<div dir="ltr">I'm adding this to the new business part of the agenda. I think it's a great idea.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 3:01 PM Galen Charlton <<a href="mailto:gmc@equinoxinitiative.org">gmc@equinoxinitiative.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>I'm on the LITA board, and during discussions at Midwinter the perennial topic of education materials came up.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>The "Free Kittens and Beer" one could also work as well. [2]</div><div><br></div><div>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. <br></div><div><br></div><div>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. <br></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>I should note that there is an open call for proposals [3] until the 16th.<br></div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="https://www.eventscribe.com/2018/ALA-Annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=381387" target="_blank">https://www.eventscribe.com/2018/ALA-Annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=381387</a></div><div>[2] <a href="https://www.eventscribe.com/2019/ALA-Annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=518999" target="_blank">https://www.eventscribe.com/2019/ALA-Annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=518999</a></div><div>[3] <a href="https://docs.lita.org/lita-forms/propose-a-webinar-or-online-course/" target="_blank">https://docs.lita.org/lita-forms/propose-a-webinar-or-online-course/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Galen<br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Galen Charlton<br>Implementation and Services Manager<br>Equinox Open Library Initiative<br>phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)<br>email: gmc@equinoxInitiative.org<br>web: <a href="https://equinoxInitiative.org" target="_blank">https://equinoxInitiative.org</a><br>direct: +1 770-709-5581<br>cell: +1 404-984-4366</div></div></div></div></div>
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