Colleagues/ After my return from Ireland, where I will deliver four (4) keynote presentations titled _The Paradigms They Are A-Changin' > The Future Of Research And Scholarship: Open / Semantic / Social / Mobile_ [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2009/05/paradigms-they-are-changin-ope n.html ], I will travel to Macon, Georgia to give the keynote at _InSite 2009: Information Science + IT Education Joint Conference_ On June 12 2009 ************************************* TITLE > InSITE-Connect: A Model for Dynamic Interdisciplinary Interaction ABSTRACT > As prominently stated on its homepage, the Informing Science Institute is "an organization of colleagues helping colleagues ... [that] draw[s] together people ... who teach, research, and use information technologies to inform clients ... [and who] share their knowledge with others," regardless of [their respective] disciplines." While its meetings and publications provide opportunities to communicate, current and emerging online technologies have the potential of facilitating greater collaboration between and among scholars and their publics, regardless of location, time, or academic focus. In this presentation, we will provide an overview of select online professional and social networks, and describe the features and functionalities that can foster more dynamic interaction within the diverse InSITE communities. The presentation will conclude with a demonstration of a proposed online professional network. ************************************** I Am Greatly Interested In Learning Of Exemplar Professional / Organizational / Society Social Networks Sites To Profile In This Presentation. IMHO One Of The Best Exemplar Professional Online Social Networks Is The Recently Established Ning-Based _Conversants Conference/Conversation_ That Is Devoted To Participatory Librarianship. Please submit your recommendation as a Comment on the blog entry at [ http://tinyurl.com/qpfsk6 ] BTW: Links To The InSite 2009 conference program / etc. are available from the blog entry. Thanks! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck@iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come / Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]