December 3, 2013
A presentation given by Aaron Spector, Temple University Disability Services, about services that are available to disabled students.
Category Archives: Events
Continuing Education Committee
November 19, 2013
Temple University Press presentation given by Alex Holzman and other TU Press managers discussing how the Press functions and current trends in scholarly publishing.
Continuing Education Committee
October 2, 2013
Karin Mormando of the Admissions Office discussed changing student demographics.
Continuing Education Committee
April 1, 2008
A brownbag lunch session given by Sebastian Derry, Media Services Librarian, who presented a paper entitled “Video-Regions and Formats and Change, Oh My!”
Continuing Education Committee
February 12, 2008
An author talk/reading with Professor Samuel Delany, well-known writer, literary critic, and teacher of fiction writing in Temple’s Department of English, who read from his latest novel Dark Reflections.
Continuing Education Committee
October 18, 2007
A tour of the archaeological and ethnographic collections of the Laboratory of Anthropology at Temple University with the director, Muriel Kirkpatrick.
Continuing Education Committee
October 2006
David Post, Professor of Law at the Beasley School of Law, presented on copyright law. His presentation was informative, entertaining, and lead to some interesting discussion with the audience. Approximately 15 library staff members were in attendance.
Continuing Education Committee
April 2006
Co-presentation with George Fowler of Library Systems and Technology of OPAL’s webcast “Ten Top Technologies for Librarians in 2006” by librarian and blogger Michael Stephens. Approximately 12 library staff members were in attendance.
Continuing Education Committee
March 2006
The committee presented Allen Hornblum, a professor at the University, who talked about the pitfalls of publishing on controversial subjects and his new book on Philadelphia’s notorious K&A gang. More than 20 library staff members and a few others from the University attended.
Continuing Education Committee
October 2005
Committee members Fred Rowland and Derik A Badman presented “Open Source Software: Free your computer, free your mind, free your wallet.” Topics included the definition of “open source,” the ideology behind the concept, and numerous examples of open source software available for every major area of computer use, from browsers and photo editors to operating systems and library systems. Approximately 12 library staff members were in attendance.