[WLA-All] Library Continuing Education Events for June

[Jamie Markus]

OPAL, The SirsiDynix Institute, and WebJunction will be webcasting the following FREE programs during June: (these programs and others are listed on the Wyoming Libraries Planning Calendar: http://will.state.wy.us/ldo/planningcalendar.html)


June 6 (12-1 pm)
Interview with David Weinberger, Author of Everything is Miscellaneous (OPAL)

David Weinberger will be discussing his new book, Everything is Miscellaneous, in which he explores how the new principles of disorder are remaking society, culture, education, business, media, politics, and--perhaps most importantly--libraries. This is the book that Karen Schneider described in the ALA TechSource Blog as "...dangerous. [It] takes all the precious ideas we are taught as librarians and throws them out the window." The dedication of the book, by the way, is "To the librarians." 

For more information visit: http://www.opal-online.org/progslis.htm 
To attend this program, go to http://67.19.90.10/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs1641902f62b4 on the day
of the program.



June 12 (11-12:30 pm)
Effectively Dealing with Anti-Immigrant Sentiment (WebJunction - Spanish Language Outreach)

Join Loida Garcia-Febo, Assistant Coordinator Special Services at Queens Library; Emily Sheketoff, Executive Director of the Washington office for the American Library Association; and Isabel Espinal, Librarian for Afro American Studies, Native American Indian Studies & Information Literacy, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.  They will discuss how libraries can create effective strategies for ensuring access to information to all people in their communities.  The presenters will discuss advocacy, federal legislation, issues and options for academic, public, and school libraries.  There will be extra time at the end of the webinar for participants to share their experiences and strategies with each other.

For more information visit: http://webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=15431 
To attend this program, go to http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=14184 on the day of the program.



June 15 (10-11 am or 2-3 pm)
Making Sense of the Standards Menu: Sushi, Counter, and SERU (BCR)

This Free Friday Forum will give participants an overview of the COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources), SUSHI (Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative) and SERU (Shared E-Resource Understanding) standards. All of these standards deal with library use of electronic resources such as aggregated full-text article content and bibliographic citation databases.

For more information visit: http://bcr.org/training/online/fff/ 
To sign up for the program visit: http://bcr.org/training/workshops/register.html 



June 19  (10-11 am or 2-3 pm)
Google Tools Drive-by Series Part 1: Notebook, Pages, Docs and Spreadsheets (BCR)

Join Lisa Holmberg to learn about some of the newest Google tools and how they could be used in your library.

For more information visit: http://bcr.org/training/online/fff/ 
To sign up for the program visit: http://bcr.org/training/workshops/register.html 



June 22 (7-10 am)
Careers in Federal Libraries (OPAL)

If you are interested in learning more about career opportunities for information professionals as federal employees, this online event is for you. It will be presented simultaneously as an in-person event in the Madison Building at the Library of Congress, in conjunction with the Annual Conference of the American Library Association. A variety of speakers working in various positions throughout the federal government will share their experiences and advice. 

For more information visit: http://www.opal-online.org/progslis.htm 
To attend this program, go to http://67.19.90.10/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs1641902f62b4 on the day
of the program.



Let me know if you have any questions about these programs.

Jamie


Jamie Markus jmarku at state.wy.us 
Continuing Education Coordinator
Wyoming State Library
2301 Capitol Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82002
(307) 777-5914
 
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