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The Sierra Leone Educational Enrichment Project (SLEEP) at UT Southwestern student organization is working to build the only library at the only medicine and sciences school in Sierra Leone, where the most recent documents date to 1987. A drop box is available at the South Campus Library until September 27 to accept donations of textbooks, journals, CDs, DVDs, and other relevant medical and science materials that can help train doctors in Sierra Leone.

SLEEP is a not-for-profit corporation (501(c)3) incorporated in New York and based out of Harvard, Duke, USC, and recently UT Southwestern, which focuses on improving primary, secondary, and post-secondary education in Sierra Leone, one of the poorest countries on Earth (GDP per capita).  Be a part of our collection programs here on campus!

The Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center will host two rooms to watch live sessions from the 2014 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference from September 29 through October 2, 2014.

The EDUCAUSE conference focuses on exploring innovative solutions in Higher Education Information Technology and Teaching & Learning. Sessions are geared towards academic faculty and information technology professionals.

The live streaming schedule is:

• Monday, September 29 from 11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.  (Pre-conference – The Learning Brain: Implications for Teaching)
• Tuesday, September 30 from 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Wednesday, October 1 from 7 a.m. – 5:20 p.m.
• Thursday, October 2 from 7 – 10:30 a.m.

Note: Light breakfast will be provided by the Library on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

To RSVP and vote for your preferred live viewing topic(s) for the concurrent sessions, please go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/EC2014UTSWReg by Wednesday, September 24. We hope to email the concurrent session viewing topics by Friday, September 26.

There will also be a post-conference email sent with access information to all the taped concurrent session recordings for those who RSVP.

See the comprehensive virtual conference agenda and detailed description about each sessions at http://www.educause.edu/annual-conference/agenda-and-program/virtual-conference-agenda.

For more information, contact Joseph Tan or Jane Scott.