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| Course Listing |  | - WEBINAR: GETTING THERE TOGETHER: ASSESSING STUDENT LEARNING
| | Audience: For school libraries, K-12. | Description: Assess Student Work in Collaboration with Classroom Teachers
Join us—and bring a classroom-teaching colleague!—as we explore the possibilities for formative and summative assessment of student learning in collaborative instruction between teachers and school librarians. We will explore how assessment is an integral part of the learning experience and essential for reflection and student metacognition. Participants will learn about the concept of data-driven collaboration as well as qualitative and quantitative options for assessing student learning. In addition, we’ll explore how to engage students in the assessment process.
After this program, you will be able to:
• Identify strategies for data-driven collaboration.
• Identify strategies and tools for formative and summative assessment.
• Choose quantitative and qualitative tools and strategies for assessment.
• Construct and share your own best practices for assessing student learning.
About the Presenter: Buffy Hamilton is a media specialist/teacher-librarian at Creekview High School in Canton, Georgia. She is the recipient of numerous state and national awards and her blog, The Unquiet Librarian, was nominated for an Edublog Award in 2009. Her school library program has been featured in School Library Journal and American Libraries.
Note: You will receive information on joining the webinar and viewing materials after you register and in plenty of time for the program.
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| | Hours: 1.5 | | Cost: No Charge | | - GANGWISE: GANG AWARENESS AND ACTION
| | Audience: A Workshop For ALL Library Staff | Description: In 2006, the Ocean County Library formed a strategic community partnership called The GangWise Project to provide Gang Education and Prevention Programs to the community. Learn about the statewide spread of gang activity, hear the OCL story and discover how your library can provide similar programs in your community.
After this workshop, you will be able to:
• Recognize and respond appropriately to signs of gang activity in their communities by contacting the right municipal, county-level, or statewide agencies;
• Present workshops incorporating accurate and community-specific information regarding gangs to concerned parents, teens, educators, and law enforcement officials;
• Promote and market your library’s GangWise workshop within your community to maximize attendance and awareness.
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| | Hours: 2.5 | | Cost: $25.00 | | - GANGWISE: GANG AWARENESS AND ACTION
| | Audience: A Workshop For ALL Library Staff | Description: In 2006, the Ocean County Library formed a strategic community partnership called The GangWise Project to provide Gang Education and Prevention Programs to the community. Learn about the statewide spread of gang activity, hear the OCL story and discover how your library can provide similar programs in your community.
After this workshop, you will be able to:
• Recognize and respond appropriately to signs of gang activity in their communities by contacting the right municipal, county-level, or statewide agencies;
• Present workshops incorporating accurate and community-specific information regarding gangs to concerned parents, teens, educators, and law enforcement officials;
• Promote and market your library’s GangWise workshop within your community to maximize attendance and awareness.
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| | Hours: 2.5 | | Cost: $25.00 | | - WEBINAR: BEYOND COPYRIGHT 101: EVERYDAY & ADVANCED COPYRIGHT ISSUES IN LIBRARIES
| | Audience: For all types of libraries. | Description: Everything You Wanted To Know About Copyright!
(But Were Afraid to Ask)
Do questions about copyright keep you up at night? Are you sure you understand and can explain the four factors of Fair Use? Can you parse the differences among different types of licenses associated with eBooks, databases and websites? Master copyright ins and outs that go beyond typical “Copyright 101” primers. Bring questions to discuss with noted copyright expert Carrie Russell, and be ready to think through—and devise solutions for—library copyright problems.
After this program, you will be able to:
• Consider copyright in a new way based on its Constitutional purpose;
• Understand and apply the four factors of Fair Use and be able to apply them to day-to-day library situations;
• Understand the differences among three popular types of license agreements—shrinkwrap, clickwrap, and browsewrap—associated with digital materials and web sites.
About the Presenter: Carrie Russell is the Director of the Program for Public Access to Information of ALA’s Office for Information Technology Policy in Washington, DC. Her portfolio includes copyright policy and education, international copyright, accessibility, and e-books. Carrie is the author of Complete Copyright: An Everyday Guide for Librarians and has just completed a second copyright book for K-12 librarians and educators, due this fall from ALA Editions.
Note: You will receive information on joining the webinar and viewing materials after you register and in plenty of time for the program.
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| | Hours: 1.5 | | Cost: No Charge | | - WEBINAR: FREE FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIANS
| | Audience: For public librarians | Description: Essential Resources for Tough Economic Times
In these days of budget cuts, when perhaps you can't afford the business resources you would like, turn to the many excellent free financial resources online to help your customers navigate and manage their financial lives. Learn about: budget tools, loan calculators, bankruptcy resources, and government resources. We’ll also cover finding and understanding the information available on publicly traded companies including financial reports, largest shareholder names, insider sales information, and stock prices and valuations.
After this program, you will be able to:
• Find and recommend free tools and research available to help patrons manage their financial lives.
• Understand Security & Exchange Commission (SEC) filing requirements for publicly traded companies: what is required, what information is available in what reports, and how to access the information for free.
• Take away ideas and strategies for creating financial literacy programs for your library.
About the Presenter: Cynthia Lambert is a Reference Librarian at Somerset County Library’s Mary Jacobs Branch. With over 10 years of experience as a Financial Analyst for Dow Jones Indexes and Bloomberg News, Cynthia pairs her expertise in financial reference with a passion for public library service. Cynthia blogs for Library Garden, and is active in NJLA’s Investment Committee and IT Section.
Note: You will receive information on joining the webinar and viewing materials after you register and in plenty of time for the program.
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| | Hours: 1.5 | | Cost: No Charge | | - WEBINAR: MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES FOR LIBRARIES
| | Audience: For all types of libraries. | Description: Smartphones and Mobile Apps and Connectivity – Oh, My!
Worldwide, the majority of people who have access to the Internet are not using a computer. They are relying on mobile devices as their primary interface for listening to music, watching television, reading books, communicating with friends, and finding answers to questions. This webinar will provide some context for the mobile explosion, and then look at the future of ubiquitous mobile connectivity. What does true ubiquity mean for libraries, media consumption, and the information ecology?
After this program, you will be able to:
• Give examples of the differences between a smartphone and a feature phone
• Summarize the reasons why a library might develop a mobile app vs a web app
• Explain to library management why and how mobile is an important access point for their library.
About the Presenter: Jason Griffey is the Head of Library Information Technology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. A well-known blogger—at Pattern Recognition, ALA TechSource Blog, and ALA’s Perpetual Beta—and frequent presenter on tech topics of all kinds, Jason is also the author of Mobile Technologies for Libraries, a title in Neal-Schuman’s Tech Set.
Note: You will receive information on joining the webinar and viewing materials after you register and in plenty of time for the program.
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| | Hours: 1.5 | | Cost: No Charge | | - WEBINAR: GRANT WRITING 101
| | Audience: For all types of libraries. | Description: Learn this essential skill from the author of Winning Grants: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians
Grants can support the changing needs in your community while your library budget is flat or shrinking. Stephanie Gerding's grant workshops are known for being easy to understand, motivating, fun and full of valuable tips. Discover the confidence and knowledge to get library grants. Find out the best method for writing grant proposals, and discover real library grant success techniques. Learn an easy-to-follow grant process cycle, which includes all the steps to successful grant work, including project development.
After this program, you will be able to:
• Apply the basic process of grant work
• Develop grant projects based on community needs and library planning
• Identify the types of grants and where to easily locate grant opportunities
• Motivate yourself and others about grant work!
About the Presenter: Stephanie Gerding is a nationally known library consultant, trainer and author on grants, training and technology topics. Stephanie has written over 20 published articles and co-authored two books on library grants. She has in-depth knowledge and practical experience with grants, having worked on all sides of the grant process as a grant writer, reviewer and project coordinator. She is co-author of the Library Grants Blog, a free resource for library grant announcements.
Note: You will receive information on joining the webinar and viewing materials after you register and in plenty of time for the program.
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Ms. Gerding is also presenting “Researching Library Funders and Grant Opportunities” on
April 12 – take your skills to the next level! Find more information here
| | Hours: 1.5 | | Cost: No Charge | | - WEBINAR: GRANT WRITING 101
| | Audience: For all types of libraries. | Description: Learn this essential skill from the author of Winning Grants: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians
Grants can support the changing needs in your community while your library budget is flat or shrinking. Stephanie Gerding's grant workshops are known for being easy to understand, motivating, fun and full of valuable tips. Discover the confidence and knowledge to get library grants. Find out the best method for writing grant proposals, and discover real library grant success techniques. Learn an easy-to-follow grant process cycle, which includes all the steps to successful grant work, including project development.
After this program, you will be able to:
• Apply the basic process of grant work
• Develop grant projects based on community needs and library planning
• Identify the types of grants and where to easily locate grant opportunities
• Motivate yourself and others about grant work!
About the Presenter: Stephanie Gerding is a nationally known library consultant, trainer and author on grants, training and technology topics. Stephanie has written over 20 published articles and co-authored two books on library grants. She has in-depth knowledge and practical experience with grants, having worked on all sides of the grant process as a grant writer, reviewer and project coordinator. She is co-author of the Library Grants Blog, a free resource for library grant announcements.
Note: You will receive information on joining the webinar and viewing materials after you register and in plenty of time for the program.
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Ms. Gerding is also presenting “Researching Library Funders and Grant Opportunities” on
April 12 – take your skills to the next level! Find more information here
| | Hours: 1.5 | | Cost: No Charge | | - WEBINAR: RESEARCHING LIBRARY FUNDERS AND GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
| | Audience: For all types of libraries. | Description: Take your grant seeking skills to the next level with the author of Winning Grants: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians
Searching for grant opportunities doesn’t need to be overwhelming. Becoming familiar with the different types of grant sources can help ensure that your proposal reaches the right audience. We’ll cover the categories of grants and specific funders that have an interest in funding libraries and grant projects like yours. We will explore all sources including federal, state and local government grants, as well as foundation, corporate, business, service club and professional association grants. Tips and a helpful handout explaining online and print resources will help you find the ideal grant for your library.
After this program, you will be able to:
• Discover specific funders that have an interest in funding libraries
• Explore all sources including federal, state and local government grants, as well as foundation, corporation, business, service, professional
• Locate grant opportunities easily
• Gain confidence about finding grants!
About the Presenter: Stephanie Gerding is a nationally known library consultant, trainer and author on grants, training and technology topics. Stephanie has written over 20 published articles and co-authored two books on library grants. She has in-depth knowledge and practical experience with grants, having worked on all sides of the grant process as a grant writer, reviewer and project coordinator. She is co-author of the Library Grants Blog, a free resource for library grant announcements.
Note: You will receive information on joining the webinar and viewing materials after you register and in plenty of time for the program.
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Brand new to grants? Ms. Gerding is also presenting “Grant Writing 101” on
March 16 and 21! Find more information here
| | Hours: 1.5 | | Cost: No Charge | | - WEBINAR: GET THE WORD OUT: USING FACEBOOK AND TWITTER FOR OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY BUILDING
| | Audience: For all types of libraries. | Description: You Set Up a Library Facebook Page & Twitter – Now What?
Setting up your library's Facebook page and Twitter account are easy—but what’s next? Learn the secrets to building and maintaining your library's online community using social web tools. Find out about the best practices in outreach—including creating viral marketing campaigns and advertising events—as well as time-saving tips that will empower and motivate your library's users to spread the word on your behalf!
After this program, you will be able to:
• Craft a Facebook page and Twitter account that will represent your library online;
• Save time and energy by updating multiple services at the same time;
• Reach new library users by building social web connections with existing users;
• Build community by advertising events and programs through the social web.
About the Presenter: Cliff Landis is the Web Services Librarian at the Georgia State University Library in downtown Atlanta. He is also a researcher, author and speaker on the role of emerging technologies in libraries, social network sites, user-centered service, assessment, and the co-evolution of humanity and technology, and is the author of A Social Networking Primer for Librarians, published by Neal-Schuman.
Note: You will receive information on joining the webinar and viewing materials after you register and in plenty of time for the program.
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| | Hours: 1.5 | | Cost: No Charge | | - WEBINAR: STILL CONFUSED? A CONVERSATION ABOUT COPYRIGHT, FAIR USE AND REMIX CULTURE
| | Audience: For all types of libraries. | Description: Guide Learners & Colleagues to Ethical Use and Creation of New Media
How do copyright, fair use, and licensing schemes like the Creative Commons apply to your students’ work with digital media?
Bring your questions and be ready to discuss and learn all about applying fair use in the new world of media created and remixed online.
After this program, you will be able to:
• Explain how copyright and fair use apply to digital learning
• Discuss the purpose of Creative Commons licensing
• Apply the Code of Best Practices to guide better decision-making about how fair use applies to instructional practices in K-12 education
• Teach others about copyright and fair use
• Advocate for copyright and fair use locally, regionally and nationally
About the Presenter: Renee Hobbs is a nationally-recognized expert on copyright and fair use, is the founder of Temple University’s Media Education Lab, and is the author of Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning (Corwin, 2010). Joyce Valenza is the Teacher Librarian at Springfield Township High School (PA) and writes and speaks often on topics concerning 21st century school librarianship at SLJ’s NeverEnding Search blog.
Note: You will receive information on joining the webinar and viewing materials after you register and in plenty of time for the program.
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| | Hours: 1.5 | | Cost: No Charge | | - WEBINAR: DIGITAL TOOLS FOR LEARNING AND SHARING
| | Audience: For all types of libraries. | Description: Create Digital Stories and Online Posters With Your Students
Join us—and register with a classroom-teaching colleague!—to discover how easy it can be to create digital stories using TripWow and Storybird. Are your students producing posters? Take it up a notch with Glogster! And the power of words never looked better than in Wordle. Join us and let your students’ creativity flow!
After this program, you and your students will be able to:
• Create digital stories using TripWow and/or Storybird
• Analyze written documents with Wordle
• Demonstrate subject area content understanding by creating a Glogster online poster
• Evaluate Google’s advanced search tools: Wonder Wheel, Google Squared, and Image Search
About the Presenter: Barbara DeSantis is the In-Class Support Technology Specialist at the Sayreville School District. Barbara is a STAR Discovery Educator whose award-winning blog showcases practical use of a wide variety of online tools for teaching and learning. A frequent presenter at education, technology and library conferences, Barbara is also the Newsletter Editor and President-Elect of the New Jersey Science Teachers Association.
Note: You will receive information on joining the webinar and viewing materials after you register and in plenty of time for the program.
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| | Hours: 1.5 | | Cost: No Charge | | - WEBINAR: WHY SHOULD I CARE? NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIANS
| | Audience: For all types of libraries. | Description: Back by Popular Demand!
Free technologies you must know to work smarter and keep up with your customers.
At least once a week online news sources are talking about the new hottest thing, but what does that mean for libraries? Should we be paying attention to and using every new technology that's announced? The short answer is - of course not! In this presentation, Nicole C. Engard will weed through the newest and the most popular technologies to point you to the right tools for your library. Technologies include: open source applications, marketing tools, content management systems, screencasting, file sharing and much more.
After this program, you will be able to:
• Promote services to customers with free, easy-to-use tools
• Save time and money with new productivity services
• Identify technologies your customers are using
• Choose the right technology for your library
About the Presenter: Nicole C. Engard is Director of Open Source Education at ByWater Solutions. Nicole has been published in several library journals and keeps the library community up to date on web technologies via her website "What I Learned Today…" (www.web2learning.net). In 2007, Nicole was named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker.
Note: You will receive information on joining the webinar and viewing materials after you register and in plenty of time for the program.
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| | Hours: 1.5 | | Cost: No Charge | | - WEBINAR: GET A BETTER CATALOG! - NEXT-GENERATION DISCOVERY INTERFACES FOR LIBRARY OPACS
| | Audience: For all types of libraries. | Description: Products you must know about to give your library users a catalog that is useful and fun!
Marshall Breeding, leading international expert on Integrated Library Systems (ILSs), will provide an overview of discovery interfaces, a new type of product that enhances the user experience of the OPAC. He will give an introduction to the products, sharing why they are needed and how they differ from--and often improve upon--standard ILS online catalog modules. The presentation will outline some of the features and how they better meet the expectations of today’s library patrons. Mr. Breeding will also broadly describe how discovery interfaces integrate with ILSs and other components of a library's technical infrastructure. The session will include some live examples of the major products available. There will be time for Q&A with Mr. Breeding.
After this program, you will be able to:
• Describe the features of discovery interfaces and the potential benefits
• Explain how increasing amounts of digital library materials impact the technology needed to manage them
• Identify the major products available and their pros and cons
• Provide your library users with better access to library materials
About the Presenter: Marshall Breeding is the Director for Innovative Technologies and Research for the Vanderbilt University Libraries in Nashville, TN. He is the creator and editor of Library Technology Guides (www.librarytechnology.org) and author of the “Systems Librarian” column in Computers in Libraries. Breeding is the author of many articles, guides and books on library technology, including his most recent book: Next-Gen Library Catalogs.
Note: You will receive information on joining the webinar and viewing materials after you register and in plenty of time for the program.
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