Off-Campus Library Services Conference

Dan has written that “I believe this conference can play a crucial role in the development of a professional network that will support my interests in distance learner library support and encourage my long term professional aspirations for a management position or professorship in distance education and information seeking.”

His presentation at the conference is titled: Blackboard™ on a Shoestring: Tying Courses to Sources. Please welcome this newcomer and attend his presentation. More information about Dan------

Dan Lawrence, Conference Award Winner Dan H. Lawrence is the Librarian at the Prevention Information Center, housed at the Rocky Mountain Center for Health Promotion and Education.

He is responsible for marketing and disseminating substance abuse materials to prevention educators, professionals, and researchers across the state of Colorado.

A native of the Silicon Valley, he holds an M.L.S. from San Jose State University. His fascination with the interaction between information, educational theory, and media technologies has led him to pursue a Ph.D. in Educational Technology with an emphasis in Distance Education and Instructional Design at the University of Northern Colorado. His last position was as Instruction Librarian and Asst. Professor at the University of Northern Colorado.

This award will cover registration fees, travel and lodging. Requirements for this new award are as follows:

has never attended an Off-Campus Library Services Conference
must either be a library science student interested in distance education or a librarian who has worked less than two years with off-campus students.
must prepare a presentation and paper about a pertinent off-campus topic.

If you are interested in contributing to this award and enabling students and new librarians to attend the next conference please contact Connie Hildebrand at connie.hildebrand@cmich.edu