[evergreen-outreach] LITA training/webinar opportunity

[rogan.hamby at gmail.com]

I'm adding this to the new business part of the agenda.  I think it's a
great idea.

On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 3:01 PM Galen Charlton <gmc at equinoxinitiative.org>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm on the LITA board, and during discussions at Midwinter the perennial
> topic of education materials came up.
>
> There are a couple programs at previous ALA conferences that were done
> under the auspices of the Outreach Committee that I think might be worth
> pitching as a webinar (or at least, a blog post) in collaboration with
> LITA. In particular, the "Tech gurus optional" [1] could do well as a
> webinar for library administrators, IT and otherwise, and would fit with
> the proposal to merge LITA with ALA's metadata and administration
> divisions, ALCTS and LLAMA.
>
> The "Free Kittens and Beer" one could also work as well. [2]
>
> I think this could be a good opportunity to get the Evergreen name and
> information about the practicalities of using and running open source
> projects out there.
>
> Per a conversation I had with LITA's executive director Jenny Levine, if
> this is done as a paid webinar, it's not beyond the realm of possibility of
> sharing the revenue with LITA, although if y'all want to pursue that,
> somebody other than me will have to be the one negotiating this.
>
> Anyway, please give this a thought or two. I won't be in a position to
> attend the Outreach meeting this week, but I'm happy to answer any
> questions you have and help facilitate a formal proposal if you decide to
> do this.
>
> I should note that there is an open call for proposals [3] until the 16th.
>
> [1]
> https://www.eventscribe.com/2018/ALA-Annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=381387
> [2]
> https://www.eventscribe.com/2019/ALA-Annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=518999
> [3] https://docs.lita.org/lita-forms/propose-a-webinar-or-online-course/
>
> Regards,
>
> Galen
> --
> Galen Charlton
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> Equinox Open Library Initiative
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