Early bird registration is now open!

Register now for Online Northwest 2012 at http://www.ous.edu/onlinenw/2012/register.html!

The conference takes place February 10, 2012. Register before January 13 at the early bird rate of $100. After January 13, the rate is $130. We also offer discounted registrations and scholarships.

Our keynote speaker will be Steve Krug, best known as the author of Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability.

Presentation topics this year include mobile literacy, e-readers, data curation, digital collections, and more. See descriptions of all the presentations on the conference website.

Register now! We hope to see you in Corvallis in February!

One week left!

Deadline is this Friday. Time to get that proposal in! 2012 call for proposals Online Northwest February 10, 2012 Call For Proposals - Deadline October 21, 2011 Online Northwest is a one-day conference focusing on topics that intersect libraries, technology and culture. The conference is sponsored by the Oregon University System Library Council. The 2012 conference will be held at CH2M Hill Alumni Center, Corvallis, Oregon (on the Oregon State University campus) on Friday, February 10, 2012. The conference explores how technology is being applied within library settings and how technology is affecting library patrons and services. Academic, public, school, and special librarians are strongly encouraged to submit proposals. Online Northwest seeks 60-minute presentations or 5-minute lightning talks on all topics relating to technology and libraries including: • Cloud computing • Institutional repositories • Augmented reality • Semantic web • Virtual research environments • Information discovery • Web 3.0 • Library apps • Mobile computing • Technology competencies • Electronic books • Other topics related to technology in libraries are welcome Submit Proposals: http://goo.gl/gx9bs Proposal Submission Deadline: Friday, October 21, 2011

2012 Online Northwest call for proposals

Online Northwest

February 10, 2012
Call For Proposals - Deadline October 21, 2011

Online Northwest is a one-day conference focusing on topics that intersect libraries, technology and culture. The conference is sponsored by the Oregon University System Library Council.

The 2012 conference will be held at CH2M Hill Alumni Center, Corvallis, Oregon (on the Oregon State University campus) on Friday, February 10, 2012.

The conference explores how technology is being applied within library settings and how technology is affecting library patrons and services. Academic, public, school, and special librarians are strongly encouraged to submit proposals.

Online Northwest seeks 60-minute presentations or 5-minute lightning talks on all topics relating to technology and libraries including:

• Cloud computing
• Institutional repositories
• Augmented reality
• Semantic web
• Virtual research environments
• Information discovery
• Web 3.0
• Library apps
• Mobile computing
• Technology competencies
• Electronic books
• Other topics related to technology in libraries are welcome

Submit Proposals: http://goo.gl/gx9bs
Proposal Submission Deadline: Friday, October 21, 2011

For more information and examples of past presentations, see:
http://www.ous.edu/onlinenw/

Blog: http://onlinenw.blogspot.com/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/onlinenw

2011 Conference scholarships available. Apply Now!

Want to attend Online Northwest 2011, but don¹t have the funds?

The Online Northwest conference planning committee is offering 5 scholarships covering the cost conference registration. Applications will be considered based on both merit and need.

Apply at https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDhNM0U3SVNJanRKYmpzcUF0U1hVTmc6MQ by December 15th. Responses will be sent no later than January 3, 2011.

For questions contact Dawn LoweWincentsen at dawn.lowewincentsen@oit.edu, or Karen Munro at kmunro@uoregon.edu.

Txt 4 info

get your txt 4 info presentation here: http://nwcentral.org/?q=node/2959

look for more links and presentations posted later on our main webpage: http://www.ous.edu/onlinenw/

more sessions available

Even internet computers want to be free about linux and open source at publicly available library computers has posted their session on slideshare: http://ow.ly/14qxM

Teaching the teachers recording is available via elluminate. Logon with an email (real or not is up to you) and no password needed.

Library in your pocket

Library in your pocket session is up on slideshare if you missed it. Good session with user aspects and code in the presentation.