WebJunction E-Learning Advisory Committee named

DUBLIN, Ohio, USA,  24 March 2006—WebJunction, the online community dedicated to supporting the library management and computing needs of library staff, has named members of its E-Learning Advisory Committee.

Committee members will meet three times each year to provide hands-on guidance and feedback at the policy level on WebJunction's learning programs and services.  These programs and services include online courses and education, just-in-time tools for library tasks, competency-based assessments, tailored learning plans, and solutions for e-learning providers.

"E-Learning is a key component of WebJunction," said George Needham, Vice President, OCLC Member Services.  "We're confident that this group of library leaders will ensure that the e-learning courses, tools and solutions WebJunction offers will address the current and future needs of library staff in this dynamic technological environment."

WebJunction E-Learning Advisory Committee members include:

• Mike Crandall, Senior Lecturer, University of Washington
• Sari Feldman, Executive Director, Cuyahoga County Public Library
• Kara Hannigan, Associate Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Dottie Hiebing, Executive Director, NY METRO
• Holly Hinman, Project Coordinator, InfoPeople
• Bonnie Juergens, Executive Director, Amigos Library Services
• Marilyn Mason, Executive Director, WebJunction
• Karen Strege, Project Director, Western Council of State Libraries
• Phil Turner, Vice Provost for Learning Enhancement, University of North Texas
• Mary Wegner, State Librarian, State Library of Iowa

About WebJunction
WebJunction is an online community supporting public access computing where library staff meets to share ideas, solve problems, take courses—and have fun.  For more information, visit www.webjunction.org.

In 2002, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded OCLC a three-year grant to build a portal for public libraries and other organizations that provide public access to information.  Building on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s five-year Library Program, which has provided over 40,000 computers with Internet access to more than 10,000 libraries across the United States and Canada, WebJunction was initially the work of five organizations, led by OCLC.

About OCLC
Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, OCLC Online Computer Library Center is a nonprofit computer library service and research organization that provides computer-based cataloging, reference, resource sharing, eContent and preservation services to 54,000 libraries in 109 countries and territories.  For more information, visit www.oclc.org.

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