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Satellite teleconferencing has been a popular method for providing distance learning opportunities to library staff for some time now. Although a large majority of institutions with satellite downlink equipment are academic institutions and school libraries, public library staff are often invited to the teleconferences hosted by these institutions.

Distance learning is a general term for education or training that takes place when the instructor and students are separated by physical space. Distance learning may take advantage of the latest digital technologies, or rely on a tool as simple as the US Post Office. Correspondence courses are early examples of distance learning.

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Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Board names interim leader

August 7, 2007 -- ByLineBY SARA PAUFF spauff@ledger-enquirer.com ---- A Jacksonville State University professor and former school superintendent in Tennessee ...

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(Biloxi) Sun Herald, The - COMMODORES AT CROSSROADS

August 7, 2007 -- The Vanderbilt Commodores have found themselves at this juncture before. Vanderbilt has plenty of returning talent. The Commodores have an established ...

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(Biloxi) Sun Herald, The - AROUND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI

August 7, 2007 -- BILOXI Seafood Festival to be held in September The Biloxi Chamber of Commerce's 26th annual Biloxi Seafood Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to ...

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Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Public service leader tapped

August 5, 2007 -- BY BRIAN MCDEARMON bmcdearmon@ledger-enquirer.com ---- A staffer for U.S. Congressman Sanford Bishop is scheduled to be considered Tuesday ...

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(Biloxi) Sun Herald, The - TWO MEN, ONE INDUSTRY

August 5, 2007 -- Two of the country's most successful men in the construction industry live in Harrison County, but you might never know it with a casual introduction.

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Kansas City Star, The - Wehrli comes far to Canton

August 4, 2007 -- KING CITY, Mo. | A weather-beaten plaque sits mounted on a concrete base beneath the rickety crow's nest of a press box at King City R-1 School. The ...

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(Columbia) State, The - Perry getting national award

August 4, 2007 -- As a young attorney in Orangeburg, Matthew J. Perry Jr. was once thrown in jail for what a judge called disrespecting the court. Within hours of his ...

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(Columbia) State, The - Concert events

August 3, 2007 -- COLUMBIA COLONIAL CENTER, Lincoln and Greene streets. www.thecolonialcenter.com. Sept. 6-9, Sesame Street Live; Oct. 18, Maroon 5, The Hives ; Nov.

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Lexington Herald-Leader - Rondo now plays vital role for Celtics

August 3, 2007 -- Sometimes in life, through no act of one's own, one's job situation changes completely in a single moment. For Rajon Rondo, that moment came on Tuesday, ...

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(Columbia) State, The - USC helps save choppers

August 3, 2007 -- Vibration can kill helicopter crews, and USC has teamed up with the Army to eliminate that threat, maintain the aircraft in better fighting shape, make ...

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