Piecing Together the OSS
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Blackboard’s Chairman Matthew Pittinsky in the Spotlight LearningWeek Live Webcast
This week’s special guest on LearningWeek Live – the first interactive weekly webcast featuring stories about the people, technology and business of learning today – is Matthew Pittinsky of Blackboard Inc. Blackboard Inc. Chairman Matthew Pittinsky is a recognized leader in the field of e-Education and, particularly, on the Internet’s impact at institutions of higher […]
God Bless America
America’s unofficial national anthem was composed by an immigrant who left his home in Siberia for America when he was only five years old. The original version of “God Bless America” was written by Irving Berlin (1888-1989) during the summer of 1918 at Camp Upton, located in Yaphank, Long Island, for his Ziegfeld-style revue, Yip, […]
EDUCAUSE Quarterly Volume 24, Number 3
Lead Article: Reinvesting the IT Dollar: From IT Firefighting to Quality Strategic Services by Andrea Stern
PLACES IN THE NEWS
American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.
Bimonthly Report on Research Library Issues and Actions
Lead Article: Metadata Harvesting and the Open Archives Initiative by Clifford A. Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information
LEARNING @ HOME: Homeroom meets standards
Title: Homeroom.com Web site: www.homeroom.com Sponsor: The Princeton Review Subject: English-Language Arts Grade: 3-8
Actors Perform Scenes from “Respect in the Workplace” Training Program, Live on LearningWeek Webcast
New York – September 19, 2001 – This week’s episode of LearningWeek Live – the first interactive weekly webcast featuring stories about the people, technology and business of learning today – will feature Art Feinglass, Founder and President of Access Communications. Feinglass will appear – along with two actors – on LearningWeek Live at 1:00 […]
Teacher education to receive 1st grades
Today is report-card day for the teacher-preparation programs at Ohio colleges and universities.
American Library Association expresses condolences; urges public to use library resources for emergency support information
The American Library Association (ALA) today expressed its condolences and deepest sympathies to the families and friends of those affected by Tuesday’s tragic events and urges the public to access information at libraries of all kinds – public, school, academic and special – in the days ahead.