Podcast of ALA's Virtual Communities and Libraries Member Initiative Group Meeting
A podcast of the first meeting of the ALA's Virtual Communities and Libraries Member Initiative Group is now available.
Here's the group's statement of purpose from its ALA Wiki entry:
To provide a group within ALA for members interested in fostering the practice of library work, the visibility of libraries and library workers, and the extension of library services within online social networks, virtual worlds, and other communities of intention. To provide a mechanism for sharing experiences and practices in-person or virtually through programming or asynchronous communications. To encourage wider participation by the profession and the association in virtual worlds. and To establish a forum across all types of libraries and at all levels of library employment concerned with the development of library services in emerging social networks, virtual worlds, and other communities of intention. This group is open to all members.
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