--- Forwarded Message from Barbara Sawhill <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 11:59:12 -0500 >From: Barbara Sawhill <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Tales of Survival >Originator-Info: login-id=psawhill; server=mail.oberlin.edu Greetings: I am making a presentation at IALLT 2003 about survival strategies for the language lab during these times of shrinking endowments, budget cuts and layoffs. I would like to pull together stories from those of you who have had to develop some sort of a survival plan (or have had one developed FOR you) to keep your lab afloat. You might have done any number of things: perhaps you applied for outside funding, made internal budget cuts (before they were made FOR you), engaged in shameless self promotion on your campus to gain publicity of your plight. You might have restructured and become part of the IT or Library departments (and, undoubtedly, gained access to their larger budgets). In a nutshell: If the existence of your lab (and the services it provides) was challenged.... and your efforts (or the efforts of others) have allowed your lab to stay in business... I want to hear from you. I have information from the Fall 2002 NERALLD conference that touched upon this subject. Please contact me directly ([log in to unmask]) Barbara Barbara Sawhill Director Cooper International Learning Center (The Language Lab) Oberlin College phone: 440-775-8595 fax: 440-775-6888 The Language Lab website: http://www.oberlin.edu/~ilc