[WLA-All] Library Continuing Education Events for January

[Jamie Markus]

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



January 8 (11-12 pm)
USCIS Civics and Citizenship Toolkit for Public Libraries (WebJunction
- Spanish Language Outreach)

Containing a range of useful materials, the Civics and Citizenship
Toolkit is the perfect resource to help your library begin or enhance a
collection for immigrants. The free collection comprises immigration and
civics publications, handbooks, guidance on product usage, and
multimedia tools. Listen to a presentation, meet, and ask questions of
the project coordinator, Carlos Muñoz-Acevedo.  Mary Jane Vanilla of the
King County Library System (WA) and Homa Naficy of the Hartford Public
Library System (CT) will join him to present the public librarian's
perspective.

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.



January 9 (11-11:45 am)
Library Databases of the Month: Health Resources (Wyoming State
Library)

Join Chris Van Burgh to learn about the Health Resources available
through GoWYLD.net and your local libraries.   

To attend the session, go to
https://www.yugma.com/app/loading.php?user=&collsession=133437854&role=4

on the day of the program.  The audio portion of the webinar will be
presented through LeaderPhone.  Dial 1-877-278-8686 and enter the PIN
079919 to join.   



January 10 (3:30-4:15 pm)
Library Databases of the Month: Health Resources (Wyoming State
Library)

Join Chris Van Burgh to learn about the Health Resources available
through GoWYLD.net and your local libraries.   

To attend the session, go to
https://www.yugma.com/app/loading.php?user=&collsession=130618428&role=4

on the day of the program.  The audio portion of the webinar will be
presented through LeaderPhone.  Dial 1-877-278-8686 and enter the PIN
079919 to join.   



January 16 (12-1 pm)
10 Ways to Make Your Library Great in 2008-via Web 2.0 (WebJunction -
Learning Webinars)

As you think about your resolutions for the New Year, why not resolve
to make your library a great educational asset within your community?
This webinar will show you how to leverage social networking tools such
as del.icio.us and Librarything to enable knowledge sharing and create
collections of information around professional development. Ten key
themes are presented to empower library staff as well as to increase a
library's value within the community. Presented by guest speaker Ed
Rossman, adult services librarian at Shaker Heights Public Library and
author of Castles Against Ignorance: How to Make Libraries Great
Educational Environments. 

For more information visit:
http://webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=15543
To attend this program, go to
http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=18001 on the day of the
program.



January 18 (12-1 pm)
A Casual Conversation with Curtis Rogers (OPAL)

Curtis Rogers is the Director of the Division of Statewide Library
Services at the South Carolina State Library. He also blogs at Libraries
& Life. 

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.



January 23 (12-1 pm)
The Mark of Zotero: Two-Clicks to Citation Management (OPAL)

Zotero, designed by the Center for History and New Media at George
Mason University, is a free citation manager that works as part of the
Firefox web browser. It allows researchers to keep track of
bibliographies, notes, even copies of articles and pictures-- all within
the browser window. It integrates with several word processors to make
creating a reference or a bibliography a two-click process. Chris
Strauber, Reference and Web Services Librarian at Wofford College, will
demonstrate the program and discuss it as a possible replacement for
products like Procite and Refworks. 

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.



January 24 (12-1 pm)
Collaborating with your Community (WebJunction - Rural Library
Sustainability)

Wouldn't it be great to collaborate in 2008?  Join Bonnie McKewon,
Director of Northwest Iowa Library Service, as she presents a "Top 10"
list of ideas to reinvigorate cooperation among libraries. Ideas like
shared programming, shared staffing, board and staff development days,
countywide wikis, and more will be discussed. 

For more information visit:
http://webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=13496
To attend this program, go to
http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=13377 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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