http://discuss.ala.org/civicengagement Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:12:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Survey about Libraries and Civic Engagement survey-civic-engagement-and-libraries-2008.doc Tell us what your library is doing or would like to do Members of ALA’s Civic Engagement Membership Initiative Group (MIG) need your help identifying civic engagement activities at your library.  We want to showcase your activities at various conferences and in publications, as well as ... http://discuss.ala.org/civicengagement/2008/09/25/survey-about-libraries-and-civic-engagement/ Course Development Institute for Courses Using Student-Centered Discussion The Interactivity Foundation is accepting applications from college faculty interested in exploring its approach to student-centered discussion and civically engaged education.  The Foundation is a non-partisan non-profit devoted to greater citizen discussion and participation in the exploration and development of contrasting possibilities for ... http://discuss.ala.org/civicengagement/2008/09/22/the-interactivity-foundation-to-support-faculty-interested-in-exploring-civically-engaged-education/ [cross-posted with minor changes from my personal blog with apologies to the one person who follows both. Sorry for cluttering up your RSS feed, @tacrain57!] As I've mentioned before, I am very curious (but at the nascent stage) of thinking about the blurring lines between journalists and librarians. Certainly the two ... http://discuss.ala.org/civicengagement/2008/09/16/libraries-and-journalism/ Earlier this week I wrote to the Deliberate discussion list and asked where the librarians were in the work being done by the Knight Commission on the information needs of communities in a democracy. I was happily proven wrong. Libraries are represented by TWO outstanding individuals. YEAH! The commission met at ... http://discuss.ala.org/civicengagement/2008/09/10/knight-commission-on-information-needs-of-communities/   Contact: Angela Thullen Program Officer, Communications, PPO (312) 280-5286 athullen@ala.org   NEWS For Immediate Release June 17, 2008   FRONTLINE/World, ALA announce new grant opportunity for libraries CHICAGO – In celebration of their groundbreaking Social Entrepreneurs Series, FRONTLINE/World, in cooperation with the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, will award grants of $500 plus supporting program materials to 40 ... http://discuss.ala.org/civicengagement/2008/06/18/frontlineworld-ala-announce-new-grant-opportunity-for-libraries/ Libraries Foster Civic Engagement Membership Initiative Group2008 ALA Annual Conference --Anaheim, CA Sunday, June 29, 2008, 1:30 - 3:30 pm Room Location: Hilton Anaheim, San Clemente AGENDA Updates on Library Civic Engagement Activities Around the Country Topics will include: Privacy Dialogue 2009 Pre-Conference Deliberative Dialogue Survey PLA Pre-Conference in Minneapolis Civic Engagement Blog--See http://discuss.ala.org/civicengagement/ Join Us. Bring Your Colleagues Subscribe to ... http://discuss.ala.org/civicengagement/2008/06/12/join-the-discussion-at-ala-in-anaheim-libraries-foster-civic-engagement-mig-62908-130-330/ Primer on Public Engagement The new Public Engagement Primer from Public Agenda is a valuable resource for those trying to better understand what public engagement is all about, and for those trying to explain it. Public engagement creates conditions for average citizens to effectively get involved in deliberation, dialogue and action on ... http://discuss.ala.org/civicengagement/2008/06/05/public-agenda-publishes-primer-on-public-engagement/ June 12, 10 am to 1 pm, Regis University, Denver, Colorado. The Democracy Imperative (TDI) member Paul Alexander, director of the Institute for the Common Good at Regis University, will host a TDI gathering. Members and curious future members are welcome. Lunch is included. The goal of the meeting is to introduce ... http://discuss.ala.org/civicengagement/2008/06/05/the-democracy-imperative-meeting-at-regis-university-in-denver-co/ This year’s National Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) is being held in Austin, Texas, October 3-5. This conference is for those dedicated to solving problems through honest talk, quality thinking, and collaborative action. NCDD’s biennial conferences, which are highly participatory, highly innovative and surprisingly affordable, bring together leaders ... http://discuss.ala.org/civicengagement/2008/05/05/national-coalition-for-dialogue-and-deliberation-conference-october-3-5-austin-tx/ CALL FOR CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS Beyond the Academy June 10-11, 2008 Arlington Campus of George Mason University. Meeting just outside the nation's capital in the midst of a presidential campaign year, public scholars from across the country will discuss the ways in which their work is more than "academic," how it helps strengthen democratic institutions ... http://discuss.ala.org/civicengagement/2008/04/24/beyond-the-academcy-call-for-conference-abstracts/