I whole heartedly agree with my colleague and highly recommend we find a way to have faculty meetings at least quarterly to maintain the momentum and continue on the path laid out by James for us. This was the first time some of us have met face to face and put names to email addresses and names. This retreat was most rewarding and inspirational and we can't leave it at that, lots of work to do to build our program to greater heights, but lots of ground work needed to strengthen a more solid foundation too. aj ________________________________ From: gslisadjuncts-bounces@lists.qc.cuny.edu on behalf of Laroi Lawton Sent: Sun 10/2/2011 9:14 PM To: Thomas Surprenant; gslisfac@lists.qc.cuny.edu; gslisadjuncts@lists.qc.cuny.edu Subject: Re: Gslisadjuncts Adobe Connect Nice!!!! by the way, I really appreciated the faculty retreat recently held. I would also like to thank Prof. Brody as we serve on the same CUNY comittee which meets once a month at the Graduate Center. if you all will recall, it was raining 'cats and dogs'(no pun intended). A special thanks to Profs. Li and Jackson 'our very own' and everyone involved in putting this event together. I, personally walked away feeling rejuvenated despite the weather, and CUNY's financial restraints. We need to do this more often. Important questions were raised regarding our program and profession as well as showing how well 'we' individually and collectively bring to the program and profession are gifts that make our program so successful. We need to address them collectively with collaboration and continued discussion and debates from everyone. T. S. Elliot "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." LaRoi Lawton ________________________________ From: gslisadjuncts-bounces@lists.qc.cuny.edu [gslisadjuncts-bounces@lists.qc.cuny.edu] on behalf of Thomas Surprenant [thomas.surprenant@qc.cuny.edu] Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 1:29 PM To: gslisfac@lists.qc.cuny.edu; gslisadjuncts@lists.qc.cuny.edu Subject: Gslisadjuncts Adobe Connect Hi guys, The Center For Teaching & Learning has given us access to Adobe Connect. It can be used in a variety of ways such as interviews, advising, committee meetings online, classroom discussions etc. It features text, audio and video and is quite flexible. If you are interested in a demo please contact me and I will see if I can find a day/time/place where we can play around with it. If enough people are interested I can request time in an upcoming faculty meeting. Here is what they say on their website: "Easy webinar access Adobe Connect helps you maximize webinar attendance with a simple and intuitive interface, instant access from a variety of desktop and mobile devices, and automated registration and follow-up. Rich, impactful experiences Adobe Connect makes it easy to capture audience attention by supporting a range of rich media content. And you can keep them engaged with real-time whiteboard discussions, polling, chat, and live Q&A." For more information goto: www.adobe.com/ConnectWebConference -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies _______________________________________________ gslisadjuncts mailing list gslisadjuncts@lists.qc.cuny.edu http://lists.qc.cuny.edu/mailman/listinfo/gslisadjuncts The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer.

Hi Laroi, Many thanks for the compliments from both you and President Jackson. This software might enable the entire group of faculty to get together, online, at various points during the academic year to interact. So far, my experience has been limited to approximately 10 people and it worked fairly well. On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Laroi Lawton <laroi.lawton@bcc.cuny.edu>wrote:

Nice!!!!

by the way, I really appreciated the faculty retreat recently held. I would also like to thank Prof. Brody as we serve on the same CUNY comittee which meets once a month at the Graduate Center. if you all will recall, it was raining 'cats and dogs'(no pun intended). A special thanks to Profs. Li and Jackson 'our very own' and everyone involved in putting this event together. I, personally walked away feeling rejuvenated despite the weather, and CUNY's financial restraints. We need to do this more often. Important questions were raised regarding our program and profession as well as showing how well 'we' individually and collectively bring to the program and profession are gifts that make our program so successful. We need to address them collectively with collaboration and continued discussion and debates from everyone.

T. S. Elliot "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."

LaRoi Lawton ________________________________ From: gslisadjuncts-bounces@lists.qc.cuny.edu [ gslisadjuncts-bounces@lists.qc.cuny.edu] on behalf of Thomas Surprenant [ thomas.surprenant@qc.cuny.edu] Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 1:29 PM To: gslisfac@lists.qc.cuny.edu; gslisadjuncts@lists.qc.cuny.edu Subject: Gslisadjuncts Adobe Connect

Hi guys,

The Center For Teaching & Learning has given us access to Adobe Connect. It can be used in a variety of ways such as interviews, advising, committee meetings online, classroom discussions etc. It features text, audio and video and is quite flexible.

If you are interested in a demo please contact me and I will see if I can find a day/time/place where we can play around with it. If enough people are interested I can request time in an upcoming faculty meeting.

Here is what they say on their website:

“Easy webinar access Adobe Connect helps you maximize webinar attendance with a simple and intuitive interface, instant access from a variety of desktop and mobile devices, and automated registration and follow-up.

Rich, impactful experiences Adobe Connect makes it easy to capture audience attention by supporting a range of rich media content. And you can keep them engaged with real-time whiteboard discussions, polling, chat, and live Q&A.”

For more information goto: www.adobe.com/ConnectWebConference

-- chirp elt

Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies

-- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies