Showing posts with label february 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label february 2011. Show all posts
Friday, February 11, 2011
Evaluating a Campus-Wide Mobile Learning Initiative
Thursday, February 17, 1:00pm EST.
Abilene Christian University continues to explore innovative uses of mobile technologies in higher education. Deploying devices to all underclassmen has created unique opportunities to assess the impact of academic and social usage of hand-held devices among the university community. An overview of findings from research targeting faculty perspectives, classroom application evaluations, and student engagement will be presented and current challenges and interesting questions articulated. Additionally, initial findings from pilot projects investigating digital texts and iPad platforms will be summarized.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
RDA Ask-The-Experts Webinar
Thursday, February 17, 2:00 pm EST.
You may have attended RDA webinars and programs, or followed discussions about RDA on lists and blogs, but you still have questions. ALCTS is holding a free webinar with RDA testers and experts to provide some answers.
The survey to collect questions was closed on January 25, 2011. The questions have been collated and submitted to our experts, who will try to answer as many of them as they can in the available time.
Who are the Experts?
- Linda Gabel, OCLC
- Erin Stalberg, North Carolina State University
- Trina Grover, Ryerson University, Toronto
- Kathryn La Barre, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, GSLIS
Monday, February 7, 2011
Designing and Delivering Technology Workshops
Wednesday, February 9, 11:00am EST.
Join TechSoup for this free webinar to find out how to make your training job easier, more fun, and an even better learning experience for your participants. Learn to use a lesson plan to organize your workshops and facilitate sharing with your co-workers and other organizations. Discover how identifying objectives and incorporating activities can help your classes run more smoothly while also providing better learning opportunities. Trainers Stephanie Gerding and Brenda Hough will also share sources for training materials already available for your use. Whether you are new to technology training or a seasoned expert, we’ll have something new for you to use in your job.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Ten Tips to Effectively Serve the Genealogy Searcher
Wednesday, February 9, 2:00pm EST.
Not every library is blessed with a competent genealogist. What if you are the staffer faced with a library user's questions about Grandma's grave, Great-Grandpa's last name, or the family jewels (or scandals) – and you haven't a clue where to begin? Join us for a free webinar giving you "Ten Tips to Effectively Serve the Genealogy Searcher" from an experienced librarian and genealogist, with decades of practical know-how to share. Willie Braudaway is the Director of the Del Rio (TX) LDS Family History Center and the author of "Genealogy: An Introduction for Library Staff", a new self-paced continuing education course for anyone interested in genealogy service from the University of North Texas Lifelong Education @ Desktop (LE@D) project.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Moving Library Cooperation to Web-Scale
OR
Libraries have been cooperating on cataloging, collection management and resource sharing services for decades. In that time, we have enjoyed the benefits of networked services—no local software or hardware, elimination of maintenance and support costs, lower overall expense and better scalability.
Now, Web scale offers libraries the chance to revitalize traditional services by sharing workflows, activities, data and standards as part of a cooperative.
At these events, you and your staff will:
* Discuss ideas with experts, colleagues and early adopters
* Learn the benefits of moving library services to Web scale
* Take away practical tips on how to fit Web scale into your long-term strategy
* Engage in readiness activities to help you in your planning discussions.
Take this opportunity to find out how Web-scale cooperation can lower your costs, make your services more efficient and improve your users’ overall experience.
Libraries have been cooperating on cataloging, collection management and resource sharing services for decades. In that time, we have enjoyed the benefits of networked services—no local software or hardware, elimination of maintenance and support costs, lower overall expense and better scalability.
Now, Web scale offers libraries the chance to revitalize traditional services by sharing workflows, activities, data and standards as part of a cooperative.
At these events, you and your staff will:
* Discuss ideas with experts, colleagues and early adopters
* Learn the benefits of moving library services to Web scale
* Take away practical tips on how to fit Web scale into your long-term strategy
* Engage in readiness activities to help you in your planning discussions.
Take this opportunity to find out how Web-scale cooperation can lower your costs, make your services more efficient and improve your users’ overall experience.
OCLC Web-Scale Management Service
Thursday, February 3, 2:00pm EST.
If you’d like to hear more from libraries that are using OCLC Web-scale Management Service, register for this webinar on February 3.
Jackie Beach of CPC Regional Libraries in North Carolina, Michael Dula of Pepperdine University and Jason Griffey of the University of Tennessee Chattanooga–-all early members of the user community–-will explain why they chose Web-scale Management Services for their libraries and will share their progress to-date.
Additionally, Andrew K. Pace, OCLC Director of Networked Services, will host the Webinar and talk about the strategy of Web-scale Management Services.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Live Webinars for February 2011
Inside Google eBooks: The Platform, Partners, and Titles (O'Reilly)
Thursday, February 3, 1:00pm EST.
Google eBooks is a device-agnostic e-commerce platform that helps publishers, authors and retailers reach new, connected readers. Two months since launch, what does Google eBooks mean to you? Test your know-how, refresh your memory and learn the latest about the web reader, apps, retail and reader trends from Google. The fact-filled presentation will be followed by a lively and interactive Q&A session.
Presenters:
Tuesday, February 8, 2:00pm EST.
Young adult literature remains one of the most exciting areas of the publishing world, and it’s challenging to keep up with the latest news and books. In this information-packed Booklist Publications webinar, attendees will learn about the year’s hottest YA releases. Booklist’s Young Adult editor Gillian Engberg will be joined by publishing representatives who will fill you in on their leading teen titles for spring and beyond. Sponsored by Egmont USA, Bloomsbury Children’s Books/Walker Books for Young Readers, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, and Disney Book Group.
How to be a Great Webinar Moderator (Adobe)
Thursday, February 10, 1:00pm EST.
Supporting the presenters in a webinar seems at first like a simple task: Read an introduction, open and close the session, and look through audience questions. But as a great moderator, you do much more. You make sure that all presenters are prepared and comfortable with the content, the flow, and the technology. You have a presentation plan and are ready to manage the flow and pacing of the webinar. You have contingency plans in place to deal with the potential for technical problems during the webinar. And you have developed your written and vocal communication skills to work with the audience in an assured and engaging manner.
New Spring Titles from Workman (Booklist)
Tuesday, February 15, 2:00pm EST.
In this free Booklist webinar, the staff of Workman Publishing, with divisions including Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Artisan, Storey Publishing, and Timber Press, preview a wealth of forthcoming books that will appeal to a wide range of library readers, from fiction lovers to hobbyists to gardeners.
What you Don't Know about LinkedIn (Office Depot)
Tuesday, February 15, 4:00pm EST.
Measuring Learning's Impact on your Business (Elluminate)
Wednesday, February 16, 1:00pm EST.
This session will highlight six approaches that practitioners can use to measure learning's impact on the business. The approaches range from the use of ‘smart sheet' evaluations to glean reasonable indicators of learning's link to business results to a highly statistical causal model that creates an optimization roadmap of the correct inputs that drive results oriented outputs. In between we will explore the use of benchmarking, conditional questions, consultative templates and correlation analysis to reasonably yet credibly show how learning influences a business or behavioral outcome. In addition we will underscore the session with the use of concepts like Six Sigma applied to L&D to optimize performance and minimize defects.
Self-Service in Libraries: Lessons from the Retail World (Library Journal)
Thursday, February 17, 1:00pm EST.
NCR, the world leader in self-service technologies has helped more than 150 retailers in over 25 countries achieve cost efficiencies and improved customer service through self check-out. Company experts will share valuable lessons learned from studies done in retail environments covering:
• Customer Experience: Human Interaction and Reaction
• Optimized Placement and Configuration
• Target Utilization
• Dashboard Metrics to Measure Success
ALA (American Library Association)
Feb 2 & 9. RDA and AACR2 Compared. ($)
Feb 17. Homework Help Programs. ($)
Feb 22. Online Library Instruction to Engage Students and Faculty. ($)
Feb 23. Creating a User-Centered Website for your Library. ($)
Feb 22. Introduction to Digital Storytelling Communities.
Feb 23. Teens, Tweens, and Social Networking.
Nebraska Library Commission
Feb 2. Collections for Your Community.
Feb 9. Accessing Courts through E-Government.
Feb 16. New Basic Skills.
Feb 23. Tech Talk.
Feb 3. Spring Nonfiction Book Buzz.
Feb 8. Spring Teen Book Buzz.
Feb 22. Spring Nonfiction Announcements.
Feb 4. Google Documents.
Feb 11. Google Presentation.
Feb 18. Google Spreadsheet.
Feb 25. Google Forms and Drawings.
Feb 2. E-Rate for Beginners.
Feb 15. Library Reading Incentive Programs for Summer and Beyond.
Feb 23. 2010 Access to Learning Award.
Trendy Topics Online Conference (All Day)
Feb 16. Geo-Based Social Networks: FourSquare, Gowalla, MyTown, and more. ($)
Florida Library Staff Only
February 4. Free Content for Library Collections. (College of DuPage)
Thursday, February 3, 1:00pm EST.
Google eBooks is a device-agnostic e-commerce platform that helps publishers, authors and retailers reach new, connected readers. Two months since launch, what does Google eBooks mean to you? Test your know-how, refresh your memory and learn the latest about the web reader, apps, retail and reader trends from Google. The fact-filled presentation will be followed by a lively and interactive Q&A session.
Presenters:
- Abraham Murray is a product manager on Google's Books team.
- Chris Palma is Strategic Partner Development Manager for Google
Tuesday, February 8, 2:00pm EST.
Young adult literature remains one of the most exciting areas of the publishing world, and it’s challenging to keep up with the latest news and books. In this information-packed Booklist Publications webinar, attendees will learn about the year’s hottest YA releases. Booklist’s Young Adult editor Gillian Engberg will be joined by publishing representatives who will fill you in on their leading teen titles for spring and beyond. Sponsored by Egmont USA, Bloomsbury Children’s Books/Walker Books for Young Readers, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, and Disney Book Group.
How to be a Great Webinar Moderator (Adobe)
Thursday, February 10, 1:00pm EST.
Supporting the presenters in a webinar seems at first like a simple task: Read an introduction, open and close the session, and look through audience questions. But as a great moderator, you do much more. You make sure that all presenters are prepared and comfortable with the content, the flow, and the technology. You have a presentation plan and are ready to manage the flow and pacing of the webinar. You have contingency plans in place to deal with the potential for technical problems during the webinar. And you have developed your written and vocal communication skills to work with the audience in an assured and engaging manner.
New Spring Titles from Workman (Booklist)
Tuesday, February 15, 2:00pm EST.
In this free Booklist webinar, the staff of Workman Publishing, with divisions including Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Artisan, Storey Publishing, and Timber Press, preview a wealth of forthcoming books that will appeal to a wide range of library readers, from fiction lovers to hobbyists to gardeners.
What you Don't Know about LinkedIn (Office Depot)
Tuesday, February 15, 4:00pm EST.
Measuring Learning's Impact on your Business (Elluminate)
Wednesday, February 16, 1:00pm EST.
This session will highlight six approaches that practitioners can use to measure learning's impact on the business. The approaches range from the use of ‘smart sheet' evaluations to glean reasonable indicators of learning's link to business results to a highly statistical causal model that creates an optimization roadmap of the correct inputs that drive results oriented outputs. In between we will explore the use of benchmarking, conditional questions, consultative templates and correlation analysis to reasonably yet credibly show how learning influences a business or behavioral outcome. In addition we will underscore the session with the use of concepts like Six Sigma applied to L&D to optimize performance and minimize defects.
Self-Service in Libraries: Lessons from the Retail World (Library Journal)
Thursday, February 17, 1:00pm EST.
NCR, the world leader in self-service technologies has helped more than 150 retailers in over 25 countries achieve cost efficiencies and improved customer service through self check-out. Company experts will share valuable lessons learned from studies done in retail environments covering:
• Customer Experience: Human Interaction and Reaction
• Optimized Placement and Configuration
• Target Utilization
• Dashboard Metrics to Measure Success
ALA (American Library Association)
Feb 2 & 9. RDA and AACR2 Compared. ($)
Feb 17. Homework Help Programs. ($)
Feb 22. Online Library Instruction to Engage Students and Faculty. ($)
Feb 23. Creating a User-Centered Website for your Library. ($)
Feb 22. Introduction to Digital Storytelling Communities.
Feb 23. Teens, Tweens, and Social Networking.
Nebraska Library Commission
Feb 2. Collections for Your Community.
Feb 9. Accessing Courts through E-Government.
Feb 16. New Basic Skills.
Feb 23. Tech Talk.
Feb 3. Spring Nonfiction Book Buzz.
Feb 8. Spring Teen Book Buzz.
Feb 22. Spring Nonfiction Announcements.
Feb 4. Google Documents.
Feb 11. Google Presentation.
Feb 18. Google Spreadsheet.
Feb 25. Google Forms and Drawings.
Feb 2. E-Rate for Beginners.
Feb 15. Library Reading Incentive Programs for Summer and Beyond.
Feb 23. 2010 Access to Learning Award.
Trendy Topics Online Conference (All Day)
Feb 16. Geo-Based Social Networks: FourSquare, Gowalla, MyTown, and more. ($)
Florida Library Staff Only
February 4. Free Content for Library Collections. (College of DuPage)
Friday, January 21, 2011
Upcoming Webinars from Library Journal
Thursday, January 27, 2:00pm EST.
Libraries are often a community hub, the place where everyone is welcome and where everyone can not only find the information they need, but also seek solace and support. In short, libraries are an essential part of any thriving community. In this first of a three-part series of webinars for library staff.
Thursday, February 17, 12:00noon EST.
NCR, the world leader in self-service technologies has helped more than 150 retailers in over 25 countries achieve cost efficiencies and improved customer service through self check-out. Company experts will share valuable lessons learned from studies done in retail environments.
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