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| WEBINAR: ZOTERO: THE FREE POWER TOOL FOR BIBLIOGRAPHIES |
| Audience: Librarians who assist researchers, students and anyone else needing to save citations and create bibliographies. |
Description: Library research tools have moved not only onto the web, but into the browser software itself. Zotero (http://www.zotero.org/) is a free Firefox add-on that allows students and researchers to save citations and create bibliographies. It is as easy to learn and use as iTunes and more powerful than commercial competitors like EndNote and RefWorks. New features such as online storage and shared libraries help researchers collaborate online.
Open source browser plug-ins like Zotero can help library users at every stage of the research cycle, from search and discovery to writing and citation. By using free, open source tools, libraries can offer assistance and resources with little cost and foster skills that patrons can use throughout life.
Participants will learn to:
* identify some of the advantages of using open-source software tools in library research
* install the Zotero plugin for Firefox
* save citations and build a personal citation library
* synchronize your Zotero library and access it from any computer running Firefox
* automatically generate bibliographies
* share references and collaborate using Zotero's new groups feature
About Our Virtual Trainer: Jason Puckett is Librarian for Communication and Educational Technologies at Georgia State University Library. He blogs at jasonpuckett.net and is co-producer of the Adventures in Library Instruction podcast (adlibinstruction.blogspot.com).
- IMPORTANT! Please consult http://rlcwebinars.pbworks.com for handouts (if there is any) and instructions on preparing your computer and logging in to the webinar, prior to the event.
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| Hours: 2 |
| Cost: $10.00 |
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| WEBINAR: ID THEFT |
| Audience: Everyone |
Description: Save the Date! Program Descriptions will be posted soon!
- IMPORTANT! Please consult http://rlcwebinars.pbworks.com for handouts (if there is any) and instructions on preparing your computer and logging in to the webinar, prior to the event.
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| Hours: 2 |
| Cost: $10.00 |
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| WEBINAR: YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY |
| Audience: Everyone |
Description: Does your library have a strategy for using Social Media?
Are you currently using Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn to connect with customers?
The webinar will give you an understanding of why, how, and who uses social media and where your library fits in the equation.
Presented by MEG CANADA, a senior librarian for Web Services and Training at Hennepin County Library, a forty-one library system. Canada coordinates public training and social media efforts for the library. She volunteers helping with the Unsummit (unsummit.org), recently presented at MinneWebCon, and is a regular contributor to Social Media Breakfast. Canada also sings regularly with the Twin Cities chapter of TechKaraoke.
- IMPORTANT! Please consult http://rlcwebinars.pbworks.com for handouts (if there is any) and instructions on preparing your computer and logging in to the webinar, prior to the event.
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| Hours: 2 |
| Cost: $10.00 |
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| WEBINAR: PERSONAL BRANDING AND ONLINE REPUTATION MANAGEMENT |
| Audience: Everyone |
Description: Personal branding and online reputation management are key in the new workplace. Why does this matter to librarians? As information professionals, we understand how to organize and discover information. What does Googling your name reveal? How can you manage your personal brand, blog and information? Learn how you can leverage social media tools to increase productivity and tell your story more effectively.
Presented by MEG CANADA, a senior librarian for Web Services and Training at Hennepin County Library, a forty-one library system. Canada coordinates public training and social media efforts for the library. She volunteers helping with the Unsummit (unsummit.org), recently presented at MinneWebCon, and is a regular contributor to Social Media Breakfast. Canada also sings regularly with the Twin Cities chapter of TechKaraoke.
- IMPORTANT! Please consult http://rlcwebinars.pbworks.com for handouts (if there is any) and instructions on preparing your computer and logging in to the webinar, prior to the event.
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| Hours: 2 |
| Cost: $10.00 |
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| WEBINAR: PERSONAL BRANDING AND ONLINE REPUTATION MANAGEMENT |
| Audience: School Librarians |
Description: What is the value of your library?
How can you demonstrate your library's impact?
Using WebJunction "Demonstrating Impact" documents and in partnership with the NJ State Library, the Highlands Regional Library Cooperative created a “Valuing Libraries Toolkit”; A simple method to quickly calculate a library's return on investment and demonstrate its value. Learn how to use the toolkit to demonstrate the value of your school library!
Program Objectives: After the workshop, participants will be able to:
1. Describe what is valuable to customers, funders and stakeholders
2. Execute a seven part strategic process
3. Identify and quantify the library’s value
About the Presenter:
Joanne P. Roukens is the Executive Director for the Highlands Regional Library Cooperative (HRLC) in Denville, NJ. HRLC provides resources, services, expertise and continuing education programs to 975 member libraries in a seven-county region in northern New Jersey. She has a Certificate in Training from the New Jersey Department of Personnel and co-coordinated the New Jersey Train-the-Trainers Program from 2001 - 2005. Joanne was the New Jersey Library Association’s 2007 Librarian of the Year.
- IMPORTANT! Please consult http://rlcwebinars.pbworks.com/CJRLC-iLinc-Webinars for handouts (if there is any) and instructions on preparing your computer and logging in to the webinar, prior to the event.
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| Hours: 1.5 |
| Cost: No Charge, but Registration still required. |
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| WEBINAR: DIIGO: SOCIAL BOOKMARKING AND GROUP PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR SCHOOL MEDIA SPECIALIST |
| Audience: Those who serve teens and kids |
Description: Bookmark. Annotate. Cache. Share. Collaborate
And one social bookmarking tool does it all… DIIGO!!!
Diigo is the most amazing one-click solution for all of your bookmarking/sharing needs. Not only does Diigo allow you to bookmark your favorite websites on the fly, it also lets you easily:
1. Add tags and annotations
2. Create and share lists (i.e. Pete's Social Networking list)
3. Highlight and add sticky notes to bookmarked pages
4. Create open or closed groups (great for project work)
5. Cache (take a "snapshot") of page when bookmarked
6. Granular privacy controls--share what you want, and keep the rest private
7. Sync with Delicious accounts
8. Create a "read later" file, and/or email links to yourself or others
9. Use Diigo to teach AASL Standards
10. Create a special "Educator" account with features specially created for teachers/librarians
Diigo is one of those rare tools that is both easy to use, and will change the way you do business and help you manage the increasing streams of information in your life.
About our presenter: Buffy J. Hamilton is a media specialist/teacher-librarian at Creekview High School in Canton, Georgia; She is in her 18th year as an educator in the Cherokee County School District. Buffy holds a master’s degree in English Education (2003) from the University of Georgia, and an Ed.S. is in School Library Media/Instructional Technology from the University of Georgia (2005). Buffy is a frequent presenter on school media, social media, and technology issues. She blogs at: http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com, as well as for AASL
- IMPORTANT! Please consult http://rlcwebinars.pbworks.com for handouts (if there is any) and instructions on preparing your computer and logging in to the webinar, prior to the event.
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| Hours: 1 |
| Cost: No Charge, but Registration still required. |
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| WEBINAR: HOW TO KEEP UP WITH (ALMOST) EVERYTHING |
| Audience: Those who serve teens and kids |
Description: This is a free webinar for those who serve teens and kids. While the primary audience for this webinar is School Media Specialists, content will have applicability for all, and all are welcome to join! Registration is Required!
Information Overload?
Another New Tool or Technology Every day?
Feel like you can't keep up?
Then mark your calendars for this webinar!!
Buffy J. Hamilton media specialist/teacher-librarian at Creekview High School in Canton, Georgia will share her practical and reality-based tips on how to keep up with, filter, track and manage all of the new tools and information that is flowing forth on a daily basis.
While this presentation might not help you keep up with EVERYTHING, it will help you manage to keep up with what matters…
About our presenter: Buffy J. Hamilton is a media specialist/teacher-librarian at Creekview High School in Canton, Georgia; She is in her 18th year as an educator in the Cherokee County School District. Buffy holds a master’s degree in English Education (2003) from the University of Georgia, and an Ed.S. is in School Library Media/Instructional Technology from the University of Georgia (2005). Buffy is a frequent presenter on school media, social media, and technology issues. She blogs at: http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com, as well as for ALALearning.
- IMPORTANT! Please consult http://rlcwebinars.pbworks.com for handouts (if there is any) and instructions on preparing your computer and logging in to the webinar, prior to the event.
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| Hours: 1 |
| Cost: No Charge, but Registration still required. |
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| WEBINAR: RAUCOUS READER'S ADVISORY FOR TWEENS AND TEENS |
| Audience: Those who serve teens and kids |
Description: Is it challenging to do RA with Tweens and Teens?
Be Daunted No More!
Tweens and teens are picky readers and this webinar will give you tips and tricks to engage and inspire 5th through 12th grade students with multiple formats, popular genres, and topics that are relevant in their coming of age stories.
Ideas on how to involve teens in RA @ your library and collection development will also be covered.
About our presenter:
Jenine Lillian is the author of Cool Teen Programs for under $100. As YA Librarian in Fayetteville, AR, she created theTeen Alternative Fashion Show
(http://www.yalibrarian.com/2006/12/teen-alternative-fashion-show.html) which won VOYA's best program in 2007. She has served on YALSA’s Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers Committee, and has taught eCourses for YALSA on “Boys and Books: Encouraging Early Teen and Tween Boys to Read.” Jenine currently teaches at the University of Washington Information School.
- IMPORTANT! Please consult http://rlcwebinars.pbworks.com for handouts (if there is any) and instructions on preparing your computer and logging in to the webinar, prior to the event.
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| Hours: 1.5 |
| Cost: No Charge, but Registration still required. |
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| WEBINAR: FIGHTING THE FILTER: TIPS FOR DELIVERING A KNOCKOUT PUNCH TO INFORMATION CENSORSHIP |
| Audience: Those who serve teens and kids |
Description: This is a free webinar for those who serve teens and kids. Registration Still Required!
Are Filters Limiting Your Ability
to Fully Educate Your Students?
In this Webinar, School Media Specialist Buffy Hamilton will share her strategies for engaging the decision makers in your school to ease restrictions on filters, allowing you to develop more fully the information literacy of your students.
Topics/Strategies covered will include:
• Making the case for digital citizenship
• Championing intellectual freedom and access to information
• Educating stakeholders about the importance of social media
• Collecting and using data to support your position
• Developing a plan for addressing potential challenges while championing the possibilities
• Establishing conversations with those who make decisions regarding filtering
• Advocating that all filtering policies and procedures for appeals are put in writing
• Making the argument for access to resources and tools by collecting examples of effective practice
About our presenter: Buffy J. Hamilton is a media specialist/teacher-librarian at Creekview High School in Canton, Georgia; She is in her 18th year as an educator in the Cherokee County School District. Buffy holds a master’s degree in English Education (2003) from the University of Georgia, and an Ed.S. is in School Library Media/Instructional Technology from the University of Georgia (2005). Buffy is a frequent presenter on school media, social media, and technology issues. She blogs at: http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com, as well as for ALALearning.
- IMPORTANT! Please consult http://rlcwebinars.pbworks.com for handouts (if there is any) and instructions on preparing your computer and logging in to the webinar, prior to the event.
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| Hours: 1 |
| Cost: No Charge, but Registration still required. |
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| WEBINAR: ALL A TWITTER & TWEETING: TWITTER FOR LIBRARIANS |
| Audience: Everyone who wants to explore Twitter |
Description: What can you say about your library in 140 characters or less?
What can you ask your colleagues in the same?
Twitter is all over the news these days as a tool for kids these days - but it can also be of use in your day-to-day library life. Twitter makes a bad first impression, but it has been used to push many libraries and businesses into the public eye with little effort or money. Learn what Twitter is, the tools you can use to use Twitter efficiently and how other libraries are using Twitter effectively in their communities.
- IMPORTANT! Please consult http://rlcwebinars.pbworks.com for handouts (if there is any) and instructions on preparing your computer and logging in to the webinar, prior to the event.
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| Hours: 2 |
| Cost: $10.00 |
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| WEBINAR: FACEBOOK FOR LIBRARIANS |
| Audience: Everyone who is interested in Facebook |
Description: (This webinar is cancelled, due to the presenter's health issue, and will be rescheduled as soon as the presenter is available.)
Facebook is the #1 social networking platform on the Web!
With more than 90 million active users, it is the 4th most trafficked site on the Web. Demographically, more than half of Facebook users are outside of college and the fastest growing demographic is those 25 years old and older. Your library customers -- and your potential
customers -- are living on Facebook!
Attend this workshop and learn how create a Facebook presence for your library and use that presence to effectively engage your customers.
After attending this class, students will be able to:
• Manage their library's Facebook presence
• Configure privacy options--and explain how to do so to customers.
• Find and install Facebook applications
- IMPORTANT! Please consult http://rlcwebinars.pbworks.com for handouts (if there is any) and instructions on preparing your computer and logging in to the webinar, prior to the event.
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| Hours: 2 |
| Cost: $10.00 |
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| TECH TALK - LOCAL HISTORY GOES HIGH TECH |
| Audience: Everyone |
Description: Ready to blast the dust off your local history materials and really engage your users with this collection?
This workshop will explore local history projects that use contemporary technology to update your local history collection and make it more accessible to your community.
Presenters Doug Baldwin and Allen McGinley will discuss a variety of successful projects to reinvigorate local history, including podcasting oral histories, scanning newspapers and other historical documents, and integrating digital historical images with Google Maps to create an Interactive Community Map.
Learn about the presenters (with photos) on the back of the program flyer.
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| Hours: 2 |
| Cost: No Charge, but Registration still required. |
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| WEBINAR: VALUING SCHOOL LIBRARIES |
| Audience: School Librarians and Media Specialists |
Description: What is the value of your library?
How can you demonstrate your library's impact?
Using WebJunction "Demonstrating Impact" documents and in partnership with the NJ State Library, the Highlands Regional Library Cooperative created a “Valuing Libraries Toolkit”; A simple method to quickly calculate a library's return on investment and demonstrate its value. Learn how to use the toolkit to demonstrate the value of your school library!
Program Objectives: After the workshop, participants will be able to:
1. Describe what is valuable to customers, funders and stakeholders
2. Execute a seven part strategic process
3. Identify and quantify the library’s value
- IMPORTANT! Please consult http://rlcwebinars.pbworks.com for handouts (if there is any) and instructions on preparing your computer and logging in to the webinar, prior to the event.
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| Hours: 1.5 |
| Cost: No Charge |
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| EXPLORING THE CURRENT WEB TOOLBOX - 2010 UPDATE |
| Audience: Everyone |
Description: Super Searcher Research Tips & Techniques - 2010 Update
This session gathers a wide variety of tips and techniques from today's super searcher presenters/authors for teaching users about performing more practical and sophisticated Web searches. The most popular and the best recommended search services will be demonstrated and discussed, along with pointers for keeping up with many high-quality Web resources.
By the end of this Web Toolbox session, participants will have gained knowledge of and be able to:
• Match up and discuss most popular search services' strengths and weaknesses
• Use advanced search features of a variety of search services to devise complex search strategies
• Utilize tools needed to keep abreast of practical Web research methods.
- IMPORTANT! Please consult http://rlcwebinars.pbworks.com for handouts (if there is any) and instructions on preparing your computer and logging in to the webinar, prior to the event.
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| Hours: 1.5 |
| Cost: $10.00 |
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| TECH TALK - ENGAGING USERS WITH DIGITAL MEDIA: IDEAS FOR PRACTICAL PODCASTS AND VODCASTS |
| Audience: Everyone |
Description: Podcast (audio) and vodcasts (video) can be a fun and easy way to promote information and services, provide users with greater access to programs, and even market and advocate for your library.
Presenters Allen McGinley and Doug Baldwin will discuss practical projects they have done using these tools, including fun teen programs, presenter promos, patron interviews, pre-recorded "shows", as well as recordings of library programs and events.
Additional topics will include tips for the recording and editing process, how and where to share your creations on the web, as well as ideas on how you can generate content for your patrons with a minimal price tag.
Learn about the presenters (with photos) on the back of the program flyer.
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| Hours: 2 |
| Cost: No Charge, but Registration still required. |
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| WEBINAR: REAL-TIME, SOCIAL, AND SEMANTIC SEARCH |
| Audience: Everyone |
Description: The world of Internet search is constantly changing, with new services and technologies emerging all the time.
In this workshop, we will explore some of the newest trends in finding information and get hands-on experience using some search tools beyond the usual suspects. We will explore semantic search, social search, and “real-time” search. Our goal will be to understand what these tools can do and evaluate their usefulness for librarians.
- IMPORTANT! Please consult http://rlcwebinars.pbworks.com for handouts (if there is any) and instructions on preparing your computer and logging in to the webinar, prior to the event.
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| Hours: 2 |
| Cost: $10.00 |
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| WEBINAR: FLICKR FOR LIBRARIANS |
| Audience: Everyone |
Description: Pictures are everywhere; we see pictures of people in ads, magazines, and business websites, but not very often on library websites.
Including photos from library events and of the library staff helps give the library a more human feel. Flickr is an online photo-sharing site that can help you store your library images and publish them to your site. This workshop will walk you through signing up for Flickr, uploading images, managing images with sets and collections, tagging images, mapping your photos and much more. By the end of this session you’ll be ready to sign up for a Flickr account for you library and start sharing pictures.
- IMPORTANT! Please consult http://rlcwebinars.pbworks.com for handouts (if there is any) and instructions on preparing your computer and logging in to the webinar, prior to the event.
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| Hours: 2 |
| Cost: $10.00 |
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| 21ST CENTURY REFERENCE SKILLS FOR LIBRARY ASSISTANTS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS |
| Audience: This workshop is tailored for Library Assistants/Paraprofessionals
who provide reference or information service, but content will have applicability for all, and all are welcome to join! |
Description: Handle information requests more efficiently, effectively, and confidently!
Consistent use of the model reference behaviors in conducting the reference interview, whether in person, by phone or via email, remains the standard for ensuring success in providing information service.
In addition using electronic resources efficiently and effectively has become all the more important as so much more information is available only in that format. This workshop will focus on learning and practicing basic skills that will enable you to handle information requests more confidently and successfully now and in the future.
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| Hours: 5.5 |
| Cost: $40.00 |
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| WEBINAR: COOL TEEN PROGRAMS UNDER $100 |
| Audience: Those who serve teens and kids. |
Description: Stretch your programming dollars!
Got Teens?
Get immediately implementable program ideas for zero-minimal budgets,
successful events that will bring teens to your library and keep them coming back.
Based on the recent YALSA book, this webinar will show you how you can create and implement cool teen programs for less than $100. Without letting budget cuts or burnout get in the way, teens in your community will be awed by what you offer @ your library and you'll have all the tools you need to get new programs built, marketed, and measured with success.
About our presenter:
Jenine Lillian is the author of Cool Teen Programs for under $100.
As YA Librarian in Fayetteville, AR, she created the Teen Alternative Fashion Show
(http://www.yalibrarian.com/2006/12/teen-alternative-fashion-show.html) which won VOYA's best program in 2007. She has served on YALSA’s Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers Committee, and has taught eCourses for YALSA on “Boys and Books: Encouraging Early Teen and Tween Boys to Read.” Jenine currently teaches at the University of Washington Information School.
- IMPORTANT! Please consult http://rlcwebinars.pbworks.com for handouts (if there is any) and instructions on preparing your computer and logging in to the webinar, prior to the event.
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| Hours: 1.5 |
| Cost: No Charge, but Registration still required. |
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| WEBINAR: LIBX: THE SEARCH AND DISCOVERY POWER TOOL |
| Audience: Librarians who assist students and other researchers. Librarians interested in providing new browser-based discovery tools. |
Description: LibX is a free search and discovery add-on for Firefox and Internet Explorer. It's a powerful search bar, but more: it also integrates library resources into your users' web experience by adding intuitive discovery options to sites like Amazon and Wikipedia, and provides an easy way for users to access sites via your proxy server (without having to know what that means). Learn how to set up a custom version of LibX for your library (without having to learn to program).
By using free, open source tools, libraries can offer assistance and resources with little cost and foster skills that patrons can use throughout life. Open source plug-ins like LibX offer a way for libraries to extend their services into everyone's favorite research tool: the web browser
Learn more about LibX in Jason's C&RL News article "Superpower your browser with LibX and Zotero" [http://crln.acrl.org/content/71/2/70.short].
Participants will explore how to:
• identify some of the advantages of using open-source software tools in library research
• install the LibX plugin for Firefox or Internet Explorer
• use the LibX search bar, embedded discovery tools and proxy reload feature
• create a custom version of LibX for their library
- IMPORTANT! Please consult http://rlcwebinars.pbworks.com for handouts (if there is any) and instructions on preparing your computer and logging in to the webinar, prior to the event.
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| Hours: 2 |
| Cost: $10.00 |
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| TEACH YOUR CUSTOMERS HOW TO WRITE EFFECTIVE RESUMES |
| Audience: Everyone |
Description: We all know that during this time of economic downturn, the library has become the “essential place” for everyone in the community. One way to respond to your customers’ needs for assistance is with programs to help them write job winning resumes. In this full day workshop, you will be trained to teach your library customers how to write successful resumes.
The course will cover:
• Dos and don'ts of writing cover letters
• ABCs of effective resume writing
• Comparing online, email and hard copy resume formats
• Writing the resume from the top down
• Lesson plans and teaching techniques
You will spend the morning learning how to write effective cover letters and resumes that get the attention of an employer. The afternoon session will cover lesson planning and teaching techniques. Bring resume examples, if you have them. A flashdrive may also be useful, but not required.
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| Hours: 4 |
| Cost: $25.00 |
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| TECH TALK - GOOGLE WAVE |
| Audience: Everyone |
Description: Have you ever wondered what email would look like if it were invented now, instead of 40 years ago?
If email were invented now it would be called Google Wave. Wave is an exciting new communications platform that combines the functionality of email, instant messaging, blogs and wikis into a seemless interface.
Bob Keith, Technologist at the New Jersey State Library will take you on a tour of Google Wave with a live demonstration of what it can do. Right now access to Google Wave is by invite only but if you attend the talk Bob will hand out invites to as many people as he can before they're all gone.
Note: INFOLINK Tech Talk Sessions are not hands-on workshops but rather forum format to explore the scope and issues of current technology trends and its impact in library services. Topics of interest are identified by the INFOLINK Technology Committee with input from the INFOLINK membership.
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| Hours: 1.5 |
| Cost: No Charge, but Registration still required. |
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| SENIOR SPACES: DESIGN AND SERVICES SHOWCASE - "IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES!" |
| Audience: Everyone - Open Statewide |
Description: Since the opening of the first NJ “Senior Space” in 2007, libraries have begun to use this model of service to “reinvent” themselves.
Come, listen and participate in the 1st “Senior Spaces: Design & Program Showcase” to hear and view what has happened since then both in NJ, PA and beyond. Listen to librarians speak about how their “spaces” have helped them create a new focus of programming for older adults, how architects have developed their design concepts and why libraries big and small are embracing this concept across Pennsylvania. The day will offer unique opportunities to network with other attendees and view the latest “space” at the Montclair Public Library.
Limited to 100 participants, this workshop is aimed at those considering expanding their services to the baby boomers & older adults or considering a renovation or building project that includes a “senior space.” Get your in-person chance to speak to the experts, and hear more about the project that was the buzz at the “Reimagine, Reinvent, Reallocate: Our New Reality” program at the recent PLA Conference in Portland.
Topics and presenters are listed on the back of the program flyer.
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| Hours: 5 |
| Cost: No Charge, but Registration still required. |
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| A STANDARD APPROACH: USING NEW NATIONAL STANDARDS |
| Audience: School Librarians and Media Specialists |
Description: Trying to use the new AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner and
feeling overwhelmed and confused?
Come to an all-day workshop and learn how to integrate these into your lesson plans as well see how the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) developed by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills can be leveraged with the AASL Standards to make you a building leader.
In addition, Essential Questions and Enduring Understandings, now an important part of creating lesson plans will be discussed and these will be added to the lessons.
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| Hours: 5 |
| Cost: $40.00 |
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| EVEN MORE COOL TEEN PROGRAMS UNDER $100 |
| Audience: Any library staff member responsible or interested in teen programming. "Cool Teen Programs for under $100" is NOT a prerequisite for this webinar. |
Description: Get specific, MORE practical program ideas
for Cool Teen Programs for under $100!!
Got Teens? Get immediately implementable program ideas for zero-minimal budgets, successful events that will bring teens to your library and keep them coming back.
Based on the recent YALSA book, this webinar will show you how you can create and implement cool teen programs for less than $100. Without letting budget cuts or burnout get in the way, teens in your community will be awed by what you offer @ your library and you'll have all the tools you need to get new programs built, marketed, and measured with success.
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- IMPORTANT! Please consult http://rlcwebinars.pbworks.com for handouts (if there is any) and instructions on preparing your computer and logging in to the webinar, prior to the event.
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| Hours: 1.5 |
| Cost: No Charge, but Registration still required. |
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| WRITING FOR THE WIRED WEB |
| Audience: Everyone |
Description: Even with all the podcasts, videos, and Flash tutorials in the world, great library websites need great written content, and writing for the web provides unique opportunities and challenges.
Learn to tailor your material to the medium by finding out what usability studies reveal about how people actually read online and what the implications are for developing microcontent, menus, and layout. Filled with examples, tips, and tricks, this workshop is a must for library website content contributors and webmasters who want to improve their sites and online writing style.
This workshop covers what research findings show about formatting content, writing style, typography and layout for the web. Train your eye to spot trouble areas on your site. Practice critiquing and revising sample library webpages, and get insights into writing for social media and mobile content.
Learn about the presenter Jeff Wisniewski on the program flyer.
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| Hours: 3 |
| Cost: $25.00 |
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| TECH TALK - DRUPAL IN LIBRARIES |
| Audience: Everyone |
Description: What is Drupal? What can it do for your library? Come and explore how it is being used across a variety of libraries!
Drupal is quickly becoming the digital face of many public, academic and school libraries. Join in on the discussion and find out what the buzz is all about. Attendees will come away with a better understanding of what Drupal is and what it is not, as well as the pros and cons in comparison to other options; the potential costs involved; and Drupal’s benefits for libraries and communities as a resource management tool.
Learn about the presenter Brian Mayer on the program flyer
Note: INFOLINK Tech Talk Sessions are not hands-on workshops but rather forum format to explore the scope and issues of current technology trends and its impact in library services. Topics of interest are identified by the INFOLINK Technology Committee with input from the INFOLINK membership.
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| Hours: 2.5 |
| Cost: No Charge, but Registration still required. |
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| 10 REASONS WHY BOARD GAMES PWN |
| Audience: Everyone |
Description: Looking for practical resources on how you can put board games into use for successful programs at your library?
Video games are garnering much attention as an outreach tool, come see how the current board game renaissance has provided a wealth of resources that should not be overlooked as a part of your collection.
In this hands-on workshop, Author Brian Mayer looks at the inherent value that these modern board games bring, from fostering community in our patrons to strengthening 21st-century skills in our students.
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| Hours: 3 |
| Cost: $25.00 |
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| STRATEGIC GRANT SEEKING: A HANDS-ON WORKSHOP |
| Audience: Everyone |
Description: Melanie R. Negrin, founder of the For GrantWriters Only Learning Community (www.forgrantwritersonly.com), presents this interactive workshop highlighting strategic approaches to grant prospect research and proposal development.
During the first half of this full-day workshop, we will discuss the types of grants available to school and public libraries, where grants fit into the typical library budget, approaches to identifying and qualifying funder prospects and building lasting relationships, developing a master grant proposal and customizing it for selected funders, what to do after you get the grant, and how to support your grant seeking efforts with marketing and donor communications that demonstrate the impact of donor investments.
In the afternoon, Ms. Negrin will work hands-on with each attendee to help them craft a master grant proposal and begin to identify funder prospects for their organization. Emphasis will be placed on developing a dynamic vision and mission statement that sets you apart from other applicants and captures the real reason you come to work every day, using supporting data to define need and target population, defining outcomes, and setting up a framework for measuring impact in meaningful ways.
To get the most value out of the program, we recommend bringing a grant you have developed in the past, including supporting documents, or bringing guidelines and a supporting budget for a grant proposal you hope to submit.
Learn about the presenter Melanie R. Negrin on the back of this flyer!
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| Hours: 5 |
| Cost: $40.00 |
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| GOOGLE LIKE A "GOO-RU" |
| Audience: Everyone |
Description: Of course you can *find* Web pages by searching Google, but are you aware that searching is just a small fraction of what Google can do?
This interactive hands-on session will guide you through many features that will help organize your life! Explore All About Google, Google Labs, Communicate, show and share data using the Calendar, Blogger, Docs, Groups, Orkut, Picassa, Knol, YouTube and more!
Use the Google search box as a calculator, dictionary, phone book, stock ticker, and street map to name just a few. Students will search special features for who links to what page, mail-order catalogs, government sites, university pages, and others.
Visit Google Labs and new features such as Google Reader, Google Scholar and Google Docs and Google Wave which is coming out soon! Come to this interactive hands-on workshop and learn to Google Like a Goo-Ru!
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| Hours: 6 |
| Cost: $40.00 |
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| SUCCESSFUL TEEN SERVICES |
| Audience: Those who serve teens. |
Description: This workshop will focus on practical advice for providing successful teen services in the library. Interesting and inexpensive programming, tips for keeping teens involved, and sure-fire survival strategies will be included.
* This workshop will be followed by Open Forum – Teen Programs: An Afternoon of Information Sharing (1:30 pm – 3:30 pm) moderated by Kimberly Paone with other teen services librarian panels, including Saleena Davidson, South Brunswick Public Library and Allen McGinley, Piscataway Public Library. Please stay for this free-of-charge program to share ideas and resources for the successful teen services at your library! Lunch will be provided for the forum participants!
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| Hours: 2.5 |
| Cost: $25.00 |
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| OPEN FORUM - TEEN PROGRAMS: AN AFTERNOON OF INFORMATION SHARING |
| Audience: Those who serve teens. |
Description: Got Great ideas for Successful Teen Programs?
Want to know what other libraries are doing?
Come, listen and participate in the Open Forum to talk about teen programs and share great program ideas and information. This forum will be moderated by Kimberly Paone with other teen services librarian panels, including Saleena Davidson, South Brunswick Public Library and Allen McGinley, Piscataway Public Library.
This will be a free-of-charge program to share ideas and resources for the successful teen services at your library! Lunch will be provided for the forum participants!
Prior to this open forum, Kimberly Paone will present “Successful Teen Services” workshop from 10:00 am – 12:30 pm at the Rahway Public Library.
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| Hours: 2 |
| Cost: No Charge, but Registration still required. |
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| INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING IN THE CLOUD |
| Audience: Everyone |
Description: Interested in an inexpensive way to share and access your files and documents
from anywhere? Then cloud computing might be for you!
Data and services are being migrated to "the cloud" at a rapid rate, but what does this mean for libraries? More importantly, what exactly is the cloud and what are the practical uses that can be applied to improve our own work flow as well as provide service for our customers?
There is no doubt that cloud computing is changing the way we access and store data. This webinar, given by Princeton Public Library’s Scott Sanicki, will look at several aspects of cloud computing.
Trends and advantages (as well as drawbacks) will be examined and practical advice on how you can take advantage of “computing in the cloud” will be given in this webinar.
- IMPORTANT! Please consult http://rlcwebinars.pbworks.com for handouts (if there is any) and instructions on preparing your computer and logging in to the webinar, prior to the event.
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| Hours: 2 |
| Cost: $10.00 |
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| TAKING YOUR LIBRARY WEBSITE MOBILE |
| Audience: Everyone |
Description: Doug Baldwin of the Cranbury Free Public Library will share why and how he made a mobile-friendly site for his library - it's free and easy!
- IMPORTANT! Please consult http://rlcwebinars.pbworks.com for handouts (if there is any) and instructions on preparing your computer and logging in to the webinar, prior to the event.
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| Hours: 1.5 |
| Cost: $10.00 |
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