November 2009
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November 4 (1-2 pm) [Eastern Time]
Green Tech Tips from Microsoft (TechSoup Webinar)
This session, with environmental experts from Microsoft, will help you learn how to reduce the environmental impact of your information technology and how to effectively use IT to improve your organizations' efficiency. We'll discuss ways that greening IT can help you reduce energy, resource usage and costs. Select the webinar that best meets your organization's size so you can get suggested improvements appropriate for your office environment.
For more information and to register for this program, visit:
http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/webinars/index.cfm
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November 10 (1-2 pm) [Eastern Time]
Best Practices in Helping Job Seekers in the Library (Infopeople Webinar)
Your library has been helping the unemployed and underemployed (aka job seekers) in your community for a long time. However, the declining economy over the past year has dramatically increased the demands on library staff, services, and resources. Would you like to learn about some successful programs in other libraries? Do you wonder if there are some new ideas you could try for getting patrons started? Would you like to know the resources other libraries recommend to job seekers? Are you interested in partnerships but feel unsure who to talk to? This webinar will help you by introducing three successful programs, giving you a fresh look at getting started in helping job seekers, providing information about some "best resources", and exploring agencies and organizations you may consider partnering with.
For more information and to register for this program, visit:
http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list
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November 10 (2-3 pm) [Eastern Time]
Reaching Spanish-speaking Agricultural Communities (WebJunction Webinar)
Spanish-speakers working in agriculture communities are looking to their libraries and other community technology centers for public access to computers. But like the recent Latinos and Library Perceptions Report confirms, there's more to be done to reach out to these communities. Join special guests, Patricia Rempel, PhD, Reference and Collections Librarian at Coutts Education Library, University of Alberta and José Garcia, Teen and Reference Services Librarian, King County Library System and NW REFORMA Past President, for this free webinar as they share insights from research on perceived usages of community public access computers by Spanish-speakers in rural Washington gathered through interviews with information professionals. The presentation will include real life examples of library usage in these communities as well as the direct results of the outreach efforts of the libraries studied.
For more information and to register for this program, visit:
http://evanced.info/webjunction/evanced/eventcalendar.asp
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November 10 (7-8 pm) [Eastern Time]
ALSC Student Session: Marketing Your Library on the Web (OPAL)
Where is the first place you go when you want information? The internet of course! Join us for an enlightening discussion about how to market your library programs electronically, getting parents and caregivers the information they need through a medium they are already comfortable with. Learn about cool new tools on the Web, as well as how to use these tools to their fullest.
For more information and to register for this program, visit:
http://www.opal-online.org/progschrono.htm
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November 11 (3-4 pm) [Eastern Time]
NIH Senior Health (National Library of Medicine)
NIH Senior Health. The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region is presenting a new series of online classes. Once a month in 2009, liaisons will present information and exercises on various databases from the National Library of Medicine in an hour-long web conference. All classes are free and no registration is required. You will simply need 1) a computer with Internet access and 2) a phone (the system will call you - free of charge).
To join the webinar, go to: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcrupdate/ on the day of the program.
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November 12 (4-5 pm) [Eastern Time]
Sweet Talk: Romance Fiction in the Library (Booklist Webinar)
Romance is hot . . . in the library, that is. Join Donna Seaman, Booklist's romance fiction editor and a panel of librarians, authors, and publishers to discuss the state of the genre-in public libraries and in the marketplace. Panelists include John Charles, Reference Librarian, Scottsdale (AZ) Public Library; Shelley Mosley, Adjunct Librarian at Glendale (AZ) Community College; Madeline Hunter, best-selling author of 17 historical romances; Kayleigh George, Library Marketing Coordinator at HarperCollins Publishers; and Cheryl Herman, Library Marketing Director, Books on Tape and Listening Library (Random House).
For more information and to register for this program, go to
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/354863994
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November 13 (Noon-1:30 pm) [Mountain Time]
Millennials in the Library (College of DuPage)
The Millennial Generation, Generation Y, Echo Boomers, Digital Natives, and the Trophy Generation are all terms used to describe people born in the United States between the early 1980s and the early 1990s. They have been shaped by a heady mix of culture, politics, and technology. "Millennials" have had an unprecedented exposure to mass media, pop culture, instant communication, and cultural freedom woven together by a complex technological net. It is daunting to try to classify a group of over 70 million people easily. Our teleconference will seek to add nuance to these classifications to help us understand them more fully and answer the questions: Who are Millennials? How can our libraries better serve them as patrons, students, and staff?
For more information and to register for the teleconference, go to
http://www.bcr.org/training/partners/teleconferences/index.html
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November 13 (10-11:30 am) [Eastern Time]
The Tower and the Cloud: Higher Education in the Age of Cloud Computing (Educause)
Your host, Steve Worona, will be joined by Richard Katz, and the topic will be "The Tower and the Cloud: Higher Education in the Age of Cloud Computing." Universities have served important functions in society for more than a thousand years. They have done so in part by creating places that promote reflection, discussion, discovery and learning. For many people, the university-as-place is central to the purposes of the university. The university is also an idea and, increasingly, ideas-in the Internet-have enormous power to stimulate learning and discovery. Indeed, what many now describe as "Web 2.0" is a view that the web is evolving into a social environment that has the potential to extend the influence and reach of institutions and individuals. This talk will address the co-evolution of higher education and the Internet and will explore issues the roles of place, expertise, and even truth, in a world of abundant information and changing academic expectations.
For more information and to register for this program, go to
http://net.educause.edu/live0920
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November 17 (12:30-1:30 pm) [Eastern Time]
Moving Forward: Engaging the 21st Century Learner (School Lbrary Journal Webinar)
Are schools engaging today's digital learner and empowering them with the skills and knowledge demanded by universities and employers in a global economy? As a library professional and educator, your interaction with the 21st century learner may hold the key to each student's success in an increasingly competitive world. Join moderator Michelle Begora, Program Director at Follett Software Company and a panel of library experts to find out:
• What new skill sets are important to move the librarian role forward.
• How new library technology is re-engaging digital learners.
• Why librarians are `information managers' who help students become competitive and competent in today's world.
• How librarians can improve student achievement by increasing the library-classroom connection.
• How to integrate social networking to bring students back to the library.
For more information and to register for this program, visit:
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/webcasts/48850/Webcasts.html
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November 17 (1-2 pm) [Eastern Time]
George and Joan on Revitalizing the Library Experience (Infopeople Webinar)
Information has become an off-shored commodity. Google handles more questions in a second than a reference librarian will answer in a career. Social gatherings have moved to online networks. Why come to a library? For the experience! If your members still experience your library the way they did in the 1990s (1950s?), perhaps it's time to rethink and revitalize. In this webinar, library consultants Joan Frye Williams and George Needham will reprise their popular presentation from this year's ASCLA President's Program. They'll describe new ways to present your services to the world.
For more information and to register for this program, visit:
http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list
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November 17 (1-2 pm) [Eastern Time]
We can count 'em...but do they count? Challenges in assessing ROI from information services (SirsiDynix Institute)
Ulla de Stricker shares observations and caveats from her experience with strategic assessments and planning for knowledge centric entities and suggests basic guidelines for presenting ROI-type information to organization managers.
For more information and to register for this program, visit:
http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/
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November 19 (2-3 pm) [Eastern Time]
Using Social Media to Make the Case for Supporting Library Services (WebJunction Webinar)
Join us and learn how non-profits such as libraries can use social websites to put access to information and libraries on the agenda of community leaders, elected officials, and local and national agencies. The content of this WebJunction and REFORMA co-sponsored webinar includes a background on social websites, how to use social websites for advocacy, national and international advocacy efforts by representatives from American Library Association (ALA) and the International Federation of Libraries and Institutions (IFLA), and suggestions on how to advocate for services for Latinos and Spanish speakers.
For more information and to register for this program, visit:
http://evanced.info/webjunction/evanced/eventcalendar.asp
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November 20 (2-3 pm) [Eastern Time]
Frugal Innovations: LTAs Worth Trying or Retrying (TLT Group)
Charles Ansorge and the TLT Group have collected many LTAs (Low Threshold Activities) which are especially valuable in the current no-money climate. This session will introduce/ reintroduce you to the LTAs - both the specific tools and the LT Approach. Targeted toward academic librarians.
For more information and to register for this program, visit:
http://tltgroup.roundtablelive.org/Default.aspx?pageId=338009
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November 24 (1-2 pm) [Eastern Time]
Effectively Managing Your Email (Infopeople Webinar)
By the end of the webinar participants will learn and begin to master:
* Using a decision making process for managing email
* Scheduling uninterrupted time to process and organize email daily
* Organizing Logins and Passwords
* Writing Subject Lines that attract the recipient to open your email
* Keeping the message focused and readable
* The difference between formal and informal email writing
* Easy steps to proofreading email
* Email Etiquette for managing incoming and outgoing email
For more information and to register for this program, visit:
http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list
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