From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Naomi DiTullio Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 2:57 PM To: 's...@lists. tsl. state. tx. us' (E-mail) Subject: [slm] FW: [OPALannounce] 2 More Free Online Programs Added toOPAL's Feb. Schedule
FYI -- OPAL has some great (and free) online programs coming up this February and March. These two programs below might be of particular interest to you, but I encourage you to visit their website and look at their entire list of upcoming programs. Best, Naomi ******************************************* Naomi DiTullio, Distance Learning Consultant Library Development Division Texas State Library and Archives Commission Phone: 1-800-252-9386 (Texas only) or 512-936-2586 Fax: 512-463-8800 Email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Tom Peters Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 11:37 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [OPALannounce] Announcement: 2 More Free Online Programs Added to OPAL's Feb. Schedule Hi, Everyone. The OPAL (www.opal-online.org <http://www.opal-online.org> ) schedule of free, online events for February just keeps getting better. Later this month ALSC, the Association for Library Services to Children, a division of ALA, will hold a program about "Feeling the Crunch: Library Programming on a Budget." We'll also have a lively conversation with novelist Mari Mancusi, whose latest novel, Gamer Girl, is making many lists of good reads for teens and young adults. See below for program details, dates, and times. To see the current list of all upcoming OPAL online programs, please visit http://www.opal-online.org/progschrono.htm <http://www.opal-online.org/progschrono.htm> A webpage of information and tips for New Users of OPAL is at http://www.opal-online.org/firsttimetips.htm <http://www.opal-online.org/firsttimetips.htm> If your hectic schedule does not allow you to attend a live online OPAL event of interest to you, please note that we try to record, archive, and podcast most OPAL events. For details, visit the OPAL Archive at http://www.opal-online.org/archive.htm <http://www.opal-online.org/archive.htm> * Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 7:00 Central, 6:00 Mountain, 5:00 Pacific, and 1:00 a.m. Friday GMT: ALSC Student Session: "Feeling the Crunch: Library Programming on a Budget" With a small budget and a big crowd, you¢re going to have to use some money saving tips, pronto! Learn how to stretch your pennies and get the most bang for your buck with tips that took seasoned library professionals years to learn. No matter your library, there are always things you can do inexpensively or for free to draw children and parents into your library. Join the Association for Library Services to Children <http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/index.cfm> for a discussion with Senior Librarian Eva Mitnick, of the Los Angeles Public Library <http://www.lapl.org/> . 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It tells the tale of Mandy, an artistic, Manga-loving teenager who, after her parents divorce, finds herself at a new high school and living with her grandmother in the small town of Farmingdale, New Hampshire. Suddenly friendless and nicknamed Freak Girl by her peers, Mandy reinvents herself as Allora, a gorgeous elfin avatar in the 3D online game, Fields of Fantasy. Friendships, crushes, and romances develop in both worlds! 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