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Announcing BlogWiki2005 Workshop | May 19-20, 2005 | Coral Gables FL |

WHAT: BlogWiki2005 Workshop

WHEN: May 19-20, 2005

WHO: Gerry McKiernan, Science and Technology Librarian and
Bibliographer, Iowa State University Library; Sabrina I. Pacifici,
Founder, Editor, Publisher and Web Manager of LLRX.com and Author,
beSpacific.com; and Marcus P. Zillman, Executive Director of the
Virtual
Private Library and VPL Blogosphere.

WHERE: University of Miami, Wesley Foundation, Coral Gables, Florida.
Note: Coral Gables is located in the Miami, Florida area.

WHY: Blogs, Wikis, News Aggregators and RSS/Atom Feeds are emerging
technologies that have and will continue to transform all fields of
communication, scholarship, and library and other information
services.
The goals of BlogWiki2005 are to provide an introduction to these
technologies and practical examples of their applications that
libraries
and other organizations can easily implement to their advantage.

The BlogWiki2005 Workshop is a focused, comprehensive program
presented
by experienced specialists designed for the newbie as well as the
seasoned veteran. Each workshop participant will receive a detailed
manual containing copies of all workshop presentations as well as
compilations of reliable and authoritative resources and references
about blogs, bots, wikis, and RSS/Web feeds.

TIME:
May 19 2005 8:30am - 5:00pm
May 20 2005 8:30am - 12:00pm

WHERE:
University of Miami
Wesley Foundation
Coral Gables, Florida

COST:
$195.00 Per Registrant through April 15, 2005
$249.00 Per Registrant April 16 - May 18, 2005
$295.00 Per Registrant at the Door May 19, 2005.

The full program and schedule, as well as profiles of the presenters,
are available at

[  http://www.BlogWiki2005.com/  ]

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
and
Science and Technology Librarian and Bibliographer
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck@iastate.edu