[Tasl] ETLA Meeting and Program, Thursday, Nov. 12, with Theresa Pepin and Dr. Bharat Mehra

[Bartolini, Mary T]

Hello Everyone,

 

   Please consider joining the East Tennessee Library Association this
Thursday, Nov. 12 for a brief meeting and a program featuring Theresa
Pepin and Dr. Bharat Mehra.  Ms. Pepin will discuss her work on the
Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant application and
Dr. Mehra will discuss his involvement with the Institute of Museum and
Library Services grant which provides full scholarships for library
workers in rural Appalachia who wish to earn a master's degree through
the University of Tennessee's School of Information Sciences.  More
details on this meeting:

 

Day & Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009

 

Time: 6-8 PM

 

Place:  Shoney's restaurant meeting room (individual checks and the
gratuity will be added to each check).

 

Powell, TN

I-75, Exit 112

343 Emory Road 37849

Shoney's phone 865-947-5315

 

Speakers:  Theresa Pepin BTOP Stimulus Grant

 

Dr. Bharat Mehra ITRL IMLS Grant

 

 

ETLA and non-ETLA members are all very welcome to attend.

 

 

Theresa Pepin worked with State of Tennessee to submit a three-part
Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant application.  If
funded, the grant would provide broadband access to unserved and
under-served counties in the state.  The grant creates public
library-based mobile laptop laboratories or the equivalent in each
county.  Finally, the grant aims to educate the public on the need for
broadband and what broadband can do for the state. 

 

Pepin will discuss building the case for needs and sustainability (based
not on "business as usual" in recurring public funding but on newer
models responsive to deficit-busting); leveraging partnerships; and
relating to community.  She'll explain what this means for public
libraries that wish to pursue competitive grants such as the BTOP. 

 

Dr. Bharat Mehra and his colleagues received an Institute of Museum and
Library Services grant to provide full scholarships for 16 library
workers in rural Appalachia to earn a master's degree in the University
of Tennessee's School of Information Sciences program.  The degree
program focuses on information technology and rural librarianship and
will be delivered via distance education. 

 

 

Chris Durman

George F. DeVine Music Library

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

1741 Volunteer Blvd. 

Knoxville, TN 37996

865-974-3474

cdurman at utk.edu