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Quick Links
Most OPAL programs are held in the Auditorium.
After clicking on the link above, type in your name and press Enter. A small
applet will automatically download on your computer and take you into the meeting room.
Some OPAL programs are held in the Atrium. To verify where your OPAL online event will be held,
please consult the Schedule of Events.
Archive
If you missed an OPAL live event, look for a recording of the program in the OPAL archive.
If you want to listen on your computer or favorite MP3 player to an audiorecording of a previous OPAL event,
visit the OPAL Podcast blog.
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Upcoming Special Events
Note: To enter the online room and participate in an event, simply click on the title
of the event and follow the instructions.
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Thursday, January 12, 2006 beginning at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time,
2:00 Central, 1:00 Mountain, noon Pacific, and 8:00 p.m. GMT:
Wikis are democratizing the World Wide Web in a way that no other Web application has.
A wiki allows a group of people to collaboratively develop a website with no knowledge of
HTML or other markup languages. Any member of the wiki community can add to or edit anyone
else's content, which is what makes wikis so revolutionary and so controversial.
Wikis are being used by librarians as knowledge repositories, subject guides, conference
planning vehicles, and Intranets, but they could be used in any situation where quick and
easy online collaboration is a goal. This session will explain what wikis are, how they could
be used in libraries, and what to consider before creating one of your own.
Presented by Meredith Farkas, Distance Learning Librarian at the at Norwich University in Vermont.
Meredith is the author of the blog and the creator and administrator of the
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Sponsored by the .
This OPAL event will be held in the .
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Thursday, February 16, 2006 :
This inaugural event for LibraryU Live! will include online self-paced LibraryU modules
combined with a day of live events in the OPAL online auditorium and will feature three
separate sessions on the exciting and innovative activities going on in libraries in the
area of digital audio books. A bonus "brown bag lunch" will provide participants with the
opportunity to listen to experts talk about their experiences with a range of creative digital audio book programs.
This special day of online events and discussions if free of charge, but we do ask that you
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Presented by OPAL and .
This OPAL event will be held in the online .
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