Interview with Ken Spelke

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast with an interview of Ken Spelke, Associate Dean for Information Technology and Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mr. Spelke is interviewd by Matt Pasiewicz (of Educause). This interview was posted to the web on 31 October 2005 at:

http://connect.educause.edu/An_Interview_With_Ken_Spelke

The show notes included the following:

"This 20 minute recording collects thoughts on a range of topics from Ken Spelke, Associate Dean for Information Technology and Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Let's listen in as he shares some comments on the digitial divide, ADEC, i-schools, community informatics, the library profession and more."

More information about Matt Pasiewicz at

http://connect.educause.edu/user/mpasiewicz

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I hope you enjoy this podcast!

Best regards,

Burks

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Spelke Named First Associate Dean for Information Technology and Research

GSLIS has hired Ken Spelke to be its first Associate Dean for Information Technology and Research. Starting July 16th, Spelke will oversee the IT staff's systems, applications, and user-services groups; the School's long-range planning for information technology, including the technical components of the LEEP program; and IT-related research centers and facilities(including the Information Systems Research Lab, Prairienet, and the Library Research Center).