Planning Committee.
Stephanie Race was appointed Chair of the ACRL Distance Learning Section Conference Program 2002 Planning Committee.
News from the Field
The Florida Distance Learning Reference & Referral Center is pleased to announce the debut of their new chat service - RRChat. The service is used to provide online reference and instruction to Florida's distance learners. Feel free to stop by and check it out at http://www.rrc.usf.edu/chat/index.html.