Title: Online Programming for All Libraries
Description: "OPAL is a collaborative effort by libraries of all types to provide cooperative web-based programming and training for library users and library staff members. These live events are held in online rooms where participants can interact via voice-over-IP, text chatting, synchronized browsing, and other functions. ... Examples of OPAL public online programs include book discussion programs, interviews, special events, library training, memoir writing workshops, and virtual tours of special digital library collections. ... OPAL was founded in 2003 by the Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center, the Alliance Library System, and the Illinois State Library Talking Book and Braille Service."
Subjects: In-service training, Library education (Continuing education), Technological innovations, Computer networks, Library orientation, Internet in education, Library employees, Study and teaching, Information storage and retrieval systems, Librarians, Information literacy, Information retrieval, Computer conferencing, Library applications
Places: United States