Phil, Thanks as always for the work you do. Having my DDN profile is a great tool for me in my work - people ask me what I do - I just refer them to my DDN profile! Siobhan
Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS Community Outreach Liaison National Network of Libraries of Medicine - MidContinental Region Creighton University Health Sciences Library 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178 402-280-4156/800-338-7657 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nnlm.gov/mcr/ (NN/LM MCR Web Site) http://medstat.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/ (Web Log) http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/siobhanchamp-blackwell (Digital Divide Network Profile) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Shapiro Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 8:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DDN] connecting with others in the Digital Divide Network community hi everyone - if you're new to the Digital Divide Network community you might be wondering how to connect with people in this community. one way is to browse thru the profiles people have written about themselves and their interests on their DDN web site profiles. as a volunteer project, i recently collected as many of these profiles as i could find. you can view these at http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/ddnprofiles.html if i missed you, do please let me know and i'll add your profile link at the end of the current list. some tips i collected to help people fill in their profile can be found in the DDN email list archive at http://shorterlink.com/?H22UHF. browsing thru the email archive of the DDN email list is another way of connecting with people of like mind. you can reach the archive from a link at the end of every email message sent to the DDN email list. here is the link to the DDN email list signup, sign-off and archive. http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide friendly tip - you might find it easiest to fill in your DDN profile in several short sessions. write some brief stuff about your interests and background. browse existing DDN profiles to learn more about other people's interests. than write some more about your own interests. thanks to my DDN profile, i made a new connection with an existing colleague. we both are very fond of the East Harlem Tutorial Program, where i started my career as a teacher back in 1977. if i had not mentioned this fact in my DDN profile, this shared connection with a colleague might never have happened. lastly, the best way to connect with people in the DDN community is to send email to the DDN email list, as i'm doing right now. the list email address is digitaldivide@mailman.edc.org ask questions. share ideas. share links to interesting resources, look for collaborators for projects you want to work on, share news of your successes, etc. hope this helps, phil shapiro volunteer participant and supporter digital divide network -- Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.his.com/pshapiro/ (personal) http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/pshapiro (blog) http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro (technology access work) http://mytvstation.blogspot.com/ (video and rich media) "Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others." - Desiderata _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
