Distance Learning Interest Group (DLIG)
Current Announcements
Posted January 23rd,2012
DLIG is excited to announce that the Spring Workshop will be held on Friday, May 11th at Miami University's Voice of America (VOA) Learning Center, located in West Chester, Ohio. For more information, please see the DLIG Events page.
Current Announcements
Posted August 13th ,2011
Please welcome Jessie Long as incoming Co-Chair of DLIG! Jessie is a Public Services Librarian from Miami University Middletown's Gardner-Harvey Library. She joins Kathleen Pickens-French in representing DLIG this year.
For the most current DLIG news, be sure to check out our blog at
distancelibrarians.wordpress.com . If you'd like to help contribute to the blog, please email either Kathleen or Jessie at the emails provided below.
About DLIG
Updated October 13, 2010
- Purpose
- The purpose of the Distance Learning Interest Group is to provide a statewide forum for library staff interested in distance learning services.
- Goals
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- to encourage discussion on topics relevant to library support for distance learners and educators
- to share information by sponsoring professional development opportunities
- to promote library involvement with distance learning programs on Ohio campuses
- to explore opportunities for cooperation with other distance learning organizations
- to promote the exchange of information with the ACRL Distance Learning Section
- Objectives
- To hold an annual meeting that includes either a program or a roundtable discussion, to sponsor a spring workshop and contribute to the ALAO Newsletter on topics relevant to the group’s membership.
- Membership
- Membership is open to any ALAO member who has an interest in library issues related to distance learning. There is no additional charge for becoming a member of DLIG. The Chair will be elected each spring from the Membership and supported by the DLIG Coordinating Committee. If interested, contact Christina Bonner, bonnerc@ohiodominican.edu.
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Twice a year the DLIG will present two workshops including a sponsored session at the ALAO Annual Conference, and a spring workshop, held at various Ohio locations
DLIG Coordinating Committee
The DLIG is a relatively new interest group of ALAO. Coordinating committee members help plan and organize the spring workshops and the group sponsored sessions at the ALAO annual conference.
For more information or to volunteer, please contact a current member of the DLIG Coordinating Committee:
