Digital Divide Lecture
Series
Fall 2012: Wednesdays 11-11:50 in
Henderson Room (LISB 131) except Thursday, October 4
Hosted by Professor
Kate Williams and Professor
Abdul
Alkalimat
UIUC
Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) ,
501 E Daniel Street, Champaign
Fifth
Annual Digital Divide Lecture Series (2012)
All
2012 Videos
September 5, 2012
Mike Smeltzer, UC2B, and UIUC Director of Networking
Video
September 12, 2012
Barbara Oehlschlaeger-Garvey, Assistant Director, Museum of
the Grand Prairie
Jed L. Taylor, Stake Family History Center
Video | Garvey Slides
September 19, 2012
Annie Clay, Director, Help Book Online
Respondent: Barry
Ackerson, Associate Dean & MSW Program Director, UIUC
School of Social Work
Video | Clay Slides
September 26, 2012
Reverend Willie G. Comer, Pastor, Berean Covenant Church
Will Kyles, City Councilman, Champaign
Chris Hamb, Chrisp Media
Video
Thursday, October 4, 2012 in the Illini Union, Room 209
October 10, 2012
Michael Dilley, Fire Chief, Urbana Fire Rescue Services
Video
October 17, 2012
Donald Owen, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and
Instruction, Urbana School District 16
Video | Owen Slides
October 24, 2012
Dr. William Schuh, Chief Medical
Information Officer, Carle Foundation Hospital
Respondent: Jerry Dewitt,
Library Manager, Carle Foundation
Hospital
Video | Schuh & DeWitt Slides
October 31, 2012
John Wagstaff, Head of Music and Performing Arts Library,
UIUC
Video
November 7, 2012
Denise Osler-Brown, former Computer Instructor, Douglass
Branch Library
Please contact Professor Kate Williams or Professor Abdul Alkalimat for access to this week's video.
November 14, 2012
Katie Abrams, Interim Director and Assistant Professor,
UIUC Ag Com/Coll of Media/ACES
Abigail Sackmann, Research Assistant, UIUC Ag Com and
Masters student, GSLIS
Video | Abrams_Sackmann Slides
November 28, 2012
Valerie McWilliams, Managing Attorney, Land of Lincoln
Legal Assistance
Stacie Colston Patterson, Outreach Coordinator, Illinois
Legal Aid Online
Video
December 5, 2012
Ricardo Diaz, Office of Extension, UIUC
Video
December 12, 2012
Jon Gant, Research Associate Professor, UIUC GSLIS, and
Director, proposed Center for Digital Inclusion
Martin Wolske, Senior Research Scientist and Adjunct Faculty, UIUC GSLIS
Video | Williams Slides | Wolske Slides
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Fourth Annual Digital Divide Lecture Series
(2011)
All
2011 Videos
September 8, 2011
Mike Smeltzer, Director of Network
Communications, Campus Information Technologies and
Educational Services (CITES), UIUC
Teri Legner, Economic Development
Manager, City of Champaign
Slides | Handout |Anchors Map
September 22, 2011
Rev.
Eugene Barnes, Metanoia Center
Rev.
Charles Nash, New Hope Church of God in Christ
September 29, 2011
Roger Grinnip,
Director of Information and Instructional Technology,
Champaign Public Schools
Christopher Fuller, Director of
Instructional Technology, Urbana School District 116
October 6, 2011
Debra Lissak, Executive Director,
Urbana Library
Marsha Grove, Director, Champaign
Public Library
October 13, 2011
Bradford Cronk, Technology Supervisor,
Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (CUMTD)
Stephen Wanzek, Airport Manager,
Willard Airport
October 20, 2011
Professor Lynette Kvasny, Pennsylvania
State University
October 27, 2011
Dale Morrissey, Executive Director,
Developmental Services Center
Alan Thomas, Deaf Services
Coordinator, Persons Assuming Control of their Environment,
Inc. (PACE)
November
3, 2011
Fred Halenar, Information
Technologies Director , City of Champaign
Bill DeJarnette, CIO, City of Urbana
November 10, 2011
Brian Bell, Department of Commerce and
Economic Opportunity Grant Coordinator, Computer Science and
Information Technology Department, Parkland College
Jon Gant, Research Associate
Professor, Library and Information Science, U of I
Slides-Gant
| Flash Prezi - Bell
November 17, 2011
Wilma White, Clark Lindsey Retirement
Village
Carol Lewis, Salem Baptist Church
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Third Annual Digital
Divide Lecture Series (2010)
All
2010 Videos
Bridging
the
digital
divide in the U of Illinois Libraries , Beth
Sandore, Associate University Librarian for Information
Technology Planning and Policy, Associate Dean of Libraries, and
Professor of Library Administration
MP3
Recorded August 26, 2010
Bridging
the
digital
divide at Parkland College , Brian Bell, Department of
Commerce and Economic Opportunity Grant Coordinator, Computer
Science and Information Technology Department, Parkland College
Slides
Recorded September 2, 2010
Bridging
the
digital
divide in Illinois communities , Frances Roehm, SkokieNet
Librarian and Community Liaison, Skokie Public Library, and
Member, DCEO Advisory Committee for the Eliminate the Digital
Divide Program
MP3
Recorded September 16, 2010
Bridging
the
digital
divide via local/federal broadband construction: UC2B ,
Michael K. Smeltzer, Director of Networking and Acting Director
of Physical Infrastructure
Understanding
Illinois
digital
divide via statewide broadband mapping and measurement ,
Drew Clark, Executive Director, Partnership for a Connected
Illinois
MP3
Recorded
October 7, 2010
Understanding
the
digital
divide in Germany , Herbert Kubicek, Professor of Applied
Computer Science (Telecommunications and Information
Management), University of Bremen
MP3
Recorded October 14, 2010
Overcoming
digital
divides
in a college football team , Greg Bruner, Illini Football
Video Coordinator, U of I Intercollegiate Athletics
MP3
Recorded October 21, 2010
Reflecting
on
historical
digital divides: Developing software for the early PLATO
system , Peter Braunfeldt, Professor of Mathematics
(Emeritus), University of Illinois
Recorded October 28, 2010
Bridging
the
digital
divide at the Illinois State Library , Deb Aggertt,
Reference Outreach Coordinator, Illinois State Library
MP3
Recorded November 4, 2010
Understanding
the
digital
divide for social work practice and research , Adrian Kok,
Associate Professor of Social Work, Dominican University,
Chicago
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Second
Annual Digital Divide Lecture Series (2009)
What
is
the
Digital Divide? by Kate Williams, U of I GSLIS
UC2B:
The
Urbana
Champaign Big Broadband Proposal, August 2009 by Mike
Smeltzer, U of I CITES, and Abdul Alkalimat, U of I GSLIS/DAAS
The
Search
for
Broadband Data by Maryalice Wu and Dawn Nicholson-Owens, U
of I ATLAS, and Safiya Umoja Noble, U of I GSLIS
CU-WiN
by Sascha Meinrath, Research Director of Wireless Future
Program, New America Foundation
MP3
Recorded October 1, 2009
Policy:
The
Public
Library by Debra Lissak, Executive Director & Mary
Ellen Farrell, Board Chair of the Urbana Free Library
Policy:
The
Public
School by Don Owen, Assistant Superintendent for
Curriculum and Instruction, Urbana School District 116
Solutions:
Community Perspectives by Andre Arrington and Jason Keist,
Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club
MP3
Recorded October 22, 2009
Solutions:
The
Community
College and the Community Technology Center by Maria
Mobasseri, Computer Science and Information Technology
Department Chair, and Brian Bell, Part-time Instructor and DCEO
Grant Coordinator, Parkland College
Volo
Broadband
and
the Digital Divide by Peter Folk
Policy:
City Government by Bill DeJarnette: Information Services
Manager, City of Urbana
MP3 Recorded November 12, 2009
"Policy:
The
State
of Illinois and BTOP" by Ryan Croke, Policy Advisor to IL
Governor Pat Quinn
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First Annual
Digital Divide Lecture Series (2008)
UIUC
Press Release
October 1:
"Building Community Technology Centers," Martin Wolske,
lecturer, GSLIS
October 8 : "Critical
Perspectives of a Community Activist," Imani Bazzell, Center
for Civic Engagement and Social Justice, Champaign Urban
League
October 15 : "Public
Computing in a Champaign Library," Amy Al-Shabibi,
technology manager, Champaign Public Library and Kristina
Hoerner, Director of Adult Services, Champaign Public
Library.
October 22 : "Computing in
the Champaign School System," Roger Grinnip, Director of
Information and Instructional Technology, Champaign Public
Schools.
October 29: "The
Digital Divide at Illinois," David Ruby, Manager of Computer
Labs, Campus Information Technologies and Educational
Services, University of Illinois.
November 5:
"Making and Implementing City Policy," Fred Halenar,
Information Technology Officer, City of Champaign.
November 12:
"Broadband Access for Illinois," Ryan Croke, Policy Adviser,
Office of the Lieutenant Governor, State of Illinois