We are a network of 10 college and university libraries in Davao City, Philippines. We call our network the DAvao Colleges and Universities Network (DACUN) and one of our activities and programs is continuing education not only for our libraries but also for the other libraries here in southern Philippines.

On August 13-17, 2007, we shall be holding the 1st Philippine Book, Library, Information Science and Technology Conference and Fair (or Phil-BLIST) with the theme “iC2TKS (information, Content, Communication and Technology in a Knowledge Society) at the Multi-Purpose Room, University of Mindanao, Matina, Davao City, Philippines.

Since you are an expert on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), we are sincerely inviting you to speak on the topic to a group of librarians, information professionals, IT practitioners, researchers, teachers, information officers, and knowledge workers. Unfortunately, we do not have the funds to shoulder your trip from the United States to Manila and back. Our group can shoulder your round-trip fare to Davao and back to Manila. You won’t be staying overnight in Davao City, as we made sure you would be speaking in the morning.

Nobody in the Philippines is an authority on this topic which is one of the long-delayed topics for discussion in conferences and seminars. Your presence will surely educate all of us on how FOSS affect information and knowledge management.

Please reply to this email as we are hoping for your attendance.

Thank you so much,

Very sincrely yours,

DR. BRICCIO M. MERCED, JR.
University Librarian, University of the Philippines in Mindanao
and Chair, DACUN Library Committee

I’m curious, though, if you might know, off the top of your head, of any clearinghouse of non-profit trainings that are online? Or if you know of any non-profits putting their trainings online? And I’m not thinking resources for non-profits developed specifically for the web, but trainings like the one we do at LEAD - Empowering Teens: A training for adults. I’m curious because I’m hoping to get that training (and resources from another workshop I volunteer with every month) in an online useable format before I leave Oregon for Logan. While I’m confident I can do it, it never hurts to get some words of wisdom from or to see the actual products of those who have already done it.

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