LOST in Cyberspace: An Introduction
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L.O.S.T?
Background |
The Librarian's On-Line Support Team
(L.O.S.T.) is coordinated by a steering
committee consisting of academic, research, public, and K- 12 librarians
from wide-spread locations. The group provides space for librarians, many
of whom are being thrust into cyberspace with minimal training and
support, to get both formal and informal instruction and mentoring.
Librarians with all levels of experience can meet to share ideas and
experiences informally.
L.O.S.T. will build a set of on-line resources to share with one another and sponsor a variety of educational events for professional development. The group is currently based at the virtual campus of Diversity University, a cyberspace location that offers both real-time and delayed interaction via computer and currently supports over 4,000 educators and students world-wide. One of the continuing projects undertaken by L.O.S.T. (Librarian's On-line Support Team) is the sponsorship of free, on-line professional development workshops and seminars available to library personnel with Internet telnet capability. Librarians need not leave their homes or worksites to take part in these sessions. Participants log onto Diversity University's live "virtual campus" environment from their home or work computer. To see some of the projects that L.O.S.T. has been involved with in the past, please check out the Projects section of this web site. You may also find the section of Useful Links helpful. |
CONNECT
Email |
For more information about L.O.S.T. please send email to: Cathy Bennett at Libnm1@nccvax.wvnet.edu or to Isabel Danforth at danforth@tiac.net. Many of the activities in which L.O.S.T. has been involved require an online situation where discussions and classes can take place in real time, even though the participants are geographically distant from one another. This is generally accomplished through a telnet connection to a MOO. Any telnet client will suffice although specialized MOO clients may be more useful.
Here is a
MOO client to help
you connect to these moos from a PC.
Run MUTT_LIT.EXE This opens a window. |
WHO?
Isabel Danforth |
Isabel L. Danforth is currently a reference librarian in the Wethersfield, Ct. Public Library, and is active in issues dealing with technology in the library. She has also worked in the fields of business data processing and education. Besides her MLS degree from Southern Connecticut State University, she holds an MS in Geology from the U. of Michigan, and a BS in mathematics and geology from Tufts University. She is active in bringing the internet into her public library, and serves on the committees to design and implement web pages for both the Town of Wethersfield, and the Wethersfield Public Library. Isabel walks through the MOO world as Ringer, serving as an administrator on several MOOs. She is co-founder and director of Librarians' Online Support Team, an organization which reaches out to librarians around the world, providing moo-based workshops and mentoring to librarians who have been thrust onto the internet. Isabel was interviewed for a column on L.O.S.T that appeared in the December, 1995 issue of American Libraries. The steering committee is a relatively informally organized group. |
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