Better Together: Creating Partnerships for Community Learning

An Exciting Learning Opportunity for California Public Library Teams presented by the clioinstitute

April 8-10, 2006

Cerritos Public Library, Cerritos, California

Profile of Dan Theobald

Dan has had 25 years of experience in the telecommunications field, most recently as founder of i2i communications, a new media consulting firm. He specializes in developing educational applications of interactive videoconferencing and webcasting for schools, public libraries, and museums. He also is project manager for Project Videonet, a research and resource clearinghouse for the more than 40 California public libraries equipped with videoconferencing.

While with Pacific Bell's Education First program, Dan pioneered the use of videoconferencing in public libraries, producing such events as virtual author visits, teledramas, video field trips to museums, and a public programming series on breast cancer.

His clients include the California State Library's Rural Initiative, Infopeople, California Center for the Book, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Orange County Department of Education.