[WLA-All] WebLive - BCR Workshop Announcement

[Bobbi Navarro]

OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing Basics:
http://www.bcr.org/training/online/weblive/wl-wcresourceshare.html

Description: 
This workshop consists of three modules. Each module is a 1.5 hour to 2
hour live Internet presentation. Practice and readings will be provided
for participants to complete on their own. 

Module I: Searching OCLC WorldCat in FirstSearch 
Increase your comfort level and optimize the powerful tools available in
the FirstSearch reference and Resource Sharing interface. This workshop
will address how to access FirstSearch, search WorldCat, navigate and
manipulate lists of records, developing search proficiency. 
This workshop is appropriate for those working with WorldCat Resource
Sharing and those using FirstSearch for reference activities.

Module II: Borrowing and Lending Activities 
Borrowing - Learn to create borrowing requests for returnable items such
as books and DVDs and for non-returnable items (i.e. copies). This part
of the session will demonstrate the use of custom holdings and local
data records to create efficiencies in the interlibrary loan workflow.
We will also complete all actions required to bring a request through
the entire interlibrary loan cycle.

Lending - Manage incoming requests and gain familiarity with the Request
Manager categories. In this half of the workshop, you will learn to use
batch processing in order to update and print requests in your lending
cycle and administer your work more effectively.

Module III: Administrative Functions 
Access the FirstSearch administrative module to create data records that
eliminate repetitive data entry. Participants will devise constant data
and saved notes, review the use and implementation of IFM (ILL Fee
Management) as well as create custom holdings groups, custom holdings
paths and direct request profile to improve service in all aspects of
resource sharing. Time will also be spent updating and maintaining
records in the ILL Policies Directory. Customization of the patron
interface and the creation of links between authorizations, local
catalogs and Open URL services will also be covered. 
This workshop is appropriate for those who administer WorldCat Resource
Sharing activities or FirstSearch reference activities.

Who Should Attend:
Library staff who want to acquire the basic skills needed to do OCLC ILL
using WorldCat Resource Sharing. 

How to Get Started:
The workshop is accessed from your own or your library's computer using
a Web browser. Details will be included in your confirmation letter
after registration.

BCR will provide a microphone to you free of charge to use during
WebLive workshops if you don't already have one. Please indicate this on
your registration form (comments box), and we will ship it to your
attention.

Minimum requirements: Computer (minimum of 128 MB of RAM, although 256
MB is recommended); Internet Explorer 5.5 Web browser, Java enabled;
speakers; and Internet access of 56k or above. A microphone connected to
the computer is optional for the audio, which also is available by a
long-distance phone bridge (not a toll-free number). 

Dates:
March 25-27, 2008 (10 a.m.-12 p.m. MT)

Fees:
BCR members - $50/module or $125 for all three modules if taken
sequentially
Nonmembers - $65/module or $175 for all three modules if taken
sequentially
Voucher: 1 BCR training voucher for 1, 2, or all 3 modules

The presentation can be viewed and heard by a group of people at a
single computer. If this is the case, please register only one attendee
who will log in on behalf of the group (send a list of names for other
participants).

Alternatively, the presentation can be viewed and heard by multiple
people from the same institution at separate workstations. If this is
the case, please register each individual attendee who needs to log in
to the class.

NOTE: Regardless of whether you attend as an individual or as a group,
the price for each online module is $50 for each person at a BCR member
library who views the session, and $65 for each person at a nonmember
library who views the module.


This WebLive workshop will be taught by BCR Instructor Heather Clark:
http://www.bcr.org/about/staff/hc-bio.html

Register for all BCR workshops at:
http://www.bcr.org/training/workshops/register.html


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Bobbi Navarro
Bibliographical Center For Research
Training & OCLC Services
14394 East Evans Avenue
Aurora, CO 80014
(303)751-6277x126
(800)397-1552
Fax (303)751-9787
bnavarro at bcr.org
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