ACRL New England Chapter News Online

ISSN 1527-0106

Spring 2006, Number 108

In This Issue (Home):

President's Letter

Annual Conference Summaries:

C & B Committee Report

Legislative Report

Interest Group Reports and Announcements:

Board Meeting Minutes, March 10, 2006
Calendar Listings

LOCI Program on Blackboard and WebCT Merger

LOCI held its spring meeting on February 24 at Tisch Library, Tufts University. Our guest was Joe Barrow, Regional Sales Manager for Blackboard, who discussed some of the implications surrounding the merger of Blackboard and WebCT. There were 17 people in attendance including administrators, a library school student and many types of librarians in between.

The meeting was informal and informative and since the merger is brand new, Joe could only give his informed opinion about the future of the ‘new’ company. For now, Bb and WebCT will continue to offer and support their products. Sometime in the future (perhaps 3-5 years) there will probably be a single product. In the meantime, WebCT Campus Edition and Vista will still be offered and Bb will continue to develop Building Blocks and relationships with partners, make campus integration easier, and work toward creating the single product which will keep the Blackboard brand.

For current information on the merger, go to http://www.blackboard.com/webct