[Baynet] Free workshop: IM for the Public Library

[Hersh, Daniel]

IM FOR THE LIBRARY
How Instant Messaging Can Connect the Librarian with Kids and Teens

Sponsored by the BALIS Reference Committee

Thursday May 18, 9:30 am - 12:00 noon
Berkeley Public Library -- 2 blocks from the Berkeley BART station.
featuring Sarah Houghton ( http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/about.html )
Information & Web Services Manager for San Mateo County Library

Instant Messaging (IM) is one of many forms of "social software" popular on
the Internet today. IM allows two or more people online to carry on a
conversation in real time. It's like e-mail, but faster and less formal.
We'll learn how IM and other kinds of social software are being used in
libraries today. You'll have an opportunity to try it yourself! Also, if you
have experience using these new tools in a library setting, we want to hear
about it!

Sarah Houghton's recent article about IM, entitled U R the Best, is posted
on the WebJunction site: http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=11265

What we plan to talk about:
*	How IM works
*	Choosing of IM software
*	IM etiquette
*	IM for reference
*	What message are you sending?
*	Working with your IT staff
*	Legal concerns
*	Defending kids from predators
*	Network security - viruses and trojans, etc.

There will be time for questions and sharing your experience, including
discussion of other new kinds of social software now becoming popular.

The workshop will begin at 9:30, but the facility will open at 9:00 am.
Coffee, tea and snacks will be available from 9 to 9:30.
The library doesn't open till 10:00, but someone will be waiting to let
participants enter the staff entrance at 2031 Bancroft Way.

SPACE IS LIMITED!   TO SIGN UP FOR THIS FREE EVENT, send an e-mail message
to krause at plsinfo.org .

QUESTIONS? Contact Terry Egan, BALIS Reference Committee: (510) 238-7075 or
tegan at oaklandlibrary.org .