Friday, September 22, 2006

BarCamp Lowcountry Invites Participation

What if you could attend an event about the latest cutting edge technology where everyone presented, contributed, and asked questions (and you could not attend unless you did all three)? Well, wish no more.

BarCampLowcountry is coming to the Lowcountry Graduate Center and the College of Charleston, North Campus!

A BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants.

Anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn is welcome and invited to join.

When you come, be prepared to share with barcampers.
When you leave, be prepared to share it with the world.

NO SPECTATORS, ONLY PARTICIPANTS

Attendees must give a demo, a session, or help with one, or otherwise volunteer / contribute in some way to support the event. All presentations are scheduled the day they happen. Prepare in advance, but come early to get a slot on the wall. The people present at the event will select the demos or presentations they want to see.

You can visit the BarCampLowcountry wiki for details on this event or for hosting your own BarCamp. Visit the BarCamp Lowcountry wiki at:

http://barcamp.org/BarCampLowcountry

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Salty Labyrinth in the Rotunda

The Artist Yamamoto Motoi will be creating a giant salt labyrinth installation in the Library Rotunda starting September 21st. The salt labyrinth will remain in place until the end of the semester. For information on the artist and his work link to:

http://www.cofc.edu/halseygallery/exhibihitions/fon/artists/pub_motoi.html


"Thursday @ Three" Addlestone Sessions Return

Announcing the “Thursday @ Three” Addlestone Sessions:
Every Thursday this semester starting September 28th the Addlestone library will hold a session on the practical use of technology for teaching, learning and research. Building on the success of our past workshops with applications such as PowerPoint, web editing, and Excel, these sessions will be offered on a variety of emerging technology topics. Individual sessions will still address hands on basics of particular applications (i.e. PowerPoint, web editing), but will also include how to effectively search a database or the web for academic research as well as highlighting emerging technology trends (i.e. Podcasts, Blogging, RSS) or how to avoid and deal with common computer/internet problems such as spy ware and viruses. Other sessions are being developed.

Sessions will be held in Addlestone room 120 from 3 – 4:30pm. Class size is limited to 22 pre-registered attendees per session. Participants may register for a session by contacting Jared Seay via email with subject line: LIBRARY SESSIONS (seayj@cofc.edu) or leaving a voice mail (953- 1428) and indicating the session and date they wish to attend.

Link Here for Details on the sessions: http://www.cofc.edu/~library/libseminars.html