From assist at infopeople.org Tue Jan 2 10:38:02 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Jan 2 10:36:26 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Retailing and Wayfinding" workshop Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20070102103757.02893d38@pop3.postoffice.net> Since some people who may be interested in attending might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Retailing and Wayfinding Dates and locations: Thursday, February 8, San Francisco Public Library Monday, February 26, Sacramento Public Library - Galleria Tuesday, March 13, Buena Park Library District Friday, March 23, Los Angeles Public Library Monday, April 9, San Jose, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library There will be additional sessions scheduled in San Diego and Fresno. As soon as the dates and locations have been determined, an email announcement will be sent. To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://www.infopeople.org/workshop/310 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. Your library's attendance is up, but collection use is down. Your building is overcrowded - bursting at the seams - leaving little room for tempting displays and browsing areas. So many collections and special services areas have been added that the building organization no longer makes any sense. Signage is outdated, redundant, overabundant, and negative. Your customers are browsing, but not buying. Using the basic principles of wayfinding and signage, urban planning, retailing and conversion, the class will discuss: --Is your building a maze? --Would you like to roll out the welcome mat? --What are your customers' physical needs? --Who is your customer base and how do you get their attention? --Do you need help merchandising your materials? --Would you like your materials to fly off the shelves? This workshop takes the concepts of retailing and the science of designing logical buildings and applies them to library design and customer service. Workshop Description: This all-day workshop will provide an overview of the basic principles of wayfinding, site logic, and retailing. Through individual and group exercises, students will create and share ideas for increasing library use and customer satisfaction. Students will practice techniques for strategic location of materials and services, evaluation of floor plans and signage, for "closing the deal" and for creating eye-catching displays. The instructor will provide sample plans, cheat sheets, a webliography, as well as practical, useful tips that can be applied immediately. Attendees should bring a copy of their library's directional handout; e.g., floor plan, if they have one available. Pre-workshop assignment: Students should come prepared to discuss issues with their library facility and their own positive experiences in retail environments. Preliminary Course Outline How's Business? --The Science of Retailing --Learning from the Competition Location, Location, Location --Site selection Criteria First Impressions --Identification and branding --Roll out the welcome mat Navigation and Wayfinding --Facilitating wayfinding in physical space --Graphics and signage, audible and tactile tools --Site logic What your customer needs --Meet your customers' physical needs --Accommodation What Retailers Know --Assess the physical layout --Conversion ? turning the browser into a buyer Instructor: Linda Demmers. As a library consultant, Linda Demmers has extensive experience in library facility planning with professional background as a librarian, planning consultant, and owners' representative on a wide variety of new construction and renovation projects. She specializes in planning process, program documentation, broad-based community and user involvement, and long-term owner client relationships. Who Should Attend: This class is suitable for library managers, public service personnel, facilities personnel, architects and interior designers, and anyone interested in making today's library more competitive with the local bookstore. Prerequisites: None. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From FHui at gw5mail.clpccd.cc.ca.us Wed Jan 3 12:24:45 2007 From: FHui at gw5mail.clpccd.cc.ca.us (Frances Hui) Date: Wed Jan 3 12:25:38 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Re: Baynet Digest, Vol 15, Issue 1 In-Reply-To: <200701022003.l02K3RS02974@isaac.exploratorium.edu> References: <200701022003.l02K3RS02974@isaac.exploratorium.edu> Message-ID: <459BA08C.CF9E.00F2.0> Cheryl, did you see this already? Taught by Linda Demmers. >>> 1/2/2007 12:03 PM >>> Send Baynet mailing list submissions to baynet@isaac.exploratorium.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.exo.net/mailman/listinfo/baynet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to baynet-request@isaac.exploratorium.edu You can reach the person managing the list at baynet-owner@isaac.exploratorium.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Baynet digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Infopeople's "Retailing and Wayfinding" workshop (Linda Rodenspiel) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:38:02 -0800 From: Linda Rodenspiel Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Retailing and Wayfinding" workshop To: baynet@exploratorium.edu Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20070102103757.02893d38@pop3.postoffice.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Since some people who may be interested in attending might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Retailing and Wayfinding Dates and locations: Thursday, February 8, San Francisco Public Library Monday, February 26, Sacramento Public Library - Galleria Tuesday, March 13, Buena Park Library District Friday, March 23, Los Angeles Public Library Monday, April 9, San Jose, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library There will be additional sessions scheduled in San Diego and Fresno. As soon as the dates and locations have been determined, an email announcement will be sent. To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://www.infopeople.org/workshop/310 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. Your library's attendance is up, but collection use is down. Your building is overcrowded - bursting at the seams - leaving little room for tempting displays and browsing areas. So many collections and special services areas have been added that the building organization no longer makes any sense. Signage is outdated, redundant, overabundant, and negative. Your customers are browsing, but not buying. Using the basic principles of wayfinding and signage, urban planning, retailing and conversion, the class will discuss: --Is your building a maze? --Would you like to roll out the welcome mat? --What are your customers' physical needs? --Who is your customer base and how do you get their attention? --Do you need help merchandising your materials? --Would you like your materials to fly off the shelves? This workshop takes the concepts of retailing and the science of designing logical buildings and applies them to library design and customer service. Workshop Description: This all-day workshop will provide an overview of the basic principles of wayfinding, site logic, and retailing. Through individual and group exercises, students will create and share ideas for increasing library use and customer satisfaction. Students will practice techniques for strategic location of materials and services, evaluation of floor plans and signage, for "closing the deal" and for creating eye-catching displays. The instructor will provide sample plans, cheat sheets, a webliography, as well as practical, useful tips that can be applied immediately. Attendees should bring a copy of their library's directional handout; e.g., floor plan, if they have one available. Pre-workshop assignment: Students should come prepared to discuss issues with their library facility and their own positive experiences in retail environments. Preliminary Course Outline How's Business? --The Science of Retailing --Learning from the Competition Location, Location, Location --Site selection Criteria First Impressions --Identification and branding --Roll out the welcome mat Navigation and Wayfinding --Facilitating wayfinding in physical space --Graphics and signage, audible and tactile tools --Site logic What your customer needs --Meet your customers' physical needs --Accommodation What Retailers Know --Assess the physical layout --Conversion - turning the browser into a buyer Instructor: Linda Demmers. As a library consultant, Linda Demmers has extensive experience in library facility planning with professional background as a librarian, planning consultant, and owners' representative on a wide variety of new construction and renovation projects. She specializes in planning process, program documentation, broad-based community and user involvement, and long-term owner client relationships. Who Should Attend: This class is suitable for library managers, public service personnel, facilities personnel, architects and interior designers, and anyone interested in making today's library more competitive with the local bookstore. Prerequisites: None. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Baynet mailing list Baynet@isaac.exploratorium.edu http://www.exo.net/mailman/listinfo/baynet End of Baynet Digest, Vol 15, Issue 1 ************************************* From assist at infopeople.org Wed Jan 3 13:29:05 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Wed Jan 3 13:27:43 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's newest online learning course "Developing Spanish and Latino Interest Collections" Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20070103132858.028a6168@pop3.postoffice.net> Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Developing Spanish and Latino Interest Collections Using the Web, Online and Print Sources (online learning course) Dates: February 27 - March 26, 2007 To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/311 Fee: Because of grant funding, California residents can take this course for the subsidized fee of $75.00. The out-of-state fee is $150.00. Given current and future population trends, almost all California public, academic, and school libraries serve communities that need and want Spanish, bilingual, and Latino interest collections - and, indeed, an ever increasing number of libraries across the U.S. are building Spanish and Latino interest collections. Whether you have an established collection, are just starting one, or are planning/hoping for one, you are encouraged to take this online course that will give you practical information to help you with subsequent acquisitions. --Are you new or recently assigned to develop Spanish and/or Latino interest collections? --Are you interested in expanding your existing collection development skills in these areas? --Do you want to find out about practical and efficient ways to supplement print resources and off-shelf purchasing for developing your collections? --Do you want to survey a variety of sources from Latin America, Spain and the U.S. to include new titles to your collections? This workshop will present you with up-to-date and innovative ways to develop your collections using various resources. You are invited to participate, to share and ultimately to be able to select the best material for your users. Workshop Description: This four week online workshop will provide you with techniques and resources that will improve and enhance your collection development practices. These resources will facilitate finding, selecting, evaluating and ordering Spanish and Latino interest material suited to your community. You will learn to incorporate the conventional methods of collection development with new, dynamic resources to optimize your services. In addition, there will be a discussion on the placement of Spanish and Latino Interest collections to make them visible and attractive to users in your library settings. Preliminary Course Outline: Using your web browser and your Internet connection, you will log in to the Infopeople online learning site and complete the following learning modules: Module One: Overview of Spanish Collection Development --Sources of bibliographic information --Vendors' and publishers' websites --Book review sources Module Two: Selecting Audio-Visual Material and Periodical Publications --Availability --Pricing and ordering information --Publishers and distributors Module Three: Using Additional Online Sources for Title Selection --Magazines --Newspapers --Independent websites Module Four: Developing Latino Interest Collections; Arrangement and Placement of Spanish/Latino Interest Collections --Finding review sources --Using various websites for selecting and ordering --How good location can increase usage Instructor: Alvaro Sanabria. Alvaro has been working for the San Francisco Public Library for almost sixteen years and since 1996 has been the Program Manager of the Main Library's International Center. In addition to his regular duties, he has provided in-house trainings and presentations to staff and for over three years he has conducted monthly hands-on training sessions for the public in Spanish on the use of the SFPL online catalog and the Internet. He is an active member and former president of Bibliotecas para la Gente, the Northern California chapter of Reforma, the national association to promote library services to the Spanish speaking. Online Learning Details: This four-week course will be taught online using the web. When you register, you will receive a registration confirmation that will include the URL to get to the course, as well as a username and password. Every student proceeds through the online learning modules at his or her own pace. Students should expect to commit to spending a minimum of 2 to 2? hours per week on this course in order to be successful. You can work on each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night. However, you will be expected to log in to the course each week to do that week's assignment. We ask that you log in sometime during the first week of the course to begin the course work. Your instructor will be available for limited consultation support for two weeks after the official end date of a course, and the course material will stay up for an additional two weeks after that, to give those who have fallen behind time to work independently on the course. However, you will be expected to accomplish the majority of the course in synchronization with your peers during the first four weeks. Who Should Take This Course: This is workshop is intended for anyone in the library community who is responsible for developing adult Spanish or Latino interest collections in public or academic libraries. Spanish is desirable but not required. Prerequisites: This course is taught over the web. You must: --Have an Internet connection and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. --Be able to save Microsoft Word .doc or Adobe .pdf files to your computer and print them out. (For .doc files, a free Word Viewer is available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en. Search for "Word Viewer." For .pdf files, a free Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html). --Be comfortable navigating on the web and navigating back and forward on a website that uses frames. To be most successful in this course you should be willing to share information with your colleagues and be willing to spend time reading and participating in the weekly discussion boards. System Requirements: The online learning product that Infopeople uses is called Angel. The following are minimum system requirements for using Angel. You will need access to a computer that has at least these specifications to participate in an online course: Windows: --Internet Explorer 6.0 and above, Netscape 7.1 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above Macintosh: --Mozilla 1.4 and above (which is the same engine as Netscape 7.1), Safari 2.0 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above --OS X and above (OS 9 will NOT work with our online learning product) If you are not comfortable with any of the above, please consider taking this course with a colleague who does meet these requirements. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://www.infopeople.org/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From cwarren at gw5mail.clpccd.cc.ca.us Wed Jan 3 15:35:25 2007 From: cwarren at gw5mail.clpccd.cc.ca.us (Cheryl Warren) Date: Wed Jan 3 15:36:34 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Re: Baynet Digest, Vol 15, Issue 1 In-Reply-To: <459BA08C.CF9E.00F2.0> References: <200701022003.l02K3RS02974@isaac.exploratorium.edu> <459BA08C.CF9E.00F2.0> Message-ID: <459BCD3D020000A200002830@gw5mail.clpccd.cc.ca.us> Very interesting. She is really getting into marketing library services. She never charged us for her walk thru and we never got any type of a write up. >>> "Frances Hui" 01/03/07 12:24 PM >>> Cheryl, did you see this already? Taught by Linda Demmers. >>> 1/2/2007 12:03 PM >>> Send Baynet mailing list submissions to baynet@isaac.exploratorium.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.exo.net/mailman/listinfo/baynet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to baynet-request@isaac.exploratorium.edu You can reach the person managing the list at baynet-owner@isaac.exploratorium.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Baynet digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Infopeople's "Retailing and Wayfinding" workshop (Linda Rodenspiel) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:38:02 -0800 From: Linda Rodenspiel Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Retailing and Wayfinding" workshop To: baynet@exploratorium.edu Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20070102103757.02893d38@pop3.postoffice.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Since some people who may be interested in attending might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Retailing and Wayfinding Dates and locations: Thursday, February 8, San Francisco Public Library Monday, February 26, Sacramento Public Library - Galleria Tuesday, March 13, Buena Park Library District Friday, March 23, Los Angeles Public Library Monday, April 9, San Jose, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library There will be additional sessions scheduled in San Diego and Fresno. As soon as the dates and locations have been determined, an email announcement will be sent. To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://www.infopeople.org/workshop/310 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. Your library's attendance is up, but collection use is down. Your building is overcrowded - bursting at the seams - leaving little room for tempting displays and browsing areas. So many collections and special services areas have been added that the building organization no longer makes any sense. Signage is outdated, redundant, overabundant, and negative. Your customers are browsing, but not buying. Using the basic principles of wayfinding and signage, urban planning, retailing and conversion, the class will discuss: --Is your building a maze? --Would you like to roll out the welcome mat? --What are your customers' physical needs? --Who is your customer base and how do you get their attention? --Do you need help merchandising your materials? --Would you like your materials to fly off the shelves? This workshop takes the concepts of retailing and the science of designing logical buildings and applies them to library design and customer service. Workshop Description: This all-day workshop will provide an overview of the basic principles of wayfinding, site logic, and retailing. Through individual and group exercises, students will create and share ideas for increasing library use and customer satisfaction. Students will practice techniques for strategic location of materials and services, evaluation of floor plans and signage, for "closing the deal" and for creating eye-catching displays. The instructor will provide sample plans, cheat sheets, a webliography, as well as practical, useful tips that can be applied immediately. Attendees should bring a copy of their library's directional handout; e.g., floor plan, if they have one available. Pre-workshop assignment: Students should come prepared to discuss issues with their library facility and their own positive experiences in retail environments. Preliminary Course Outline How's Business? --The Science of Retailing --Learning from the Competition Location, Location, Location --Site selection Criteria First Impressions --Identification and branding --Roll out the welcome mat Navigation and Wayfinding --Facilitating wayfinding in physical space --Graphics and signage, audible and tactile tools --Site logic What your customer needs --Meet your customers' physical needs --Accommodation What Retailers Know --Assess the physical layout --Conversion - turning the browser into a buyer Instructor: Linda Demmers. As a library consultant, Linda Demmers has extensive experience in library facility planning with professional background as a librarian, planning consultant, and owners' representative on a wide variety of new construction and renovation projects. She specializes in planning process, program documentation, broad-based community and user involvement, and long-term owner client relationships. Who Should Attend: This class is suitable for library managers, public service personnel, facilities personnel, architects and interior designers, and anyone interested in making today's library more competitive with the local bookstore. Prerequisites: None. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Baynet mailing list Baynet@isaac.exploratorium.edu http://www.exo.net/mailman/listinfo/baynet End of Baynet Digest, Vol 15, Issue 1 ************************************* _______________________________________________ Baynet mailing list Baynet@isaac.exploratorium.edu http://www.exo.net/mailman/listinfo/baynet From assist at infopeople.org Fri Jan 5 10:02:52 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Fri Jan 5 10:01:16 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Building Leadership Skills: Stimulating Creativity" workshop Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20070105100246.0287e860@pop3.postoffice.net> Since some people who may be interested in attending might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Building Leadership Skills: Stimulating Creativity Dates and locations: Wednesday, April 4, San Francisco Public Library Thursday, April 5, South Natomas Library (Sacramento) Tuesday, April 17, San Diego County Library Headquarters Wednesday, April 18, Buena Park Library District Thursday, April 19, Pio Pico Koreatown Library (Los Angeles) Tuesday, May 1, San Jose Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library Wednesday, May 2, Fresno Woodward Park Library To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/314 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. Libraries today face the need to transform the way they design and deliver services. Leaders are expected to be innovative and to stimulate creativity within individuals and groups. This means that leaders at every level need to understand the creative process and learn effective ways to foster creativity and innovation. Through your participation in this workshop you will: --Understand the creative process and how creativity differs from innovation, --Learn how to express and enhance your own creativity, --Identify blocks to the creative process, both within individuals and in organizations, --Determine how to remove barriers and blocks to creativity, --Apply your own creativity to problem solving and effective decision making in groups, and --Learn practical tools and techniques for creative problem solving. This program will prepare you to lead others, individually and in groups, to be more creative in planning and problem solving. Workshop Description: This one-day interactive workshop will provide participants with the skills they need to foster creativity in individuals and groups. They will learn what research shows about how the creative process occurs in the human brain, how to stimulate their own creativity, and how to engage others in creative work. Through individual reflection and small group discussion they will explore ways remove barriers to creativity in organizations and identify steps to enhance innovation in services, programs, and work processes. Participants will practice some of the proven tools and techniques for creative thinking in group problem solving. Each will leave with a set of practical tools and techniques that can be applied in the workplace. Preliminary Course Outline Understanding the Creative Process --What research tells us about creativity in people --Creativity vs. innovation --The ingredients of creativity Expressing Your Own Creativity --Self-assessment exercise --Benefits from enhancing your own creativity --Identifying blocks to your own creativity Engaging Others in the Creative Process --Identifying and removing blocks to creativity in the workplace --Stimulating creativity in groups --Creative thinking: some tools and techniques Leading for Creativity --Building a climate for creativity and innovation --Skills practice --Keeping creativity alive Workshop Instructor: Maureen Sullivan. Maureen is an organization development consultant whose practice focuses on the delivery of consulting and training services to libraries and other information organizations. She has more than twenty five years of experience as a consultant on organization development, strategic planning, leadership development, introducing and managing organizational change, organization and work redesign, establishment of staff development and learning programs for today's workplace, creating a work environment that supports diversity, revision of position classification and compensation systems, and the identification and development of competencies. Who Should Attend: This workshop is designed for California library community managers, innovators, and emerging leaders who want to enhance their own creativity and who want to be able lead for creativity and innovation. Prerequisites: None Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople website at http://infopeople.org/workshop/location Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://www.infopeople.org/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From jmoran at mtc.ca.gov Fri Jan 5 11:59:28 2007 From: jmoran at mtc.ca.gov (Jessica Moran) Date: Fri Jan 5 12:07:58 2007 Subject: [Baynet] USGS 7.5 minute maps available Message-ID: We have two incomplete sets of USGS 7.5 minute topographic maps of the San Francisco Bay Area. One color set and one black and white print set are available They're currently organized by county and are available as an entire set or by county. Please contact me if interested. Best, Jessica Moran Jessica Moran, MLIS Librarian MTC-ABAG Library 510.817.5833 jmoran@mtc.ca.gov From mclean at hnu.edu Fri Jan 5 17:04:45 2007 From: mclean at hnu.edu (McLean, Joyce) Date: Fri Jan 5 17:05:30 2007 Subject: [Baynet] USGS 7.5 minute maps available Message-ID: Jessica, I'd be very interested in the topograhic maps. Thanks, Joycd Joyce McLean Director of Library Services Holy Names University 3500 Mountain Boulevard Oakland, CA 94619 E-Mail: mclean@hnu.edu Telephone: (510) 436-1160 Fax: (510) 436-1260 -----Original Message----- From: baynet-bounces@isaac.exploratorium.edu [mailto:baynet-bounces@isaac.exploratorium.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Moran Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:59 AM To: baynet@exploratorium.edu Subject: [Baynet] USGS 7.5 minute maps available We have two incomplete sets of USGS 7.5 minute topographic maps of the San Francisco Bay Area. One color set and one black and white print set are available They're currently organized by county and are available as an entire set or by county. Please contact me if interested. Best, Jessica Moran Jessica Moran, MLIS Librarian MTC-ABAG Library 510.817.5833 jmoran@mtc.ca.gov _______________________________________________ Baynet mailing list Baynet@isaac.exploratorium.edu http://www.exo.net/mailman/listinfo/baynet From susang at are.berkeley.edu Tue Jan 9 08:50:51 2007 From: susang at are.berkeley.edu (Susan Garbarino) Date: Tue Jan 9 08:52:24 2007 Subject: [Baynet] BayNet board corrections Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20070109083509.03a75540@are.berkeley.edu> Hi all, I've discovered some errors on the Board List on the web site, please take a looks and see if this is correct. I looked at last year's list and I think I have pieced together which slots are open and the corrections that need to be made to the current list. From looking at last year's Board list I come up with 5 slots we need to fill: 1-Vice President/President Elect 2-Secretary (Linda Suzuki is going off the Board, she would make a great vice president...) 3-Public rep (Kathy Steel-Sabo is going off the Board; I think she would also make a great vice president...) 4-Special not for Profit (Mary Morganti is going off the Board) 5-Academic (Brigid Welch is going off the Board) Errors I see on the current Board list ( I may be missing some...) 1-Mary Thomas is no longer on the Board, our Academic reps are Brigid and Janice. 2-The term ending dates are all the same, they should be June 30th, 2008 for the following people: Janice, Nicole, Craig (per his saying he was willing at yesterday's meeting),Tamera 3-Tim DeWolf is no longer on the Board. Add Sharon Miller in his slot. (She's at the Mechanic's Institute Library) Please, take a look and let me know if I caught everything. Thanks, Susan From mclean at hnu.edu Tue Jan 9 14:05:17 2007 From: mclean at hnu.edu (McLean, Joyce) Date: Tue Jan 9 16:51:35 2007 Subject: [Baynet] RE: BayNet board corrections Message-ID: Susan, In refering to the ByLaws, I see that in odd years we are supposed to replace the Secretary and Public Library, Special For-Profit and Special Non-For-Profit Representatives. That implies that we replace both Public Library Representatives in the same year. If I recall, Tamera was an appointment to fill the second year of a two-year term. That would mean that we would have to nominate her for re-election. As Special For-Profit Representative, Craig's position should also come up for a vote this year. Was he appointed to fill the second year of a vacant two-year term? Do we need to place his name on the ballot? I think we may be out of sinc with the By-Laws. I also recall that a few years ago we discussed alternating election years for Academic and Public Library Representatives, so that we wouldn't have to replace both in any category in the same year. I suppose we could seek to change the By-Laws if that is deems appropriate. That do you think? Thanks, Joyce Joyce McLean Director of Library Services Holy Names University 3500 Mountain Boulevard Oakland, CA 94619 E-Mail: mclean@hnu.edu Telephone: (510) 436-1160 Fax: (510) 436-1260 -----Original Message----- From: Susan Garbarino [mailto:susang@are.berkeley.edu] Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 8:51 AM To: Rose Falanga; McLean, Joyce; csimmons@dalycity.org; baynet@exo.net Subject: BayNet board corrections Hi all, I've discovered some errors on the Board List on the web site, please take a looks and see if this is correct. I looked at last year's list and I think I have pieced together which slots are open and the corrections that need to be made to the current list. From looking at last year's Board list I come up with 5 slots we need to fill: 1-Vice President/President Elect 2-Secretary (Linda Suzuki is going off the Board, she would make a great vice president...) 3-Public rep (Kathy Steel-Sabo is going off the Board; I think she would also make a great vice president...) 4-Special not for Profit (Mary Morganti is going off the Board) 5-Academic (Brigid Welch is going off the Board) Errors I see on the current Board list ( I may be missing some...) 1-Mary Thomas is no longer on the Board, our Academic reps are Brigid and Janice. 2-The term ending dates are all the same, they should be June 30th, 2008 for the following people: Janice, Nicole, Craig (per his saying he was willing at yesterday's meeting),Tamera 3-Tim DeWolf is no longer on the Board. Add Sharon Miller in his slot. (She's at the Mechanic's Institute Library) Please, take a look and let me know if I caught everything. Thanks, Susan From infobay at exo.net Sat Jan 13 08:14:20 2007 From: infobay at exo.net (Rose Falanga) Date: Sat Jan 13 08:14:36 2007 Subject: [Baynet] BAISL Annual meeting this wednesday Message-ID: Annual Meeting of BAISL (Bay Area Independent School Librarians) January 17, 2007 8:45 am to 4 pm The Harker School 3800 Blackford Ave. San Jose, CA 95117 Sessions include presentations on Visual Literacy and cataloging non- print media For more information and reservation contacts: http://www.baisl.org/meetings/2006-07_harker.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20070113/c9fb0bb1/attachment.html From assist at infopeople.org Thu Jan 25 10:24:42 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Thu Jan 25 10:22:39 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Upcoming Infopeople workshops Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20070125102419.028dcd88@pop3.postoffice.net> Please take a look at some of the upcoming February Infopeople workshops: Beyond the Bookshelf: Teen Programming http://infopeople.org/workshop/296 February 1, San Diego County Library Headquarters Building Leadership Skills: Leading Change http://infopeople.org/workshop/308 February 21, San Diego County Library Headquarters Developing Spanish and Latino Interest Collections Using the Web, Online and Print Sources http://infopeople.org/workshop/311 February 27, online learning course Summer Reading Programs From A to Z http://infopeople.org/workshop/309 February 6, online learning course Survival Spanish for Library Staff http://infopeople.org/workshop/219 February 1, Belle Cooledge Library (Sacramento) Please visit the URL's listed for a description of the workshops and to register. If you have any questions, please email me or give me a call. Thank you. Linda Linda Rodenspiel, Infopeople Project Assistant assist@infopeople.org voice: 650-578-9685 fax: 650-349-5089 http://www.infopeople.org/ From assist at infopeople.org Thu Jan 25 14:12:38 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Thu Jan 25 14:10:52 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's newest online learning course "Religion and Public Libraries" Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20070125141230.02910be8@pop3.postoffice.net> Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Religion and Public Libraries: Do You Do Dewey 200? (online learning course) Dates: March 6 - April 2, 2007 To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/318 Fee: Because of grant funding, California residents can take this course for the subsidized fee of $75.00. The out-of-state fee is $150.00. --How confident do you feel when taking on a reference question that relies on research through specific religious texts or information about religious practices? --Are you aware of how religious organizations in your community are addressing the secular needs of some of your joint users? --Do you train volunteers to leave their religious beliefs aside when helping with the library's agenda? --Which translations of the Bible are available to your public in your reference, circulating, and children's collections? Public libraries should address the information and interest concerns of their communities, but those who provide collections, reference help, programming, and other services are not always certain about how to cope with matters of religion. This course offers students the opportunity to learn how to distinguish between supporting religious beliefs-inappropriate in a government agency-and providing access to ideas that those with religious concerns might need or want. We will examine collection needs; how to train both staff and volunteers to be religion-neutral rather than excluding religious inquiry from the public's access to ideas; how to respond helpfully to reference questions that evolve from religious practices, tenets, or texts; how to work with religious organizations on nonsectarian projects; and how to create adult programming that acknowledges interest in spiritual ideas. This course will assist you in evaluating your library's adherence to the law while also responding to the public's right to have adequate materials and information assistance in the 200's, just as they expect and should have it in the ranges of human knowledge parceled into the social sciences, applied sciences, literature, and history. Workshop Description: This four-week online learning course will provide information about the do's and don'ts of responding to users' religion-based inquiries. Through individual and group exercises you will learn how to evaluate your current collections in the Dewey 200 range, appropriate materials to add to them, and methods for responding to reference inquiries arising from religious concerns. You will learn how to work with local religious agencies without falling into the trap of being a proponent of any religion, as well as how to design adult programming that speaks to members of the public who are curious about religious ideas and experiences. The instructor will provide bibliographies and a webliography, as well as practical, useful tips that can be applied immediately. During the course you will be doing exercises and taking quizzes. You will also participate in online discussion forums as part of the online learning process. Preliminary Course Outline: Using your web browser and your Internet connection, you will log in to the Infopeople online learning site and complete the following learning modules: Module One: What Is the Role of the Public Library in Matters of the Community's Religious Interests? --Distinguishing between the secular community roles and faith areas addressed by local organized religious groups --Training library staff and volunteers to leave their religious beliefs outside --Recognizing the need to provide access to religious ideas without becoming a proponent of any of them Module Two: Building and Maintaining Dewey 200 Collections --Reference collections --Adult circulating collections, both materials and online --Juvenile collections Module Three: Responding to Reference Questions --Interviewing when the question involves sectarian concerns --Familiarity with religious reference tools --Readers advisory work and matters of faith Module Four: Programming and Religious Issues --The intellectual side of religions --Religions and current events --Secular partnerships with religious institutions Instructor: Francisca Goldsmith. Francisca is the Collection Management and Promotion Librarian at Berkeley Public Library. Formerly a reference librarian working with adult collections in religion, social sciences, and literature, she has also provided direct service to teens and coordinated teen services at Berkeley Public Library. She has planned and implemented weeding projects related to ongoing maintenance as well as to library relocation, space issues, and collection neglect, in both public and school libraries. She has worked with school administrators and with public library staffs who have needed appropriate training to support local weeding projects. Online Learning Details: This four-week course will be taught online using the web. When you register, you will receive a registration confirmation that will include the URL to get to the course, as well as a username and password. Every student proceeds through the online learning modules at his or her own pace. Students should expect to commit to spending a minimum of 2 to 2? hours per week on this course in order to be successful. You can work on each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night. However, you will be expected to log in to the course each week to do that week's assignment. We ask that you log in sometime during the first week of the course to begin the course work. Your instructor will be available for limited consultation support for two weeks after the official end date of a course, and the course material will stay up for an additional two weeks after that, to give those who have fallen behind time to work independently on the course. However, you will be expected to accomplish the majority of the course in synchronization with your peers during the first four weeks. Who Should Take This Course: Those who work in public libraries as reference staff, collection developers, outreach and community relations staff, or volunteer coordinators. Prerequisites: This course is taught over the web. You must: --Have an Internet connection. --Be able to save Microsoft Word .doc or Adobe .pdf files to your computer and print them out. (For .doc files, a free Word Viewer is available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en Search for "Word Viewer." For .pdf files, a free Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html ) --Be comfortable navigating on the web and navigating back and forward on a website that uses frames. System Requirements: The online learning product that Infopeople uses is called Angel. The following are minimum system requirements for using Angel. You will need access to a computer that has at least these specifications to participate in an online course: Windows: --Internet Explorer 6.0 and above, Netscape 7.1 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above Macintosh: --Mozilla 1.4 and above (which is the same engine as Netscape 7.1), Safari 2.0 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above --OS X and above (OS 9 will NOT work with our online learning product) If you are not comfortable with any of the above, please consider taking this course with a colleague who does meet these requirements. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://www.infopeople.org/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Wed Jan 31 10:48:21 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Wed Jan 31 10:46:19 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Storytime Fundamentals" workshop Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20070131104753.028eb7a0@pop3.postoffice.net> Since some people who may be interested in attending might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Storytime Fundamentals Dates and locations: Wednesday, March 14, Alameda County Library (Fremont) Wednesday, April 4, Buena Park Library District Monday, April 23, Sacramento Public Library - Galleria Tuesday, May 8, Los Angeles Public Library Tuesday, May 22, San Francisco Public Library Friday, June 8, Fresno Woodward Park Library Monday, July 9, San Diego County Library Headquarters To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/317 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. Early literacy is proven to be essential to a child's success in school, and libraries are embracing the call for early literacy by expanding storytimes, which are a key to promoting Kindergarten readiness and emergent literacy. Libraries are increasing the number of storytimes offered by training volunteers and paraprofessionals, as well as youth services librarians, to perform storytime for wider age groups than the traditional preschool storytime. The Storytime Fundamentals workshop has been designed to meet current demands for more storytimes that welcome a wider array of young children. Workshop attendees will participate in a sample storytime, exchange ideas on themes, songs, and other ways of engaging young listeners, and learn practical methods on making storytime fun and comfortable for a wider audience. At the conclusion of the workshop, students will take away outlines, hands-on craft ideas, and lists of books and websites that will make them more prepared, comfortable, and confident at performing a storytime at a library, school, daycare center, or other facility that is interested in promoting early literacy. Workshop Description: This all-day, hands-on workshop will provide practical experience on planning and implementing library storytimes for preschoolers, babies, and toddlers. Through individual and group exercises you will learn how to select books, read to a group, add songs and fingerplays, use movement activities, make crafts and learn other interactive methods that promote kindergarten readiness while making storytime fun. You will complete an outline for storytime, brainstorm strategies on dealing with disruptions, take away a list of helpful websites on storytime, and learn why storytime is important to library programming and early literacy. The instructor will provide sample storytime plans, related bibliographies, a webliography, as well as practical, useful tips that can be applied immediately. Pre-workshop assignment: Each student should bring a board book to use during one of the exercises; it should be a board book aimed at babies/toddlers ages 0-2. Preliminary Course Outline Storytime Format --Formats for preschoolers, toddlers, and babies --Why libraries feature storytimes in their regular programming --Physical environment of storytime Selection of Materials for Storytime --Types of books, songs, fingerplays, and themes that are popular Issues in Storytime: Kindergarten Readiness, Dialogic Reading, and Preparation --Dealing with disruptions --Scheduling, publicity, and family literacy Storytime "Extras" --Bilingual storytimes --Puppets, storytelling, and flannelboards --Outreach storytimes Instructor: Penny Peck. Penny has been a children's librarian for 20 years; before that, she was Snow White and Mother Goose at Children's Fairyland in Oakland, ran a nightclub, worked as the wardrobe mistress for the Berkeley Ballet, and was an agent for a standup comedian. Her experience includes performing thousands of storytimes, leading hundreds of book club discussions for students in grades 4-12, conducting hundreds of school tours and assemblies, reviewing children's books and media, and conducting the Performers' Showcase for auditioning library entertainment. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community with an interest in emergent literacy, family literacy, or children's library services. Any library staff or volunteers who work with children, including paraprofessionals, new youth services librarians, and branch library generalists. Prerequisites: None. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Thu Feb 1 09:45:47 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Thu Feb 1 09:43:23 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's webcast "Youth Access for Information and Age-Based Policies" Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20070201094542.028c6290@pop3.postoffice.net> Please print and post or route this message to staff and colleagues who might be interested in this webcast. Title: Youth Access for Information and Age-Based Policies Date and time: March 1, 2007, Noon - 1:00 PST This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the March 1 webcast, go to http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/186/index.html Children develop intellectually and emotionally at different ages. What is the library's responsibility in designing children's access to information? What is each family's responsibility when children use the library? Should the library restrict access to materials based on parent requests? How can families and libraries work together? Speakers: Mary Minow and Janis O'Driscoll Mary Minow is an attorney, consultant, and a former librarian and library trustee. She has taught library law at the San Jose State School of Library Science. She was President on the board of CALTAC in 2002, the California Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners, and now serves as its Policy Analyst. Mary is the first recipient of the California Library Association's Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award, given in 2004. Janis O'Driscoll has been Coordinator of Youth Services for the Santa Cruz Public Libraries for 17 years. She has also worked in libraries in Texas, New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania-always in youth services or outreach. Janis has served on several CLA and ALA committees and is currently Chair of CLA's Intellectual Freedom Committee. She has written several articles about library service to children and young adults. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: Youth Access for Information and Age-Based Policies Date: March 1, 2007 Time: Noon - 1pm PST Speakers: Mary Minow and Janis O'Driscoll From smarks at ggu.edu Mon Feb 5 09:33:36 2007 From: smarks at ggu.edu (Sarah Marks) Date: Mon Feb 5 09:34:30 2007 Subject: [Baynet] BayNet Newsletter Submission Request Message-ID: Greetings, BayNet Members! The next BayNet newsletter will be coming out in early April. We would like to extend an invitation for submissions. Does your institution have programs or events you'd like to promote through the BayNet Newsletter? These can be as short as a save-the-date advertisement or as complete as an article. Articles that review a past event are also welcome. As a multi-type library association, we think that promoting institution activities can strengthen connections and promote resource sharing and communication among members and their institutions. Please email me if you have any questions or would like to submit an event or an article. Thank you! Sarah Marks Reference & Electronic Resources Librarian Golden Gate University University Library 415-442-7258 From assist at infopeople.org Mon Feb 5 11:32:38 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Mon Feb 5 11:30:09 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Desktop Configuration" workshop Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20070205113232.0291f260@pop3.postoffice.net> We have scheduled two additional sessions of this workshop. Since some people who may be interested in attending might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Desktop Configuration Dates and locations (this is a 2-day workshop): Thursday, March 15 and Friday, March 16 - Santa Cruz Public Library Wednesday, March 28 and Thursday, March 29 - Courtyard Marriott Anaheim Buena Park To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/220 Fee: FREE Public computers are an important resource for library customers but keeping them up-to-date and running smoothly can be a real chore for staff. Getting each program configured to work seamlessly with the others takes a lot of time. Troubleshooting problems later can be even worse. Locking down the computer so that customers can't break anything often leads to a desktop configuration that is frustrating to users. But there are ways to configure public computers that work for the library and for the library's customers. This class provides some indispensable skills of the trade for configuring public PCs that cannot be broken yet provide wide latitude for customers who wish to use a typical Windows PC as well as their own USB devices for saving and uploading files. Workshop Description: This is a two-day hands-on workshop sponsored by the Gates Foundation. Through individual and group exercises, students will spend the first day learning to configure a standard Windows computer using the Gates Shared Computer Toolkit and other tools such as WINSelect, Norton, Public Browser, Centurion Guard, and the Windows registry and BIOS. The second day will focus on techniques for saving the configuration so that it can be replicated on other PCs and can be used to restore the system. Each student will receive software for saving desktop images to CD and a trial copy of Centurion Guard. Preliminary Course Outline: Day One Basic Configuration --Defining the goals --User Profiles --Getting the basics installed -----Microsoft Office -----Virus Scanner -----Accessories --Getting rid of what we don't need Lockdown Tools and Strategies --Microsoft Shared Access PC --Public Browser --WinSELECT --Centurion Guard --BIOS Security --Useful Registry Edits Day Two Introduction to hard drive imaging Creating desktop images --basic install --final configuration Saving images to --CD --The network --USB drive How to use the images to solve problems --troubleshooting --restore Image maintenance strategies Instructor: Chuck O'Shea. Chuck has worked in the computer industry for over 25 years. He has worked as a systems analyst, computer trainer, PC repair person, web designer, database programmer, network installer, and is an expert in all Microsoft Office applications. Currently Chuck is the Web Manager for Infopeople and is co-owner of CEO Consulting, which has a number of ongoing projects with other companies. Who Should Attend: Computer technicians or other library workers responsible for supporting and troubleshooting the library's public computers. Prerequisites: This course requires that students be more than comfortable with basic computer skills, including installing and configuring software and basic computer troubleshooting. Participants should be comfortable using DOS commands, and have a basic understanding of the BIOS and Windows registry. This class is designed for those using Windows XP operating system. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople website at http://infopeople.org/workshop/location Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://www.infopeople.org/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Wed Feb 7 14:13:25 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Wed Feb 7 14:10:59 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's new online course "Developing a Library Technology Plan" Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20070207141319.02948930@pop3.postoffice.net> Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Developing a Library Technology Plan (online learning course) Dates: March 27 - April 23, 2007 To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/313 Fee: Thanks to the Gates Staying Connected grant, Infopeople is able to offer this workshop to the library community free of charge. Technology is an integral part of every library environment. Whether your library is big or small, computers are a fact of life. In order to effectively and efficiently manage and use technology, the library must have an up-to-date technology plan. A technology plan is much more than a technology inventory. It is a living document that helps the library continually evaluate their use of technology to ensure that technology investments are in line with the library's service goals. --Does your library have a technology plan? If so, when was it last updated? --Are you responsible for developing, updating, or implementing a technology plan for your library? --Have you ever wondered whether your technology plan includes everything it should? --Do you wonder why you should bother developing a technology plan when technology changes so fast that you can't possibly keep up with the changes? Technology plans help ensure that your library is ready to migrate and upgrade technology when necessary. Once developed, the annual process of reviewing and modifying the technology plan provides a basis for long-term planning and strategic decision-making. This online course will help the student develop their library's technology plan and establish a work plan for regularly evaluating the use of technology in the context of the library's service goals. Workshop Description: This four-week online learning course will provide templates and tools for developing a library technology plan. Students will be introduced to TechAtlas, a free online tool for developing some aspects of the technology plan. Students will see other library's technology plans and use them as a jumping off point for developing a technology plan suited to their own library. In addition to the course material, students will participate in online discussion forums as part of the online learning process. Preliminary Course Outline: Using your web browser and your Internet connection, you will log in to the Infopeople online learning site and complete the following learning modules: Module One: Introduction to Technology Planning --Why it needs to be done and how it is connected to library service goals --Importance of expressing service goals in terms of user experience --Identifying gaps in service areas and preparing for the future Module Two: Technology Infrastructure Issues --Documenting what the library has and what the library needs in the future --Planning for upgrades, maintenance and support --Using TechAtlas --Evaluating current inventory and level of support against the library's service goals. Module Three: Human Resources --Importance of training and professional development --How better support systems for staff and customers improves the overall library experience Module Four: Budgeting and Evaluation --How to estimate costs of equipment and services --Annual review to address gaps, change priorities and modify long term plans --E-Rate and other funding options Instructor: Lori Ayre. Lori is the principal consultant with The Galecia Group, a library technology consulting and project management firm located in the North Bay. Lori has been on contract with Infopeople since 2000 doing work on various technology topics including reporting on Internet filters, teaching, managing projects and Infopeople's webcast program. In addition to consulting, Lori speaks and writes on numerous topics including blogging, filtering and RFID. She has her own blog, Mentat, which covers the gamut from political griping to tech tips for public libraries. Online Learning Details: This four-week course will be taught online using the web. When you register, you will receive a registration confirmation that will include the URL to get to the course, as well as a username and password. Every student proceeds through the online learning modules at his or her own pace. Students should expect to commit to spending a minimum of 2 to 2? hours per week on this course in order to be successful. You can work on each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night. However, you will be expected to log in to the course each week to do that week's assignment. We ask that you log in sometime during the first week of the course to begin the course work. Your instructor will be available for limited consultation support for two weeks after the official end date of a course, and the course material will stay up for an additional two weeks after that, to give those who have fallen behind time to work independently on the course. However, you will be expected to accomplish the majority of the course in synchronization with your peers during the first four weeks. Who Should Take This Course: Anyone from the library community with an interest in technology planning. Prerequisites: This course is taught over the web. You must: --Have an Internet connection and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. --Be able to save Microsoft Word .doc or Adobe .pdf files to your computer and print them out. (For .doc files, a free Word Viewer is available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en. Search for "Word Viewer." For .pdf files, a free Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html). --Be comfortable navigating on the web and navigating back and forward on a website that uses frames. To be most successful in this course you should be willing to share information with your colleagues and be willing to spend time reading and participating in the weekly discussion boards. System Requirements: The online learning product that Infopeople uses is called Angel. The following are minimum system requirements for using Angel. You will need access to a computer that has at least these specifications to participate in an online course: Windows: --Internet Explorer 6.0 and above, Netscape 7.1 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above Macintosh: --Mozilla 1.4 and above (which is the same engine as Netscape 7.1), Safari 2.0 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above --OS X and above (OS 9 will NOT work with our online learning product) If you are not comfortable with any of the above, please consider taking this course with a colleague who does meet these requirements. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://www.infopeople.org/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Fri Feb 9 08:39:33 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Fri Feb 9 08:37:02 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's webcast "The Catalog of the Future: Learning, Teaching, and Research" Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20070209083929.027ddbd8@pop3.postoffice.net> Please print and post or route this message to staff and colleagues who might be interested in this webcast. Title: The Catalog of the Future: Learning, Teaching, and Research Date and time: March 9, 2007, Noon - 1:00 PST This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the March 9 webcast, go to http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/173/index.html The web has made sweeping changes in where and how information seekers discover and obtain what they need to learn, work, teach, do research, and create new knowledge. Today, many users routinely bypass library catalogs in favor of other discovery tools, especially popular search engines such as Google. How might library catalogs-and the collections they describe-recapture the role they have played in learning, teaching, and research? This lively presentation is based on the oft-discussed "Calhoun Report." Prepared for the Library of Congress, this study examined factors affecting the future of library online catalogs and options for revitalizing them. Karen Calhoun, the report's author and Senior Associate University Librarian at Cornell University, will engage you with examples of information seekers' preferences and challenge you to consider new strategic roles for library catalogs, collections, and librarians. If you have ever wondered what to do to make your online catalog more appealing and useful for today's web-savvy users-and thereby make your library's collections more visible and helpful to your community-this webcast is sure to provide you with many ideas for next steps. Don't miss this thought-provoking exploration of possibilities for reinventing the online catalog and its role in the progress of knowledge. Speaker: Karen Calhoun. Karen Calhoun is Senior Associate University Librarian for Information Technology and Technical Services at Cornell University Library. She speaks frequently on next-generation library information systems and technical services in the digital library. Recently taught workshops include sessions on organizational change, technology-based innovation, workflow redesign, and project management. Her current research or operational interests are integrating access to electronic, digital, and print collections; the future of the catalog; managing organizational transitions; and evolving roles for the university research library. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: The Catalog of the Future: Learning, Teaching, and Research Date: March 9, 2007 Time: Noon - 1pm PST Speaker: Karen Calhoun From Trudy at dig-mar.com Wed Feb 14 17:39:36 2007 From: Trudy at dig-mar.com (Trudy Levy) Date: Wed Feb 14 17:39:51 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Fwd: Digital Symposium offered in California In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: My apologies for cross postings, but I thought you all might be interested in this symposium. Several of the California library consortia are co-sponsoring a symposium on digitization for libraries and information agencies. Supported in part by LSTA funds through the California State Library, this symposium features some of the country's experts on digitization resources. The presenters will provide guidance for library, museum and corporate library staff to plan or enhance their agency's digitization and electronic preservation projects. Put April 19, 2007 on your calendar: The full announcement and registration are available on the Califa site: http://califa.org/digitizationsymposium/announcement.php DIGITIZING IN A MATERIAL WORLD A Symposium on Planning, Preserving and Accessing a Variety of Materials April 19, 2007 - 10AM - 4:30PM San Jose State University/San Jose Public Library: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, Room 225, San Jose (Note: the symposium will be repeated in the Los Angeles area, Fall, 2007) Sponsored by: Califa Library Group California Community College Library Consortium California Digital Library Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium Lunch will be provided by Northern Micrographics This symposium will help library and special collection staff to plan, create and provide access to a variety of materials in a digital collection. As Internet users begin to take digital access for granted, archivist, librarians and collection managers must deal with the problem that not all information "assets" have the same characteristics. A photograph and a newspaper have different digitization and access requirements. In addition libraries and archivists must also deal with electronically published materials such as websites and government documents that never see "hard copy". Experts from a variety of digitization projects will address these topics: Material Concerns -- Capture, Format and Search Digital Repositories & Digital Resources Evaluating Software Options Copyright and Selling Digital Products How to Make it Happen List of Speakers: *Andrea Vanek: California Newspaper Project *Roberto Esteves: Califa Digitization Services *Adrian Turner; Data Acquisitions, California Digital Libary *Glee Willis: Digital Projects Librarian, University of Nevada at Reno *Ira Bray, California State Library *Mary Minow; Librarian/Attorney *Mary Elings, Archivist for Digital Collections, The Bancroft Library, University of California *John Sarnowski, Director, ResCarta Foundation *Sue Grinols: Director, Photo Services and Imaging, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco *Kristine Hanna, Director, Web Archiving Services, Internet Archive To register for this workshop please visit the Califa Web site at: http://califa.org/digitizationsymposium/registration.php The price of the workshop is $75 for Califa, SCELC, CDL, and Community College League members.and $100 for non-members. For questions or additional information please contact: Trudy Levy -- tlevy@califa.org *Note: Speakers and topics subject to change The Digitization Symposium is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) administered in California by the State Librarian. (c)Califa Library Group -- Trudy Levy Consultant for Digital Imaging Projects Image Integration 415 750 1274 http://www.DIG-Mar.com Membership Chair, Visual Resources Association http://vraweb.org Images are information - Manage them -- Trudy Levy Consultant for Digital Imaging Projects Image Integration 415 750 1274 http://www.DIG-Mar.com Membership Chair, Visual Resources Association http://vraweb.org Images are information - Manage them From assist at infopeople.org Fri Feb 16 09:03:15 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Fri Feb 16 09:00:32 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Using Libris Design to Create Your Library Building Program" Message-ID: <406LBPRaB0188M40@cmsapps04.cms.usa.net> Since this announcement might not reach everyone who might be interested in this workshop, we would appreciate it if you would please print and post or route the announcement to your colleagues. Title: Using Libris Design to Create Your Library Building Program Dates and location: Thursday and Friday, April 12 and April 13, Los Angeles Public Library To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/173 Fee: Because of grant funding, California residents can take this course for the subsidized fee of $350.00. The out-of-state fee is $750.00 for this 2-day workshop. If you: --Need to do a cost estimate for the entire public library project by tomorrow morning for your City Manager and don't know where to start... --Have a private donor who wants to give you money this week for a video conferencing center for the new public library building, but wants to know the furniture, equipment and technology needs as well as the cost... --Have completed your library needs assessment, are starting to write your library building program, and are feeling overwhelmed by all the work... --Would like to be able to do multiple "what if" scenarios to come up with the best public library for your budget... Then Libris Design is for you! Libris Design is library facility planning software, with powerful capabilities. You start by choosing a model that is close to the size library you will be building and make changes to the physical spaces, furniture, equipment, shelving, and collections to customize the model to your local circumstances. Workshop Description: This two-day workshop will be taught by the Libris Design Project Manager. Participants will learn about the building planning process and how to use Libris Design in that process to create better buildings. Highlights: Through lecture, demonstration, discussion, and hands-on computer use, this workshop will cover: --Phases of an ideal building project --Community needs assessment options --Who's involved in the building process and what they do --Where Libris Design fits in the building process --How to get the most from Libris Design software in: ----Working with budgets ----Seeing bottom line results of multiple "what if" scenarios ----Using and altering descriptive text for the final building program ----Allocating your library's collections to insure sufficient shelving ----Determining total square footage to house your new library ----Printing reports to encourage city, staff and community participation --Producing the final building program Given the sophisticated capabilities of the database, training is required to utilize Libris Design. The Infopeople Project is assisting with the implementation of Libris Design in California by providing training in the use of the software. For best results, it is recommended that Libris Design be used in conjunction with a professional library building consultant. Libris Design 6.0 will be distributed to workshop attendees. In order to run the database, you must have Microsoft Access (2000 or newer) installed on your computer It is strongly recommended that you acquire and install Access prior to attending this training. Workshop Instructor: Linda Demmers. Linda has extensive experience in library facility planning with professional background as a librarian, planning consultant, and owners' representative on a wide variety of new construction and renovation projects. She specializes in planning process, program documentation, broad-based community and user involvement, and long-term owner client relationships. Who should attend: Anyone responsible for developing or participating in the development of a public library building program. Library planning teams are welcome. Prerequisites: Those attending should be: --comfortable using a mouse --comfortable in a Windows-based program and able to work in multiple windows --familiar with basic database terminology (records, fields, etc.) Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. This is a two-day workshop. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople website at http://infopeople.org/workshop/location Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://www.infopeople.org/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From Mary.Leoni at kp.org Mon Feb 19 01:00:34 2007 From: Mary.Leoni at kp.org (Mary.Leoni@kp.org) Date: Mon Feb 19 01:01:09 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Mary Leoni/CA/KAIPERM is out of the office. Message-ID: I will be out of the office starting 02/16/2007 and will not return until 02/21/2007. If you have an immediate need, please contact Suzanne Beattie at 510-987-1324, or via email at suzanne.m.beattie@kp.org. From assist at infopeople.org Tue Feb 20 12:10:57 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Feb 20 12:08:09 2007 Subject: [Baynet] "Moving Libraries Forward to Web 2.0" series by Infopeople Message-ID: <582LBTuHM0417M39@cmsapps03.cms.usa.net> There is a lot of buzz in the library press about Web 2.0 and its impact on libraries. The California State Library believes that Web 2.0 has tremendous transformational potential, perhaps second only to the introduction of the Internet itself. In recognition of the importance of Web 2.0, the State Library has made a special grant award to Infopeople for a series of FREE training events titled "Moving Libraries Forward to Web 2.0". "Moving Libraries Forward to Web 2.0" will include a webcast, online course, and six on-ground workshops. The offerings are aimed at different audiences within the library community, and so are not intended to be taken sequentially. While some people may opt to take more than one of these trainings, most people will probably register for the one event most applicable to their position and interests. The specific events will include (not in strict chronological order): 1. A webcast, "Web 2.0: What Library Managers Need to Know." 2. "Web 2.0: A Hands-On Introduction for Library Staff," an on-ground workshop that will be taught by Michelle Mizejewski, Electronic Services Specialist for the Redwood City Library, is scheduled to begin in May. 3. "Web 2.0: Searching Innovations," an on-ground workshop taught by Infopeople searching guru Joe Barker. Scheduled to begin in April, this workshop is already available for registration. 4. An online course, "Web 2.0: Developing a Successful eBranch." Taught by Sarah Houghton-Jan, this has been scheduled for April 3-30, 2007, and is already open for registration. There may also be an on-ground version of this training. 5. "Web 2.0: Customer Service in a Self-Check World," an on-ground workshop taught by Infopeople Training Consultant Cheryl Gould. This workshop, which will start in June, will incorporate the findings from the project that Envirosell did with the San Jose and Hayward libraries on marketing and wayfinding techniques. 6. "Web 2.0: Teaching the Public About Social Software," an on-ground workshop tentatively scheduled to begin in July, will be taught by LJ 2006 Mover and Shaker Beth Gallaway. 7. "Web 2.0: Connecting with the Community Using Social Software," designed for public relations, marketing, and outreach staff, will explore how to use social software to form partnerships, do outreach, etc. The format for this training, scheduled to begin in August, has yet to be finalized. 8. "Web 2.0: Using Social Software with Teens," an on-ground workshop that is scheduled for September. As noted above, all training in the Web 2.0 series will be FREE to participants. Registration for all events will be open to anyone in the California library community and will be on a first-come, first-served basis. As events are scheduled, they will be posted on the Infopeople website, http://infopeople.org and will be announced on CALIX, the Infopeople mailing lists, and other relevant lists. To be sure that you receive the announcements as soon as they are available, you are encouraged to subscribe to ifpworkshops, http://lists.infopeople.dreamhost.com/listinfo.cgi/ifpworkshops-infopeople.dreamhost.com. On-ground workshops will initially be scheduled in five locations throughout the state; additional sessions will be added in response to demand. If you have questions about the Web 2.0 series, please contact Holly Hinman, hinmanh@infopeople.org, tel. 626-796-0913. From assist at infopeople.org Wed Feb 21 09:45:40 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Wed Feb 21 09:42:56 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Web 2.0: Developing a Successful eBranch" online course Message-ID: <778LBuRQu0410M36@cmsapps01.cms.usa.net> There is a lot of buzz in the library press about Web 2.0 and its impact on libraries. The California State Library believes that Web 2.0 has tremendous transformational potential, perhaps second only to the introduction of the Internet itself. In recognition of the importance of Web 2.0, the State Library has made a special grant award to Infopeople for a series of free training events titled ?Moving Libraries Forward to Web 2.0?. The following online course is part of the Web 2.0 series. Title: Web 2.0: Developing a Successful eBranch (online learning course) Dates: April 3, 2007 - April, 30 2007 To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/321 Fee: Thanks to a special LSTA grant award from the California State Library, Infopeople is able to offer this workshop to the California library community free of charge. Libraries worldwide are experiencing increasing demand on their websites-requests for more content, more services, and more resources. The advent of Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 has hastened this process. Whether being asked by users or told by administrators, library staff are having to hustle to quickly absorb, self-educate, plan, and implement the many new technologies that are expected from them. If you haven't had the chance to keep up with technologies like wikis, podcasting, RSS, and the like?and implement them in your library successfully?then this online course is a way for you to not only catch up, but to walk away with the knowledge and tools you need. This is an exciting time for libraries, and this class will help libraries get a head start on building a thriving eBranch. Workshop Description: This four-week online learning course will provide class members with the knowledge and tools necessary to create a content-rich, self-sufficient library branch online?the eBranch. During the course, class members will be looking at examples of successful library eBranch elements, participating in online discussion forums, and testing out a few of the Library 2.0 technologies that contribute to a good eBranch. Topics covered include blogs, wikis, RSS, instant messaging, MySpace, Flickr, online outreach, podcasting, vidcasting, and making the case for the importance of investing in a robust eBranch. The instructor will provide information on the tools themselves, examples of successful library uses of these technologies, and tips and tricks for quick and successful implementation of the various technologies. Class members will return to their libraries with the necessary skills and a checklist of tasks to turn their library websites into thriving eBranches. Preliminary Course Outline: Using your web browser and your Internet connection, you will log in to the Infopeople online learning site and complete the following learning modules: Module One: Quick Web Content --Introduction to the eBranch, Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and Librarian 2.0 --Blogs --Wikis --RSS Module Two: Reaching Beyond Your Virtual Web Borders --Instant messaging --MySpace and other social networking sites --Gaming Module Three: Multimedia --Flickr and other image resources --Podcasting --Vidcasting Module Four: Administrative Necessities --Other odds and ends of successful eBranches --Online outreach --Technology planning --Making the case Instructor: Sarah Houghton-Jan. Sarah has been working to develop technology in libraries for nearly a decade. Sarah is currently the Information and Web Services Manager for the San Mateo County Library, where she oversees the library?s eBranch (the website and all online services and resources), as well as graphics, public relations, and staff technology training. Sarah is also a member of the California Library Association's Assembly and of LITA's Top Technology Trends Committee. She presents physically and virtually at multiple conferences and library events each year on libraries and technology, and has been published in a number of library and technology trade publications. Online Learning Details: This four-week course will be taught online using the web. When you register, you will receive a registration confirmation that will include the URL to get to the course, as well as a username and password. Every student proceeds through the online learning modules at his or her own pace. Students should expect to commit to spending a minimum of 2 to 2? hours per week on this course in order to be successful. You can work on each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night. However, you will be expected to log in to the course each week to do that week's assignment. We ask that you log in sometime during the first week of the course to begin the course work. Your instructor will be available for limited consultation support for two weeks after the official end date of a course, and the course material will stay up for an additional two weeks after that, to give those who have fallen behind time to work independently on the course. However, you will be expected to accomplish the majority of the course in synchronization with your peers during the first four weeks. Who Should Take This Course: This course will be of use to anyone within the library community interested in learning more about the elements of a successful library website, utilizing the best of Library 2.0 for the benefit of our users, and using free tools to make the most of the library's online presence. This course is especially appropriate for library webmasters, technology and reference librarians, staff who contribute to the library's web presence, and management. Prerequisites: This course is taught over the web. You must: --Have an Internet connection and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. --Be able to save Microsoft Word .doc or Adobe .pdf files to your computer and print them out. (For .doc files, a free Word Viewer is available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en. Search for "Word Viewer." For .pdf files, a free Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html). --Be comfortable navigating on the web and navigating back and forward on a website that uses frames. --Be comfortable with creating accounts with and submitting content to online service providers. --This is not a course for technology novices. System Requirements: The online learning product that Infopeople uses is called Angel. The following are minimum system requirements for using Angel. You will need access to a computer that has at least these specifications to participate in an online course: Windows: --Internet Explorer 6.0 and above, Netscape 7.1 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above Macintosh: --Mozilla 1.4 and above (which is the same engine as Netscape 7.1), Safari 2.0 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above --OS X and above (OS 9 will NOT work with our online learning product) If you are not comfortable with any of the above, please consider taking this course with a colleague who does meet these requirements. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://www.infopeople.org/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From jcarter at ggu.edu Wed Feb 21 12:01:21 2007 From: jcarter at ggu.edu (Janice Carter) Date: Wed Feb 21 12:04:44 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Re: Baynet Digest, Vol 16, Issue 8 (Janice is away until March 26) Message-ID: Greetings, Thank you for your e mail. I will be away from the office and unable to read or respond to e mail until March 26. Please call the Reference Desk, 415 442-7244, or e mail Christina Goff, cgoff@ggu.edu for assistance. Thank you. Janice From assist at infopeople.org Wed Feb 21 14:36:01 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Wed Feb 21 14:33:14 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "State Librarian's Quarterly Webcast" Message-ID: <482LBuwGp0325M28@cmsapps05.cms.usa.net> Infopeople is pleased to announce the quarterly webcast by the State Librarian. Please print and post or route this message to staff and colleagues who might be interested in this webcast. TITLE: State Librarian's Quarterly Webcast DATE and TIME: March 21, 2007, 12:00 pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. Up to 150 participants can join in the live webcast and admission is on a first come, first serve basis. For more information and to participate in the webcast, go to URL http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/197/index.html What is happening at the California State Library? What new services or grant opportunities may be forthcoming from Library Development Services? What does the State Librarian really do? Susan Hildreth, State Librarian, discusses this and much more in her Infopeople webcasts. Susan touches on hot topics in the California library world, emerging library trends and services available to you from the California State Library. She is also available for live questions and answers during each webcast. Check in to get to know our State Librarian and keep in tune with the scene in Sacramento. PRESENTER: Susan Hildreth. Recognizing her distinguished 30-year career as a leader in public libraries, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Susan Hildreth State Librarian of California in July 2004. She oversees the California State Library as it supports California libraries and cultural institutions in providing for the continued growth of the intellectual, technological, cultural and social literacy of California's diverse populations. Previously, Susan was the City Librarian of San Francisco and Deputy City Librarian. She is currently the President of the Public Library Association (PLA). She has been a member of the PLA Board of Directors and an at-large member of the elected governing Council of the American Library Association. She also is a long-time member of the California Library Association for which she served as president and treasurer. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not attend the live event. However, you are welcome to view the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. State Librarian's Quarterly Webcast March 21, 2007 12:00 pm - 1pm From assist at infopeople.org Thu Feb 22 14:43:27 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Thu Feb 22 14:40:34 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Web 2.0: Searching Innovations" workshop Message-ID: <999LBVwOg0389M30@uadvg130.cms.usa.net> There is a lot of buzz in the library press about Web 2.0 and its impact on libraries. The California State Library believes that Web 2.0 has tremendous transformational potential, perhaps second only to the introduction of the Internet itself. In recognition of the importance of Web 2.0, the State Library has made a special grant award to Infopeople for a series of free training events titled "Moving Libraries Forward to Web 2.0". The following workshop is part of the Web 2.0 series. Title: Web 2.0: Searching Innovations Dates and locations: Thursday, April 5, San Francisco Public Library** Friday, April 27, Los Angeles Public Library Monday, May 14, California State Library** Thursday, May 31, Contra Costa County Library in Pleasant Hill Friday, June 15, Fresno County Public Library Monday, July 9, Buena Park Library District Tuesday, July 24, San Jose, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library **The sessions at the San Francisco Public Library and the California State Library are already full. Please go online and register for the wait list. If the wait lists show sufficient interest, additional sessions will be scheduled. There will be additional sessions scheduled in San Bernardino and San Diego. As soon as the dates and locations have been confirmed, an email announcement will be made. To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://www.infopeople.org/workshop/312 Fee: Thanks to a special LSTA grant award from the California State Library, Infopeople is able to offer this workshop to the California library community free of charge. With the 2.0 revolution, almost everything on the web seems to have become social, shared, collaborative, and focused on fun. For many of us in libraries, this shift to user-built content and trusting the wisdom of crowds seems chaotic, out-of-control, and threatening to our values for quality information and manageable services. --Do you wonder where the 2.0 phenomenon is taking the web and the world of information? --Do you know how to sift the worthwhile 2.0 content from the trivial? --Do the wikisphere and the blogosphere seem promising, but you aren't sure how to find what's reliable and useful? --Are you curious how Google is changing and where Google is going? --Do you know the unique search strengths of Ask.com, MSN's Live Search, and other alternatives to Google? --Do you know the practical value of special and clustering search engines like IceRocket, Technorati, Topica, and Mooter? --Have you discovered the most timesaving uses for tags, RSS feeds, page monitors, and other new web tools? --Are you concerned how to keep up with it all? In this course, you will explore the questions above and others in practical everyday applications. You will become acquainted with the major 2.0 media spaces and how to search their content effectively. You will learn to use, find, and build customized meta-search engines to drill vertically into almost any area of interest with a web presence. You will harness the convenience of RSS feeds, page monitors, and alerts to help you keep current. Workshop Description: This is an all-day hands-on workshop. Through individual and group exercises and cheat sheets you will gain both an orientation to and experience in using and searching the principal 2.0 services and media spaces. You will explore the best tools for finding information in many formats in the expanded 2.0 web. You will learn practical applications that will increase your efficiency using social bookmarking, RSS feeds, and other tools. The instructor will provide a webliography to help you keep up after the course. Pre-workshop assignment: Once registered for the course, participants will be given instructions for creating their own account in Bloglines and del.icio.us before coming to the session. Preliminary Course Outline The Energy and Power of 2.0 for Finding Information on the Web --Trends, values, tools, practical applications of Web 2.0 --How tags work and the do's and don'ts of tagging --Using tags in del.icio.us to organize information New Directions for Searching the Web --Innovations in Google and other search engines --Customizable, vertical specialized meta-search engines --Specialized search engines for 2.0 web spaces Practical Uses for the New Types of Web Pages --The blogosphere and the wikisphere as rich information troves --Finding good blogs, useful wikis, and other good user voices --Managing information and change with RSS feeds and page monitors Finding Information through 2.0 User-Driven or Social Sites --Exploring useful dimensions of 2.0 media and sharing spaces like MySpace, Flickr, YouTube, Last.fm, Movie Lens, and LibraryThing --Tips for keeping up with 2.0 Instructor: Joe Barker. Joe works full time as a reference and instruction librarian at the University of California, Berkeley, in the Doe library and the Moffitt undergraduate library. Developing instructional aids and promoting the confidence and research skills of library users through reference is the major thrust of his work at UCB. He also maintains an online web searching tutorial which remains worldwide one of the most heavily used resources for finding and evaluating information on the web. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community with an interest in keeping up with or finding quality information in the new 2.0 web. Prerequisites: This course requires that students be comfortable with basic computer skills and basic web searching. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Fri Feb 23 13:21:54 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Fri Feb 23 13:19:07 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Reminder of Infopeople's webcast on March 1 Message-ID: <927LBwVsG0122M30@uadvg130.cms.usa.net> A reminder of the next Infopeople webcast. Please let your friends and colleagues know about this event! Title: Youth Access for Information and Age-Based Policies Date and time: March 1, 2007, Noon - 1:00 PST This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the March 1 webcast, go to http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/186/index.html Children develop intellectually and emotionally at different ages. What is the library's responsibility in designing children's access to information? What is each family's responsibility when children use the library? Should the library restrict access to materials based on parent requests? How can families and libraries work together? Speakers: Mary Minow and Janis O'Driscoll Mary Minow is an attorney, consultant, and a former librarian and library trustee. She has taught library law at the San Jose State School of Library Science. She was President on the board of CALTAC in 2002, the California Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners, and now serves as its Policy Analyst. Mary is the first recipient of the California Library Association's Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award, given in 2004. Janis O'Driscoll has been Coordinator of Youth Services for the Santa Cruz Public Libraries for 17 years. She has also worked in libraries in Texas, New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania-always in youth services or outreach. Janis has served on several CLA and ALA committees and is currently Chair of CLA's Intellectual Freedom Committee. She has written several articles about library service to children and young adults. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: Youth Access for Information and Age-Based Policies Date: March 1, 2007 Time: Noon - 1pm PST Speakers: Mary Minow and Janis O'Driscoll From assist at infopeople.org Fri Feb 23 16:44:21 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Fri Feb 23 16:41:24 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Library Services For Older Adults" workshop Message-ID: <359LBXaO70091M28@cmsapps05.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in attending might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Library Services For Older Adults Dates and locations: Monday, April 2, San Francisco Public Library Monday, April 23, Buena Park Library District Monday, May 7, Fresno Woodward Park Library Monday, May 21, Alameda County Library in Fremont Monday, June 4, National City Public Library Monday, June 18, Los Angeles Public Library Monday, July 16, Riverside Public Library Monday, July 30, Sacramento Public Library - Galleria To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/319 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. --Are you looking at your customers and suddenly realizing you need to think about older adult services? --Do you find yourself directing older adults to Internet workstations then leaving them to struggle on their own because you lack the time to give them the assistance they need due to other demands? --Do you wonder what other needs your older population might have? --Do you want to engage your older adult customers and utilize the energy and interest of this special population, but wonder where to begin? The older adult population's needs are changing - even the name is new. We no longer view them as SENIORS. The Baby Boomers are retiring and want new services tailored to their needs. Workshop Description: This all-day hands-on workshop will examine the characteristics of the older adult population and will teach you how to develop, market, and evaluate services tailored to the needs of this population group. You will learn how to form partnerships with other service agencies and how to harness the expertise of older adults themselves. Through individual and group exercises you will develop a service plan that reflects your older adult community. The instructor will provide sample plans, templates, cheat sheets, a webliography, as well as practical, useful tips that can be applied immediately. You will leave the workshop with the confidence to start a new older adult service and will take away concrete ideas to continue adding and increasing services to older adults. Pre-workshop assignment: Each student is asked to bring at least one picture of an older adult to share with the class. Preliminary Course Outline Overview of Library Services to Older Adults --Who is your target audience --Services with potential --Benefits and barriers of services Planning and Developing Library Services --Planning the service --Using technology --Including Older Adults --Partnerships within your community --Funding --Think budget Marketing the Service --Staff and community considerations --Marketing strategies --Advertising techniques Evaluation and the Real Deal --Creating evaluation forms --Start a new service --Trouble shooting --Importance of the Journal Instructor: Diane Satchwell. Diane has been in public library service since the early 1980s. She started as a children's librarian in Orange County, California. She began working with older adults while the branch manager in the Rancho Santa Margarita Library. The library was opened in 1994 to a very exciting and demanding community. Older Adults became an important aspect of its success with book delivery to the home confined, volunteers in programming and instructional services, as well as a very successful Friends of the Library organization. May is Older Adult Month. Be ready to celebrate this important month with new services to an ever-growing and vibrant group of individuals. Learn the many types of library services and how technology adds to the versatility and delivery of services to the older adults within our communities. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community with an interest in older adult Services is welcome. This course is for the individual with the enthusiasm and energy to start a new service to an exciting population. Prerequisites: To be successful in this course, you should be comfortable and excited about new services to older adults. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From infobay at exo.net Sun Feb 25 11:20:31 2007 From: infobay at exo.net (Rose Falanga) Date: Sun Feb 25 11:20:53 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Stanford facilities planning workshop Message-ID: <2CA257E3-90A8-4942-94B0-BF370F1C07C5@exo.net> Forwarded from: Mimi Calter Executive Assistant to the University Librarian Stanford University 101 Green Library Stanford, CA 94305-6004 mcalter@stanford.edu The Information Collaboratory: A Facilities Planning Workshop at Stanford University 23 March 2007 Librarians planning new buildings or renovations are challenged as never before to improve the user experience and maximize services provided per square foot. On March 23, 2007, Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources will host a full-day workshop and dialogue about the future of library facilities. The program, facilitated by Aaron Cohen Associates and sponsored by Millikin Carpets, moves beyond traditional library needs assessment, to addresses the challenges facing 21st-century libraries and cybraries, and the potential to extend modern library principles and functions to the virtual environment Topics to be discussed include: -- Service planning -- Identifying the library's target audience -- Assessing the space needs of the target audience -- Integrating behavioral research into the library plan. -- Increasing the efficiency of spaces -- Assembling a prototype Information Collaboratory Among the challenges facing 21st century librarians is the management of a vast array of digital information resources. Cybraries, or virtual libraries, are increasingly offering services that make digital resources easier to find and to use, but physical libraries must also offer a library interface for patrons who need space to collaborate, to perform research, or to obtain specialized reference and research support. The workshop will examine the facilities implications of this need. The program will also examine the various settings, both physical and virtual, in which users, and patrons of libraries live, work, and interact. Accounting for these settings, as well as the swiftly evolving IT requirements they entail, is a significant challenge for professional planners and architects. Indeed, this period of rapid evolution demands solutions for the unpredictable, so that investments in physical and virtual structures for libraries and cybraries can adapt and remain serviceable over decades. This is not an impossible challenge, but it is a difficult one. The cost of the workshop is $195.00 per participant, and registration is limited to 30. Register at: www.acohen.com/workshops.htm. The program will be held in the Bender Room of the Green Library at Stanford University from 9am to 4:30pm on 23 March 2007. PROGRAM I. Needs Assessment of the Library: A. Collection area(s). B. User Spaces: individual & group study. C. Staff Spaces: offices/workstations/processing. D. Program/instructional/meeting/social spaces. II. Settings - Constraints: A. Physical constraints - configuration. B. Operational and efficiency constraints. C. Funding limitations. III. Scan - Observations: A. Movement:_1. Static observations - photos, measurements._2. Motion - video, user behavior interactions, group collaboration, workflow. B. Quality - documentation and rating:_1. Environmental._2. Spatial._3. "Library as a Place"._4. Quality rating. C. Quantity - documentation, measurements and rating: 1.Collection - volumes, linear feet. 2.Reader and computer seats. 3.Staff / operation spaces in square feet. 4.Space utilization. 5.Technology. 6.Quantity - measurement rating. IV. Feedback or Looping:_By definition, a process is a loop or a series of loops. An efficient process takes feedback into consideration. Library purpose and services are linked together and form a loop. Facility design and purpose are linked together to form another loop. By taking these loops and their related feedbacks into account, overall efficiency can be increased and the load on the external system or operation, decreased. V. Fix 10 Most Common Problems: A. Performance criteria and measurements:_1. Services._2. Operational efficiencies._3. Facility alternatives - repurpose, redesign, renovation. B. Costs including funding limitations:_1. Phasing the project - short range, long range._2. Short range - operating funds, long range - capital funds.3. Construction/renovation budget. Interior design budget. From assist at infopeople.org Mon Feb 26 16:43:55 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Mon Feb 26 16:40:58 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Upcoming Infopeople workshops Message-ID: <382LBAaOC0488M29@cmsapps06.cms.usa.net> Please take a look at some of the upcoming March Infopeople workshops: Building Leadership Skills: Planning for the Future http://www.infopeople.org/workshop/297 March 13, San Diego County Library Headquarters March 15, Los Angeles Public Library March 28, Fresno Woodward Park Library Desktop Configuration http://www.infopeople.org/workshop/220 March 15, Santa Cruz Public Library March 28, Anaheim/Buena Park - Courtyard Marriott Gaming @ the Library http://www.infopeople.org/workshop/307 March 7, San Diego County Library Headquarters How To Give a Booktalk http://www.infopeople.org/workshop/303 March 12, Sacramento Public Library - Galleria Religion and Public Libraries: Do You Do Dewey 200? http://www.infopeople.org/workshop/318 March 6, online learning course Please visit the URL's listed for a description of the workshops and to register. If you have any questions, please email me or give me a call. Thank you. Linda Linda Rodenspiel, Infopeople Project Assistant assist@infopeople.org voice: 650-578-9685 fax: 650-349-5089 http://www.infopeople.org/ From msholinb at library.berkeley.edu Mon Feb 26 16:53:48 2007 From: msholinb at library.berkeley.edu (Michael Sholinbeck) Date: Mon Feb 26 16:54:04 2007 Subject: [Baynet] SF-SLA Prof. Dev. Event:plan, market, and measure knowledge services delivery Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20070226165044.02a25d40@library.berkeley.edu> The San Francisco Bay Region Chapter of the Special Libraries Association Presents a Professional Development Workshop: ?Thriving in the New Information Profession: The Fundamentals of Knowledge Services? *** Want to learn about the information professional?s role in a knowledge-centric organization? *** Want to improve customer and staff satisfaction in your organization? *** Interested in learning how to plan, market, and measure knowledge services delivery? Then plan on coming to this two-part workshop! Date: Monday, March 26, 2007 Location: Pacific Energy Center Green Room, 851 Howard St, San Francisco (btwn 4th & 5th) Time: This is a two-part workshop. You may attend either or both; there will be little duplication. Registration, coffee, morning snacks: 8:30 ? 9:00 Part One: Knowledge Services ? The Basics 9:00 ? 12:00 Part Two: Knowledge Services ? First Steps 1:00 ? 4:00 (There are nearby restaurants available for lunch) Presenter: Guy St. Clair, President and Consulting Specialist for Knowledge Services for SMR International (www.smr-knowledge.com); Special Consultant for Knowledge Services for EOS International; Past-president of the Special Libraries Association; Prolific writer and editor Guy is Series Editor for the Information Services Management Series, published by K G Saur. Titles he has written include Entrepreneurial Librarianship: The Key to Effective Information Services; Total Quality Management in Information Services; Power and Influence: Enhancing Information Services Within the Organization; and Customer Service in the Information Environment. He frequently contributes to SLA?s Information Outlook, and is currently writing a narrative history of SLA for the association?s centenary in 2009. Workshop Description: In the new information profession, information delivery combines with analysis, synthesis, and collaborative interaction to satisfy knowledge customers? ever-expanding expectations. Knowledge services ? the convergence of information management, knowledge management, knowledge sharing, and strategic learning ? is the tool information professionals use to provide service delivery for customers. It is an operational approach in which knowledge development and knowledge sharing are basic to every transaction and every interaction. With knowledge services, research, contextual decision-making and innovation are supported with specific and critical information. This specially designed two-part workshop will: - Describe the basics of Knowledge Services and defines these elements ? particularly knowledge management ? in the context of service delivery for the larger organization - Provide attendees with specific and measurable techniques for meeting the parent organization?s information, knowledge, and strategic learning needs - Impart an understanding of the role of knowledge services in your organization and how to apply knowledge services techniques and concepts in your own workplace. A detailed description of this workshop may be found at http://www.smr-knowledge.com/Workshops/KnowServicesBasics.pdf Suggested pre-class reading, available at http://www.smr-knowledge.com/publications.htm Towards World-Class Knowledge Services: Emerging Trends in Specialized Research Libraries Part One: The Management Perspective, by Guy St. Clair, Victoria Harriston, and Thomas A. Pellizzi Towards World-Class Knowledge Services: Emerging Trends in Specialized Research Libraries Part Two: The Customer Perspective, by Guy St. Clair, Victoria Harriston, and Thomas A. Pellizzi Thanks to EOS for providing sponsorship of this event. See http://www.eosintl.com for information about EOS. Please send in your registration by March 12, 2007 to: Judy Bolstad, Sheldon Margen Public Health Library, 42 Warren Hall #7360, Berkeley CA 94720 jbolstad@library.berkeley.edu, (510) 642-2511 Name: ____________________________________ Telephone: ________________ E-mail: ___________________ SLA Member: _____ $80 (both parts) _____ $50 (one part: indicate Part 1 Part 2) Non-Member: _____ $100 (both parts) _____ $60 (one part: indicate Part 1 Part 2) Student/Unemployed: _____ $60 (both parts) _____ $30 (one part: indicate Part 1 Part 2) Employer/Affiliation: _____________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________________ Check enclosed for: $ _________ Or charge to: Credit card type: ___________ Credit Card Number: _________________________________ Exp. Date: ________ Name on Card: _______________________________________ Signature: _________________________________ Michael Sholinbeck Assistant Head & Outreach/Instruction Librarian Sheldon Margen Public Health Library 42 Warren Hall #7360 University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA 1-510/642-2511; 1-510/642-7623 (fax) msholinb@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/ From dhersh at oaklandlibrary.org Wed Feb 28 17:32:05 2007 From: dhersh at oaklandlibrary.org (Hersh, Daniel) Date: Wed Feb 28 19:55:40 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Save the dates! 10th Bay Area Workshop for Library Support Staff Message-ID: Spread Your Wings & Soar to New Heights: Changing roles, successful transitions, and opportunities to shine The 10th Bay Area Workshop for Library Support Staff Sponsored by the Library Staff Development Committee of the Greater Bay Area Offered on two dates and locations: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 San Jose Public Library, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Wednesday, May 2, 2007 San Mateo Public Library Registration 8:30 am Workshop 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Library Tour 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Registration Fee $25.00 The tentative agenda is below. Please share this information with support/paraprofessional staff at your library. When registration opens up I will post another message to this list . 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URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20070228/d1633d86/attachment.html From dhunt at exploratorium.edu Thu Mar 1 12:59:13 2007 From: dhunt at exploratorium.edu (Deb Hunt) Date: Thu Mar 1 12:59:23 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Protecting Library Collections Message-ID: <2A3750B8-AD30-44C6-81DE-05D3771069BF@exploratorium.edu> > Protecting Library Collections: Emergency Preparedness, Response & > Recovery > > A 2-Part Workshop presented by the California Preservation Program > and supported by LSTA and the California State Library* > > In the first moments of an emergency, personal safety is your > priority. When people and structures are determined to be secure, > you may be faced > with the overwhelming job of putting your library back in order. The > success you have will be the result of how well you have prepared. > What do you do first? > > Who > needs to be involved? How can you avoid damaging materials while you > rescue them? How do you help staff cope with the trauma? > > Can you prevent an emergency from happening in the first place? In > addition to large scale emergencies, institutions should also be > prepared to > respond to the danger to collections from roof leaks, pest > infestations, mold > blooms, theft, and fire. Disaster mitigation should play a role in > any > institution's emergency preparedness and planning efforts. Don't > be left unprepared! > > Who should attend? > Library administrators and those having responsibility for emergency > preparedness, response, and decision-making from public, academic, > school & special > libraries, historical societies & archives. > > In this series of two workshops, you will learn to: > --Write or update your library emergency plan. > --Use practical decision-making skills during an emergency. > --Conduct an assessment of your building. > --Set pre- and post-disaster action priorities for your library. > --Pack and air dry wet books, and deal with AV and computer media. > --Work with emergency response service providers and the media. > > Part 1: Planning & Response > Oakland: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 Holy Names University > Sacramento: Tuesday, March , 2007 Secretary of State Building > > Part 2: Recovery & Training > Oakland: Tuesday, May 8, 2007 Holy Names University > Sacramento: Tuesday, June 5 2007 State Museum Resource Center > > The two workshop days are scheduled 6 - 10 weeks apart, in order for > the participants to spend the time between reviewing the emergency > preparedness planning in their libraries. Part 2 includes a review > and sharing of > progress by the participants and assistance with ideas to address > any "stumbling > blocks" encountered. > > Time: Two full days Registration 9:00-9:30, Program > 9:30-4:00 > Cost: $45 includes two days and two lunches. > Registration: Pre-registration required. Register online at: > http://www.plsinfo.org/workshops/protect.htm > > For registration assistance contact: Kathy Krause krause@plsinfo.org > For general & content information contact: Julie Page > jpage@CalPreservation..org > *This training is supported in part by the U.S. Institute of > Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library > Services and > Technology Act, administered by the State Librarian. > ________________________ Deborah Hunt Senior Information Specialist Exploratorium 3601 Lyon Street San Francisco, CA 94123 Voice: 415-353-0485 Fax: 415-561-0370 mailto:dhunt@exploratorium.edu "There is no such thing as a self-made (wo)man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the makeup of our character and our thoughts, as well as our success." George Matthew Adams From smarks at ggu.edu Fri Mar 2 09:37:02 2007 From: smarks at ggu.edu (Sarah Marks) Date: Fri Mar 2 09:38:52 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Hello BayNet Members! Message-ID: Hello BayNet Members! BayNet is pleased to invite you to a tour of the new San Mateo City Library on Monday, April 9th, 5pm-7pm. This is a free event and there is no need to RSVP. For more information, please visit: http://www.baynetlibs.org/events/events_index.html A PDF Flyer for this event can be viewed and downloaded here: http://www.baynetlibs.org/events/baynet_smflyer.pdf Hope to see you in April! Sarah Marks, MLIS Reference & Electronic Resources Librarian Golden Gate University University Library 415-442-7258 From assist at infopeople.org Fri Mar 2 11:52:46 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Fri Mar 2 11:53:16 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Reminder of Infopeople's webcast on March 9 Message-ID: <005LcBT1I0430M36@cmsapps01.cms.usa.net> A reminder of the next Infopeople webcast. Please let your friends and colleagues know about this event! Title: The Catalog of the Future: Learning, Teaching, and Research Date and time: March 9, 2007, 12pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the March 9 webcast, go to http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/173/index.html The web has made sweeping changes in where and how information seekers discover and obtain what they need to learn, work, teach, do research, and create new knowledge. Today, many users routinely bypass library catalogs in favor of other discovery tools, especially popular search engines such as Google. How might library catalogs-and the collections they describe-recapture the role they have played in learning, teaching, and research? This lively presentation is based on the oft-discussed "Calhoun Report." Prepared for the Library of Congress, this study examined factors affecting the future of library online catalogs and options for revitalizing them. Karen Calhoun, the report's author and Senior Associate University Librarian at Cornell University, will engage you with examples of information seekers' preferences and challenge you to consider new strategic roles for library catalogs, collections, and librarians. If you have ever wondered what to do to make your online catalog more appealing and useful for today's web-savvy users-and thereby make your library's collections more visible and helpful to your community-this webcast is sure to provide you with many ideas for next steps. Don't miss this thought-provoking exploration of possibilities for reinventing the online catalog and its role in the progress of knowledge. Speaker: Karen Calhoun. Karen Calhoun is Senior Associate University Librarian for Information Technology and Technical Services at Cornell University Library. She speaks frequently on next-generation library information systems and technical services in the digital library. Recently taught workshops include sessions on organizational change, technology-based innovation, workflow redesign, and project management. Her current research or operational interests are integrating access to electronic, digital, and print collections; the future of the catalog; managing organizational transitions; and evolving roles for the university research library. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: The Catalog of the Future: Learning, Teaching, and Research Date: March 9, 2007 Time: 12pm - 1pm Speaker: Karen Calhoun From mcalter at stanford.edu Mon Mar 5 14:22:26 2007 From: mcalter at stanford.edu (Mimi Calter) Date: Mon Mar 5 15:55:42 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Added Session - Information Collaboratory Workshop Message-ID: <45EC9822.2010901@stanford.edu> Stanford University Libraries' has added as second full-day workshop and dialog about the future of library facilities, to be held on Saturday, March 24, 2007. The original March 23rd session is now fully booked, but we hope that those of you still interested will be able to attend the Saturday session. The program, facilitated by Aaron Cohen Associates and sponsored by Millikin Carpets, moves beyond traditional library needs assessment, to addresses the challenges facing 21st-century libraries and cybraries, and the potential to extend modern library principles and functions to the virtual environment. There is a registration fee of $195 per participant, but all are welcome, and we look forward to having attendees from outside the academic library sphere. Please feel free to contact me with questions about the program. Thanks, Mimi -- Mimi Calter Executive Assistant to the University Librarian Stanford University 101 Green Library Stanford, CA 94305-6004 voice: +1-650-725-5813 fax: +1-650-725-4902 e-mail: mcalter@stanford.edu -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Title: Building Leadership Skills: Strategic Financial Thinking Dates and locations: Wednesday, June 6, San Jose Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Friday, June 8, Belle Cooledge Library (Sacramento) Thursday, June 14, San Francisco Public Library Tuesday, June 19, Buena Park Library District Wednesday, June 20, Los Angeles Public Library Thursday, June 21,San Diego County Library Headquarters Friday, June 29, Fresno Woodward Park Library To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/323 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. Property taxes, impact fees, outsourcing: are all these terms familiar but you don't really understand what they mean to your library? Worried you'll confront creating your first library budget and not know where to start? Strategic Financial Thinking provides practical information about public library budgeting, revenue sources, outsourcing proposals, budget cutting, and long term strategies for achieving financial stability. Workshop Description: This all-day workshop is part of Infopeople's Eureka! Leadership Program. It offers hands-on experience in analyzing a typical public library budget, choosing revenue sources for specific projects, developing responses to outsourcing proposals, making budget cuts for the short and long term, and developing a multi-year library financial strategy. The instructor will provide tips on the politics of budget making and how to advocate for library services, as well as written materials on different budgeting methods and revenue sources. Preliminary Course Outline Elements of a Typical Municipal and Library Budget --Looking at the Dry Creek Library budget --Identifying program costs --Other budgeting methods Revenue Sources for Cities, Counties, and Libraries --Property tax, sales tax, impact fees, borrowing money --"Let's have a bake sale"?evaluating fundraising proposals Privatization and Contracting Out --Techniques for evaluating outsourcing proposals Privatization and Contracting Out Cutting the Library Budget --Can this library be saved? --Developing a strategic financial plan for the future Instructor: Anne M. Turner. Anne has been the Director of the Santa Cruz City-County Library System since late 1983. Prior library service included directorships in Lowell and Amherst, Massachusetts, and a stint as a Reference Librarian at a small college in Western Massachusetts. A past President of the California Library Association, she now edits that organization?s magazine, CLARION. She has written extensively for the library press, and is the author of four books. Who Should Attend: This workshop is designed for California library community managers, innovators, and emerging leaders. It is one of the workshops in Phase 2 of the Eureka! Leadership Program, and is recommended for those who are interested in being considered for the Phase 3 Leadership Institute, but is also an open registration workshop that can be taken by itself. Prerequisites: An MLS or at least three years of supervisory experience. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople website at http://infopeople.org/workshop/location Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://www.infopeople.org/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From msholinb at library.berkeley.edu Tue Mar 6 09:00:09 2007 From: msholinb at library.berkeley.edu (Michael Sholinbeck) Date: Tue Mar 6 09:00:43 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Deadline extended! SF-SLA Prof. Devel. Event: knowledge services delivery Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20070306085457.029e8f30@library.berkeley.edu> (apologies for duplication) There's still room for more folks - please consider coming to SF SLA's Professional Development Workshop: ?Thriving in the New Information Profession: The Fundamentals of Knowledge Services? *** Want to learn about the information professional?s role in a knowledge-centric organization? *** Want to improve customer and staff satisfaction in your organization? *** Interested in learning how to plan, market, and measure knowledge services delivery? Then plan on coming to this two-part workshop! Date: Monday, March 26, 2007 Location: Pacific Energy Center Green Room, 851 Howard St, San Francisco (btwn 4th & 5th) Time: This is a two-part workshop. You may attend either or both; there will be little duplication. Registration, coffee, morning snacks: 8:30 ? 9:00 Part One: Knowledge Services ? The Basics 9:00 ? 12:00 Part Two: Knowledge Services ? First Steps 1:00 ? 4:00 (There are nearby restaurants available for lunch) Presenter: Guy St. Clair, President and Consulting Specialist for Knowledge Services for SMR International www.smr-knowledge.com; Special Consultant for Knowledge Services for EOS International; Past-president of the Special Libraries Association; Prolific writer and editor Guy is Series Editor for the Information Services Management Series, published by K G Saur. Titles he has written include Entrepreneurial Librarianship: The Key to Effective Information Services; Total Quality Management in Information Services; Power and Influence: Enhancing Information Services Within the Organization; and Customer Service in the Information Environment. He frequently contributes to SLA?s Information Outlook, and is currently writing a narrative history of SLA for the association?s centenary in 2009. Workshop Description: In the new information profession, information delivery combines with analysis, synthesis, and collaborative interaction to satisfy knowledge customers? ever-expanding expectations. Knowledge services ? the convergence of information management, knowledge management, knowledge sharing, and strategic learning ? is the tool information professionals use to provide service delivery for customers. It is an operational approach in which knowledge development and knowledge sharing are basic to every transaction and every interaction. With knowledge services, research, contextual decision-making and innovation are supported with specific and critical information. This specially designed two-part workshop will: - Describe the basics of Knowledge Services and defines these elements ? particularly knowledge management ? in the context of service delivery for the larger organization - Provide attendees with specific and measurable techniques for meeting the parent organization?s information, knowledge, and strategic learning needs - Impart an understanding of the role of knowledge services in your organization and how to apply knowledge services techniques and concepts in your own workplace. A detailed description of this workshop may be found at http://www.smr-knowledge.com/Workshops/KnowServicesBasics.pdf Suggested pre-class reading, available at http://www.smr-knowledge.com/publications.htm Towards World-Class Knowledge Services: Emerging Trends in Specialized Research Libraries Part One: The Management Perspective, by Guy St. Clair, Victoria Harriston, and Thomas A. Pellizzi Towards World-Class Knowledge Services: Emerging Trends in Specialized Research Libraries Part Two: The Customer Perspective, by Guy St. Clair, Victoria Harriston, and Thomas A. Pellizzi Please send in your registration by March 20, 2007 to: Judy Bolstad, Sheldon Margen Public Health Library, 42 Warren Hall #7360, Berkeley CA 94720 jbolstad@library.berkeley.edu, (510) 642-2511 Name: ____________________________________ Telephone: ________________ E-mail: ___________________ SLA Member: _____ $80 (both parts) _____ $50 (one part: indicate Part 1 Part 2) Non-Member: _____ $100 (both parts) _____ $60 (one part: indicate Part 1 Part 2) Student/Unemployed: _____ $60 (both parts) _____ $30 (one part: indicate Part 1 Part 2) Employer/Affiliation: _____________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________________ Check enclosed for: $ _________ Or charge to: Credit card type: ___________ Credit Card Number: _________________________________ Exp. Date: ________ Name on Card: _______________________________________ Signature: _________________________________ Michael Sholinbeck Assistant Head & Outreach/Instruction Librarian Sheldon Margen Public Health Library 42 Warren Hall #7360 University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA 1-510/642-2511; 1-510/642-7623 (fax) msholinb@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/ Michael Sholinbeck Assistant Head & Outreach/Instruction Librarian Sheldon Margen Public Health Library 42 Warren Hall #7360 University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA 1-510/642-2511; 1-510/642-7623 (fax) msholinb@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/ From Western at oclc.org Wed Mar 7 12:59:50 2007 From: Western at oclc.org (Western) Date: Wed Mar 7 13:00:21 2007 Subject: [Baynet] March - May Classroom and Online Training Opportunities Available from OCLC Western Message-ID: <63CE6570D928C24F8FC473A5D69A698901097CF9@OAEXCH2SERVER.oa.oclc.org> Please excuse cross postings. Some people interested in the workshops listed below might not receive this notice directly, so we would appreciate it if you would route this announcement to your staff and colleagues. OCLC Western is pleased to provide the following professional development and training opportunities over the next few months. For more information, including a complete list of classes scheduled in your area, please visit our Web site at http://www.oclc.org/western/training/default.htm or contact us at 800-854-5753. Cataloging and metadata ---------------------------------------------------------------- Audio/Video Materials: Preserving and Managing Collections http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W327.htm Wednesday, April 4, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 3/30/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) Basic Subject Cataloging Using LCSH (CCT) http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W118.htm Tuesday and Wednesday, May 22-23, 2007 9:00 am-4:00 pm San Jose State University, San Jose, CA CatExpress Distance Ed http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W119.htm Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:00 am-12:00pm Online-Live Meeting Connexion: Client Basics http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W108.htm Thursday, May 31, 2007, (Registration Deadline: 5/25/07) 9:00 am-3:30 pm OCLC Western Service Center, Ontario, CA Connexion: Client Basics Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W821.htm Thursday-Friday, May 17-18, 2007 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday-Thursday, April 25-26, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/23/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Microsoft Office Live Meeting Online Connexion: Search WorldCat Basics http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W125.htm Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:00 am-3:30 pm OCLC Western Service Center, Ontario, CA Connexion: Search WorldCat Basics Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W820.htm Monday-Tuesday, April 23-24, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/19/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Microsoft Office Live Meeting Online Thursday-Friday, May 10-11, 2007 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Live Online CONTENTdm Basic Instruction for Users http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W304.htm Thursday, April 5, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/2/07) 8:30 am-4:00 pm OCLC Western Service Center, (Ontario, CA) CONTENTdm Intermediate Topics http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W324.htm Friday, April 6, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/3/07) 9:00 am-3:30 pm OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) Copyright and Intellectual Property Management http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm Thursday, April 26, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/23/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm National University (San Diego, CA) Local Holdings Maintenance Basics Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W824.htm Wednesday & Thursday, March 21 & 22, 2007 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Managing Your OCLC FirstSearch Service http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W410.htm Wednesday, April 4, 2007 1:00 pm-3:00 pm MS Live Meeting Online Wednesday, May 16, 2007 1:00 pm-3:00 pm MS Live Meeting Online Metadata for Digital Project Staff http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W311.htm Tuesday, March 27, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 3/22/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) Thursday, April 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/16/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm California State University (Fresno, CA) Preserving Digital Materials Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W385.htm Thursday, May 24, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/23/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Workflow Analysis for Technical Service Managers http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W902.htm Friday, May 11 , 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/4/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm Roseville Public Library, Roseville, CA Collection management ---------------------------------------------------------------- Audio/Video Materials: Preserving and Managing Collections http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W327.htm Wednesday, April 4, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 3/30/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) CONTENTdm Basic Instruction for Users http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W304.htm Thursday, April 5, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/2/07) 8:30 am-4:00 pm OCLC Western Service Center, (Ontario, CA) CONTENTdm Intermediate Topics http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W324.htm Friday, April 6, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/3/07) 9:00 am-3:30 pm OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) Copyright and Intellectual Property Management http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm Thursday, April 26, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/23/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm National University (San Diego, CA) Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm Friday, May 4, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/3/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Digital Image Quality Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W382.htm Tuesday, March 20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 3/19/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Funding Digital Projects Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm Tuesday, April 3, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/2/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Grant Writing and Funding Strategies for Projects http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W308.htm Wednesday, April 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/20/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm National University (San Diego, CA) Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm Wednesday, April 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/13/07) 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Microsoft Live Meeting, Online Wednesday, May 16, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/11/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Microsoft Live Meeting, Online Metadata for Digital Project Staff http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W311.htm Tuesday, March 27, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 3/22/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) Thursday, April 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/16/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm California State University (Fresno, CA) Preserving Digital Materials Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W385.htm Thursday, May 24, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/23/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Digitization and preservation ---------------------------------------------------------------- Audio/Video Materials: Preserving and Managing Collections http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W327.htm Wednesday, April 4, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 3/30/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) CONTENTdm Basic Instruction for Users http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W304.htm Thursday, April 5, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/2/07) 8:30 am-4:00 pm OCLC Western Service Center, (Ontario, CA) CONTENTdm Intermediate Topics http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W324.htm Friday, April 6, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/3/07) 9:00 am-3:30 pm OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) Copyright and Intellectual Property Management http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm Thursday, April 26, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/23/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm National University (San Diego, CA) Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm Friday, May 4, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/3/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Digital Image Quality Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W382.htm Tuesday, March 20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 3/19/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Digital Photograph Collections: Long-term Preservation and Management http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W316.htm Friday, May 4, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/1/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm University of California, Los Angeles Funding Digital Projects Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm Tuesday, April 3, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/2/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Grant Writing and Funding Strategies for Projects http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W308.htm Wednesday, April 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/20/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm National University (San Diego, CA) Image Capture, Quality Control and Digital Infrastructure http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W314.htm Wednesday, April 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/13/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm California State University (Fresno, CA) Metadata for Digital Project Staff http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W311.htm Tuesday, March 27, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 3/22/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) Thursday, April 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/16/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm California State University (Fresno, CA) Preserving Digital Materials Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W385.htm Thursday, May 24, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/23/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Librarianship ---------------------------------------------------------------- Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm Wednesday, April 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/13/07) 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Microsoft Live Meeting, Online Wednesday, May 16, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/11/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Microsoft Live Meeting, Online Library administration and management ---------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright and Intellectual Property Management http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm Thursday, April 26, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/23/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm National University (San Diego, CA) Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm Friday, May 4, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/3/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Funding Digital Projects Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm Tuesday, April 3, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/2/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Grant Writing and Funding Strategies for Projects http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W308.htm Wednesday, April 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/20/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm National University (San Diego, CA) Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm Wednesday, April 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/13/07) 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Microsoft Live Meeting, Online Wednesday, May 16, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/11/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Microsoft Live Meeting, Online Metadata for Digital Project Staff http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W311.htm Tuesday, March 27, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 3/22/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) Thursday, April 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/16/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm California State University (Fresno, CA) Workflow Analysis for Technical Service Managers http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W902.htm Friday, May 11 , 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/4/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm Roseville Public Library, Roseville, CA Reference and public service ---------------------------------------------------------------- Managing Your OCLC FirstSearch Service http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W410.htm Wednesday, April 4, 2007 1:00 pm-3:00 pm MS Live Meeting Online Wednesday, May 16, 2007 1:00 pm-3:00 pm MS Live Meeting Online Resource sharing (ILL) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright and Intellectual Property Management http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm Thursday, April 26, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/23/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm National University (San Diego, CA) Introduction to OCLC's Policies Directory (PD) http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W504.htm Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Local Holdings Maintenance Basics Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W824.htm Wednesday & Thursday, March 21 & 22, 2007 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------- Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm Wednesday, April 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/13/07) 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Microsoft Live Meeting, Online Wednesday, May 16, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/11/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Microsoft Live Meeting, Online From assist at infopeople.org Thu Mar 8 13:41:10 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Thu Mar 8 13:41:32 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's webcast on Privacy Issues Message-ID: <278LcHVOY0042M40@cmsapps04.cms.usa.net> Please print and post or route this message to staff and colleagues who might be interested in this webcast. Title: Privacy Issues: RFID, Patron Holds, RSS Feeds, Personalized Reading Lists, Etc. Date and time: April 5, 2007, 12pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the April 5 webcast, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/187/index.html Personalized services and convenience are the gold coin of today. Can these services be introduced without compromising user privacy? Are there legal implications if patron preferences or personal information is not properly safeguarded? Speakers: Mary Minow and Lori Bowen Ayre Mary Minow is an attorney, consultant, and a former librarian and library trustee. She has taught library law at the San Jose State School of Library Science. She was President on the board of CALTAC in 2002, the California Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners, and now serves as its Policy Analyst. Mary is the first recipient of the California Library Association's Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award, given in 2004. Lori Bowen Ayre is the principal consultant with The Galecia Group, a library technology consulting and project management firm located in the North Bay. Lori has been on contract with Infopeople since 2000 doing work on various technology topics including reporting on Internet filters, teaching, managing projects and Infopeople's webcast program. In addition to consulting, Lori speaks and writes on numerous topics including blogging, filtering and RFID. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: Privacy Issues: RFID, Patron Holds, RSS Feeds, Personalized Reading Lists, Etc. Date: April 5, 2007 Time: 12pm - 1pm Speakers: Mary Minow and Lori Bowen Ayre From dhersh at oaklandlibrary.org Mon Mar 12 13:20:21 2007 From: dhersh at oaklandlibrary.org (Hersh, Daniel) Date: Mon Mar 12 12:21:40 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Registration now open! 10th Bay Area Workshop for Library Suppor t Staff Message-ID: > Spread Your Wings & Soar to New Heights: > Changing roles, successful transitions, and opportunities to shine > > The 10th Bay Area Workshop for Library Support Staff > Sponsored by the Library Staff Development Committee of the Greater Bay > Area > > Offered on two dates and locations: > Wednesday, April 25, 2007 San Jose Public Library, Dr. Martin Luther > King, Jr. Library > Wednesday, May 2, 2007 San Mateo Public Library > > Registration 8:30 am > Workshop 9:00 am - 1:00 pm > Library Tour 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm > > Registration Fee $25.00 > For more information and to register, go to http://www.plsinfo.org/workshops/wings.htm . > Please share this information with support and paraprofessional staff at > your library! > > > Daniel Hersh > dhersh@oaklandlibrary.org > for the Library Staff Development Committee of the Greater Bay Area -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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What new services or grant opportunities may be forthcoming from Library Development Services? What does the State Librarian really do? Susan Hildreth, State Librarian, discusses this and much more in her Infopeople webcasts. Susan touches on hot topics in the California library world, emerging library trends and services available to you from the California State Library. She is also available for live questions and answers during each webcast. Check in to get to know our State Librarian and keep in tune with the scene in Sacramento. PRESENTER: Susan Hildreth. Recognizing her distinguished 30-year career as a leader in public libraries, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Susan Hildreth State Librarian of California in July 2004. She oversees the California State Library as it supports California libraries and cultural institutions in providing for the continued growth of the intellectual, technological, cultural and social literacy of California's diverse populations. Previously, Susan was the City Librarian of San Francisco and Deputy City Librarian. She is currently the President of the Public Library Association (PLA). She has been a member of the PLA Board of Directors and an at-large member of the elected governing Council of the American Library Association. She also is a long-time member of the California Library Association for which she served as president and treasurer. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not attend the live event. However, you are welcome to view the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. State Librarian's Quarterly Webcast March 21, 2007 Noon - 1:00 pm PDT From assist at infopeople.org Fri Mar 16 14:38:06 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Fri Mar 16 14:37:55 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Customer Service Skills for Culturally Diverse Communities" workshop Message-ID: <927LcPVlZ0143M28@cmsapps05.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in attending might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Customer Service Skills for Culturally Diverse Communities Dates and locations: Thursday, April 26, San Francisco Public Library Friday, May 18, Los Angeles Public Library Friday, June 8, San Jose Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library Wednesday, June 27, Buena Park Library District Friday, July 13, Fresno Woodward Park Library Thursday, August 16, San Diego County Library Headquarters Wednesday, August 29, Alameda County Library Monday, September 10, Belle Cooledge Library (Sacramento) There will be an additional session schedule in San Bernardino. When the location and date have been confirmed, an announcement will be sent. To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/322 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. Do you ever have difficult or unsatisfying interactions with library users from other cultures? Do your customers ask for services in languages you don?t understand? Do your excellent customer service skills seem to fall short with diverse library users? Would you like to be able to communicate effectively with any customer who comes through the door? Providing exceptional customer service to library users who share our general values, norms and expectations is easy. Demonstrating sensitivity and respect to customers from cultures other than our own ? and fulfilling their service needs - requires a different set of skills that can use almost every communication channel we have. This workshop will enhance your customer service skills when serving library customers from diverse communities, and can help you feel less frustrated and more comfortable in unusual intercultural interactions Workshop Description: This all-day training will provide the skills you need to offer excellent customer service to library users from many other cultures. Through discussion, individual and group exercises, video examples, and simulations, participants will explore the notion of culture and practice simple verbal and nonverbal interactions to welcome and effectively communicate with multicultural library customers. The instructor will provide cheat sheets, charts, checklist, a bibliography and webliography, as well as practical, useful tips that can be applied immediately. Preliminary Course Outline Key Customer Service Competencies in Multi-cultural Communities --Effective cross-cultural communication skills --Sources of intercultural misunderstanding -Assumptions we make about our multicultural customers (and they make about us) --How to help diverse library users feel welcomed, respected, and well served Verbal and Nonverbal Ways to Express Excellent Customer Service --Cultural sensitivity and appropriate responsiveness --How cultural norms and values relate to customer service --Interaction strategies for helping people find what they need --Paying attention to differences in personal space, body language, and tone of voice Difficult and Unusual Customer Service Situations --How to bring an extra measure of sensitivity to multicultural interactions --Resources ? internal and external ? that can help Finding Good Translators and Translations --What needs to be translated for the multicultural library user? --Signage, rules/policies, how-to?s, schedules, and displays --Plan verbal, nonverbal and written communications Instructor: Jean Crossman-Miranda. Jean has been in the field of Training and Development for over twenty years. She is a licensed psychotherapist who has served as Director of San Francisco City and County's Employee Assistance Program (EAP) since 1993. In her role as Organizational Development specialist in the City, she has trained, coached and supported many City departments in sponsoring, implementing and managing a variety of organizational changes, large and small, due to budget cuts, downsizing, outsourcing, merging, scattering, restructuring, general upheaval and daily adjustments. Additionally, she is currently Faculty Chair for Psychology at the University of Phoenix. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community who provides services to library users of any age who are members of a cultural community that is different from their own. Prerequisites: None Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From AKivel at dvc.edu Mon Mar 19 14:43:37 2007 From: AKivel at dvc.edu (Kivel, Andy) Date: Mon Mar 19 14:44:00 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Position Announcement -- Part-time teaching SF Bay Area Message-ID: <459F0B7C85731C449AF880D6FEABE7430290DB15@diamond.4cd.net> Please excuse cross-postings. The Library Information Technology vocational program at Diablo Valley College is seeking an instructor for the course, Access to Library Materials. This course introduces students to procedures and policies relating to circulation, interlibrary loan, serials, remote access to resources, assistive technology, security, privacy, and other issues found in a variety of library settings. For more information visit the program Web site at: http://www.dvc.edu/library/lit/index.html The course outline at: http://www.dvc.edu/wcs/coursedetails.asp?id=112 Or contact Andy Kivel, Program Coordinator at akivel@dvc.edu, (925) 685-1230, ext. 2170 To apply send a resume and cover letter to: Ann Patterson Dean, Library and Learning Resources Diablo Valley College 321 Golf Club Road Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Andy Kivel Library Department Chair Diablo Valley College 321 Golf Club Road Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 PH: 925-685-1230 FAX: 925-798-3588 Email: akivel@dvc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Title: Pitching the Library (online learning course) Dates: May 15, 2007 - June 11, 2007 To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/328 Fee: $75 for those in the California library community and $150 for those out-of-state More and more library folks are being asked to take on the roles of public relations professionals, marketers and salespeople?something they didn't learn in library school! You can adapt the techniques of professional "persuaders" to the library world and secure the agreements you need. Making that first call is easier with a few sales skills at hand. Whatever your goal ? a front and center news story, a key donation or a strategic partnership?this class will help you master the basics of persuasion and make you feel more comfortable in your new role. Workshop Description: Your instructor will provide a variety of online videos, articles, case studies and tip sheets that can be applied immediately. During the course, you will be analyzing verbal and written communication, exploring case studies, writing press releases, compiling contact lists, doing exercises and taking quizzes. At the end of the course you will write a simple action plan for the "pitch" of your choice. You will also participate in online discussion forums as part of the online learning process. Preliminary Course Outline: Using your web browser and your Internet connection, you will log in to the Infopeople online learning site and complete the following learning modules. Module One: Basics Of Persuasion --Persuasion vs. coercion --Achieving identification --Logic, emotion, and reputation --Understanding the range of acceptance --Gatekeepers and agendas --Framing Module Two: Getting Your Story In The Media --Journalists and librarians: common ground and competing priorities --Writing a news release that gets attention --Building relationships with the press --"Pitching" your story --Controlling the interview --Bureaucratese, buzz words and jargon --Beyond the press release Module Three: Sales Calls for Chickens --Principles of consultive selling --How do librarianship and salesmanship intersect? --The steps of a sale ? from approach to agreement Module Four: Your Action Plan --Case studies --Your objectives --Questions, talking points, and overcoming objections --Closing Instructor: Ann Miller. Ann started her career as a library page while she pursued her BA in speech and drama at the University of Notre Dame. After stints as a waitress and aspiring-actress, MBA student, pharmaceutical sales representative, and marketing director for a Bay Area theatre company, Ann found her way back to libraries. At the Solano County Library she started as a part-time volunteer coordinator and became the library's first Community Relations Coordinator. Online Learning Details: This four-week course will be taught online using the web. When you register, you will receive a registration confirmation that will include the URL to get to the course, as well as a username and password. Every student proceeds through the online learning modules at his or her own pace. Students should expect to commit to spending a minimum of 2 to 2? hours per week on this course in order to be successful. You can work on each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night. However, you will be expected to log in to the course each week to do that week's assignment. We ask that you log in sometime during the first week of the course to begin the course work. Your instructor will be available for limited consultation support for two weeks after the official end date of a course, and the course material will stay up for an additional two weeks after that, to give those who have fallen behind time to work independently on the course. However, you will be expected to accomplish the majority of the course in synchronization with your peers during the first four weeks. Who Should Take This Course: Anyone from the library community with an interest in outreach, marketing, media relations, community partnerships or fundraising. Prerequisites: This course is taught over the web. You must: --Have an Internet connection and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. --Be able to save Microsoft Word .doc or Adobe .pdf files to your computer and print them out. (For .doc files, a free Word Viewer is available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en. Search for "Word Viewer." For .pdf files, a free Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html). --Be comfortable navigating on the web and navigating back and forward on a website that uses frames. To be most successful in this course you should be willing to share information with your colleagues and be willing to spend time reading and participating in the weekly discussion boards. System Requirements: The online learning product that Infopeople uses is called Angel. The following are minimum system requirements for using Angel. You will need access to a computer that has at least these specifications to participate in an online course: Windows: --Internet Explorer 6.0 and above, Netscape 7.1 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above Macintosh: --Mozilla 1.4 and above (which is the same engine as Netscape 7.1), Safari 2.0 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above --OS X and above (OS 9 will NOT work with our online learning product) If you are not comfortable with any of the above, please consider taking this course with a colleague who does meet these requirements. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://www.infopeople.org/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Thu Mar 29 10:04:40 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Thu Mar 29 10:04:44 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Upcoming Infopeople workshops Message-ID: <016LcCRea0297M29@cmsapps06.cms.usa.net> Please take a look at some of the upcoming April Infopeople workshops: Customer Service Skills for Culturally Diverse Communities http://infopeople.org/workshop/322 April 26, San Francisco Public Library How To Give a Booktalk http://infopeople.org/workshop/303 April 10, Fresno Woodward Park Library Library Services for Older Adults http://infopeople.org/workshop/319 April 23, Buena Park Library District Storytime Fundamentals http://infopeople.org/workshop/317 April 23, Sacramento Public Library - Galleria Using Libris Design to Create Your Library Building Program http://infopeople.org/workshop/317 April 12 and 13, Los Angeles Public Library Please visit the URL's listed for a description of the workshops and to register. If you have any questions, please email me or give me a call. Thank you. Linda Linda Rodenspiel, Infopeople Project Assistant assist@infopeople.org voice: 650-578-9685 fax: 650-349-5089 http://www.infopeople.org/ From assist at infopeople.org Thu Mar 29 11:59:19 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Thu Mar 29 11:59:05 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Reminder of Infopeople's webcast on April 5 Message-ID: <804LcCs7l0201M29@cmsapps06.cms.usa.net> A reminder of the next Infopeople webcast. Please let your friends and colleagues know about this event! Title: Privacy Issues: RFID, Patron Holds, RSS Feeds, Personalized Reading Lists, Etc. Date and time: April 5, 2007, 12pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the April 5 webcast, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/187/index.html Personalized services and convenience are the gold coin of today. Can these services be introduced without compromising user privacy? Are there legal implications if patron preferences or personal information is not properly safeguarded? Speakers: Mary Minow and Lori Bowen Ayre Mary Minow is an attorney, consultant, and a former librarian and library trustee. She has taught library law at the San Jose State School of Library Science. She was President on the board of CALTAC in 2002, the California Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners, and now serves as its Policy Analyst. Mary is the first recipient of the California Library Association's Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award, given in 2004. Lori Bowen Ayre is the principal consultant with The Galecia Group, a library technology consulting and project management firm located in the North Bay. Lori has been on contract with Infopeople since 2000 doing work on various technology topics including reporting on Internet filters, teaching, managing projects and Infopeople's webcast program. In addition to consulting, Lori speaks and writes on numerous topics including blogging, filtering and RFID. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: Privacy Issues: RFID, Patron Holds, RSS Feeds, Personalized Reading Lists, Etc. Date: April 5, 2007 Time: 12pm - 1pm Speakers: Mary Minow and Lori Bowen Ayre From Western at oclc.org Thu Apr 5 11:51:33 2007 From: Western at oclc.org (Western) Date: Thu Apr 5 11:51:49 2007 Subject: [Baynet] April - June: California Classroom and Online Training Opportunities Available from OCLC Western Message-ID: <8A690E6B8DCCF743BB68844C6FEFF3162E7BB3@OAEXCH3SERVER.oa.oclc.org> Please excuse cross postings. Some people interested in the workshops listed below might not receive this notice directly, so we would appreciate it if you would route this announcement to your staff and colleagues. OCLC Western is pleased to provide the following professional development and training opportunities over the next few months. For more information, including a complete list of classes scheduled in your area, please visit our Web site at http://www.oclc.org/western/training/default.htm or contact us at 800-854-5753. Cataloging and metadata ---------------------------------------------------------------- Basic Subject Cataloging Using LCSH (CCT) http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W118.htm Tuesday and Wednesday, May 22-23, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/17/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm San Jose State University, San Jose, CA CatExpress Distance Ed http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W119.htm Tuesday, June 12, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/8/07) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Connexion: Client Basics http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W108.htm Thursday, May 31, 2007, (Registration Deadline: 5/25/07) 9:00 am-3:30 pm OCLC Western Service Center, Ontario, CA Connexion: Client Basics Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W821.htm Thursday-Friday, May 17-18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/15/07) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday-Thursday, April 25-26, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/23/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Connexion: Search WorldCat Basics http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W125.htm Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:00 am-3:30 pm OCLC Western Service Center, Ontario, CA Connexion: Search WorldCat Basics Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W820.htm Monday-Tuesday, April 23-24, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/19/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Microsoft Office Live Meeting Online Thursday-Friday, May 10-11, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/8/07) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Copyright and Intellectual Property Management http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm Thursday, April 26, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/23/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm National University (San Diego, CA) Local Holdings Maintenance Basics Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W824.htm Tuesday & Wednesday, May 29 & 30, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/25/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday & Thursday, June 20 & 21, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/18/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Managing Your OCLC FirstSearch Service http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W410.htm Wednesday, May 16, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/14/07) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Friday, June 8, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/6/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm Thursday, June 7, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/6/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Metadata for Digital Project Staff http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W311.htm Thursday, April 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/16/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm California State University (Fresno, CA) Preserving Digital Materials Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W385.htm Thursday, May 24, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/23/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Workflow Analysis for Technical Service Managers http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W902.htm Friday, May 11 , 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/4/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm Roseville Public Library, Roseville, CA Wednesday, June 13, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/6/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm OCLC Western Service Center, Ontario, CA Collection management ---------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright and Intellectual Property Management http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm Thursday, April 26, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/23/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm National University (San Diego, CA) Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm Friday, May 4, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/3/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Grant Writing and Funding Strategies for Projects http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W308.htm Wednesday, April 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/20/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm National University (San Diego, CA) Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm Wednesday, May 16, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/11/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday, June 20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/15/07) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm Thursday, June 7, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/6/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Metadata for Digital Project Staff http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W311.htm Thursday, April 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/16/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm California State University (Fresno, CA) Preserving Digital Materials Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W385.htm Thursday, May 24, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/23/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Digitization and preservation ---------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright and Intellectual Property Management http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm Thursday, April 26, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/23/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm National University (San Diego, CA) Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm Friday, May 4, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/3/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Digital Photograph Collections: Long-term Preservation and Management http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W316.htm Friday, May 4, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/1/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm University of California, Los Angeles Grant Writing and Funding Strategies for Projects http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W308.htm Wednesday, April 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/20/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm National University (San Diego, CA) Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm Thursday, June 7, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/6/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Metadata for Digital Project Staff http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W311.htm Thursday, April 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/16/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm California State University (Fresno, CA) Preserving Digital Materials Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W385.htm Thursday, May 24, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/23/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Librarianship ---------------------------------------------------------------- Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm Wednesday, May 16, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/11/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday, June 20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/15/07) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Library administration and management ---------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright and Intellectual Property Management http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm Thursday, April 26, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/23/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm National University (San Diego, CA) Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm Friday, May 4, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/3/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Grant Writing and Funding Strategies for Projects http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W308.htm Wednesday, April 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/20/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm National University (San Diego, CA) Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm Wednesday, May 16, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/11/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday, June 20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/15/07) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Metadata for Digital Project Staff http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W311.htm Thursday, April 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/16/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm California State University (Fresno, CA) Workflow Analysis for Technical Service Managers http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W902.htm Friday, May 11 , 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/4/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm Roseville Public Library, Roseville, CA Wednesday, June 13, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/6/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm OCLC Western Service Center, Ontario, CA Reference and public service ---------------------------------------------------------------- Managing Your OCLC FirstSearch Service http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W410.htm Wednesday, May 16, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/14/07) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Friday, June 8, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/6/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Resource sharing (ILL) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright and Intellectual Property Management http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm Thursday, April 26, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 4/23/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm National University (San Diego, CA) Introduction to OCLC's Policies Directory (PD) http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W504.htm Thursday, May 17, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/15/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Tuesday, June 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/15/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Local Holdings Maintenance Basics Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W824.htm Tuesday & Wednesday, May 29 & 30, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/25/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday & Thursday, June 20 & 21, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/18/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting WorldCat Resource Sharing Basics Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W823.htm Thursday & Friday, May 10 & 11, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/8/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday & Thursday, June 6 & 7, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/4/07) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting WorldCat Resource Sharing Searching Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W822.htm Tuesday, May 8, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/4/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Tuesday, June 5, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/1/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------- Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm Wednesday, May 16, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/11/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday, June 20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/15/07) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting -------------- next part -------------- An HTML 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URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20070405/d694dc7b/attachment-0001.html From assist at infopeople.org Thu Apr 5 14:43:32 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Thu Apr 5 14:43:01 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's webcast on Religious Issues in Libraries Message-ID: <641LDeVQK0239M40@cmsapps04.cms.usa.net> Please print and post or route this message to staff and colleagues who might be interested in this webcast. Title: Religious Issues in Libraries Date and time: May 3, 2007, 12pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the May 3 webcast, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/188/index.html Last year the Supreme Court ruled that some Ten Commandments displays on government property are not constitutional, while other Ten Commandments displays are permissible. What does this mean for your library? Is it OK to put up a Christmas tree? A Menorah? Can you allow religious use of your meeting rooms and display areas? Should you allow staff to talk about church or religion to coworkers? Religious issues are heating up - in this webcast you'll find out where the legal lines are drawn. Speaker: Mary Minow Mary Minow is an attorney, consultant, and a former librarian and library trustee. She has taught library law at the San Jose State School of Library Science. She was President on the board of CALTAC in 2002, the California Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners, and now serves as its Policy Analyst. Mary is the first recipient of the California Library Association's Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award, given in 2004. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: Religious Issues in Libraries Date: May 3, 2007 Time: 12pm - 1pm Speaker: Mary Minow From Rosef at exo.net Thu Apr 5 15:20:08 2007 From: Rosef at exo.net (Rose Falanga) Date: Thu Apr 5 15:20:50 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Reminder: Upcoming San Mateo City Library Tour Message-ID: San Mateo City Library Tour Date: Monday, April 9, 2007 (public free event) Time: 5pm-7pm Location: San Mateo City Library, San Mateo For more information: http://www.baynetlibs.org/events/events_index.html Rose Falanga, M.L.S. BayNet Administrator Voice and fax: 510-525-4726 Email: infobay@exo.net Web: http://www.baynetlibs.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20070405/ce902b39/attachment.html From dhunt at exploratorium.edu Fri Apr 6 19:31:47 2007 From: dhunt at exploratorium.edu (Deborah Hunt) Date: Fri Apr 6 19:32:33 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Reminder: Upcoming San Mateo City Library Tour Message-ID: <46170293.8090904@exploratorium.edu> *San Mateo City Library Tour* Date: Monday, April 9, 2007 (public free event) Time: 5pm-7pm Location: San Mateo City Library, San Mateo For more information: http://www.baynetlibs.org/events/events_index.html _____________________________ Deborah Hunt Senior Information Specialist Exploratorium http://www.exploratorium.edu mailto: dhunt@exploratorium.edu 415-353-0485 (fax) 415-561-0370 Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. -Margaret Mead From assist at infopeople.org Mon Apr 9 12:20:27 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Mon Apr 9 12:20:23 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's new "Survival Spanish II" workshop Message-ID: <079LDiTTM0276M40@cmsapps04.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in attending might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Survival Spanish II Dates and locations: Friday, May 11, Alameda County Library in Fremont Thursday, May 31, San Diego County Library Headquarters Tuesday, June 12, Buena Park Library District Thursday, June 28, San Francisco Public Library Monday, July 9, Glendora Public Library Wednesday, July 25, San Bernardino Public Library Monday, August 20, Sacramento Public Library - Galleria There will be additional sessions scheduled in Los Angeles, Ventura, Fresno, and San Jose. As soon as the dates and locations have been confirmed, an announcement will be sent. To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/324 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. Spanish is the "second language" in California but the primary language spoken in many first generation immigrant homes. Libraries need to work towards making all library users feel comfortable and welcome when using library services. --Did you attend Survival Spanish I to learn the basics but it left you wanting more? --Do you find yourself wishing you could converse more in depth with your Spanish-speaking customers? --Do you find yourself trying to find translations that apply to your library's services? --Would you like to have dialogues that are useful and specific to your community? --Were you one of the attendees at Survival Spanish that said "I wish we had more time to practice"? If communicating at the next level in Spanish is what you need, this workshop is for you. Workshop Description: This all-day workshop will offer a review of the basic vocabulary from Survival Spanish I and provide staff with the intermediate level vocabulary and phrases needed to communicate more effectively with Spanish-speaking library users. The focus will be on phrases and turning those phrases into dialogues that will be customized to each attendee's personal needs. Emphasis will be placed on practicing phrases and dialogues for everyday use in the library environment. Workshop attendees will participate in exercises and will have the opportunity to ask questions specific to the needs of their particular library, as well as build confidence by practicing with fellow attendees. Workshop resources will include the 50 most important words to remember and practice from Survival Spanish I, next level words and phrases, and guides on proper use of formal and informal address when speaking with library users. Pre-workshop assignment: All attendees should review the basic vocabulary from Survival Spanish I. Preliminary Course Outline Vocabulary --Review of 50 most important words from Survival Spanish I --Introduction of new vocabulary Forms of Address --Formal --Informal Pronunciation and Grammar --Written accents --Proper use of pronouns --Articles and gender Phrases --How to form a statement --How to form the question --Introduction of key phrases Dialogues --Writing the dialogue --Practicing the dialogue --Presenting the dialogue to the group Instructors: This course will be taught by either Bertha Huertero or Patricia Jimenez - depending on the date and location. Bertha Huertero. Though she was raised in Southern California, Spanish is her first language. She has spent the last 29 years working for the San Diego County Library as a Library Technician. Many of the branches she has worked with have a high population of Spanish speaking customers. All those years providing customer service in both English and Spanish have made her very familiar with library terminology in both languages. She has also spent time tutoring ESL students, and translating for people outside of the library. Pattricia Jimenez. Formerly employed by the Los Angeles Public Library, she served as the primary Circulation Training Coordinator and facilitator for the Central Library and more than 70 branches. She was directly involved in translating material from English to Spanish for the Spanish link on the library's website and printed material. Currently Patricia is employed by the City of Los Angeles, Commission for Children, Youth and Their Families. Community outreach and meeting the needs of the community from health services, youth civic engagement, child care and many other services is the core of this department, and as such, it reaches out to the Spanish-speaking population. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community with an interest in improving their Spanish-speaking skills to provide outreach and better service to the Spanish-speaking community. Prerequisites: Survival Spanish I, review of the Survival Spanish CD, or permission from the instructors. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Tue Apr 10 11:54:00 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Apr 10 11:53:39 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's new online course "Library Technology 101" Message-ID: <803LDJs2e0173M29@cmsapps06.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Library Technology 101 (online learning course) Dates: May 22, 2007 - June 18, 2007 To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/316 Fee: $75 for those in the California library community and $150 for those out-of-state. Because of grant funding, California rural libraries can take this course at special pricing. Library technology has changed dramatically since the days of card catalogs and IBM Selectric typewriters. Now, libraries have entire departments of workers dedicated to automation and public computers and the hundreds of computers, servers, networks, and systems required to keep today's libraries functioning. This course provides an overview of library technology being used today and provides perspective about how we got here. --Have you ever wondered what makes an integrated library system (ILS) an integrated library system? --Would you really like to understand the difference between a server and a router? --Are you interested in pursuing a technology-oriented library position? --Ever wondered what a library technology plan is? This online workshop will provide participants with an historical perspective of library services before computers played a dominant role and then look at all the ways that computers and computing technology are used to provide the same services plus a whole lot more. Workshop Description: This four-week online learning course will provide participants with many opportunities to learn about technology being put to use in libraries today. Using reading assignments, exercises, the online discussion board, podcasts and other online resources, participants will have the opportunity to get a broad overview as well as dig deeper into certain topics that they find particularly compelling. During the course, you will be doing exercises, reading, listening to podcasts and exploring websites. You will also participate in online discussion forums as part of the online learning process. Preliminary Course Outline: Using your web browser and your Internet connection, you will log in to the Infopeople online learning site and complete the following learning modules: Module One: Traditional Library Services --How did we do it before computers? --Growth of Integrated Library Systems (ILS) --Electronic Resources and Virtual Reference Module Two: How the PC and Web Changed Library Services --PCs and the digital divide --Literacy, information literacy, and computer literacy --Core competencies Module Three: Today's Libraries --Click and brick - services in the library and on the web --Other technology: RFID, self check, automated sorting --Current library technology jobs Module Four: MySpace, Games and Younger Patrons --Characteristics of the Millenials --How libraries are using MySpace and other social networking websites --Staying current Instructor: Lori Ayre. Lori is the principal consultant with The Galecia Group, a library technology consulting and project management firm located in the North Bay. Lori has been on contract with Infopeople since 2000 doing work on various technology topics including reporting on Internet filters, teaching, managing projects and Infopeople's webcast program. In addition to consulting, Lori speaks and writes on numerous topics including blogging, filtering and RFID. She has her own blog, Mentat, which covers the gamut from political griping to tech tips. Online Learning Details: This four-week course will be taught online using the web. When you register, you will receive a registration confirmation that will include the URL to get to the course, as well as a username and password. Every student proceeds through the online learning modules at his or her own pace. Students should expect to commit to spending a minimum of 2 to 2? hours per week on this course in order to be successful. You can work on each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night. However, you will be expected to log in to the course each week to do that week's assignment. We ask that you log in sometime during the first week of the course to begin the course work. Your instructor will be available for limited consultation support for two weeks after the official end date of a course, and the course material will stay up for an additional two weeks after that, to give those who have fallen behind time to work independently on the course. However, you will be expected to accomplish the majority of the course in synchronization with your peers during the first four weeks. Who Should Take This Course: Anyone from the library community with an interest in how libraries function "under the hood." Prerequisites: This course is taught over the web. You must: --Have an Internet connection and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. --Be able to save Microsoft Word .doc or Adobe .pdf files to your computer and print them out. (For .doc files, a free Word Viewer is available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en. Search for "Word Viewer." For .pdf files, a free Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html). --Be comfortable navigating on the web and navigating back and forward on a website that uses frames. System Requirements: The online learning product that Infopeople uses is called Angel. The following are minimum system requirements for using Angel. You will need access to a computer that has at least these specifications to participate in an online course: Windows: --Internet Explorer 6.0 and above, Netscape 7.1 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above Macintosh: --Mozilla 1.4 and above (which is the same engine as Netscape 7.1), Safari 2.0 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above --OS X and above (OS 9 will NOT work with our online learning product) If you are not comfortable with any of the above, please consider taking this course with a colleague who does meet these requirements. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://www.infopeople.org/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Thu Apr 12 09:30:58 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Thu Apr 12 09:30:52 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's webcast "Web 2.0: What Library Managers Need to Know" Message-ID: <556LDLqEi0177M36@cmsapps01.cms.usa.net> Please print and post or route this message to staff and colleagues who might be interested in this webcast. Title: Web 2.0: What Library Managers Need to Know Date and time: May 9, 2007, 3pm - 4pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the May 9 webcast, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/172/index.html Web 2.0, Library 2.0, Learning 2.0 whatever 2.0? Are you still in the dark about this 2.0 stuff? Well here's your chance to find out more. In the last year the 2.0 movement has affected almost every industry and organization, but the changes that the "live web" has created are more than just a bunch of memes. User-generated content, collaboration, and online social networks have taken over the internet's highways and bandwidth that was once only dominated by searches on Google has turned into much, much more. So where do libraries fit into this new user-centric world? Join Helene Blowers, Public Services Technology Director for the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County for a library administrator's overview of web 2.0 tools and learn about a free ready-to-launch Learning 2.0 program that you can use to encourage your staff to explore. Speaker: Helene Blowers Helene Blowers is the Public Services Technology Director for The Public Library of Charlotte & Mechlenburg County, Charlotte, North Carolina, overseeing both IT and Web Services for the library's 24 branch locations and 18 websites. Helene has been named a 2007 Mover & Shaker by Library Journal and she co-authored the book Weaving a Library Web: A Guide to Developing Children's Websites. She is a frequent speaker at library conferences and regularly shares her thoughts on libraries and technology on her blog at LibraryBytes.com. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: Web 2.0: What Library Managers Need to Know Date: May 9, 2007 Time: 3pm - 4pm Speaker: Helene Blowers From Western at oclc.org Thu Apr 12 09:58:50 2007 From: Western at oclc.org (Western) Date: Thu Apr 12 09:59:10 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Save the date for the 2007 OCLC Western Digital Forum Message-ID: <8A690E6B8DCCF743BB68844C6FEFF3162E80F1@OAEXCH3SERVER.oa.oclc.org> OCLC Western is pleased to announce that the third annual OCLC Western Digital Forum - Maximizing Metadata, Data Curation and Applications will be held in San Diego on August 9-10, 2007 at the Hacienda Hotel in Old Town. This year's national Forum will continue the discussion of issues relating to metadata, data curation and automating applications for digital collections. It will highlight national projects of significance and feature experts from the library and cultural heritage communities. Presentations will analyze existing major projects and examine issues such as long-term management of data, care and handling of digital collections, metadata, copyright, and aspects of digital rights management. It will also cultivate collaborative solutions and explore funding options. Be sure to receive more information on the 2007 Western Digital Forum by signing up now for the OCLC Western Dispatch or RSS feed at -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20070412/3b27c8e0/attachment.html From assist at infopeople.org Wed Apr 18 14:43:34 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Wed Apr 18 14:44:11 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Web 2.0: A Hands-On Introduction for Library Staff" workshop Message-ID: <870LDRVQK0327M36@cmsapps01.cms.usa.net> There is a lot of buzz in the library press about Web 2.0 and its impact on libraries. The California State Library believes that Web 2.0 has tremendous transformational potential, perhaps second only to the introduction of the Internet itself. In recognition of the importance of Web 2.0, the State Library has made a special grant award to Infopeople for a series of free training events titled "Moving Libraries Forward to Web 2.0". The following workshop is part of the Web 2.0 series. Title: Web 2.0: A Hands-On Introduction for Library Staff Dates and locations: Thursday, May 24, San Francisco Public Library Monday, June 11, Los Angeles Public Library Monday, June 25, California State Library There will be several more sessions scheduled throughout the state. As soon as the locations and dates have been confirmed, an email announcement will be sent. To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/334 Fee: Thanks to a special LSTA grant award from the California State Library, Infopeople is able to offer this workshop to the California library community free of charge. Web 2.0 . . . wikis . . . blogs . . . RSS feeds . . . social bookmarking . . . These are hot topics in recent conversations about library service and the web. Increasingly, library staff are expected to be conversant in these areas, but the trouble is that things have been evolving so quickly that it can be hard to get a foothold. If you haven't had a chance to keep up or don't know where to start, this course is a way to get a basic grounding in these tools and explore them in a hands-on way. You will leave with an understanding of how these things work as well as some ideas about how they can be useful in your library. Workshop Description: This all-day hands-on workshop will provide a grounding in some of the most popular tools and concepts associated with Web 2.0. Through individual and group exercises, class members will try out these tools for themselves, as well as look at examples of how they are being used successfully in libraries. Topics covered include blogs, wikis, RSS, social bookmarking, and making the case for integrating these tools in the library context. The instructor will provide background and explanation of the tools, guided exploration, and examples of successful library uses of these technologies. A webliography of links and suggested readings will also be supplied. Class members will leave with the solid grasp of the basics and a proposal for implementing a specific Web 2.0 service at their own library. Pre-workshop assignment: Those registering for this course must create their own accounts in Bloglines and del.icio.us before coming to the workshop, since there will not be time in class to go through this process. Instructions for creating accounts will be provided ahead of time via email. Preliminary Course Outline What is Web 2.0? --Why is it important? --What are some of the tools? Blogs --What are they? --How can they be used? --Hands-on activities RSS Feeds --What are they? --How can they be used? --Hands-on activities Social Bookmarking and Tagging --What are they? --How can they be used? --Hands-on activities Wikis --What are they? --How can they be used? --Hands-on activities Selling Social Software at Your Library --Some tips --Possible challeges --Proposal excercise Instructor: Michele Mizejewski. Michele is currently the Electronic Services Librarian at Redwood City Library in Redwood City, CA. She has also taught online workshops on social software for Five Weeks to a Social Library and Simmons GSLIS Continuing Education Program and will be presenting this spring on Library 2.0 issues at the CCLI Workshop in Sacramento. She is very interested in demystifying technology and making it more accessible. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community with an interest in an introduction to Web 2.0 as it intersects with library service. Prerequisites: This course requires that students: Be comfortable with basic computer skills and navigating on the web Be able to log into an existing email account (work or personal) via the web Be comfortable with creating accounts and with submitting content to online service providers. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Thu Apr 19 15:37:24 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Thu Apr 19 15:39:11 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "YA Space Techniques" workshop Message-ID: <317LDswKq0125M39@cmsapps03.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in attending might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: YA Space Techniques: Simple Explorations of the 'Final Frontier' Dates and locations: Monday, June 4, Alameda County Library in Fremont Thursday, June 28, San Diego County Library Headquarters Wednesday, July 11, San Francisco Public Library Thursday, July 19, Central Santa Rosa Library Monday, July 23, Buena Park Library District Tuesday, July 31, Arden-Dimick Library in Sacramento Tuesday, August 7, Woodward Park Library in Fresno Monday, August 13, San Bernardino Public Library Friday, August 24, Los Angeles Public Library To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/336 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. One of the most exciting library trends of the last decade is the development of young adult spaces. But what does this really mean? Aren't these innovations just for new, large, and shiny libraries? How can these innovations improve your library and better serve your YA patrons? This beginning course (no advance preparation required) helps you identify what young adults like about your library already, shows you how "peeking into teen bedrooms" and "Hotshelving" techniques help attract teen browsing and increase borrowing, as well as demonstrate how to best use teen participation to raise the profile of even the most modest teen space. Learn: --What's wrong with "bean bag" chairs? (hint: it's not that they leak) --How to weed YA collections without "weeding" --The differences between Teen Focus Groups and Teen Advisory Groups and how to involve YAs in creating teen space --How to dramatically increase YA circulation with near certainty Participants in this class come away with lots of simple ideas to improve and impact young adult service as well as increase youth participation on the way to making the most of your existing space. Successful YA spaces are not just for the big new libraries! Have fun with space and increase YA circulation all at the same time! Workshop Description: Through individual exercises and group activities, this one-day hands-on course supplies detailed lists, techniques, and strategies certain to attract young adult attention to the collection. Students scrutinize real teen bedrooms, receive appropriate merchandising tips, examine interesting slides of successful YA spaces, and learn how to fully utilize youth participation to maximize the impact of their young adult space. The course further supports students with recent background articles, technique checklists, and sample teen space user survey and focus group agenda forms, among other useful handouts. Preliminary Course Outline Three Levels of YA Space Intensity --Options from redecoration to redesign --Teenage "bedroom aesthetics" --Using "bedroom aesthetics" for library spaces "Hotshelving" Techniques from the Marketplace --Library conventions that work against us --Merchandising techniques appropriate for libraries Seating and Shelving Options --Seating elements that work --Shelving units that wow! Making Youth Participation a Part of Space --Teen advisory groups --Teen focus groups --Teen volunteering Instructor: Anthony Bernier. Dr. Anthony Bernier served as a Young Adult Specialist Librarian for 12 years with the Los Angeles Public Library. He subsequently inaugurated and managed a new Teen Services Department for nearly five years as Director of Teen Services for the Oakland Public Library, a system that grew from 0 to seven YA Specialist Librarians during that time. He is currently serving on the full-time faculty of San Jose State University's School of Library and Information Science as the School's new Young Adult Services Coordinator. He teaches a new comprehensive survey course and advanced seminars on Young Adult Librarianship. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community responsible for or having an interest in service to young adults is encouraged to attend. This Infopeople training opportunity is designed for all library staff that serve young adults, not just for professional librarians. Support and paraprofessional staff, youth librarian generalists, as well as branch and middle-managers will gain insight and leave with lots of exciting ideas to easily, simply, and efficiently boost YA service. Prerequisites: None. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From dhersh at oaklandlibrary.org Fri Apr 20 10:44:40 2007 From: dhersh at oaklandlibrary.org (Hersh, Daniel) Date: Fri Apr 20 10:47:19 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Bay Area workshops for library support staff--space still availab le! Message-ID: Registration is still open for the following workshops! For more information and to register, go to http://www.plsinfo.org/workshops/wings.htm . > _____________________________________________ > > Spread Your Wings & Soar to New Heights: > Changing roles, successful transitions, and opportunities to shine > > The 10th Bay Area Workshop for Library Support Staff > Sponsored by the Library Staff Development Committee of the Greater Bay > Area > > Offered on two dates and locations: > Wednesday, April 25, 2007 San Jose Public Library, Dr. Martin Luther > King, Jr. Library > Wednesday, May 2, 2007 San Mateo Public Library > > Registration 8:30 am > Workshop 9:00 am - 1:00 pm > Library Tour 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm > > Registration Fee $25.00 > > For more information and to register, go to > http://www.plsinfo.org/workshops/wings.htm > . > > Please share this information with support and paraprofessional staff at > your library! > > > Daniel Hersh > dhersh@oaklandlibrary.org > for the Library Staff Development Committee of the Greater Bay Area -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you wish to receive print copies of the newsletter, please contact Rose Falanga at rosef@exo.net. Please do not reply to this e-mail. Sarah Marks Reference & Electronic Resources Librarian Golden Gate University University Library 415-442-7258 From assist at infopeople.org Mon Apr 23 15:52:34 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Mon Apr 23 15:52:22 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Upcoming Infopeople workshops Message-ID: <191LDwwzf0417M28@cmsapps05.cms.usa.net> Please take a look at some of the upcoming May Infopeople workshops: Building Leadership Skills: Community Engagement http://infopeople.org/workshop/298 May 31, Los Angeles Public Library Customer Service Skills for Culturally Diverse Communities http://infopeople.org/workshop/322 May 18, Los Angeles Public Library Library Services for Older Adults http://infopeople.org/workshop/319 May 7, Woodward Park Library in Fresno May 21, Alameda County Library in Fremont Pitching the Library http://infopeople.org/workshop/328 May 15, online learning class Survival Spanish II http://infopeople.org/workshop/324 May 11, Alameda County Library in Fremont May 31, San Diego County Library Headquarters Retailing and Wayfinding http://infopeople.org/workshop/310 May 9, Woodward Park Library in Fresno Please visit the URL's listed for a description of the workshops and to register. If you have any questions, please email me or give me a call. Thank you. Linda Linda Rodenspiel, Infopeople Project Assistant assist@infopeople.org voice: 650-578-9685 fax: 650-349-5089 http://www.infopeople.org/ From Mary.Leoni at kp.org Tue Apr 24 01:01:18 2007 From: Mary.Leoni at kp.org (Mary.Leoni@kp.org) Date: Tue Apr 24 01:01:40 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Mary Leoni/CA/KAIPERM is out of the office. Message-ID: I will be out of the office starting 04/23/2007 and will not return until 04/30/2007. If you have an immediate need, please contact Suzanne Beattie at 510-987-1324, or via email at suzanne.m.beattie@kp.org. From Western at oclc.org Tue Apr 24 10:02:03 2007 From: Western at oclc.org (Western) Date: Tue Apr 24 10:02:17 2007 Subject: [Baynet] MayDay observance urges disaster planning for cultural institutions Message-ID: <8A690E6B8DCCF743BB68844C6FEFF316476618@OAEXCH3SERVER.oa.oclc.org> The Heritage Emergency National Task Force has selected May 1 as the date to raise awareness among archives, libraries, museums and historic preservation organizations concerning the critical need for natural disaster planning. The Task Force is urging that every cultural institution across the country take at least one step on that date to protect their collections in the event of a disaster. If your institution requires comprehensive disaster planning services, OCLC Western is prepared to help. As part of our consulting services, our preservation staff is available to provide disaster planning services, along with other services such as site surveys, collection assessments and environmental scans. In addition, Western staff can help you review grant funding options for a preservation site survey or collections review. Our goal is to prepare and protect our members' precious collections, and to increase their knowledge and skills about long-term collection care. For more information about our disaster planning consulting services or any of our preservation programs, please contact Gayle Palmer (Manager, Digital and Preservation programs) at 1-800-854-5753 to begin a discussion on how we can best assist you. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20070424/4b6f2b67/attachment.html From assist at infopeople.org Tue Apr 24 10:07:07 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Apr 24 10:06:34 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's new online course "Staff Development Essentials" Message-ID: <580LDXRgD0187M28@cmsapps05.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Staff Development Essentials (online learning course) Date: June 26, 2007 - July 31, 2007 To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/338 Fee: $75 for those in the California library community and $150 for those out-of-state. Your library's employees are its most valuable resource. They must be skilled, knowledgeable and adaptive to user expectations no matter what your role in staff training and development?whether you are a library director or manager, a training coordinator, or the person with "accidental" responsibility in this area?you need strategies for skill building. --Does your library have an effective staff training and development program? --Do fair and consistent policies guide your decisions? --Are you confused about how to identify gaps between current skills and future needs? --Would you like to have better documentation of training? Well-designed training and learning opportunities help your library attract, orient and retain talented employees. This online course will enable you to identify the strengths and weakness of your current efforts. You will be able to use the resources provided to implement and maintain an effective and realistic staff training and development program at your library. Workshop Description: This four-week online course will provide practical resources, tools and methods that can be applied in any library setting. Learners will see examples of best practices in staff development plans, policies and procedures from libraries and other organizations. A glossary, handouts on needs assessment and a thorough list of print and web resources will be provided. In addition to the course content and resources, learners will participate in online discussion forums to share experiences and receive expert advice. Preliminary Course Outline: Using your web browser and your Internet connection, you will log in to the Infopeople online learning site and complete the following learning modules: Module One: Start with the Basics --Understanding the terminology of human resource development --Why organizational commitment is important --How policies and procedures ensure fairness and consistency --De-mystifying needs assessment and skills gap analysis --Why you need tracking and documentation Module Two: Methods for Needs Assessment and Skills Gap Analysis --Three levels?organizational, task and individual --How to determine whether training or performance management is the solution --How to use individual development plans (IDPs) Module Three: Policies and Procedures to Guide Your Program --Areas that need to be addressed --How to ensure equity and consistency in staff development decisions --Rewarding and recognizing self-directed learning Module Four: Tracking, Documentation and Evaluation --Why documentation is important --Methods for tracking data on training and development --Linking training approval to the tracking process Instructor: Mary Ross. Mary Ross has over 25 years of experience working in public libraries and managed the staff training and development program at the Seattle Public Library for eight years. In addition to an MLIS, she has certificates in online learning design and in online classroom facilitation. Currently continuing education coordinator for the Washington Library Association, she is also on the board of directors of the Continuing Library Education Network and Round Table (CLENERT) and was a delegate to ALA?s 2nd and 3rd Congresses on Professional Education. Online Learning Details: This four-week course will last five-weeks as it falls over the July 4th week and will be taught online using the web. When you register, you will receive a registration confirmation that will include the URL to get to the course, as well as a username and password. Every student proceeds through the online learning modules at his or her own pace. Students should expect to commit to spending a minimum of 2 to 2? hours per week on this course in order to be successful. You can work on each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night. However, you will be expected to log in to the course each week to do that week's assignment. We ask that you log in sometime during the first week of the course to begin the course work. Your instructor will be available for limited consultation support for two weeks after the official end date of a course, and the course material will stay up for an additional two weeks after that, to give those who have fallen behind time to work independently on the course. However, you will be expected to accomplish the majority of the course in synchronization with your peers during the first five weeks. Who Should Take This Course: This course is for anyone from the library community who has responsibility for staff training and development. That responsibility may be as a library director, human resources manager, supervisor, training coordinator or as an "accidental" coordinator of training and staff development. Prerequisites: This course is taught over the web. You must: --Have an Internet connection and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. --Be able to save Microsoft Word .doc or Adobe .pdf files to your computer and print them out. (For .doc files, a free Word Viewer is available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en. Search for "Word Viewer." For .pdf files, a free Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html). --Be comfortable navigating on the web and navigating back and forward on a website that uses frames. To be most successful in this course you should be willing to share information with your colleagues and be willing to spend time reading and participating in the weekly discussion boards. System Requirements: The online learning product that Infopeople uses is called Angel. The following are minimum system requirements for using Angel. You will need access to a computer that has at least these specifications to participate in an online course: Windows: --Internet Explorer 6.0 and above, Netscape 7.1 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above Macintosh: --Mozilla 1.4 and above (which is the same engine as Netscape 7.1), Safari 2.0 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above --OS X and above (OS 9 will NOT work with our online learning product) If you are not comfortable with any of the above, please consider taking this course with a colleague who does meet these requirements. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From mclean at hnu.edu Wed Apr 25 15:43:08 2007 From: mclean at hnu.edu (McLean, Joyce) Date: Wed Apr 25 16:31:15 2007 Subject: [Baynet] BayNet Annual Meeting, Wednesday, 9:00-11:30 AM, May 2, San Francisco Public Library's Koret Auditorium Message-ID: BAYNET Invites you to hear Kim Dority author of the recently-published Rethinking Information Work: A Career Guide for Librarians and Other Information Professionals Speaking on "Building a Resilient Career" At the BayNet Annual Meeting Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 9:00 to 11:30 am Breakfast & a chance to meet BAYNET Board and Candidates 9:00-10:00 am Book signing 11:00-11:30 am San Francisco Public Library's Koret Auditorium 100 Larkin Street SF. CA Please use the Grove Street entrance. There is no need to RSVP. This event is free and open to BAYNET members, library staff and library science students. For more information, please visit www.baynetlibs.org I hope to see you there, Best regards, Joyce McLean Director of Library Services Holy Names University 3500 Mountain Boulevard Oakland, CA 94619 E-Mail: mclean@hnu.edu Telephone: (510) 436-1160 Fax: (510) 436-1260 <> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: koret_flyer (2).doc Type: application/msword Size: 107008 bytes Desc: koret_flyer (2).doc Url : http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20070425/00ab8709/koret_flyer2-0001.doc From assist at infopeople.org Thu Apr 26 10:29:14 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Thu Apr 26 10:28:26 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Reminder of Infopeople's webcast on May 3 Message-ID: <787LDZRCB0473M39@cmsapps03.cms.usa.net> A reminder of the next Infopeople webcast. Please let your friends and colleagues know about this event! Title: Religious Issues in Libraries Date and time: May 3, 2007, 12pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the May 3 webcast, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/188/index.html Last year the Supreme Court ruled that some Ten Commandments displays on government property are not constitutional, while other Ten Commandments displays are permissible. What does this mean for your library? Is it OK to put up a Christmas tree? A Menorah? Can you allow religious use of your meeting rooms and display areas? Should you allow staff to talk about church or religion to coworkers? Religious issues are heating up - in this webcast you'll find out where the legal lines are drawn. Speaker: Mary Minow Mary Minow is an attorney, consultant, and a former librarian and library trustee. She has taught library law at the San Jose State School of Library Science. She was President on the board of CALTAC in 2002, the California Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners, and now serves as its Policy Analyst. Mary is the first recipient of the California Library Association's Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award, given in 2004. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: Religious Issues in Libraries Date: May 3, 2007 Time: 12pm - 1pm Speaker: Mary Minow From assist at infopeople.org Wed May 2 10:41:10 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Wed May 2 10:44:36 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Coaching: Building a Performance Culture at Your Library" workshop Message-ID: <076LeBRn70013M39@cmsapps03.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in attending might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Coaching: Building a Performance Culture at Your Library, One Employee at a Time Dates and locations: Monday, June 11, Sacramento Public Library - Galleria Thursday, July 12, San Francisco Public Library Wednesday, July 25, Poway Branch Library (San Diego area) Thursday, August 9, Buena Park Library District Tuesday, August 21, Mountain View Public Library There will be additional sessions scheduled in Los Angeles, Pleasant Hill, and Fresno. When the dates and locations have been confirmed, an announcement will be made. To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/339 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. You can create the library workplace you want ?? where focused, motivated, and self-directed employees want to come to work, develop, and grow. You can learn to coach to get these results. Coaching is an employee-centered and time-focused process. It helps you help others create a realistic prescription for change, using tools, your experience, your guidance, career-path mentoring, and continuing support. Employees can be both taught and led, using coaching interventions that help them build their skills, redirect unproductive behaviors, and become more self-reliant. This session will help you solve a complex organizational problem ? how to get the very best from your employees, at every level. Workshop Description: This all-day workshop focuses more on coaching tools and less on coaching theories. It provides a comfortable learning environment for all participants to take the information they need for their specific facilities and the people who they will be coaching ?? currently, or in the future. Because coaching is most often a one-on-one process, there will be several opportunities for the attendees to practice their skills with others in a safe and effective way. The instructor uses a number of low-stress exercises, simulations, and meeting techniques to help you use coaching as a tool for employee success. As part of your training materials, you will receive several employee assessment tools; sample coaching scripts for specific issues or problems; a coaching book and article resource list; and an article on coaching "employee archetypes" by Dr. Steve Albrecht. Preliminary Course Outline Who Benefits from Coaching --Employees with behavioral problems or performance issues --Employees who want to grow in their careers --Individuals who want to take their departments, teams, or agencies in new directions Laying the Foundations for Coaching: Aligning for Success --Improving your listening skills --Using pre-coaching interviews to gather information and build rapport --Helping coachees create their "Bug List" --Using the "List of Seven Choices" as a coaching tool --The use of stories to illustrate the need for employees to make behavioral or performance changes. --Ethical issues: confidentiality concerns --Reporting back to management --Boundaries --Helping too much vs. helping too little --"Life coach" prohibitions and warnings Coaching the Big Four: The Rising Star, the Problem Child, the Plow Horse, and the Smart Slacker --Using PAM's (Personal Accountability Meetings) --Coaching strategies for the Big Four; preparation for the coaching case studies Skill-Building Through Coaching Practice --Creating a "Spectrum of Influence" through triad role play exercises --Closing the sessions with feedback loops, follow-ups, course corrections, and rapport building at regular intervals Instructor: Steve Albrecht. Dr. Steve Albrecht, PHR, CPP is a San Diego-based consultant and trainer. He is internationally known for his work on challenging HR issues. He has used his coaching tools and techniques to successfully help organizations with significant employee behavior issues. By blending his backgrounds in HR, negotiation, conflict resolution, and problem-solving, he can teach others to coach. Who Should Attend: This program is for anyone in a supervisory position or preparing to become a supervisor in any type of library. Prerequisites: This program works best for library directors, managers, and supervisors, or those staff employees who are acting supervisors or are in line to promote. These skills work best for employees who will guide the direction of others, at some point in their careers. Employees who don't plan to seek supervisory positions (just happy with where they are) not suitable for this course. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Thu May 3 16:29:30 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Thu May 3 16:28:45 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Customer Service in a Self-Check World" workshop Message-ID: <052LecXCV0128M29@cmsapps06.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in attending might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Customer Service in a Self-Check World Dates and locations: Thursday, June 14, Buena Park Library District Monday, July 9, San Francisco Public Library Monday, July 23, El Cajon Library Thursday, August 9, Alameda County Library Wednesday, August 29, Los Angeles Public Library There will be additional sessions scheduled in Sacramento and Fresno. When the dates and locations have been confirmed, an announcement will be made. To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/342 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. Our customers are getting more and more diverse culturally and technologically, yet they share many of the same desires when it comes to being served. They are making greater demands and expecting faster turnaround times than ever before. Whether this is due to the Web or just the fast pace of life, we need to think differently about how we serve our customers. Self-check, self return, patron placed holds, recommender services, paying fines online, vidcasts of storytime, roving staff and rotating displays just scratch the surface of ways libraries are changing and offering new services to meet these new expectations. Looking through the lens of studies that show us what customers want and how we can improve how we deliver services, we'll discuss questions such as: --How do you please customers who expect Netflix or Amazon-like selection and convenience? --What physical changes to the library should be made to account for new knowledge of how people shop? --Is giving directions to the bathroom an interruption or your job? --How do we take advantage of the OCLC study saying people associate the library with books and free-choice learning? --Surveys say customers want to be independent -- what does this mean in a library? This workshop will jumpstart your thinking through sharing of strategies of people in class and through examples of what libraries are doing all over the country. You'll end up with a list of customer service improvements to implement immediately and ideas for follow-up activities and conversations to have with staff back at your library to help get everyone on the bandwagon. Workshop Description: This all-day workshop will provide ample opportunity to explore and discuss new knowledge about how people behave as "shoppers" and how people view the library. We'll discuss ways to use this knowledge to create customer service solutions. In addition, we'll look at what libraries are already doing to meet customer expectations through new staffing models, use of technology and by taking advantage of Web 2.0 principles and technologies. Through individual and group exercises attendees will think about what changes can be made immediately at their libraries to improve service. Preliminary Course Outline New Customer Expectations --Who are your customers and how are they changing --What's affecting their expectations --The experience of the library OCLC Perceptions Of Libraries Report --The new library brand Empower Users to Self-Serve --Make the library a jargon-free zone --Teach not do --Merchandise --Benefits to the staff --Taking advantage of your Web site What We Learn From Envirosell --California study of Northern California branches --The Science of Shopping --Why nobody reads our signs --Taking advantage of product placement and adjacencies Technology And Customer Service New Staffing Models --Roving or dispatched reference --Single service Point --Zone staffing What Can Be Changed Now Instructor: Cheryl Gould. Cheryl has been a training consultant for Infopeople since 1996. She has delivered workshops on a wide range of topics including: Increasing computer competency, search skills, Training the Trainer, Word, Powerpoint, Libris Design, Mastering Tough Public Service Situations and Cutting Edge Customer Service Techniques. In her role as Training Consultant, she has worked with over 100 different instructors to create workshops on more than 150 different topics of interest to California libraries. Her current role as Training Consultant for Infopeople keeps her involved in all of the Infopeople workshops and allows her to not only spread the gospel of strong training techniques, but to keep current on what's going on in libraries around the state. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community with an interest in serving library customers. Prerequisites: None. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Tue May 8 09:11:49 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue May 8 09:10:44 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's newest podcast Message-ID: <048LeHqkI0003M39@cmsapps03.cms.usa.net> Infopeople has just released a new podcast! Last year the Supreme Court ruled that some Ten Commandments displays on government property are not constitutional, while other Ten Commandments displays are permissible. What does this mean for your library? Is it OK to put up a Christmas tree? A Menorah? Can you allow religious use of your meeting rooms and display areas? Should you allow staff to talk about church or religion to coworkers? Religious issues are heating up and in this podcast of her May 3 webcast Mary Minow will help you find out where the legal lines are drawn. The link in this email goes directly to the podcast file in MP3 format. You can download these files to any MP3 player, or listen to them directly on your computer using iTunes, Windows Media Player, WinAmp, Real Player, or any other application that can play MP3 files. http://infoblog.infopeople.org/podcasts/05-03-07_mminow.mp3 Infopeople podcasts can also be found in iTunes by searching for "infopeople podcasts." Podcasts can also be found on the Infopeople blog, Infoblog at http://infoblog.infopeople.org and on the Infopeople Podcast page at http://infopeople.org/resources/podcasts.html From assist at infopeople.org Tue May 8 14:01:35 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue May 8 14:00:35 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's webcast tomorrow Message-ID: <310LeHVau0487M36@cmsapps01.cms.usa.net> Please note that this webcast is being held from 3:00pm to 4:00pm PDT. Whether you are a library manager or not, we encourage you to view this webcast "Web 2.0: What Library Managers Need to Know" to get a flavor of the excitement generated by the 23 Things. Title: Web 2.0: What Library Managers Need to Know Date and time: May 9, 2007, 3pm - 4pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the May 9 webcast, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/172/index.html Web 2.0, Library 2.0, Learning 2.0 whatever 2.0? Are you still in the dark about this 2.0 stuff? Well here's your chance to find out more. In the last year the 2.0 movement has affected almost every industry and organization, but the changes that the "live web" has created are more than just a bunch of memes. User-generated content, collaboration, and online social networks have taken over the internet's highways and bandwidth that was once only dominated by searches on Google has turned into much, much more. So where do libraries fit into this new user-centric world? Join Helene Blowers, Public Services Technology Director for the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County for a library administrator's overview of web 2.0 tools and learn about a free ready-to-launch Learning 2.0 program that you can use to encourage your staff to explore. Speaker: Helene Blowers Helene Blowers is the Public Services Technology Director for The Public Library of Charlotte & Mechlenburg County, Charlotte, North Carolina, overseeing both IT and Web Services for the library's 24 branch locations and 18 websites. Helene has been named a 2007 Mover & Shaker by Library Journal and she co-authored the book Weaving a Library Web: A Guide to Developing Children's Websites. She is a frequent speaker at library conferences and regularly shares her thoughts on libraries and technology on her blog at LibraryBytes.com. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: Web 2.0: What Library Managers Need to Know Date: May 9, 2007 Time: 3pm - 4pm Speaker: Helene Blowers From assist at infopeople.org Thu May 10 15:18:40 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Thu May 10 15:17:40 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Needs Assessment: Asking Significant Questions" workshop Message-ID: <919LeJwRX0065M29@cmsapps06.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in attending might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Needs Assessment: Asking Significant Questions Dates and locations: Tuesday, July 10, Arcade Library (Sacramento) Friday, July 27, Los Angeles Public Library Thursday, August 9, San Francisco Public Library Tuesday, August 28, San Diego County Library Headquarters To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/331 Fee: Free - Thanks to a special grant from the California State Library, LSTA funding will completely support this workshop, so there is no charge to participants. If you: --Need to find out what your community really wants from the library --Are getting ready to gather data for planning new services or facilities --Want to be more responsive to your current users --Would like help to define gaps in staff performance --Are required to develop a needs statement for an LSTA grant application Then this Needs Assessment workshop is for you! At the conclusion of this workshop you will have the skills you need to choose, customize, and carry out needs assessment methods to fit whatever situations arise. Workshop Description: In this all-day workshop you will explore proven techniques for discovering the needs of all types of people in your environment?users, potential users, members of governing bodies, volunteers, and staff. You will learn how to customize an overall information gathering process for your library?from defining the purpose to deciding how the results will be shared. Working in small groups, you will practice techniques for collecting and analyzing data. The instructor will provide sample tools and you will receive practical, useful tips that you can apply immediately in your library. Pre-workshop assignment: Respond to the brief online course survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=439433858604 Preliminary Course Outline Define Needs and Needs Assessment in General --Basic human needs --Needs typically met by libraries --Discovering specific needs of people in your environment Types of Needs Assessment Methods --Informal (observation, perceptions, library/government data) --Formal (interviews, focus groups, surveys) Steps in an Overall Information Gathering Process --Defining the purpose(s) --Determining what resources are available --Deciding who will conduct the process --Deciding what kinds of information should be collected --Deciding how information will be collected --Deciding how information will be analyzed and interpreted --Deciding how the results will be shared Specific Considerations for Grant Applications --What funding sources look for regarding needs assessment elements --Common weaknesses in grant application needs statements --Tips for meeting State Library expectations for good needs assessments Instructor: Gail McGovern. Gail received her B.A. in religion and M.S. in Library Science from Syracuse University. She moved to California in 1973 as the project director for the Lake County Library Project. From 1974-1995, she administered grant programs, provided consulting services and conducted training programs for the Library Development Services Bureau of the California State Library. Gail has been a full time independent consultant since 1996; her title is Planning and Training Wizard. Her recent projects include grantwriting for and coordination of three LSTA funded conferences for the clioinstitute: Imagine it, Explore it, Create it Conference, Get Real! Helping Libraries Survive and Thrive in Turbulent Times Conference and Better Together: Creating Partnerships for Community Learning Conference. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community who must respond to requests for needs assessment data or prepare need statements for grant applications. Prerequisites: None. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From Western at oclc.org Fri May 11 08:15:13 2007 From: Western at oclc.org (Western) Date: Fri May 11 08:15:22 2007 Subject: [Baynet] You are invited to attend the third annual OCLC Western Digital Forum Message-ID: <8A690E6B8DCCF743BB68844C6FEFF3166A9418@OAEXCH3SERVER.oa.oclc.org> Register now at to attend the 2007 OCLC Western Digital Forum in San Diego on August 9-10, 2007 at the Hacienda Hotel in Old Town. This year's theme is Maximizing Metadata, Data Curation and Applications. To register visit . This year's Forum will feature national projects of significance and experts from the library and cultural heritage communities. Among the speakers are Murtha Baca, Head of the Getty Standards Program, Dr. Marcia Lei Zeng, Kent State University and Robin Dale, RLG Programs. In addition, presentations will analyze existing major projects and examine issues such as long-term management of data, care and handling of digital collections, metadata, copyright, and aspects of digital rights management. It will also cultivate collaborative solutions and explore funding options. To learn more about the 2007 OCLC Western Digital Forum and to register, please visit our Web site at . We are looking forward to your active participation in this dynamic event. >From RSS feeds to member updates, staying informed is easier than ever with OCLC Western electronic communications. Subscribe at < https://www.oclc.org/western/email/ >. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20070511/5baac2ec/attachment.html From assist at infopeople.org Fri May 11 11:52:49 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Fri May 11 11:51:42 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's newest podcast Message-ID: <934Lekszf0365M36@cmsapps01.cms.usa.net> Infopeople has just released a new podcast! Helene Blowers of the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, North Carolina gave a great webcast on May 9 entitled, Web 2.0: What Library Managers Need to Know. Helene was responsible for the amazing Learning 2.0 project, and also oversees both IT and Web Services for the PLCMC's 24 branch locations and 18 websites. Be sure to check out the podcast version of her webcast for lots of good Web 2.0 information! The link in this email goes directly to the podcast file in MP3 format. You can download these files to any MP3 player, or listen to them directly on your computer using iTunes, Windows Media Player, WinAmp, Real Player, or any other application that can play MP3 files. http://infoblog.infopeople.org/podcasts/05-09-07_blowers.mp3 Infopeople podcasts can also be found in iTunes by searching for "infopeople podcasts." Podcasts can also be found on the Infopeople blog, Infoblog at http://infoblog.infopeople.org and on the Infopeople Podcast page at http://infopeople.org/resources/podcasts.html From Western at oclc.org Wed May 16 13:36:37 2007 From: Western at oclc.org (Western) Date: Wed May 16 13:36:50 2007 Subject: [Baynet] May - July: California Classroom and Online Training Opportunities Available from OCLC Western Message-ID: <8A690E6B8DCCF743BB68844C6FEFF3167DE38E@OAEXCH3SERVER.oa.oclc.org> Please excuse cross postings. Some people interested in the workshops listed below might not receive this notice directly, so we would appreciate it if you would route this announcement to your staff and colleagues. OCLC Western is pleased to provide the following professional development and training opportunities over the next few months. For more information, including a complete list of classes scheduled in your area, please visit our Web site at http://www.oclc.org/western/training/default.htm or contact us at 1-800-854-5753. Cataloging and metadata ---------------------------------------------------------------- Basic Subject Cataloging Using LCSH (CCT) http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W118.htm Tuesday and Wednesday, May 22-23, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/17/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm San Jose State University, San Jose, CA CatExpress Distance Ed http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W119.htm Tuesday, June 12, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/8/07) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Thursday, August 2, 2007 (Registration Deadline, July 31, 2007) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Connexion: Client Basics http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W108.htm Wednesday, May 30, 2007, (Registration Deadline: 5/24/07) 9:00 am-3:30 pm OCLC Western Service Center, Ontario, CA Connexion: Client Basics Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W821.htm Tuesday-Wednesday, July 17-18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/13/07) 10:00 am-12:00pm Online-Live Meeting Connexion: Search WorldCat Basics http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W125.htm Tuesday, May 29, 2007 9:00 am-3:30 pm OCLC Western Service Center, Ontario, CA Connexion: Search WorldCat Basics Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W820.htm Tuesday-Wednesday, July 10-11, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/6/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Local Holdings Maintenance Basics Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W824.htm Wednesday & Thursday, June 20 & 21, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/18/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Managing Your OCLC FirstSearch Service http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W410.htm Friday, June 8, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/6/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm Thursday, June 7, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/6/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Preserving Digital Materials Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W385.htm Thursday, May 24, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/23/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Workflow Analysis for Technical Service Managers http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W902.htm Wednesday, June 13, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/6/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm OCLC Western Service Center, Ontario, CA Collection management ---------------------------------------------------------------- Digital Image Quality Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W382.htm Tuesday, July 10, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/9/07) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Funding Digital Projects Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm Tuesday, July 17, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/16/07) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm Wednesday, June 20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/15/07) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm Thursday, June 7, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/6/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Preserving Digital Materials Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W385.htm Thursday, May 24, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/23/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Digitization and preservation ---------------------------------------------------------------- Digital Image Quality Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W382.htm Tuesday, July 10, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/9/07) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Funding Digital Projects Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm Tuesday, July 17, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/16/07) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm Thursday, June 7, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/6/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Preserving Digital Materials Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W385.htm Thursday, May 24, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 5/23/07) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Online-Live Meeting Librarianship ---------------------------------------------------------------- Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm Wednesday, June 20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/15/07) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Library administration and management ---------------------------------------------------------------- Funding Digital Projects Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm Tuesday, July 17, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/16/07) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm Wednesday, June 20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/15/07) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Workflow Analysis for Technical Service Managers http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W902.htm Wednesday, June 13, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/6/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm OCLC Western Service Center, Ontario, CA Reference and public service ---------------------------------------------------------------- Managing Your OCLC FirstSearch Service http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W410.htm Friday, June 8, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/6/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Resource sharing (ILL) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction to OCLC's Policies Directory (PD) http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W504.htm Tuesday, June 26, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 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URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20070516/bf62c415/attachment.html From assist at infopeople.org Mon May 21 15:08:56 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Mon May 21 15:07:48 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Marketing to Latinos: An Action Plan" workshop Message-ID: <745LeuwHd0194M40@cmsapps04.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in attending might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Marketing to Latinos: An Action Plan Dates and locations: Monday, July 16, San Francisco Public Library Tuesday, July 17, San Jose, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library Tuesday, August 14, Buena Park Library District Wednesday, August 15, Los Angeles Public Library Friday, August 17, San Diego County Library Headquarters Wednesday, September 5, Fresno, Woodward Park Library Friday, September 7, Sacramento, Arden Dimick Library To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/343 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. According to the Public Policy Institute of California, Latinos are projected to become the largest racial or ethnic group by 2011 and to constitute a majority by 2040. They are now the largest group of residents under age 30, and almost half of the births in the state are to Latina women. They are an important part of the state constituency, but as a group they are not using library services proportionate to their numbers in the population. How can libraries reach and help the Latino community? Marketing to Latinos is a necessity. Would you like to: --Learn how to better identify Latino community needs? --Improve your ability to reach the Latino community? --Increase library usage by Latinos? --Understand how to develop a marketing Action Plan targeted to Latinos? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then this workshop is for you! Workshop Description: This all-day hands-on workshop is an introduction to creating an Action Plan to market library services to a culturally diverse Latino population. Through individual and group exercises, and interactive activities, you will reexamine your library's goals, devise strategies to achieve new goals, and learn how to monitor the advancement of these strategies so that you will develop long-term credibility in the community you serve. Case scenarios and specific strategies will be discussed and evaluated. Pre-workshop assignment: --Participants should try and obtain a copy of their library's mission statement and bring it to the workshop. --The instructor has asked for some background information on workshop participants to help her customize some of the workshop content. To help us collect this information, please complete the survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=177733516390 before the workshop. Survey results will remain confidential and no individual information will be disclosed. Preliminary Course Outline Why Market to Latinos? --Benefits to community and library --Equity of access/equity of service to the Latino Community --Diversity goals Launching a Latino Outreach Action Plan --Elements of an Organizational Action Plan --Launching a Latino outreach committee --Advocacy: What can I do? Tools to Develop a Basic Market Analysis --People and geographics of Latin America --Qualitative and quanitative information --Strategies and tactics to gather information Positioning Your Library Services --Incentives for Latinos to use library services --Who is your competition --Overcoming cultural obstacles and limiting beliefs Tools to Assess Your Latino Community Needs --Understanding how marketing really works "backwards" --Creating incentives for Latinos to use library services Promoting Your Library Services To Latinos --Planning and promoting outreach activities --Parameters: Market channels, customer predisposition, motivation, competition, cost vs. resources and amount of advertising needed. Instructor: Susana Baumann. Susana is the Director and owner of LCSWorldwide Language and Cultural Services, a sole proprietorship minority-owned business founded in 1996 and currently located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. LCSWorldwide, a community-oriented company offering customized Occupational Spanish language and Latino cultural training to individuals and organizations with specific language needs in the workplace, is a reliable provider of cross-cultural communication services for non-profit organizations and government agencies. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community who wants to improve library marketing to Latinos. This course is appropriate for all levels of staff. Prerequisites: None Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Thu May 24 15:08:55 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Thu May 24 15:07:37 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Stress Management in the Library Workplace" workshop Message-ID: <945LeXwHy0416M40@cmsapps04.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in attending might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Stress Management in the Library Workplace Dates and locations: Thursday, July 19, San Francisco Public Library Friday, August 10, Buena Park Library District Friday, August 31, Alameda County Library (Fremont) Monday, September 10, San Diego County Library Headquarters Friday, October 19, Los Angeles Public Library Friday, November 2, Woodward Park Library (Fresno) Friday, November 16, Belle Cooledge Library (Sacramento) To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/330 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. Many aspects of the daily life, and the library profession in particular, can create feelings of stress. Stress, in fact, is a normal and inescapable part of life. However, too much continued stress can have a serious negative impact on our health, our work, our relationships, and the joy and satisfaction that we experience in library work. Here are some interesting facts about stress: --43% of adults experienced adverse health effects from stress --75-90% of visits to a physician's office are for stress-related conditions and complaints --The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has declared stress a hazard of the workplace Now for the good news. Stress management skills can be learned and used successfully by anyone. Anywhere. Anytime. Workshop Description: This all-day workshop is specifically designed for library personnel and the type of stressors they most commonly face. It will help participants understand how stress works, and how it affects us. It will provide proven tools for building the personal strengths and emotional reserves we all need to deal successfully with the most challenging demands of the work day and modern life. Special attention will be focused on providing participants numerous actual, practical, stress management techniques and skills they will be able to use immediately. Preliminary Course Outline Understanding Stress - Where Are We Vulnerable? --Stress is a normal part of life. Yep, especially in the library --Professor Seyles' world famous stress theory - how stress works --Why do we feel the way we feel - and respond the way we do? --Flow: an Eastern perspective --The long and short-term costs, risks, and (yes) benefits of stress Building Personal Strengths And Emotional Reserves - In and Out of the Library --The six dimensions of health - are they working for you, or against you? --Building physical resources and healthy habits -----Sleep -----Nutrition -----Activity and exercise -----Work and lifestyle Tools for Reducing Stress In the Library --Time management & priority setting in the real-world library -----What's the real job? Acknowledging the 10% - 50% reality -----The fine art of taking a break -----Balancing life and work The social aspects of stress management --Managing staff relationships - managing patron relationships --Professionalism, openness, communication, and assertiveness --Creating realistic expectations - ours and theirs --Building personal relationships and peer support Mastering the Day-To-Day: Finding Peace in the Eye of The Storm --Make an oasis in the desert. How physical/mental/emotional self-management skills work. How they help. -----Breathing & relaxation techniques -----Progressive muscular relaxation and "The Relaxation Response" -----Self-talk & reinterpretation -----Imagery - and visualizing --Developing a productive worldview for the library - settling in on what's important to you. Cutting loose from what isn't... Instructor: Edmond Otis. Edmond, Senior Consultant with Baron Center, Inc. and President of Edmond Otis & Associates, combines experience as a licensed psychotherapist (MFT 31194), author, trainer, and accomplished university educator, with 37 years of intense traditional karate practice. (He is internationally recognized as a world-class competitor, instructor, and coach.) Edmond blends these distinctive skills and insights into training programs that apply classic martial art principles and cutting edge research to life's most difficult personal and professional challenges?creating practical strategies and effective interventions for difficult workplace situations. Who Should Attend: This training is appropriate for EVERYONE from the California library community. Prerequisites: None. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Tue May 29 12:37:23 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue May 29 12:39:50 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "State Librarian's Quarterly Webcast" Message-ID: <027LeCTj10422M38@cmsapps02.cms.usa.net> Infopeople is pleased to announce the quarterly webcast by the State Librarian. Please print and post or route this message to staff and colleagues who might be interested in this webcast. TITLE: State Librarian's Quarterly Webcast DATE and TIME: June 19, 2007, 12:00 pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. Up to 150 participants can join in the live webcast and admission is on a first come, first serve basis. For more information and to participate in the webcast, go to URL http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/198/index.html What is happening at the California State Library? What new services or grant opportunities may be forthcoming from Library Development Services? What does the State Librarian really do? Susan Hildreth, State Librarian, discusses this and much more in her Infopeople webcasts. Susan touches on hot topics in the California library world, emerging library trends and services available to you from the California State Library. She is also available for live questions and answers during each webcast. Check in to get to know our State Librarian and keep in tune with the scene in Sacramento. PRESENTER: Susan Hildreth. Recognizing her distinguished 30-year career as a leader in public libraries, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Susan Hildreth State Librarian of California in July 2004. She oversees the California State Library as it supports California libraries and cultural institutions in providing for the continued growth of the intellectual, technological, cultural and social literacy of California's diverse populations. Previously, Susan was the City Librarian of San Francisco and Deputy City Librarian. She is currently the President of the Public Library Association (PLA). She has been a member of the PLA Board of Directors and an at-large member of the elected governing Council of the American Library Association. She also is a long-time member of the California Library Association for which she served as president and treasurer. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not attend the live event. However, you are welcome to view the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. State Librarian's Quarterly Webcast June 19, 2007 12:00 pm - 1pm From assist at infopeople.org Mon Jun 4 11:22:05 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Mon Jun 4 11:20:38 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Upcoming Infopeople workshops Message-ID: <977LFDsuV0017M39@cmsapps03.cms.usa.net> Please take a look at some of the upcoming June Infopeople workshops: Building Leadership Skills: Strategic Financial Thinking http://infopeople.org/workshop/323 June 6, San Jose, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library June 20, Los Angeles Public Library June 21, San Diego County Library Headquarters June 29, Fresno, Woodward Park Library Customer Service Skills for Culturally Diverse Communities http://infopeople.org/workshop/322 June 27, Buena Park Library District Library Services for Older Adults http://infopeople.org/workshop/319 June 18, Los Angeles Public Library Staff Development Essentials http://infopeople.org/workshop/338 June 26, online learning class YA Space Techniques: Simple Explorations of the 'Final Frontier' http://infopeople.org/workshop/336 June 28, San Diego County Library Headquarters Please visit the URL's listed for a description of the workshops and to register. If you have any questions, please email me or give me a call. Thank you. Linda Linda Rodenspiel, Infopeople Project Assistant assist@infopeople.org voice: 650-578-9685 fax: 650-349-5089 http://infopeople.org/ From Western at oclc.org Mon Jun 4 12:08:41 2007 From: Western at oclc.org (Western) Date: Mon Jun 4 12:08:55 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Join us for the inaugural OCLC Western CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting Message-ID: <8A690E6B8DCCF743BB68844C6FEFF3167DE399@OAEXCH3SERVER.oa.oclc.org> > You are cordially invited to attend the inaugural meeting of the OCLC > Western CONTENTdm Users Group. This outstanding event is scheduled for > Monday and Tuesday, July 23-24, 2007, on the beautiful Reed College > campus in Portland, Oregon. > > This two-day session will provide CONTENTdm users with an opportunity > to discuss issues and solutions relating to metadata, newspaper > projects, cool customizations, file wrangling and automating workflow > processes for digital collections. > > Presentations will highlight existing Western projects, feature > demonstrations by long-time users, and discuss issues such as Web > template customizations, multiple compound objects, care and handling > of digital collections, metadata, and aspects of using CONTENTdm for a > campus digital repository. > > All CONTENTdm users, licensees and evaluators, and other interested > parties, are invited to attend, so please join your colleagues at this > dynamic event to examine these important issues. > > Learn more about the OCLC Western CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting > and > register > view_type=windowed> today. > > > From RSS feeds to member updates, staying informed is easier than ever > with OCLC Western electronic communications. Subscribe at < > https://www.oclc.org/western/email/ >. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20070604/0dc81110/attachment.html From Mary.Leoni at kp.org Tue Jun 5 01:01:16 2007 From: Mary.Leoni at kp.org (Mary.Leoni@kp.org) Date: Tue Jun 5 01:01:45 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Mary Leoni/CA/KAIPERM is out of the office. Message-ID: I will be out of the office starting 06/04/2007 and will not return until 06/19/2007. If you need assistance while I am out, please contact Suzanne Beattie at 510-987-3911, or via email at suzanne.m.beattie@kp.org. From assist at infopeople.org Tue Jun 5 14:09:59 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Jun 5 14:08:22 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Survival Spanish" workshops Message-ID: <612LFeViD0276M40@cmsapps04.cms.usa.net> Previously scheduled sessions of Survival Spanish II were cancelled due to low enrollment. We believe that one reason for low enrollment was the prerequisite; we required participants to take Survival Spanish for Library Staff first. Even though we are NOT requiring Survival Spanish for Library Staff as a prerequisite for taking Survival Spanish II now, you may wish to take it. Therefore, we are offering BOTH Survival Spanish for Library Staff, and a few weeks later, followed by Survival Spanish II. The two workshops are being announced together to facilitate registration for both; you do not have to register for both. Title: SURVIVAL SPANISH FOR LIBRARY STAFF Dates and locations: Monday, July 9, Glendora Public Library Friday, July 13, Alameda County Library - Fremont Wednesday, July 25, San Bernardino Public Library Tuesday, August 7, Ventura County Library Thursday, August 23, San Francisco Public Library There will be additional sessions scheduled in Los Angeles, Fresno, Buena Park, San Diego, Sacramento, and San Jose. As soon as the dates and locations have been confirmed, an announcement will be sent. To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/219 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. Spanish is California's "second language," yet many of those who work in California libraries speak little or no Spanish. Do any of the following situations apply to you? --Are you frustrated not knowing what a patron is asking? --Is "Do you speak English?" your most common question to patrons? --Are you often tracking someone down to translate? --Would you like to learn or brush up on your Spanish? If you answered "yes" to any of the questions above, this workshop is for you. Learn basic Spanish words and phrases to make your job easier and less frustrating. This workshop will help you improve your communication skills with Spanish-speaking patrons whether you are working the Circulation desk, answering a basic reference question, or helping with the public access computers. Workshop Description: This all-day workshop will provide library staff with basic skills for communicating with Spanish-speaking patrons. The focus will be on library words and phrases and conversational Spanish. This emphasis on basic vocabulary and short sentence structure will help you to improve your communication with the Spanish-speaking public, enabling you to better meet the community needs of this segment of library patrons. Workshop attendees will participate in discussions and through a series of role playing exercises will have the opportunity to apply vocabulary and phrases in day-to-day library scenarios. Workshop resources will include custom "quick guides" and "cheat sheets" that you can use immediately in your job. Preliminary Course Outline: Basic Words --days of the week --numbers --directions Basic Phrases --May I help you? --Do you have a library card? Library Situations --guiding patrons to Spanish language books or children's videos --getting a library card --finding the bathroom --material references (i.e. books, cassettes, etc.) Computer and Internet Terms --E-mail --Web site address --mouse and keyboard --floppy disk Instructors: This course will be taught by either Bertha Huertero or Patricia Jimenez - depending on the date and location. Bertha Huertero. Though she was raised in Southern California, Spanish is her first language. She has spent the last 29 years working for the San Diego County Library as a Library Technician. Many of the branches she has worked with have a high population of Spanish speaking customers. All those years providing customer service in both English and Spanish have made her very familiar with library terminology in both languages. She has also spent time tutoring ESL students, and translating for people outside of the library. Patricia Jimenez. Formerly employed by the Los Angeles Public Library, she served as the primary Circulation Training Coordinator and facilitator for the Central Library and more than 70 branches. She was directly involved in translating material from English to Spanish for the Spanish link on the library's website and printed material. Currently Patricia is employed by the City of Los Angeles, Commission for Children, Youth and Their Families. Community outreach and meeting the needs of the community from health services, youth civic engagement, child care and many other services is the core of this department, and as such, it reaches out to the Spanish-speaking population. Who Should Attend: Anyone who wants to learn basic Spanish vocabulary to survive the daily service needs within a library. Prerequisites: None. Title: SURVIVAL SPANISH II Dates and locations: Monday, July 30, Alameda County Library - Fremont Tuesday, July 31, Glendora Public Library Monday, August 20, San Bernardino Public Library Monday, August 27, Ventura County Library Thursday, September 20, San Francisco Public Library There will be additional sessions scheduled in Los Angeles, Fresno, Buena Park, San Diego, Sacramento, and San Jose. As soon as the dates and locations have been confirmed, an announcement will be sent. To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/324 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. Spanish is the "second language" in California but the primary language spoken in many first generation immigrant homes. Libraries need to work towards making all library users feel comfortable and welcome when using library services. --Did you attend Survival Spanish I to learn the basics but it left you wanting more? --Do you find yourself wishing you could converse more in depth with your Spanish-speaking customers? --Do you find yourself trying to find translations that apply to your library's services? --Would you like to have dialogues that are useful and specific to your community? --Were you one of the attendees at Survival Spanish that said "I wish we had more time to practice"? If communicating at the next level in Spanish is what you need, this workshop is for you. Workshop Description: This all-day workshop will offer a review of the basic vocabulary from Survival Spanish I and provide staff with the intermediate level vocabulary and phrases needed to communicate more effectively with Spanish-speaking library users. The focus will be on phrases and turning those phrases into dialogues that will be customized to each attendee's personal needs. Emphasis will be placed on practicing phrases and dialogues for everyday use in the library environment. Workshop attendees will participate in exercises and will have the opportunity to ask questions specific to the needs of their particular library, as well as build confidence by practicing with fellow attendees. Workshop resources will include the 50 most important words to remember and practice from Survival Spanish I, next level words and phrases, and guides on proper use of formal and informal address when speaking with library users. Pre-workshop assignment: All attendees should review the basic vocabulary from Survival Spanish I. Preliminary Course Outline Vocabulary --Review of 50 most important words from Survival Spanish I --Introduction of new vocabulary Forms of Address --Formal --Informal Pronunciation and Grammar --Written accents --Proper use of pronouns --Articles and gender Phrases --How to form a statement --How to form the question --Introduction of key phrases Dialogues --Writing the dialogue --Practicing the dialogue --Presenting the dialogue to the group Instructors: This course will be taught by either Bertha Huertero or Patricia Jimenez - depending on the date and location. Bertha Huertero. Though she was raised in Southern California, Spanish is her first language. She has spent the last 29 years working for the San Diego County Library as a Library Technician. Many of the branches she has worked with have a high population of Spanish speaking customers. All those years providing customer service in both English and Spanish have made her very familiar with library terminology in both languages. She has also spent time tutoring ESL students, and translating for people outside of the library. Patricia Jimenez. Formerly employed by the Los Angeles Public Library, she served as the primary Circulation Training Coordinator and facilitator for the Central Library and more than 70 branches. She was directly involved in translating material from English to Spanish for the Spanish link on the library's website and printed material. Currently Patricia is employed by the City of Los Angeles, Commission for Children, Youth and Their Families. Community outreach and meeting the needs of the community from health services, youth civic engagement, child care and many other services is the core of this department, and as such, it reaches out to the Spanish-speaking population. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community with an interest in improving their Spanish-speaking skills to provide outreach and better service to the Spanish-speaking community. Prerequisites: Survival Spanish I, review of the Survival Spanish CD, or permission from the instructors. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Thu Jun 7 16:36:10 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Thu Jun 7 16:34:19 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's new online course "Supervision 101: What All New Supervisors Need to Know" Message-ID: <352LFgXID0214M40@cmsapps04.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Supervision 101: What All New Supervisors Need to Know (online learning course) Date: July 24, 2007 - August 20, 2007 To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/341 Fee: $75 for those in the California library community and $150 for those out-of-state. "Congratulations, you've been promoted and you're now a supervisor!" If you came to the job of supervisor without much formal training, you're not alone. Most supervisors develop their skills through experience?and sometimes, that's painful. The good news is that you don't have to suffer, and neither do your employees. Once you learn some practical techniques based on time-tested supervisory principles, you'll not only survive as a supervisor, but you and your staff will thrive. This course is for you if you want to: --Give your staff the kind of support they need to stay motivated --Coach and communicate with your staff effectively every day --Feel more confident in dealing with common performance problems --Handle challenging performance problems more easily At the conclusion of this course you will have tools you can use immediately to be a proactive supervisor, and the confidence to handle supervisory problems that arise. Workshop Description: This four-week online learning course will provide practical resources, tools, and methods that can be used by supervisors in any library setting. You will explore useful techniques for interviewing, hiring, and coaching staff. You will learn to diagnose common performance problems, and develop a set of best practices for handling the supervisory issues that challenge you most. The instructor will provide sample orientation checklists, coaching and counseling tools, behavior-based job descriptions and a webliography, as well as practical, useful tips that can be applied immediately. During the course, you will be doing exercises and taking quizzes. You will also participate in online discussion forums and take part in one or two live chat sessions with your instructor and classmates as part of the online learning process Preliminary Course Outline: Using your web browser and your Internet connection, you will log in to the Infopeople online learning site and complete the following learning modules: Module One: Building a Framework for Supervision --Recognizing and appreciating a diversity of skills and approaches --Supervisory style and how it influences employee motivation --Basic legal framework within which all supervisors operate Module Two: Basic Tools to Keep Things Running Smoothly --Using behavior-based job descriptions for recruiting, interviewing, and setting expectations --Mentoring and coaching for development --Creating and running work teams Module Three: Correcting Performance --Handling common performance problems --Counseling and progressive discipline Module Four: Performance Reviews --What, how, and when to document performance --Involving employees in documenting their own performance --Goal-setting, development planning, and performance planning Instructor: Gail Griffith. Gail is the Deputy Director of the Carroll County (MD) Public Library, responsible for public services and staff development. She also provides consulting services to a variety of public library, local government, and nonprofit agencies in the northeastern U.S. Most often, she has designed and delivered team building and supervisory training, or facilitated strategic planning processes for her clients. Online Learning Details: This four-week course will be taught online using the web. When you register, you will receive a registration confirmation that will include the URL to get to the course, as well as a username and password. Every student proceeds through the online learning modules at his or her own pace. Students should expect to commit to spending a minimum of 2 to 2? hours per week on this course in order to be successful. You can work on each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night. However, you will be expected to log in to the course each week to do that week's assignment. We ask that you log in sometime during the first week of the course to begin the course work. Your instructor will be available for limited consultation support for two weeks after the official end date of a course, and the course material will stay up for an additional two weeks after that, to give those who have fallen behind time to work independently on the course. However, you will be expected to accomplish the majority of the course in synchronization with your peers during the first four weeks. Who Should Take This Course: Any supervisor from the library community. This course is most suited to new supervisors and those with less than three years of supervisory experience. Prerequisites: This course is taught over the web. You must: --Have an Internet connection and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. --Be able to save Microsoft Word .doc or Adobe .pdf files to your computer and print them out. (For .doc files, a free Word Viewer is available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en. Search for "Word Viewer." For .pdf files, a free Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html). --Be comfortable navigating on the web and navigating back and forward on a website that uses frames. To be most successful in this course you should be willing to share information with your colleagues and be willing to spend time reading and participating in the weekly discussion boards. System Requirements: The online learning product that Infopeople uses is called Angel. The following are minimum system requirements for using Angel. You will need access to a computer that has at least these specifications to participate in an online course: Windows: --Internet Explorer 6.0 and above, Netscape 7.1 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above Macintosh: --Mozilla 1.4 and above (which is the same engine as Netscape 7.1), Safari 2.0 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above --OS X and above (OS 9 will NOT work with our online learning product) If you are not comfortable with any of the above, please consider taking this course with a colleague who does meet these requirements. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Fri Jun 8 12:08:54 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Fri Jun 8 12:06:55 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Web 2.0: How to Teach the Public about Social Software" workshop Message-ID: <003LFHTgQ0084M29@cmsapps06.cms.usa.net> There is a lot of buzz in the library press about Web 2.0 and its impact on libraries. The California State Library believes that Web 2.0 has tremendous transformational potential, perhaps second only to the introduction of the Internet itself. In recognition of the importance of Web 2.0, the State Library has made a special grant award to Infopeople for a series of free training events titled "Moving Libraries Forward to Web 2.0". The following workshop is part of the Web 2.0 series. Title: Web 2.0: How to Teach the Public about Social Software Dates and locations: Friday, July 20, Los Angeles Public Library Monday, September 10, San Francisco Public Library Wednesday, September 12, San Diego County Library Headquarters Tuesday, September 25, Buena Park Library District Thursday, September 27, Fresno County Public Library Tuesday, October 9, California State Library Wednesday, October 10, San Jose - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/348 Fee: Thanks to a special LSTA grant award from the California State Library, Infopeople is able to offer this workshop to the California library community free of charge. The digital divide isn't about the Internet haves and have-nots anymore; instead, it is about who has access to fast broadband connections for streaming media and exposure to content creation tools. The Internet has evolved to become a participatory medium, and libraries, in their role of providing information and resources, may be the only vehicles for citizen's voices to be heard in the Web 2.0 culture. This workshop will: --Empower you to teach the public how to use specific Web 2.0 tools --Learn to field challenging questions specific to Web 2.0 --Develop best practices for designing workshops that address the specific needs of adult learners Workshop Description: Web 2.0 makes some people nervous; privacy, safety, attribution, authority and standards are major issues. In this all day, hands-on session, we'll cover fielding challenging questions specific to Web 2.0, and focus on best practices for designing workshops that address the specific needs of adult learners. Group discussion and hands-on exercises will help you develop the skills and handouts to better help your users understand the ins and outs of Web 2.0 concepts and applications. Preliminary Course Outline Conveying Web 2.0 --How to explain Web 2.0 concepts --Creating helpful handouts Social Bookmarking --How to explain the tagging phenomenon --Applying tags through applications such as Google Images, Flickr, and del.icio.us Blogs, Wikis and RSS --How to explain the subscription and collaborative elements --Applying the concepts through applications such as Bloglines, Blogger and PBwiki Social Software --How to explain online communities --Finding the right community by age, ability, and interests: examining communities such as MySpace, Ning, and Eons Instructor: Beth Gallaway. Beth, a Library Journal Mover & Shaker (2006), is an independent library trainer/consultant. She is an adjunct lecturer for Simmons College and teaches online classes for YALSA. She has been playing video games since she was five and is currently playing Katamari Damacy, Donkey Konga, and Dance Dance Revolution (not all at the same time). Beth is the founder of the LibGaming listserv, an active YALSA volunteer, and the co-author of Get Your Game On: Video Games and Libraries. (Neal Schuman, 2007). She is a member of many social networking applications, and you can find her using the handle "informationgoddess29." Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community with an interest in Web 2.0. This FREE course is also appropriate for library business managers, procurement officers, public information officers, systems staff, facilities managers, custodians, and volunteers. As Beth's friend Bonnie Peirce says, "If you don't participate in Web 2.0, you will never understand it." Prerequisites: This course requires that students be comfortable with basic computer skills, including using a mouse, navigating the web, and basic keyboarding. For help with these basic skills, we recommend the New Computer Users section of the Infopeople Resources Guides, at infopeople.org/resources. Students will be referred to the Infopeople Web 2.0 wiki for background. For students who haven't taken a previous Infopeople Web 2.0 course, catching up using the Infopeople Web 2.0 wiki will be a prerequisite. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Mon Jun 11 12:11:43 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Mon Jun 11 12:10:06 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Web 2.0: A Hands-On Introduction for Library Staff" workshop Message-ID: <340LFkTJ10316M28@cmsapps05.cms.usa.net> There is a lot of buzz in the library press about Web 2.0 and its impact on libraries. The California State Library believes that Web 2.0 has tremendous transformational potential, perhaps second only to the introduction of the Internet itself. In recognition of the importance of Web 2.0, the State Library has made a special grant award to Infopeople for a series of free training events titled "Moving Libraries Forward to Web 2.0". The following workshop is part of the Web 2.0 series. Title: Web 2.0: A Hands-On Introduction for Library Staff We have scheduled several more sessions: Dates and locations: Monday, July 16, Santa Maria Public Library Monday, August 6, Buena Park Library District Monday, August 13, San Diego County Library Headquarters Monday, August 20, Contra Costa County Library, Pleasant Hill Friday, September 21, San Jose - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/334 Fee: Thanks to a special LSTA grant award from the California State Library, Infopeople is able to offer this workshop to the California library community free of charge. Web 2.0 . . . wikis . . . blogs . . . RSS feeds . . . social bookmarking . . . These are hot topics in recent conversations about library service and the web. Increasingly, library staff are expected to be conversant in these areas, but the trouble is that things have been evolving so quickly that it can be hard to get a foothold. If you haven't had a chance to keep up or don't know where to start, this course is a way to get a basic grounding in these tools and explore them in a hands-on way. You will leave with an understanding of how these things work as well as some ideas about how they can be useful in your library. Workshop Description: This all-day hands-on workshop will provide a grounding in some of the most popular tools and concepts associated with Web 2.0. Through individual and group exercises, class members will try out these tools for themselves, as well as look at examples of how they are being used successfully in libraries. Topics covered include blogs, wikis, RSS, social bookmarking, and making the case for integrating these tools in the library context. The instructor will provide background and explanation of the tools, guided exploration, and examples of successful library uses of these technologies. A webliography of links and suggested readings will also be supplied. Class members will leave with the solid grasp of the basics and a proposal for implementing a specific Web 2.0 service at their own library. Pre-workshop assignment: Those registering for this course must create their own accounts in Bloglines and del.icio.us before coming to the workshop, since there will not be time in class to go through this process. Instructions for creating accounts will be provided ahead of time via email. Preliminary Course Outline What is Web 2.0? --Why is it important? --What are some of the tools? Blogs --What are they? -How can they be used? --Hands-on activities RSS Feeds --What are they? --How can they be used? --Hands-on activities Social Bookmarking and Tagging --What are they? --How can they be used? --Hands-on activities Wikis --What are they? --How can they be used? --Hands-on activities Selling Social Software at Your Library --Some tips --Possible challeges --Proposal excercise Instructor: Michele Mizejewski. Michele is currently the Electronic Services Librarian at Redwood City Library in Redwood City, CA. She has also taught online workshops on social software for Five Weeks to a Social Library and Simmons GSLIS Continuing Education Program and will be presenting this spring on Library 2.0 issues at the CCLI Workshop in Sacramento. She is very interested in demystifying technology and making it more accessible. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community with an interest in an introduction to Web 2.0 as it intersects with library service. Prerequisites: This course requires that students: Be comfortable with basic computer skills and navigating on the web Be able to log into an existing email account (work or personal) via the web Be comfortable with creating accounts and with submitting content to online service providers. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Tue Jun 12 09:32:47 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Jun 12 09:31:06 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Reminder of State Librarian's webcast on June 19 Message-ID: <126LFLqE30450M29@cmsapps06.cms.usa.net> A reminder of the quarterly webcast by the State Librarian. Please let your friends and colleagues know about this event! TITLE: State Librarian's Quarterly Webcast DATE and TIME: June 19, 2007, 12:00 pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. Up to 150 participants can join in the live webcast and admission is on a first come, first serve basis. For more information and to participate in the webcast, go to URL http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/198/index.html What is happening at the California State Library? What new services or grant opportunities may be forthcoming from Library Development Services? What does the State Librarian really do? Susan Hildreth, State Librarian, discusses this and much more in her Infopeople webcasts. Susan touches on hot topics in the California library world, emerging library trends and services available to you from the California State Library. She is also available for live questions and answers during each webcast. Check in to get to know our State Librarian and keep in tune with the scene in Sacramento. PRESENTER: Susan Hildreth. Recognizing her distinguished 30-year career as a leader in public libraries, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Susan Hildreth State Librarian of California in July 2004. She oversees the California State Library as it supports California libraries and cultural institutions in providing for the continued growth of the intellectual, technological, cultural and social literacy of California's diverse populations. Previously, Susan was the City Librarian of San Francisco and Deputy City Librarian. She is currently the President of the Public Library Association (PLA). She has been a member of the PLA Board of Directors and an at-large member of the elected governing Council of the American Library Association. She also is a long-time member of the California Library Association for which she served as president and treasurer. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not attend the live event. However, you are welcome to view the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. State Librarian's Quarterly Webcast June 19, 2007 12:00 pm - 1pm From Western at oclc.org Tue Jun 12 14:13:10 2007 From: Western at oclc.org (Western) Date: Tue Jun 12 14:13:29 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Make your reservation now for the OCLC Western Digital Forum Message-ID: <8A690E6B8DCCF743BB68844C6FEFF3167DE3A1@OAEXCH3SERVER.oa.oclc.org> > The third annual OCLC Western Digital Forum will be held in San Diego > on August 9-10, 2007, at the Hacienda Hotel in Old Town. This year's > theme is Maximizing Metadata, Data Curation and Applications. > > The forum will continue the discussion of issues relating to metadata, > data curation and automating applications for digital collections. 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Cataloging and metadata ---------------------------------------------------------------- CatExpress Distance Ed http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W119.htm Thursday, August 2, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/31/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Connexion: Client Basics http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W108.htm Wednesday, August 8, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/3/07) 9:00 am-3:30 pm OCLC Western Service Center, Ontario, CA Connexion: Client Basics Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W821.htm Tuesday-Wednesday, July 17-18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/13/07) 10:00 am-12:00pm Online-Live Meeting Connexion: Search WorldCat Basics http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W125.htm Tuesday, August 7, 2007 (Registration Deadline, August 2, 2007) 9:00 am-3:30 pm OCLC Western Service Center, Ontario, CA Connexion: Search WorldCat Basics Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W820.htm Tuesday-Wednesday, July 10-11, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/6/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Local Holdings Maintenance Basics Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W824.htm Wednesday & Thursday, June 20 & 21, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/18/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Thursday-Friday, July 26 & 27, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/23/07) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Tuesday & Wednesday, Aug 28 & 29, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/23/07) 8/28: 10:00 am-12:00pm, 8/29: 10:00am-12:00pm Online-Live Meeting Managing Your OCLC FirstSearch Service http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W410.htm Tuesday, July 24, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/19/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday, August 15, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/10/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm Tuesday, August 14, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/13/07) 2:00 pm-4:00pm Online-Live Meeting Workflow Analysis for Technical Service Managers http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W902.htm Thursday, August 9, 2007 (Registration Deadline:8/2/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA Friday, August 10, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/3/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm Alameda County Library, Fremont, CA Collection management ---------------------------------------------------------------- Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm Tuesday, August 7, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/6/07) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Digital Image Quality Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W382.htm Tuesday, July 10, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/9/07) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Funding Digital Projects Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm Tuesday, July 17, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/16/07) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm Wednesday, June 20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/15/07) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday, July 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/13/07) 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday, August 22, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/17/07) 1:00-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm Tuesday, August 14, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/13/07) 2:00 pm-4:00pm Online-Live Meeting Streaming Audio and SMIL for Oral Histories http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W326.htm Wednesday, August 29, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/24/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm San Jose State University (San Jose, CA) Digitization and preservation ---------------------------------------------------------------- Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm Tuesday, August 7, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/6/07) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Digital Image Quality Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W382.htm Tuesday, July 10, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/9/07) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Funding Digital Projects Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm Tuesday, July 17, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/16/07) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm Tuesday, August 14, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/13/07) 2:00 pm-4:00pm Online-Live Meeting Streaming Audio and SMIL for Oral Histories http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W326.htm Wednesday, August 29, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/24/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm San Jose State University (San Jose, CA) Librarianship ---------------------------------------------------------------- Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm Wednesday, June 20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/15/07) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday, July 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/13/07) 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday, August 22, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/17/07) 1:00-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Library administration and management ---------------------------------------------------------------- Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm Tuesday, August 7, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/6/07) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Funding Digital Projects Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm Tuesday, July 17, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/16/07) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm Wednesday, June 20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/15/07) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday, July 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/13/07) 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday, August 22, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/17/07) 1:00-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Workflow Analysis for Technical Service Managers http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W902.htm Thursday, August 9, 2007 (Registration Deadline:8/2/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA Friday, August 10, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/3/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm Alameda County Library, Fremont, CA Reference and public service ---------------------------------------------------------------- Managing Your OCLC FirstSearch Service http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W410.htm Tuesday, July 24, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/19/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday, August 15, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/10/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Resource sharing (ILL) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction to OCLC's Policies Directory (PD) http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W504.htm Tuesday, June 26, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/22/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Tuesday, July 17, 2007 (Registration Deadline 7/12/07) 1:00-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Tuesday, August 21, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/16/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Local Holdings Maintenance Basics Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W824.htm Wednesday & Thursday, June 20 & 21, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 6/18/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Thursday-Friday, July 26 & 27, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/23/07) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Tuesday & Wednesday, Aug 28 & 29, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/23/07) 8/28: 10:00 am-12:00pm, 8/29: 10:00am-12:00pm Online-Live Meeting WorldCat Resource Sharing - 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URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20070614/0e485f38/attachment-0001.html From assist at infopeople.org Mon Jun 18 10:16:56 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Mon Jun 18 10:15:23 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's webcast "Weeding to Achieve a Healthier Collection" Message-ID: <947LFRRo80047M39@cmsapps03.cms.usa.net> Please print and post or route this message to staff and colleagues who might be interested in this webcast. Title: Weeding to Achieve a Healthier Collection Date and time: July 9, 2007, 12pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the July 9 webcast, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/202/index.html Weeding is a necessary?and, for some, a worrisome collection maintenance task. What to keep? What to weed? Where to start? And how can weeding happen in a library without its users wondering why materials are being withdrawn? In fact, weeding can be the answer to stimulating circulation, and weeding is a requirement for keeping your collection vigorous and useful. Weeding eliminates the outdated, the superceded, the irreparably damaged, and the material that simply doesn't fit the scope of your collection. In return your library's collection can look better, be easier for users to navigate, and come through on its promise to provide real value to the library's community. How to plan both ongoing and quick weeding projects, the basic tools that assist intelligent weeding, and budgeting both the time and money needed to weed successfully will be discussed. Speaker: Francisca Goldsmith. Francisca is the Collection Management and Promotion Librarian at Berkeley Public Library. Formerly a reference librarian working with adult collections in religion, social sciences, and literature, she has also provided direct service to teens and coordinated teen services at Berkeley Public Library. She has planned and implemented weeding projects related to ongoing maintenance as well as to library relocation, space issues, and collection neglect, in both public and school libraries. She has worked with school administrators and with public library staffs who have needed appropriate training to support local weeding projects. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: Weeding to Achieve a Healthier Collection Date: July 9, 2007 Time: 12pm - 1pm Speaker: Francisca Goldsmith From assist at infopeople.org Tue Jun 19 15:38:46 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Jun 19 15:36:58 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Web 2.0: Connecting with the Community Using Social Software" online course Message-ID: <925LFswKr0353M29@cmsapps06.cms.usa.net> There is a lot of buzz in the library press about Web 2.0 and its impact on libraries. The California State Library believes that Web 2.0 has tremendous transformational potential, perhaps second only to the introduction of the Internet itself. In recognition of the importance of Web 2.0, the State Library has made a special grant award to Infopeople for a series of free training events titled ?Moving Libraries Forward to Web 2.0?. The following online course is part of the Web 2.0 series. Title: Web 2.0: Connecting with the Community Using Social Software (online learning) Date: August 7, 2007 - September 4, 2007 To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/337 Fee: Thanks to a special LSTA grant award from the California State Library, Infopeople is able to offer this workshop to the California library community free of charge. Library staffs have put tremendous energy into making their libraries the physical hubs of their communities. Many, however, have not taken advantage of technology to build community online. Over the past few years we have seen online communities spring up around blogs, wikis, Flickr, MySpace, and other social networking vehicles. In light of this, library staffs should consider how to: --Create collaboration and community online --Provide your library with a human face beyond its walls --Explore new means to communicate with, and market to, your users --Position your library as the online hub of your community Workshop Description: This four-week online course will demystify the popular social software tools commonly known as "Web 2.0" while providing you with the skills necessary to use, select, and implement social software in your library for the purposes of outreach and community-building. You will learn how to use these tools to help you better connect to your community through online outreach. Through examples from libraries using these tools for community outreach, and through actual use of the tools, you will learn how social technologies work and how they might be implemented in your library setting to connect with your community. During this course, you will actually create a blog and use it throughout the course, edit a wiki, sign up with an RSS aggregator, and get a Flickr account?all of which will be focused on how these tools can be used for outreach and community connectivity. The instructor will provide cheat sheets, recommended readings, webliographies, and practical tips for each topic?these can be used long after the course has ended. During the course, you will be doing exercises, participating in online discussion forums, and taking part in either one or two live chat sessions with your instructor and classmates. Preliminary Course Outline: Using your web browser and your Internet connection, you will log in to the Infopeople online learning site and complete the following learning modules: Module One: Using Web 2.0, Library 2.0, Social Software, and Blogs to Connect with Your Community --Review of the concept of Web 2.0 and how Library 2.0 evolved from it --The concept of social software and how it differs from Web 2.0 --How blogs can be used to start a conversation with your patrons and build community online Module Two: RSS, Wikis, MySpace and Other Online Community Tools --How RSS can be used to increase visibility of library collections and services --How wikis can be used to collaboratively develop an online community with your patrons --How MySpace can be used as a portal to library services where your teenage patrons are Module Three: Flickr, Podcasting, and Vodcasting --How Flickr can be used to put a human face on the library --How podcasting and vodcasting can be used to engage patrons Module Four: Effectively Implementing Social Software at Your Library - Planning, Partnerships, and Promotion --Determining which tool(s) are the best to use in your setting --Planning for social software implementation in such a way that secures staff and patron buy-in --Ideas for partnering with other community organizations and promoting your new social software services Instructor: Meredith Farkas. Meredith is the Distance Learning Librarian at Norwich University in Northfield, VT. In this position she has had the opportunity to implement many of the social technologies discussed in this course for use with her patrons and her colleagues. Meredith is the author of the monthly column "Technology in Practice" for American Libraries. In March 2006, Meredith was named a Mover and Shaker by Library Journal for her innovative use of technology to benefit the profession. Online Learning Details: This four-week course will be taught online using the web. When you register, you will receive a registration confirmation that will include the URL to get to the course, as well as a username and password. Every student proceeds through the online learning modules at his or her own pace. You can work on each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night. However, you will be expected to log in to the course each week to do that week's assignment. We ask that you log in sometime during the first week of the course to begin the course work. Your instructor will be available for limited consultation support for two weeks after the official end date of a course, and the course material will stay up for an additional two weeks after that, to give those who have fallen behind time to work independently on the course. However, you will be expected to accomplish the majority of the course in synchronization with your peers during the first four weeks. Who Should Take This Course: Anyone from the library community with an interest in marketing, public relations, and/or outreach in libraries of all kinds. This includes librarians and support staff engaged in public service work at the library, staff members involved in development of their library's web content, and those in positions who are specifically responsible for marketing, public relations, and/or outreach. Prerequisites: This course is taught over the web. You must: --Have an Internet connection and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. --Be able to save Microsoft Word .doc or Adobe .pdf files to your computer and print them out. (For .doc files, a free Word Viewer is available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en. Search for "Word Viewer." For .pdf files, a free Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html). --Be comfortable navigating on the web and navigating back and forward on a website that uses frames. System Requirements: The online learning product that Infopeople uses is called Angel. The following are minimum system requirements for using Angel. You will need access to a computer that has at least these specifications to participate in an online course: Windows: --Internet Explorer 6.0 and above, Netscape 7.1 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above Macintosh: --Mozilla 1.4 and above (which is the same engine as Netscape 7.1), Safari 2.0 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above --OS X and above (OS 9 will NOT work with our online learning product) To be successful in this course, you should also be able to play audio and video on your computer, which may mean installing free plugins such as Flash or Quicktime (many computers come with these pre-installed) and playing audio through your computer or external speakers. Some of the websites we will be examining may be blocked at your workplace, so you might need to access them at home. If you are not comfortable with any of the above, please consider taking this course with a colleague who does meet these requirements. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://www.infopeople.org/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Wed Jun 20 12:51:28 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Wed Jun 20 12:49:38 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Web 2.0: Connecting with the Community Using Social Software" online course Message-ID: <236LFTTxs0303M29@cmsapps06.cms.usa.net> Infopeople recently announced a new online course in the Web 2.0 series, "Web 2.0: Connecting with the Community Using Social Software." At the time we announced, the scheduled session was nearly filled by people who had found the workshop on our website and registered before the official announcement. So, many of those who registered as soon as they saw the announcement received the response that the course was filled and that they were on the wait list. We are in the process of scheduling another session of this course, and everyone on the wait list will receive preference in registration for the second session. We regret and apologize for any inconvenience this causes. From assist at infopeople.org Fri Jun 22 13:39:32 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Fri Jun 22 13:37:29 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's webcast "Patron Policies and Latchkey Children Update" Message-ID: <621LFVulH0074M38@cmsapps02.cms.usa.net> Please print and post or route this message to staff and colleagues who might be interested in this webcast. Title: Patron Policies and Latchkey Children Update Date and time: July 19, 2007, 12pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the July 19 webcast, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/189/index.html Does your library issue rules for patron behavior, i.e. odor, harassment, bare feet? Do you have a policy on young children unattended in the library? What types of rules are (and are not!) likely to be legally enforceable? This webcast analyzes lawsuits against libraries, and pulls together a legal framework to guide you in writing, revising and enforcing policies. Speaker: Mary Minow. Mary Minow is an attorney, consultant, and a former librarian and library trustee. She has taught library law at the San Jose State School of Library Science. She was President on the board of CALTAC in 2002, the California Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners, and now serves as its Policy Analyst. Mary is the first recipient of the California Library Association's Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award, given in 2004. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: Patron Policies and Latchkey Children Update Date: July 19, 2007 Time: 12pm - 1pm Speaker: Mary Minow From assist at infopeople.org Mon Jun 25 15:22:17 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Mon Jun 25 15:21:18 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Upcoming Infopeople workshops Message-ID: <456LFywuL0279M39@cmsapps03.cms.usa.net> Please take a look at some of the upcoming July Infopeople workshops: Coaching: Building a Performance Culture at Your Library, One Employee at a Time http://infopeople.org/workshop/339 July 25, Poway Branch (San Diego) Customer Service Skills for Culturally Diverse Communities http://infopeople.org/workshop/322 July 13, Fresno - Woodward Park Library Library Services for Older Adults http://infopeople.org/workshop/319 July 16, Riverside Public Library July 30, Sacramento Public Library - Galleria Marketing to Latinos: An Action Plan http://infopeople.org/workshop/343 July 16, San Francisco Public Library Stress Management in the Library Workplace http://infopeople.org/workshop/330 July 19, San Francisco Public Library Survival Spanish for Library Staff http://infopeople.org/workshop/219 July 9, Glendora Public Library July 13, Alameda County Library July 25, San Bernardino Public Library Survival Spanish II http://infopeople.org/workshop/324 July 30, Alameda County Library July 31, Glendora Public Library YA Space Techniques: Simple Explorations of the 'Final Frontier' http://infopeople.org/workshop/336 July 31, Arden-Dimick Library (Sacramento) Please visit the URL's listed for a description of the workshops and to register. If you have any questions, please email me or give me a call. Thank you. Linda Linda Rodenspiel, Infopeople Project Assistant assist@infopeople.org voice: 650-578-9685 fax: 650-349-5089 http://infopeople.org/ From assist at infopeople.org Tue Jun 26 14:39:41 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Jun 26 14:37:47 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Technical Services 101" online course Message-ID: <383LFZVlu0490M29@cmsapps06.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Technical Services 101 (online learning course) Date: August 14, 2007 - September 10, 2007 To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/333 Fee: $75 for those in the California library community and $150 for those out-of-state. Mystery often surrounds what the staff who work in Technical Services really do, and we take for granted how important and critical a smoothly operating technical service operation is to the daily operations of the library. In this course, you will learn: --What exactly do technical services staff do? --How do the acquisition, collection development/selection of library materials processes really work? --What happens when something goes wrong in the acquisition or cataloging process? --How can you make more effective use of the online catalog when you are helping library users? --What terminology will help you better communicate with technical service staff? Workshop Description: This four-week online learning course will provide you with a basic understanding of the selection, acquisition and cataloging processes. The end product of acquisition and cataloging results in records in the library's catalog. You will learn some tips on how to use the catalog more effectively and efficiently. You will also learn to understand the most common things that may go wrong in the acquisition and cataloging processes that may affect your work with library users. Through individual and group exercises and online discussions you will be asked to examine various policies at your library related to these processes. The instructor will provide information, cheat sheets and a webliography, as well as practical, useful tips that can be applied immediately. Preliminary Course Outline: : Using your web browser and your Internet connection, you will log in to the Infopeople online learning site and complete the following learning modules: Module One: Introduction and Acquisition Process --Organization of technical services --Collection development/selection policy and processes --Ordering processes --Plans and services provided by vendors --Selection processes at your library --Receiving and paying for materials and budget issues --Gifts Module Two: Cataloging Process --General procedures and processes including copy cataloging --MARC encoding --Search indexes in the library catalog and what information in a catalog record they work upon --Errors, additions and problems with records in the catalog --The role of the Library of Congress and use of bibliographic databases --Authority control --Glossary Module Three: Handling of Library Materials --Completing call numbers, adding security devices, labeling, genre labels, etc. --Shelving/displays and communicating library arrangement to users --Simple mending and repair of materials Module Four: Review --Censorship and handling user complaints about materials in the library collection --How does technical services impact service to library users? --What are your responsibilities to improve the library catalog? Instructor: Irene Percelli. Irene has spent over 40 years working in libraries (the bulk of her career has been at The New York Public Library) beginning as a page, working through the ranks as library support staff, and then as a librarian and manager. Irene has been teaching in the MLS Program at Rutgers University since 1986?and at Pratt Institute. Courses taught in these programs include Cataloging and Classification, Serials, Systems, Information Knowledge, Librarian as teacher and a full semester noncredit course for library support staff in academic and research libraries?both in person and online. She also conducts professional development workshops on a wide variety of subjects and does consulting. She is a successful grant writer and conducts workshops on grant writing. She is also a trained facilitator/trainer for the Public Library Association?s Planning for Results Series (for strategic planning in libraries). Online Learning Details: This four-week course will be taught online using the web. When you register, you will receive a registration confirmation that will include the URL to get to the course, as well as a username and password. Every student proceeds through the online learning modules at his or her own pace. Students should expect to commit to spending a minimum of 2 to 2? hours per week on this course in order to be successful. You can work on each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night. However, you will be expected to log in to the course each week to do that week's assignment. We ask that you log in sometime during the first week of the course to begin the course work. Your instructor will be available for limited consultation support for two weeks after the official end date of a course, and the course material will stay up for an additional two weeks after that, to give those who have fallen behind time to work independently on the course. However, you will be expected to accomplish the majority of the course in synchronization with your peers during the first four weeks. Who Should Take This Course: Anyone from the library community with an interest in the role of Technical Services and who wishes to understand how materials are selected, acquired, cataloged and processed. Prerequisites: This course is taught over the web. You must: --Have an Internet connection and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. --Be able to save Microsoft Word .doc or Adobe .pdf files to your computer and print them out. (For .doc files, a free Word Viewer is available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en. Search for "Word Viewer." For .pdf files, a free Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html). --Be comfortable navigating on the web and navigating back and forward on a website that uses frames. To be most successful in this course you should be willing to share information with your colleagues and be willing to spend time reading and participating in the weekly discussion boards. System Requirements: The online learning product that Infopeople uses is called Angel. The following are minimum system requirements for using Angel. You will need access to a computer that has at least these specifications to participate in an online course: Windows: --Internet Explorer 6.0 and above, Netscape 7.1 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above Macintosh: --Mozilla 1.4 and above (which is the same engine as Netscape 7.1), Safari 2.0 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above --OS X and above (OS 9 will NOT work with our online learning product) If you are not comfortable with any of the above, please consider taking this course with a colleague who does meet these requirements. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From Western at oclc.org Wed Jun 27 12:34:06 2007 From: Western at oclc.org (Western) Date: Wed Jun 27 12:34:19 2007 Subject: [Baynet] You are invited to attend the third annual OCLC Western Digital Forum Message-ID: <8A690E6B8DCCF743BB68844C6FEFF3167DE3B2@OAEXCH3SERVER.oa.oclc.org> Register now at to attend the 2007 OCLC Western Digital Forum in San Diego on August 9-10, 2007 at the Hacienda Hotel in Old Town. This year's theme is Maximizing Metadata, Data Curation and Applications. To register visit . This year's Forum will feature national projects of significance and experts from the library and cultural heritage communities. Among the speakers are Murtha Baca, Head of the Getty Standards Program, Dr. Marcia Lei Zeng, Kent State University and Robin Dale, RLG Programs. In addition, presentations will analyze existing major projects and examine issues such as long-term management of data, care and handling of digital collections, metadata, copyright, and aspects of digital rights management. It will also cultivate collaborative solutions and explore funding options. To learn more about the 2007 OCLC Western Digital Forum and to register, please visit our Web site at . We are looking forward to your active participation in this dynamic event. >From RSS feeds to member updates, staying informed is easier than ever with OCLC Western electronic communications. Subscribe at < https://www.oclc.org/western/email/ >. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20070627/5c4f9e20/attachment.html From assist at infopeople.org Wed Jun 27 15:09:20 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Wed Jun 27 15:07:15 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Web 2.0: Applications for Children's Services" workshop Message-ID: <364LFAwgU0202M28@cmsapps05.cms.usa.net> There is a lot of buzz in the library press about Web 2.0 and its impact on libraries. The California State Library believes that Web 2.0 has tremendous transformational potential, perhaps second only to the introduction of the Internet itself. In recognition of the importance of Web 2.0, the State Library has made a special grant award to Infopeople for a series of free training events titled "Moving Libraries Forward to Web 2.0". The following workshop is part of the Web 2.0 series. Title: Web 2.0: Applications for Children?s Services Dates and locations: Tuesday, August 14, California State Library Monday, September 17, San Diego County Library Headquarters Tuesday, September 18, Buena Park Library District Thursday, September 20, Fresno County Public Library Tuesday, October 9, Los Angeles Public Library Thursday, October 11, San Francisco Public Library Friday, October 12, Alameda County Library To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/347 Fee: Thanks to a special LSTA grant award from the California State Library, Infopeople is able to offer this workshop to the California library community free of charge. Are you finding it hard to keep on top of Web Resources for Children as the web continues to evolve at what seems like hyper-speed? Do you know where and how to find high-quality information and resources which are developmentally appropriate quickly? Are you confident searching across a broad spectrum of media formats for children? --Do you know where to find great audio, video, maps, photos and images, and printables? --Are you up to speed with web 2.0 technologies and sites popular with kids which you could be using to enhance your department's services and aid your clientele? --What about copyright issues and internet safety? Are you familiar with evolving Reader's Advisory web resources for youth and how to use them effectively? It can seem like a lot to keep up with Don't you just wish you had a quiet day to focus on this and get back up to speed? Well, now you do! After this workshop, you will be back up to speed and familiar with the ins and outs of the top five search engines/directories for kids, the top ten k-12 online resources for information and homework help, five top reader's advisory resources for children to help them find that perfect book to read next, and five of the top web 2.0 sites and technologies you can be utilizing in your library to help your clientele as they search for information online. Workshop Description: This all-day workshop will provide attendees with hands-on experience with top search engines/directories for youth, top k-12 online informational resources, top reader's advisory sites, and web 2.0 sites and technologies. Through individual and group exercises, attendees will learn how to effective utilize these resources and tools and they will leave with a wealth of practical information about online resources for youth which they will be able to put to immediate use in their libraries. The instructor will provide extensive handouts providing an overview of each web resource profiled detailing its strengths, weaknesses, comparisons to similar online tools, and practical tips for effective utilization which can be applied immediately. Additionally, the instructor will provide handouts on the following: site evaluation guidelines, youth and internet safety, what you and your kids should know about copyright, new media and youth: how the coming generations search for information, a glossary of new media terms, and an extensive webliography about online media tools for youth. Preliminary Course Outline Search Engines/Directories for Youth --Overview, comparison, strengths & weaknesses, effective utilization --Hands-on search exercises K-12 Online Resources for Information & Homework Help --Overview of resources according to subject areas and age level --Search exercises and comparisons --Copyright issues and citing sources Web 2.0 and Youth --Web 2.0 Technologies and Sites for Youth --New media and multimedia search exercises --Potential risks and internet safety --Build five quick 2.0 library applications for your library Online Reader's Advisory Tools and Resources for Youth --Overview and comparison of tools and resources --Hands-on search exercises Instructor: Bonnie Peirce. Bonnie is Head of Children's Services at the Dover Town Library and was recently profiled in Library Journal's Movers and Shakers as a Web 2.0 guru. She is a co-founder and the CTO of thebestkidsbooksite.com, a growing and unique knowledge brokering service serving child-focused professionals and families around the world. It is a interactive media channel where books, crafts, podcasts, online videos, and web resources intersect with people's interests. Bonnie also founded the Library Goddesses Blog Network, a collaborative blog network with companion wikis to enable librarians across the United States and Canada to share their knowledge of books and their professional experience with many different aspects of librarianship Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community with an interest in finding information online for kids. Prerequisites: This course requires that students be comfortable with basic computer skills, including using a mouse, navigating the web, and basic keyboarding. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Mon Jul 2 09:57:39 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Mon Jul 2 09:55:46 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Reminder of Infopeople's webcast on July 9 Message-ID: <780LgBq4E0062M39@cmsapps03.cms.usa.net> A reminder of the next Infopeople webcast. Please let your friends and colleagues know about this event! Title: Weeding to Achieve a Healthier Collection Date and time: July 9, 2007, 12pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the July 9 webcast, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/202/index.html Weeding is a necessary?and, for some, a worrisome collection maintenance task. What to keep? What to weed? Where to start? And how can weeding happen in a library without its users wondering why materials are being withdrawn? In fact, weeding can be the answer to stimulating circulation, and weeding is a requirement for keeping your collection vigorous and useful. Weeding eliminates the outdated, the superceded, the irreparably damaged, and the material that simply doesn't fit the scope of your collection. In return your library's collection can look better, be easier for users to navigate, and come through on its promise to provide real value to the library's community. How to plan both ongoing and quick weeding projects, the basic tools that assist intelligent weeding, and budgeting both the time and money needed to weed successfully will be discussed. Speaker: Francisca Goldsmith. Francisca is the Collection Management and Promotion Librarian at Berkeley Public Library. Formerly a reference librarian working with adult collections in religion, social sciences, and literature, she has also provided direct service to teens and coordinated teen services at Berkeley Public Library. She has planned and implemented weeding projects related to ongoing maintenance as well as to library relocation, space issues, and collection neglect, in both public and school libraries. She has worked with school administrators and with public library staffs who have needed appropriate training to support local weeding projects. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: Weeding to Achieve a Healthier Collection Date: July 9, 2007 Time: 12pm - 1pm Speaker: Francisca Goldsmith From Western at oclc.org Mon Jul 2 10:13:25 2007 From: Western at oclc.org (Western) Date: Mon Jul 2 10:13:33 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Register today for the OCLC Western Digital Forum Message-ID: <8A690E6B8DCCF743BB68844C6FEFF3167DE3BB@OAEXCH3SERVER.oa.oclc.org> > Register today for the OCLC Western Digital Forum > The third annual OCLC Western Digital Forum will be held in San Diego > on August 9-10, 2007, at the Hacienda Hotel in Old Town. This year's > theme is Maximizing Metadata, Data Curation and Applications. > The forum will continue the discussion of issues relating to metadata, > data curation and automating applications for digital collections. It > will highlight national projects of significance and feature experts > from the library and cultural heritage communities. > Among the speakers are Murtha Baca, Head of the Getty Standards > Program, Dr. Marcia Lei Zeng, Professor, Kent State University, and > Ricky Erway, Program Officer, OCLC Programs and Research. > Presentations will analyze existing major projects and examine issues > such as long-term management of data, care and handling of digital > collections, metadata, copyright, and aspects of digital rights > management. It will also cultivate collaborative solutions and explore > funding options. > > Please join your colleagues at this dynamic educational event. > > Forum registration: > www.oclc.org/western/digitalforum/default.htm > Registration deadline is Friday, August 3, 2007 > Accommodations: > Hacienda Hotel Old Town > Call the hotel directly to request Forum rates > Tel. 1-619-298-4707 > For more information: > Gayle Palmer , OCLC Western Digital and > Preservation Program Manager > Tel. 1-800-854-5753 > > > > > > From RSS feeds to member updates, staying informed is easier than > ever with OCLC Western electronic communications. Subscribe at > < https://www.oclc.org/western/email/ >. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20070702/47bf33fc/attachment.html From assist at infopeople.org Mon Jul 9 15:59:39 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Mon Jul 9 15:57:29 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Customer Service in a Self-Check World" workshop Message-ID: <609Lgiw6P0440M29@cmsapps06.cms.usa.net> We have added two sessions of this popular workshop. Since some people who may be interested in attending might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Customer Service in a Self-Check World Dates and locations: Monday, September 10, Woodward Park Library in Fresno Friday, October 5, Arden-Dimick Library in Sacramento To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/342 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. Our customers are getting more and more diverse culturally and technologically, yet they share many of the same desires when it comes to being served. They are making greater demands and expecting faster turnaround times than ever before. Whether this is due to the Web or just the fast pace of life, we need to think differently about how we serve our customers. Self-check, self return, patron placed holds, recommender services, paying fines online, vidcasts of storytime, roving staff and rotating displays just scratch the surface of ways libraries are changing and offering new services to meet these new expectations. Looking through the lens of studies that show us what customers want and how we can improve how we deliver services, we'll discuss questions such as: --How do you please customers who expect Netflix or Amazon-like selection and convenience? --What physical changes to the library should be made to account for new knowledge of how people shop? --Is giving directions to the bathroom an interruption or your job? --How do we take advantage of the OCLC study saying people associate the library with books and free-choice learning? --Surveys say customers want to be independent -- what does this mean in a library? This workshop will jumpstart your thinking through sharing of strategies of people in class and through examples of what libraries are doing all over the country. You'll end up with a list of customer service improvements to implement immediately and ideas for follow-up activities and conversations to have with staff back at your library to help get everyone on the bandwagon. Workshop Description: This all-day workshop will provide ample opportunity to explore and discuss new knowledge about how people behave as "shoppers" and how people view the library. We'll discuss ways to use this knowledge to create customer service solutions. In addition, we'll look at what libraries are already doing to meet customer expectations through new staffing models, use of technology and by taking advantage of Web 2.0 principles and technologies. Through individual and group exercises attendees will think about what changes can be made immediately at their libraries to improve service. Preliminary Course Outline New Customer Expectations --Who are your customers and how are they changing --What's affecting their expectations --The experience of the library OCLC Perceptions Of Libraries Report --The new library brand Empower Users to Self-Serve --Make the library a jargon-free zone --Teach not do --Merchandise --Benefits to the staff --Taking advantage of your Web site What We Learn From Envirosell --California study of Northern California branches --The Science of Shopping --Why nobody reads our signs --Taking advantage of product placement and adjacencies Technology And Customer Service New Staffing Models --Roving or dispatched reference --Single service Point --Zone staffing What Can Be Changed Now Instructor: Cheryl Gould. Cheryl has been a training consultant for Infopeople since 1996. She has delivered workshops on a wide range of topics including: Increasing computer competency, search skills, Training the Trainer, Word, Powerpoint, Libris Design, Mastering Tough Public Service Situations and Cutting Edge Customer Service Techniques. In her role as Training Consultant, she has worked with over 100 different instructors to create workshops on more than 150 different topics of interest to California libraries. Her current role as Training Consultant for Infopeople keeps her involved in all of the Infopeople workshops and allows her to not only spread the gospel of strong training techniques, but to keep current on what's going on in libraries around the state. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community with an interest in serving library customers. Prerequisites: None. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Mon Jul 9 16:22:59 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Mon Jul 9 16:20:47 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's webcast "So You Want to Be a Consultant" Message-ID: <155LgiXuI0283M28@cmsapps05.cms.usa.net> Please print and post or route this message to staff and colleagues who might be interested in this webcast. Title: So You Want to Be a Consultant Date and time: July 31, 2007, 12pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the July 31 webcast, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/166/index.html Bored with the same old, same old? Looking for a more project-oriented style of librarianship? Interested in tackling new challenges after retirement? Maybe consulting is for you! Then again, maybe not... Library consultant Joan Frye Williams will share the fruits of her 15+ years of full-time consulting experience, providing practical information about everything you need to get started: * In-demand consulting specialties, * Necessary skills, * Basic business requirements, * Proposals and contracts, and, of course! * Fees and billing. If you've ever toyed with the idea of hanging out your shingle as a library consultant - or if you're just curious about what it might be like to pursue this library specialty ? this webcast will give you an insider's view of the pleasures and pitfalls that await you. Speaker: Joan Frye Williams. For more than 25 years Joan Frye Williams (joan@jfwilliams.com) has been a successful librarian, consultant, vendor, planner, trainer, evaluator and user of library services, with a special emphasis on innovation, technology and emerging library trends. She is the president of her own library and information technology consulting firm. Joan is best known as an acute--and sometimes irreverent--observer of trends in what she calls "the cultural anthropology of libraries." She is a nationally recognized library futurist and designer of innovative library services. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: So You Want to Be a Consultant Date: July 31, 2007 Time: 12pm - 1pm Speaker: Joan Frye Williams From assist at infopeople.org Tue Jul 10 14:27:05 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Jul 10 14:24:44 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Understanding Today's Boomer Library Consumer" webcast Message-ID: <850LgJVyI0282M38@cmsapps02.cms.usa.net> Please print and post or route this message to staff and colleagues who might be interested in this webcast. Title: Understanding Today's Boomer Library Consumer Date and time: August 7, 2007, 12pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the August 7 webcast, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/215/index.html Is service to Boomers on your library's radar? If so, you will definitely want to tune into Infopeople's August 7 webcast. If you're not yet thinking about Boomers as a distinct service group, you should be, and this webcast will tell you why. Nationally-renowned Boomer expert Matt Thornhill says,"The demographics of California are quickly changing as Baby Boomers reinvent middle age as they reach 50, 60, and beyond. Traditional programs for "seniors" won't work for Boomers, nor will programs designed for younger adults. It's time libraries better understood California's largest, wealthiest, and most influential demographic group." Matt Thornhill is president of the Boomer Project, a national leader in marketing and communicating with today's Boomer Consumer. He will share seven "new rules" libraries need to master in order to effectively serve today's Boomers. Author of Boomer Consumer, to be published on July 1, 2007, Thornhill will provide insights and practical tips and techniques any library can put to use immediately. While participation in this webcast is not a prerequisite for the November "Transforming Life After 50 Institute" (more info forthcoming from the State Library), the webcast will provide useful background information. Speaker: Matt Thornhill. Matt Thornhill is the founder and president of The Boomer Project, which he started as a marketing research and consulting firm three years ago to help marketers gain a better understanding of today's Boomer consumer. Insights based on the Boomer Project's own national surveys among Boomers have earned Matt an international reputation as a recognized authority on marketing to aging Boomers. He is responsible for overseeing the work for clients by the Boomer Project, as well as editing the national research reports and the monthly newsletter, which has over 3,200 subscribers. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: Understanding Today's Boomer Library Consumer Date: August 7, 2007 Time: 12pm - 1pm Speaker: Matt Thornhill From assist at infopeople.org Wed Jul 11 09:56:33 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Wed Jul 11 09:54:45 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Reminder of Infopeople's webcast on July 19 Message-ID: <029Lgkq3P0317M39@cmsapps03.cms.usa.net> A reminder of the next Infopeople webcast. Please let your friends and colleagues know about this event! Title: Patron Policies and Latchkey Children Update Date and time: July 19, 2007, 12pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the July 19 webcast, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/189/index.html Does your library issue rules for patron behavior, i.e. odor, harassment, bare feet? Do you have a policy on young children unattended in the library? What types of rules are (and are not!) likely to be legally enforceable? This webcast analyzes lawsuits against libraries, and pulls together a legal framework to guide you in writing, revising and enforcing policies. Speaker: Mary Minow. Mary Minow is an attorney, consultant, and a former librarian and library trustee. She has taught library law at the San Jose State School of Library Science. She was President on the board of CALTAC in 2002, the California Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners, and now serves as its Policy Analyst. Mary is the first recipient of the California Library Association's Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award, given in 2004. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: Patron Policies and Latchkey Children Update Date: July 19, 2007 Time: 12pm - 1pm Speaker: Mary Minow From assist at infopeople.org Wed Jul 11 11:05:58 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Wed Jul 11 11:03:48 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's workshop on Bilingual Storytime Message-ID: <248LgksDn0188M29@cmsapps06.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Planning, Doing, & Sustaining a Successful Bilingual Storytime Program Dates and locations: Friday, August 24, San Francisco Public Library Wednesday, September 26, Los Angeles Public Library Thursday, October 18, San Jose - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Friday, November 2, Buena Park Library District Friday, November 16, Fresno Woodward Park Library Friday, December 14, San Diego County Library Headquarters Wednesday, January 16, John F. Kennedy Library in Vallejo There will be additional sessions scheduled in Sacramento and San Bernardino. When the dates and locations have been confirmed, an announcement will be made. To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/344 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. There's a demand for bilingual Spanish/English storytime in your library as the number of Spanish-speaking families grows. --Are you interested in bilingual storytimes but lack confidence in your language skills? --Do you lack experience in offering a storytimes program? --Does your library lack a Spanish-speaking children's librarian? --Are you concerned that your library just doesn't have the resources of staff or time available to offer bilingual storytimes? If you have considered, or are considering, offering bilingual storytimes at your library, then this workshop is for you. After attending this workshop, you will be able to plan and conduct a successful bilingual storytime program! Workshop Description: This all-day workshop will explore the need for bilingual storytime programs, demonstrate bilingual storytime techniques, share resources, and identify ways to get and keep an audience. Through individual and group exercises, students will practice preparing and conducting storytime as well as make initial plans for starting storytime in their own library. The instructor will provide bibliographies, templates, and cheat sheets as well as practical, useful tips that can be applied immediately. As a result, students will be able to implement a new bilingual storytime (or revitalize a current one) upon return to their libraries. Preliminary Course Outline Starting a Bilingual Storytime Program --Identify the need for bilingual storytime (serve Latinos, educate non-Latinos, demand) --Identify objectives and audience (outreach, frequency, & age-group) --How to recruit Spanish-speaking staff, volunteers, or coaches --Incorporating limited Spanish language skills Reading Books Aloud --Different bilingual formats --Recommended book titles, authors, and publishers --Reading aloud Other Formats & Planning Storytimes --Demonstrate other formats: poetry, music, flannelboards, fingerplays --Planning a storytime Getting an Audience and Keeping It --Promoting the program within the community, especially where Latinos are --Creating a welcoming atmosphere for Spanish-speaking families --Keep them coming (eg., crafts, raffles, food) --Identifying community partners --Getting feedback Instructor: Ana-Elba Pavon. Ana-Elba spent five years as Children's Services Manager at the San Francisco Public Library, Mission Branch, in the heart of the Latino community, where she conducted weekly Spanish and bilingual storytimes. A Spanish Services specialist since 1992, Pavon co-authored ALA Editions' 25 Latino Craft Projects and has spoken on bilingual storytime and other Latino services at various conferences. A Library Manager at the San Mateo Public Library since September 2005, Pavon continues to serve children, Latinos, and Spanish-speakers. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community with an interest in conducting bilingual Spanish/English storytime program. No previous storytelling experience or Spanish required. Prerequisites: None Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From Western at oclc.org Tue Jul 17 12:02:12 2007 From: Western at oclc.org (Western) Date: Tue Jul 17 13:08:34 2007 Subject: [Baynet] July - September | California Online and In-person Training Opportunities Available from OCLC Western Message-ID: <8A690E6B8DCCF743BB68844C6FEFF3167DE3C1@OAEXCH3SERVER.oa.oclc.org> > OCLC Western's goal is to provide you with the education and training > you need, when and where you need it. As such, we are pleased to offer > an array of classes spanning several topical areas. > > Outlined below are classes we have planned for the next few months. We > add new classes frequently, so to stay as up-to-date as possible, sign > up for our Training RSS feed < http://www.oclc.org/western/rss/ > > which provides daily updates on courses that have just been scheduled. > If you are interested in a more collective view of training > opportunities, opt for our Training Update < > https://www.oclc.org/western/email/default.htm > and we will send you > regular information. Or, view our Web site at < > http://www.oclc.org/western/ >. > > > > > Cataloging and metadata > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > CatExpress Distance Ed > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W119.htm > > Thursday, August 2, 2007 (Registration Deadline, July 31, 2007) > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Connexion: Client Basics > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W108.htm > > Wednesday, August 8, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/3/07) > 9:00 am-3:30 pm > OCLC Western Service Center, Ontario, CA > > > Connexion: Client Basics Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W821.htm > > Wednesday-Thursday, September 19-20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: > 9/17/07) > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Connexion: Search WorldCat Basics > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W125.htm > > Tuesday, August 7, 2007 (Registration Deadline, August 2, 2007) > 9:00 am-3:30 pm > OCLC Western Service Center, Ontario, CA > > > Connexion: Search WorldCat Basics Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W820.htm > > Wednesday-Thursday, September 12-13, 2007 (Registration Deadline: > 9/10/07) > 1:00 pm-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Copyright and Intellectual Property Management > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm > > Tuesday, October 2, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/27/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > Local Holdings Maintenance Basics Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W824.htm > > Thursday-Friday, July 26 & 27, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/23/07) > 1:00 pm-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Tuesday & Wednesday, Aug 28 & 29, 2007 (Registration Deadline: > 8/23/07) > 8/28: 10:00 am-12:00pm, 8/29: 10:00am-12:00pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Managing Your OCLC FirstSearch Service > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W410.htm > > Tuesday, July 24, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/19/07) > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Wednesday, August 15, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/10/07) > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Tuesday, September 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/13/07) > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm > > Tuesday, August 14, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/13/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Metadata for Digital Project Staff > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W311.htm > > Wednesday, October 3, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/28//07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > Workflow Analysis for Technical Service Managers > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W902.htm > > Thursday, August 9, 2007 (Registration Deadline:8/2/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA > > Friday, August 10, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/3/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > Alameda County Library, Fremont, CA > > > > > Collection management > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Copyright and Intellectual Property Management > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm > > Tuesday, October 2, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/27/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm > > Tuesday, August 7, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/6/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Digital Image Quality Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W382.htm > > Tuesday, September 11, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/10/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Funding Digital Projects Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm > > Tuesday, September 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/17/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Grant Writing and Funding Strategies for Projects > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W308.htm > > Thursday, September 13, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/10/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) > > > Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm > > Wednesday, August 22, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/17/07) > 1:00-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Wednesday, September 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline 9/14/07) > 1:00-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Managing Archival Collections: An Introduction > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W328.htm > > Tuesday, August 28, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/23/07) > 1:00 pm-4:30 pm > San Jose State University (San Jose, CA) > > > Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm > > Tuesday, August 14, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/13/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Metadata for Digital Project Staff > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W311.htm > > Wednesday, October 3, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/28//07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > Streaming Audio and SMIL for Oral Histories > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W326.htm > > Wednesday, August 29, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/24/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > San Jose State University (San Jose, CA) > > > > > Digitization and preservation > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Copyright and Intellectual Property Management > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm > > Tuesday, October 2, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/27/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm > > Tuesday, August 7, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/6/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Digital Image Quality Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W382.htm > > Tuesday, September 11, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/10/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Funding Digital Projects Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm > > Tuesday, September 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/17/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Grant Writing and Funding Strategies for Projects > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W308.htm > > Thursday, September 13, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/10/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) > > > Managing Archival Collections: An Introduction > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W328.htm > > Tuesday, August 28, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/23/07) > 1:00 pm-4:30 pm > San Jose State University (San Jose, CA) > > > Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm > > Tuesday, August 14, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/13/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Metadata for Digital Project Staff > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W311.htm > > Wednesday, October 3, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/28//07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > Streaming Audio and SMIL for Oral Histories > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W326.htm > > Wednesday, August 29, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/24/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > San Jose State University (San Jose, CA) > > > > > Librarianship > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm > > Wednesday, August 22, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/17/07) > 1:00-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Wednesday, September 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline 9/14/07) > 1:00-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > > > Library administration and management > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Copyright and Intellectual Property Management > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm > > Tuesday, October 2, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/27/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm > > Tuesday, August 7, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/6/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Funding Digital Projects Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm > > Tuesday, September 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/17/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Grant Writing and Funding Strategies for Projects > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W308.htm > > Thursday, September 13, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/10/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) > > > Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm > > Wednesday, August 22, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/17/07) > 1:00-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Wednesday, September 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline 9/14/07) > 1:00-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Metadata for Digital Project Staff > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W311.htm > > Wednesday, October 3, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/28//07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > Workflow Analysis for Technical Service Managers > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W902.htm > > Thursday, August 9, 2007 (Registration Deadline:8/2/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA > > Friday, August 10, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/3/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > Alameda County Library, Fremont, CA > > > > > Reference and public service > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Administering OCLC QuestionPoint > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W907.htm > > Tuesday, August 28, 2007 > 1:00 pm-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Friday, September 28, 2007 > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Managing Your OCLC FirstSearch Service > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W410.htm > > Tuesday, July 24, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 7/19/07) > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Wednesday, August 15, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 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Subscribe at > < https://www.oclc.org/western/email/ >. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20070717/6d073b4c/attachment-0001.html From mbeuoy at ggu.edu Thu Jul 19 10:55:09 2007 From: mbeuoy at ggu.edu (Melissa Beuoy) Date: Thu Jul 19 10:55:34 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Job posting Message-ID: Please forward this job posting to the BayNet list. Thanks! Melissa Public Services/Reference Librarian, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA Please visit the following web site for application procedure: http://www.ggu.edu/about/Jobs Title: Public Services/Reference Librarian Department: General Library Class: Full-Time Position Type: Exempt Staff Salary: DOE Deadline: Open Until Filled BASIC FUNCTION AND SCOPE OF JOB This employee will function as a member of the University Library team. Schedule would include one or more evenings per week, from 4:00-9:00 p.m., and one or more weekend days per month. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Coordinate reference services. Research and explore effective, innovative ways of providing reference to students and faculty, wherever they are located. Schedule reference desk hours. Coordinate library marketing and public relations. Work with others to develop University library communication plan. Coordinate library publicity. Liaise with faculty, coordinate library subject liaison activities Coordinate with instruction and collection development librarians materials and resources that support specific class assignments/projects. Help plan, develop and coordinate quantitative and qualitative assessment of public services. Provide reference desk coverage and library instruction as needed Work with Electronic Resources and Web Librarians to ensure online library access and to provide online reference resources. Work with Instruction Librarian to create and facilitate workshops and training sessions. Provide reference, information services, research and instructional services to Golden Gate University students, faculty, staff, corporate and alumni members at all locations, including regional sites and Cybercampus. Develop reference and research guides in print and electronic media. Work with other library staff members and faculty to evaluate, select, and deselect materials in all relevant media. Maintain effective communication with faculty in liaison areas. Participate in library planning, assessment, and evaluation. Collaborate with other staff in peer-training and staff-development. COORDINATION OF PUBLIC SERVICES This librarian is responsible for coordinating University Library Public Services, including marketing, public relations, and reference services. As leader of the library public services team, this librarian works collegially with others: Coordinating the communication planning, marketing and public relations activities of the Library Coordinating reference services, scheduling the reference desk, and analyzing best practices. Assessing qualitatively and quantitatively the effectiveness of reference services and identifying ways to make reference services even more effective and efficient, given the needs of adult learners located throughout the world, differences in learning styles, and technological opportunities. REFERENCE SERVICES Provides reference and research instruction services to students (including Cybercampus students and those at regional sites), faculty, staff and corporate members of the library. Uses reference opportunity as an opportunity to help students develop key information literacy skills. Orients patrons and prospective students to the range of print and online resources available. When on duty as reference librarian evenings and weekends, assists library assistants and work-study students in handling questions of policies, complaints, difficult patrons, and security issues. COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT Works with other library staff members and faculty to evaluate, select, and deselect materials in all relevant media. Maintains effective communication with faculty in assigned subject areas. Creates and maintains web-page-based access to resources. PLANNING, ASSESSMENT, AND EVALUATION Participates in Information Services Department and University Library planning, assessment, and evaluation. Also participates in preparation of policies. Participates in assessment of needs for computer and other library equipment. STAFF DEVELOPMENT Collaborates with other staff in peer-training and other staff development needs. Participates in relevant listservs for new resources, ideas, solutions and recommendations. OTHER Completes special projects as assigned by the Library Director. QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. MLS or equivalent degree from an ALA accredited program. One year of experience providing reference service in an academic library to a diverse clientele of adult undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students. One year of experience teaching students, faculty, and other patrons to use library electronic resources. One year of experience in providing liaison with faculty, identifying collection development needs, locating and evaluating resources to meet those needs, in light of organizational objectives resources, and other requirements. Familiarity with information competence/literacy concepts and programs. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Excellent interpersonal and team collaboration skills. Ability to work effectively within a culturally-diverse environment. Preferred Qualifications Knowledge of business reference and experience providing reference support to business students and others in professional-practice education. Experience providing reference support to patrons in distant locations, via E-mail and telephone. The ideal candidate will also possess the following: Ability to work and thrive in a team environment Excellent communication skills Project management experience -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20070719/0fea551a/attachment.html From assist at infopeople.org Tue Jul 24 10:15:29 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Jul 24 10:13:21 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Reminder of Infopeople's webcast on July 31 Message-ID: <568LgXRmz0005M39@cmsapps03.cms.usa.net> A reminder of the next Infopeople webcast. Please let your friends and colleagues know about this event! Title: So You Want to Be a Consultant Date and time: July 31, 2007, 12pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the July 31 webcast, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/166/index.html Bored with the same old, same old? Looking for a more project-oriented style of librarianship? Interested in tackling new challenges after retirement? Maybe consulting is for you! Then again, maybe not... Library consultant Joan Frye Williams will share the fruits of her 15+ years of full-time consulting experience, providing practical information about everything you need to get started: * In-demand consulting specialties, * Necessary skills, * Basic business requirements, * Proposals and contracts, and, of course! * Fees and billing. If you've ever toyed with the idea of hanging out your shingle as a library consultant - or if you're just curious about what it might be like to pursue this library specialty ? this webcast will give you an insider's view of the pleasures and pitfalls that await you. Speaker: Joan Frye Williams. For more than 25 years Joan Frye Williams (joan@jfwilliams.com) has been a successful librarian, consultant, vendor, planner, trainer, evaluator and user of library services, with a special emphasis on innovation, technology and emerging library trends. She is the president of her own library and information technology consulting firm. Joan is best known as an acute--and sometimes irreverent--observer of trends in what she calls "the cultural anthropology of libraries." She is a nationally recognized library futurist and designer of innovative library services. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: So You Want to Be a Consultant Date: July 31, 2007 Time: 12pm - 1pm Speaker: Joan Frye Williams From Mary.Leoni at kp.org Wed Jul 25 01:01:04 2007 From: Mary.Leoni at kp.org (Mary.Leoni@kp.org) Date: Wed Jul 25 01:01:31 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Mary Leoni/CA/KAIPERM is out of the office. Message-ID: I will be out of the office starting 07/23/2007 and will not return until 08/02/2007. In the future, if you need assistance, please contact Suzanne Beattie at 510-987-3911, or via email at suzanne.m.beattie@kp.org. I am retiring on August 3. From assist at infopeople.org Thu Jul 26 10:18:56 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Thu Jul 26 10:16:22 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Public Services 101" workshop Message-ID: <868LgZRP80477M28@cmsapps05.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Public Services 101 Dates and locations: Thursday, September 6, San Francisco Public Library Wednesday, September 26, Buena Park Library District Monday, October 22, Sacramento Public Library - Galleria Thursday, November 1, Los Angeles Public Library Thursday, November 15, Alameda County Library Friday, December 7, San Diego County Library Headquarters To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/329 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. Did you apply for a job at the library because you love books? Are you surprised that libraries are not the quiet, low-stress places you imagined? Have you realized that working in libraries is more about people than anything else? If you answered yes to any of these questions then this is definitely the workshop for you! Workshop Description: This all-day training will provide the knowledge and skills you need to understand and explain major elements of library services and how they relate to one another. Through individual and group exercises you will be familiarized with all aspects providing services to the public and why libraries offer these services. The instructor will provide templates, cheat sheets, a webliography, and practical, useful tips that can be applied right away. Preliminary Course Outline Traditional Services and Systems of Public Services --Reference/information --Readers' advisory) --The functions of the circulation desk --Libraries and fines --Libraries and policies --Interlibrary loans Specialized Offerings at the Library --Children, teens, and adults --Seniors, the disabled, and the reading-challenged --Emergent literacy --Public PCs and Wi-Fi Programming and Building Community --Meeting rooms ? use, sales, selling the library to users of --Librarians as sole facilitators of programs --Outreach --Friends, volunteers, and foundations Future Trends in Public Service --How technology is changing public service --The "ebranch" phenomenon --Bridging the gap between information "haves" and have-nots" --Securing the role of libraries in the future Instructor: Gary Shaffer. Gary is the Director of Marketing at the Sacramento Public Library. He is a graduate of the joint Pratt Institute and Brooklyn Public Library Public Urban Library Services Education (PULSE) program and a current fellow of the Urban Library Council?s Executive Leadership Institute. He has worked in all aspects of Public Services while in the PULSE program in New York and has also worked as the Public Services Administrator/Librarian for the County of Los Angeles Public Library and as a second level reference librarian in Los Angeles. Who Should Attend: While anyone from the California library community who works with the public will benefit from this course, it is particularly geared for new people in the field; both non-librarians and librarians working in California libraries. This course is also appropriate for library trustees, commissioners, and members of library friends groups. Prerequisites: None Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Thu Jul 26 15:44:34 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Thu Jul 26 15:41:59 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Upcoming Infopeople workshops Message-ID: <474LgZwpn0117M40@cmsapps04.cms.usa.net> Please take a look at some of the upcoming August Infopeople workshops: Coaching: Building a Performance Culture at Your Library, One Employee at a Time http://infopeople.org/workshop/339 August 3, Buena Park Library District Customer Service Skills for Culturally Diverse Communities http://infopeople.org/workshop/322 August 16, San Diego County Library Headquarters August 29, Alameda County Library - Fremont Marketing to Latinos: An Action Plan http://infopeople.org/workshop/343 August 14, Buena Park Library District August 17, San Diego County Library Headquarters Planning, Doing, & Sustaining a Successful Bilingual Storytime Program http://infopeople.org/workshop/344 August 24, San Francisco Public Library Stress Management in the Library Workplace http://infopeople.org/workshop/330 August 10, Buena Park Library District August 31, Alameda County Library - Fremont Survival Spanish for Library Staff http://infopeople.org/workshop/219 August 7, Ventura County Library, E.P. Foster Survival Spanish II http://infopeople.org/workshop/324 August 20, San Bernardino Public Library August 27, Ventura County Library, E.P. Foster YA Space Techniques: Simple Explorations of the 'Final Frontier' http://infopeople.org/workshop/336 August 7, Fresno Woodward Park Library August 13, San Bernardino Public Library August 24, Los Angeles Public Library Please visit the URL's listed for a description of the workshops and to register. If you have any questions, please email me or give me a call. Thank you. Linda Linda Rodenspiel, Infopeople Project Assistant assist@infopeople.org voice: 650-578-9685 fax: 650-349-5089 http://infopeople.org/ From Western at oclc.org Mon Jul 30 15:29:20 2007 From: Western at oclc.org (Western) Date: Mon Jul 30 15:29:42 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Trevor Bond teaching two digital preservation courses in San Jose Message-ID: <8A690E6B8DCCF743BB68844C6FEFF3167DE3C9@OAEXCH3SERVER.oa.oclc.org> > On August 28, Trevor Bond < > http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/ref/trevor.htm > will present his > brand new course on Managing Archival Collections: An Introduction < > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W328.htm > > at San Jose State University (San Jose, CA). This course is ideal for > cultural heritage groups, community colleges and libraries, wishing to > organize and maintain historic materials according to standard > archival practices, such as Describing Archives: A Content Standard > (DACS), for processing and describing collections in digital or analog > formats. Participants will also be given guidance on strategies to > promote archival collection via the Web. > > The following day, Trevor will also present Streaming Audio and SMIL > for Oral Histories < > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W326.htm >. > Using a non-technical, hands-on overview of national standards, best > practices, and the equipment required to digitally record oral > histories, this workshop will cover the entire process including the > planning, recording, processing, editing, cataloging, and streaming of > digital oral histories on the Internet. > > Please contact Gayle Palmer or Linda Stewart at OCLC Western for > additional information at 1-800-854-5753. > > > > From RSS feeds to member updates, staying informed is easier than ever > with OCLC Western electronic communications. Subscribe at: < > https://www.oclc.org/western/email/ >. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20070730/82d91578/attachment.html From assist at infopeople.org Tue Jul 31 13:55:22 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Jul 31 13:53:11 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Reminder of Infopeople's webcast on August 7 Message-ID: <239LgEu1p0037M38@cmsapps02.cms.usa.net> A reminder of the next Infopeople webcast. Please let your friends and colleagues know about this event! Title: Understanding Today's Boomer Library Consumer Date and time: August 7, 2007, 12pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the August 7 webcast, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/215/index.html Is service to Boomers on your library's radar? If so, you will definitely want to tune into Infopeople's August 7 webcast. If you're not yet thinking about Boomers as a distinct service group, you should be, and this webcast will tell you why. Nationally-renowned Boomer expert Matt Thornhill says,"The demographics of California are quickly changing as Baby Boomers reinvent middle age as they reach 50, 60, and beyond. Traditional programs for "seniors" won't work for Boomers, nor will programs designed for younger adults. It's time libraries better understood California's largest, wealthiest, and most influential demographic group." Matt Thornhill is president of the Boomer Project, a national leader in marketing and communicating with today's Boomer Consumer. He will share seven "new rules" libraries need to master in order to effectively serve today's Boomers. Author of Boomer Consumer, to be published on July 1, 2007, Thornhill will provide insights and practical tips and techniques any library can put to use immediately. While participation in this webcast is not a prerequisite for the November "Transforming Life After 50 Institute" (more info forthcoming from the State Library), the webcast will provide useful background information. Speaker: Matt Thornhill. Matt Thornhill is the founder and president of The Boomer Project, which he started as a marketing research and consulting firm three years ago to help marketers gain a better understanding of today's Boomer consumer. Insights based on the Boomer Project's own national surveys among Boomers have earned Matt an international reputation as a recognized authority on marketing to aging Boomers. He is responsible for overseeing the work for clients by the Boomer Project, as well as editing the national research reports and the monthly newsletter, which has over 3,200 subscribers. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: Understanding Today's Boomer Library Consumer Date: August 7, 2007 Time: 12pm - 1pm Speaker: Matt Thornhill From assist at infopeople.org Wed Aug 1 14:03:35 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Wed Aug 1 14:01:11 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Teaching Spanish-Speaking Patrons How to Use the Internet" workshop Message-ID: <081LHaVaQ0422M38@cmsapps02.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Teaching Spanish-Speaking Patrons How to Use the Internet Dates and locations: Friday, September 14, San Francisco Public Library Friday, October 5, Los Angeles Public Library Monday, November 5, California State Library Friday, December 14, Buena Park Library District Friday, January 11, Contra Costa County Library in Pleasant Hill Friday, February 29, Fresno County Public Library Monday, March 24, San Diego County Library Headquarters To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/49 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. According to the recent study of Latinos Online, Latinos comprise 14% of the U.S. adult population but only about half of this growing group (56%) goes online. By comparison, 71% of non-Hispanic whites and 60% of non-Hispanic blacks use the Internet. Only 29% of Latino adults have a broadband Internet connection at home. Libraries can help bridge the gap in Latino Internet access and usage by providing group and individual instruction to the Spanish speaking community. --Do you need to provide instruction or direction to Spanish speaking patrons? --Would you like to learn how to design and deliver basic Internet instruction in Spanish? --Do you need ready-to-use materials to deliver one-on-one or group instruction to Spanish-speaking patrons? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this workshop is for you! Workshop Description: This one-day workshop will provide you with training techniques, tips and tricks that can be used to teach Spanish-speaking patrons to use the Internet. The workshop includes hands-on practice to help you overcome common training roadblocks. Workshop packets include practical tools and templates that can be used to prepare training sessions. Packets also include Quick Guides that can be made available at the public access workstations. Preliminary Course Outline Getting Ready to Train --5 steps for making sure your training will be effective. Teaching the Internet --How to navigate the most common Internet browsers. --Search methods to find information on the Internet. --Procedures to print information from the Internet. --Setting up an e-mail account; sending and receiving e-mail messages. Teaching Search Engines --Spanish language search engines. --Spanish language features of popular search engines. Quick Guides in Spanish --Using IE and Netscape browsers. --Printing and saving from the Internet. Instructional Internet Resources --Spanish online tutorials on how to use the Internet. --Spanish printed guides on how to use the Internet. Presentation Tips --Tips on preparing and delivering presentations to groups. Instructor: Mart?n Sanabria. Martin currently works as an Instructional Designer for Genentech, Inc., a biotechnology company based in South San Francisco. His present work entails the development of training courses for a variety of audiences. He also designs and develops online training courses. Martin has done extensive work with various web development applications that are used in the area of Computer-Based Training.He is a native Spanish speaker. His past experience also includes working as a conversational Spanish language instructor and an English-Spanish translator. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community who must respond to the need of Spanish speaking patrons to learn basic skills on how to access and use the Internet. This course is suitable for support staff. Prerequisites: This course requires that students be comfortable with basic computer skills, including using a mouse, navigating the web and basic keyboarding. For help with these basic skills, we recommend the New Computer Users section of the Infopeople Resources Guides, at infopeople.org/resources Some class material will be in Spanish. However, there will be ample assistance provided for those participants with less familiarity with the Spanish language. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From dhersh at oaklandlibrary.org Thu Aug 2 18:45:44 2007 From: dhersh at oaklandlibrary.org (Hersh, Daniel) Date: Thu Aug 2 18:46:32 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Mini-conference in SF on 9/26 on innovative library services--reg istration now open! Message-ID: Registration has now opened for: The Future of Libraries, Part III: Embracing the Invisible Customer September 26, 2007, all day San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium (Main Library) $40 registration fee Sponsored by the Library Staff Development Committee of the Greater Bay Area The library's mission is shifting. For years we have served those who came into the library by having materials inside the library, but now we are reaching out to virtual customers using a variety of formats and methods of delivery. Who are these new customers? How can we serve them? How do we account for them to ourselves and our funders? A copy of the agenda is below. For more information and to register, go to http://www.plsinfo.org/workshops/future07.htm . Daniel Hersh dhersh@oaklandlibrary.org for the Library Staff Development Committee of the Greater Bay Area ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8:45 - 9:25 am REGISTRATION 9:30 am WELCOME: Tom Goward, Daly City Public Library, for the Committee, and Luis Herrera, San Francisco City Librarian 9:35 am KEYNOTE SPEECHES: Sarah Houghton-Jan, Anthony Costa, Laura O'Donoghue 10:50 am MORNING SESSION: Social Software in the Library: MySpace, Wikis, IM, Blogs and Flickr 12:00 - 1:30 pm LUNCH BREAK 1:30 pm AFTERNOON SESSION I: Services Without Sites: When Fingertips-to-Fingertips Augments Face-to-Face 3:00 pm AFTERNOON SESSION II: Collection Development/Collection Management, Link+, E-Books and the Proliferation of Formats 4:30 pm WRAP-UP: Sarah Houghton-Jan, Anthony Costa 5:00 pm ADJOURN Registrations are due by September 21, 2007. Registration may close earlier due to space limitations. Refunds will be available for cancellations received before September 21, 2007. For more information about workshop registration, contact Peninsula Library System staff at 650.349.5538 or krause@plsinfo.org. For more information about the workshop program, contact Paul Signorelli at 415.557.4280 or psignorelli@sfpl.info. From mbeuoy at ggu.edu Thu Aug 2 18:55:40 2007 From: mbeuoy at ggu.edu (Melissa Beuoy) Date: Thu Aug 2 18:56:29 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Mini-conference in SF on 9/26 on innovative library services--reg istration now open! (Out of Office) Message-ID: I am out of the office August 2 - 6. If you have a reference question, please contact the Reference Desk at (415) 442-7244 or askalibrarian@ggu.edu. I will respond to any other emails as soon as I am back in the office. Thank you, Melissa Beuoy From dhunt at exploratorium.edu Fri Aug 3 10:07:44 2007 From: dhunt at exploratorium.edu (Deborah Hunt) Date: Fri Aug 3 10:08:11 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Fwd: money for school libraries In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <46B360E0.8040006@exploratorium.edu> Spread the word! Deb > > > >Public Education Network Weekly NewsBlast for 8/3/07 > > > >"Grants to Help Low-Income Schools Purchase Books for School Libraries" > >The NEA Foundation will make awards to public schools serving > >economically disadvantaged students to purchase books for school > >libraries. Maximum Award: $1000. Eligibility: practicing preK-12 > >school librarians, teachers, or education support professionals in a > >U.S. public school in which at least 70 percent of the students are > >eligible for the free or reduced-price lunch program. Deadline: > >November 12, 2007. > >http://www.neafoundation.org/programs/BAA_2007.htm > _____________________________ Deborah Hunt Senior Information Specialist Exploratorium http://www.exploratorium.edu mailto: dhunt@exploratorium.edu 415-353-0485 (fax) 415-561-0370 Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. -Margaret Mead From assist at infopeople.org Wed Aug 8 11:50:22 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Wed Aug 8 11:52:47 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "The Savvy IT Consumer" online course Message-ID: <207LHHs1m0363M39@cmsapps03.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: The Savvy IT Consumer (online learning course) Date: September 25, 2007 - October 22, 2007 To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/346 Fee: $75 for those in the California library community and $150 for those out-of-state. It's 11 AM, and a frustrated five-year-old asks you to reboot game computer number three for the eighth time today. Every Internet-equipped terminal, including those for staff, is moving at a snail's pace and you don't know why. You've just received a heartrending email plea for assistance from a very nice-sounding gentleman in Nigeria and are unsure how to respond. You don't know the difference between RAM and hard drive space, but your manager expects you to keep an eye on available memory on all of the public computers. You wish you could get help, but you don't know where to look, and the thought of calling your software and hardware vendors induces a panic attack. Welcome to being an IT person by default! This is a beginner-level course for library staff working as Jacks & Jills of all trades. Workshop Description: This four-week online learning course will provide you with the basic technological know-how to understand and use computer jargon, free your library's computers from malicious software, fend off phishing attacks, and develop and maintain good relationships with vendors. The instructor will provide a comprehensive webliography, foundational readings, and exercises designed to assess and hone your ability to handle a variety of computer issues. During the course, you will be doing exercises, taking quizzes, and building your own IT caretaker's toolkit. You will also participate in convivial online discussion forums as part of the online learning process. Preliminary Course Outline: : Using your web browser and your Internet connection, you will log in to the Infopeople online learning site and complete the following learning modules: Module One: Introduction and Basic Concepts --IT is everyone's job --Terminology and basic concepts --Diagnosing large and small problems Module Two: Things That Go Bump in Cyberspace: Spyware, Spam, Phishing, and Security Issues --Know thy enemy: spyware and malware --Identifying phishing attempts Module Three: DIY Tech Support: Finding, Selecting, and Using Online Support Resources --Get help without picking up the phone --Choose the resources that are right for the problem at hand --Keep track of resources Module Four: Communicating with Vendors --Making friends with your vendors --Learning to speak knowledgeably with vendors Instructor: Sophie Brookover. Sophie is a Youth Services Librarian and a self-taught, savvy IT consumer. She has 10 years of experience with learning by doing, from mastering Reveal Codes in WordPerfect for DOS in the early 1990s, to independently configuring her laptop's Ethernet card in graduate school, to managing documents and software applications on PCs and a Mac at work and at home. The Savvy IT Consumer marks Sophie's debut as an online trainer, although she has several years of experience as an in-person trainer and conference presenter on topics ranging from blogging, RSS, and Web 2.0 to popular culture and The Long Tail's impact on libraries. Pre-workshop assignment: Prior to the start of this course, please open an account with http://del.icio.us. Del.icio.us is an online bookmark site that will allow you to access your bookmarks or favorites from any internet-equipped terminal. Your del.icio.us account will also let you share your IT finds with your classmates. Online Learning Details: This four-week course will be taught online using the web. When you register, you will receive a registration confirmation that will include the URL to get to the course, as well as a username and password. Every student proceeds through the online learning modules at his or her own pace. Students should expect to commit to spending a minimum of 2 to 2? hours per week on this course in order to be successful. You can work on each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night. However, you will be expected to log in to the course each week to do that week's assignment. We ask that you log in sometime during the first week of the course to begin the course work. Your instructor will be available for limited consultation support for two weeks after the official end date of a course, and the course material will stay up for an additional two weeks after that, to give those who have fallen behind time to work independently on the course. However, you will be expected to accomplish the majority of the course in synchronization with your peers during the first four weeks. Who Should Take This Course: Anyone from the library community who must respond to common computer problems, including support staff. Prerequisites: This course is taught over the web. You must: --Have an Internet connection and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. --Be able to save Microsoft Word .doc or Adobe .pdf files to your computer and print them out. (For .doc files, a free Word Viewer is available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en. Search for "Word Viewer." For .pdf files, a free Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html). --Be comfortable navigating on the web and navigating back and forward on a website that uses frames. System Requirements: The online learning product that Infopeople uses is called Angel. The following are minimum system requirements for using Angel. You will need access to a computer that has at least these specifications to participate in an online course: Windows: --Internet Explorer 6.0 and above, Netscape 7.1 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above Macintosh: --Mozilla 1.4 and above (which is the same engine as Netscape 7.1), Safari 2.0 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above --OS X and above (OS 9 will NOT work with our online learning product) If you are not comfortable with any of the above, please consider taking this course with a colleague who does meet these requirements. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Tue Aug 14 08:36:33 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Aug 14 08:38:50 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Web 2.0: Using Social Software with Teens" workshop Message-ID: <028LHNPMT0011M40@cmsapps04.cms.usa.net> There is a lot of buzz in the library press about Web 2.0 and its impact on libraries. The California State Library believes that Web 2.0 has tremendous transformational potential, perhaps second only to the introduction of the Internet itself. In recognition of the importance of Web 2.0, the State Library has made a special grant award to Infopeople for a series of free training events titled "Moving Libraries Forward to Web 2.0". The following workshop is part of the Web 2.0 series. Title: Web 2.0: Using Social Software with Teens Dates and locations: Monday, September 17, San Francisco Public Library Friday, October 5, San Diego County Library Headquarters Friday, October 19, San Jose, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Monday, November 5, Buena Park Library District Friday, November 30, Fresno County Public Library Friday, December 14, California State Library Monday, January 14, Los Angeles Public Library To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/352 Fee: Thanks to a special LSTA grant award from the California State Library, Infopeople is able to offer this workshop to the California library community free of charge. Yeah, I know. They are always congregating around the computers looking at that MySpace site again. Oh no, this time they are all making a tremendous amount of noise laughing while they are watching those YouTube videos. What is it about all of this? We could go on and on couldn't we? It is a different world. Come to this workshop to learn about this new world and how to connect with those who live in it: --Experience social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook --Learn the basics of social networking as it relates to teen services --Develop guidelines for safe and effective usage of social networking sites --Create programs and interactions with youth/teens at your library with various social networking sites Workshop Description: This all-day hands-on workshop will provide students with resources, knowledge, time and a supportive environment to learn, play and explore the social computing realm of teens. Through individual and group exercises we will set up various social computing experiences for each student. By the end of the day you will have completed at least one social network profile page, created an avatar, explored virtual worlds, set up and posted to your own blog and/or created a Library Thing profile. The instructor will provide samples, templates, cheat sheets, a webliography, as well as practical, useful tips that can be applied immediately. Pre-workshop assignment: Students should have a digital photo of themselves and/or a representation of themselves on a USB flash drive or CD to bring to class. Preliminary Course Outline Social Software Overview --What is social software, social networking? --Take a look at LibraryThing as an example. --Why are teens so interested in it? --How are teens using it? Safe and Responsible Use of Social Software --Social influence techniques used in online environments. --Various Internet and Social networking sites safety measures. Profile Sites: MySpace & Facebook --Examine MySpace & Facebook --Demonstrate safe methods in setting up profile accounts. --Set up profiles at MySpace & Facebook Blogging, Photos & Video --Tour, and then setup a personal blog. --Tour, and then setup an account with Flickr. --Tour YouTube. Virtual Worlds & Avatars --Virtual worlds and games discussion. --Avatars: What are they? Why are they important? --Tour Second Life & Teen Second Life. --Examine avatar creation sites: Yahoo, IMVU, Second Life. --Create an avatar. Instructor: Matt Gullett. Matt is the Emerging Technology Manager for the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. In his role he creates new services and experiences around the expansive world of digital culture. Currently, he is also the co-director of the Teen Second Life project, Eye for You Alliance. He speaks and writes about youth and technology. In 2006 he was named a Mover and Shaker by Library Journal for being a youth advocate and trendsetter. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community with an interest in youth, teens and young adults. Prerequisites: General requirements: This course requires that students be comfortable with basic computer skills, including using a mouse, navigating the web, and basic keyboarding. For help with these basic skills, we recommend the New Computer Users section of the Infopeople Resources Guides, at infopeople.org/resources. Requirements for this course: Basic understanding of the web and its usage within libraries is necessary. An email account (Yahoo or Google mail are fine) is needed. A digital photo or some sort of representation of attendees is preferred. Basic file management skills, i.e., how to upload a file onto a website, are useful. Basic to intermediate understanding of how to use Office software applications will come in handy. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From Western at oclc.org Tue Aug 14 12:24:28 2007 From: Western at oclc.org (Western) Date: Mon Aug 20 16:28:34 2007 Subject: [Baynet] August - October | California Online and In-person Education andTraining Opportunities Available from OCLC Western Message-ID: <8A690E6B8DCCF743BB68844C6FEFF3167DE3CC@OAEXCH3SERVER.oa.oclc.org> > Please excuse cross postings. Some people interested in the workshops > listed below might not receive this notice directly, so we would > appreciate it if you would route this announcement to your staff and > colleagues. > > Outlined below are classes we have planned for the next few months. We > add new classes frequently, so to stay as up-to-date as possible, sign > up for our Training RSS feed < http://www.oclc.org/western/rss/ > > which provides daily updates on courses that have just been scheduled. > If you are interested in a more collective view of training > opportunities, opt for our Training Update < > https://www.oclc.org/western/email/default.htm > and we will send you > regular information. Or, view our Web site at < > http://www.oclc.org/western/ >. > > > > Cataloging and metadata > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > CatExpress Distance Ed > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W119.htm > > October 23, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/17/07) > 10:00 am- 12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Connexion: Client Basics Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W821.htm > > Wednesday-Thursday, September 19-20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: > 9/17/07) > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Connexion: Search WorldCat Basics Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W820.htm > > Wednesday-Thursday, September 12-13, 2007 (Registration Deadline: > 9/10/07) > 1:00 pm-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > CONTENTdm Basic Instruction for Users > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W304.htm > > Thursday, October 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 8:30 am-4:00 pm > OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) > > > Copyright and Intellectual Property Management > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm > > Tuesday, October 2, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/27/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > Digital Content Management: Compliance in the Digital Age Online > Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W810.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > Local Holdings Maintenance Basics Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W824.htm > > Tuesday & Wednesday, Aug 28 & 29, 2007 (Registration Deadline: > 8/23/07) > 8/28: 10:00 am-12:00pm, 8/29: 10:00am-12:00pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Managing Your OCLC FirstSearch Service > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W410.htm > > Tuesday, September 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/13/07) > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Thursday, October 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm > > Tuesday, October 23, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Metadata for Digital Project Staff > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W311.htm > > Wednesday, October 3, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/28//07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > > > Collection management > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > CONTENTdm Basic Instruction for Users > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W304.htm > > Thursday, October 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 8:30 am-4:00 pm > OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) > > > Copyright and Intellectual Property Management > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm > > Tuesday, October 2, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/27/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm > > Thursday, October 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/17/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Digital Content Management: Compliance in the Digital Age Online > Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W810.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > Digital Image Quality Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W382.htm > > Tuesday, September 11, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/10/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Funding Digital Projects Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm > > Tuesday, September 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/17/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm > > Wednesday, August 22, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/17/07) > 1:00-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Wednesday, September 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline 9/14/07) > 1:00-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Wednesday, October 17, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/12/2007) > 1:00-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Managing Archival Collections: An Introduction > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W328.htm > > Tuesday, August 28, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/23/07) > 1:00 pm-4:30 pm > San Jose State University (San Jose, CA) > > > Managing Copyright Issues Online Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W812.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm > > Tuesday, October 23, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Metadata for Digital Project Staff > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W311.htm > > Wednesday, October 3, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/28//07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > Streaming Audio and SMIL for Oral Histories > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W326.htm > > Wednesday, August 29, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/24/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > San Jose State University (San Jose, CA) > > > U.S. Copyright Law Online Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W811.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > > > Digitization and preservation > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > CONTENTdm Basic Instruction for Users > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W304.htm > > Thursday, October 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 8:30 am-4:00 pm > OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) > > > Copyright and Intellectual Property Management > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm > > Tuesday, October 2, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/27/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm > > Thursday, October 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/17/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Digital Content Management: Compliance in the Digital Age Online > Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W810.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > Digital Image Quality Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W382.htm > > Tuesday, September 11, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/10/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Funding Digital Projects Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm > > Tuesday, September 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/17/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Managing Archival Collections: An Introduction > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W328.htm > > Tuesday, August 28, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/23/07) > 1:00 pm-4:30 pm > San Jose State University (San Jose, CA) > > > Managing Copyright Issues Online Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W812.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm > > Tuesday, October 23, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Metadata for Digital Project Staff > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W311.htm > > Wednesday, October 3, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/28//07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > Streaming Audio and SMIL for Oral Histories > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W326.htm > > Wednesday, August 29, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/24/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > San Jose State University (San Jose, CA) > > > U.S. Copyright Law Online Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W811.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > > > Librarianship > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm > > Wednesday, August 22, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/17/07) > 1:00-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Wednesday, September 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline 9/14/07) > 1:00-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Wednesday, October 17, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/12/2007) > 1:00-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > > > Library administration and management > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Copyright and Intellectual Property Management > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm > > Tuesday, October 2, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/27/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm > > Thursday, October 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/17/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Digital Content Management: Compliance in the Digital Age Online > Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W810.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > Funding Digital Projects Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm > > Tuesday, September 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/17/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm > > Wednesday, August 22, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/17/07) > 1:00-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Wednesday, September 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline 9/14/07) > 1:00-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Wednesday, October 17, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/12/2007) > 1:00-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Managing Copyright Issues Online Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W812.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > Metadata for Digital Project Staff > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W311.htm > > Wednesday, October 3, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/28//07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > U.S. Copyright Law Online Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W811.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > > > Reference and public service > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Administering OCLC QuestionPoint > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W907.htm > > Tuesday, August 28, 2007 > 1:00 pm-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Friday, September 28, 2007 > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Managing Your OCLC FirstSearch Service > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W410.htm > > Tuesday, September 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/13/07) > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Thursday, October 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > OCLC QuestionPoint: Delivering Virtual Reference > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W906.htm > > Wednesday & Thursday, August 22 & 23, 2007 > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Thursday & Friday, September 20 & 21, 2007 > 9/20: 1:00 pm-3:00 pm; 9/21: 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > > > Resource sharing (ILL) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Copyright and Intellectual Property Management > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm > > Tuesday, October 2, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/27/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > Introduction to OCLC's Policies Directory (PD) > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W504.htm > > Tuesday, August 21, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 8/16/07) > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Local Holdings Maintenance Basics Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W824.htm > > Tuesday & Wednesday, Aug 28 & 29, 2007 (Registration Deadline: > 8/23/07) > 8/28: 10:00 am-12:00pm, 8/29: 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URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20070814/e39a0d9a/attachment-0001.html From assist at infopeople.org Wed Aug 29 10:15:53 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Wed Aug 29 10:17:47 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "State Librarian's Quarterly Webcast" Message-ID: <531LHCRRf0111M40@cmsapps04.cms.usa.net> Infopeople is pleased to announce the quarterly webcast by the State Librarian. Please print and post or route this message to staff and colleagues who might be interested in this webcast. TITLE: State Librarian's Quarterly Webcast DATE and TIME: September 26, 2007, 12:00pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. Up to 150 participants can join in the live webcast and admission is on a first come, first serve basis. For more information and to participate in the webcast, go to URL http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/199/index.html What is happening at the California State Library? What new services or grant opportunities may be forthcoming from Library Development Services? What does the State Librarian really do? Susan Hildreth, State Librarian, discusses this and much more in her Infopeople webcasts. Susan touches on hot topics in the California library world, emerging library trends and services available to you from the California State Library. She is also available for live questions and answers during each webcast. Check in to get to know our State Librarian and keep in tune with the scene in Sacramento. PRESENTER: Susan Hildreth. State Librarian of California Susan Hildreth, who Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed in July 2004, has a distinguished 30-year career as a leader in public libraries. She oversees the California State Library as it supports California libraries and cultural institutions in providing for the continued growth of the intellectual, technological, cultural and social literacy of California's diverse populations. Previously, Hildreth was the City Librarian of San Francisco and Deputy City Librarian. Active in professional associations throughout her career, Hildreth is currently the President of the Public Library Association (PLA). She has been a member of the PLA Board of Directors and an at-large member of the elected governing Council of the American Library Association. She also is a long-time member of the California Library Association for which she served as president and treasurer. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not attend the live event. However, you are welcome to view the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. State Librarian's Quarterly Webcast September 26, 2007 12:00 pm - 1pm From BAWilldorf at sgh.com Thu Aug 30 12:10:40 2007 From: BAWilldorf at sgh.com (Bonnie A. Willdorf) Date: Thu Aug 30 12:11:19 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Internet Librarian Message-ID: Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Willdorf > Regional Librarian > > > (415) 495-3700 main > (415) 343-3058 direct > (415) 495-3550 fax > www.sgh.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Baynet mailing list > Baynet@isaac.exploratorium.edu > http://www.exo.net/mailman/listinfo/baynet Rose Falanga BayNet Administrator Voice and fax: 510-525-4726 Email: rosef@exo.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20070830/0d4d48f9/attachment.html From dhersh at oaklandlibrary.org Thu Aug 30 16:02:31 2007 From: dhersh at oaklandlibrary.org (Hersh, Daniel) Date: Thu Aug 30 16:03:31 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Positions available (Supervising Librarian, Oakland Public Librar y) Message-ID: Oakland Public Library is now accepting applications for the Supervising Librarian classification . Supervising Librarians manage or direct the operations of the Main Library, branch libraries, Children's and Teen Services, Literacy and Disability Services and Technical and Special Services. Current vacancies are for the systemwide Children's Services Coordinator and for the Main Library Adult Services Manager (though these vacancies could shift to other positions before the hiring process is completed). The salary range for this classification is $6,576 to $8,073 per month. The application deadline is Friday, September 14, 2007 at 5 pm. Application materials must be received at the City of Oakland Office of Personnel by the deadline. The full job announcement can be found at http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/jobs/SupervisingLibrarianOpenAnn07.html . Candidates must meet the minimum qualifications for the Supervising Librarian classification, as follows: Any combination of education and experience that is equivalent to the following minimum qualifications is acceptable: Education: A Master's degree in library science from an American Library Association accredited graduate program is required. Applicants must submit verification of their MLS/MLIS degree, (i.e., graduate transcripts and/or a copy of diploma or verification from the college or university attended). AND Experience: Two years of full-time experience comparable to a Senior Librarian position in the City of Oakland. (To determine comparable experience, note that a Senior Librarian typically directs the operation of a regional hub branch library, the Children's Room, a main library reference section or another major unit within the library system, or coordinates a service program that covers one or more units.) Application materials for civil service employment generally consist of the City of Oakland application, a City of Oakland Supplemental Questionnaire (included in the full job announcement) and possible additional pages for selective certification(s) in a language and/or skill. .The application form can be found at http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/jobs/New_Job_Application.pdf The City Employment Information Pamphlet is at http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/jobs/2apply.html These materials are also available at the Oakland Public Library Main Library (125 14th Street) on the 2nd floor in the Financial & Administrative Services Office. For your convenience, the Financial & Administrative Services Office is open Monday - Friday from 8:30 am to 5 pm to obtain application materials or to ask for assistance with this civil service employment process. For additional assistance, please contact the Oakland Public Library Human Resources Manager, Crystal Ramie-Adams, at 510-238-6716 or cramie@oaklandnet.com . From assist at infopeople.org Fri Aug 31 09:55:44 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Fri Aug 31 09:57:37 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Upcoming Infopeople workshops Message-ID: <431LHEq6J0497M36@cmsapps01.cms.usa.net> Please take a look at some of the upcoming September Infopeople workshops: Customer Service Skills for Culturally Diverse Communities http://infopeople.org/workshop/322 September 10, Belle Cooledge Library (Sacramento) September 20, San Bernardino Public Library September 28, Ventura County Library - E.P. Foster Stress Management in the Library Workplace http://infopeople.org/workshop/330 September 10, San Diego County Library Headquarters Teaching Spanish-Speaking Patrons How To Use The Internet http://infopeople.org/workshop/49 September 14, San Francisco Public Library The Savvy IT Consumer http://infopeople.org/workshop/346 September 25, online learning course Please visit the URL's listed for a description of the workshops and to register. If you have any questions, please email me or give me a call. Thank you. Linda Linda Rodenspiel, Infopeople Project Assistant assist@infopeople.org voice: 650-578-9685 fax: 650-349-5089 http://infopeople.org/ From dhersh at oaklandlibrary.org Thu Sep 6 12:43:35 2007 From: dhersh at oaklandlibrary.org (Hersh, Daniel) Date: Thu Sep 6 12:44:22 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Spaces still available! Mini-conference on 9/26 in SF on innovati ve library services Message-ID: Though it's starting to fill up, registration is still open for this event. Registrations are due by September 21, 2007 but may close earlier due to space limitations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- The Future of Libraries, Part III: Embracing the Invisible Customer September 26, 2007, all day San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium (Main Library) Keynote Speakers: Sarah Houghton-Jan, Anthony Costa, and Laura O'Donoghue $40 registration fee Sponsored by the Library Staff Development Committee of the Greater Bay Area The library's mission is shifting. For years we have served those who came into the library by having materials inside the library, but now we are reaching out to virtual customers using a variety of formats and methods of delivery. Who are these new customers? How can we serve them? How do we account for them to ourselves and our funders? To view a detailed agenda and speakers list and to register, go to http://www.plsinfo.org/workshops/future07.htm . For more information about workshop registration, contact Peninsula Library System staff at 650.349.5538 or krause@plsinfo.org . For more information about the workshop program, contact Paul Signorelli at 415.557.4280 or psignorelli@sfpl.info . Daniel Hersh dhersh@oaklandlibrary.org for the Library Staff Development Committee of the Greater Bay Area -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20070906/1191b6ed/attachment.html From assist at infopeople.org Tue Sep 11 15:36:48 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Sep 11 15:38:14 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Dealing with Difficult People" workshop Message-ID: <537LikwMB0226M38@cmsapps02.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Dealing with Difficult People: Making Libraries Safe & Sane Dates and Locations: Monday, October 22, San Francisco Public Library Wednesday, November 14, San Diego County Library Headquarters Tuesday, November 27, Alameda County Library Monday, December 10, Buena Park Library District Monday, January 7, Fresno Woodward Park Library Monday, January 28, Sacramento Public Library - Galleria Monday, February 11, San Bernardino Public Library Wednesday, February 20, Los Angeles Public Library To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/345 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. Modern libraries serve a far broader mix of people and personalities then almost any other public service organization. And by far, the majority of library patrons are pleasant, cooperative, and appreciative of our services. A certain percentage, however, range from difficult, to demanding, to angry, to irrational, to downright scary. These patrons require special attention, special skills, and special strategies if we are to interact with them effectively and make our libraries safe and sane places for us to work in, and feel good about. Workshop Description: This unique all day workshop will provide training in the development of the actual verbal, emotional and physical interpersonal skills we need to turn conflict into cooperation, and successfully deal with the most challenging types of patrons. The workshop's focus is on real library dynamics. Its unique, hands on - what to do - training emphasis goes to the heart of addressing a topic that concerns every library employee. Preliminary Course Outline The Team Approach - Understanding the Rules of the Game --Teamwork, clarity, and consistency - the cornerstones of safe and sane libraries --Why 10% = 70%, and 90% = 30% --Taking the lead - setting the tone --Document, document, document --Management and staff - hand in hand - shoulder to shoulder Knowing Who's Who, Knowing What's What --The safest barrier - customer service imperatives --Who is the most challenging - can you name 5 types? --Triangulation works, polarity, doesn't! --The rules --Help =/= satisfy -----The zen of "no" Face to Face - Walking the Walk & Talking the Talk --Recognizing trigger points and land mines... --Why do people yell? -----What gets them to stop? --Body language! 65% of what you communicate is non-verbal! --Getting the 10% to really hear you... --It's OK to be honest - you won't hurt anyone's feelings Response - Handling the Emergencies and the Urgencies --Emergency goals and responses --Calling the police and security --Physical confrontation - get away! --Knowing your facility --Documentation and follow through --Using community resources Instructor: Edmond Otis. Edmond, Senior Consultant with Baron Center, Inc. and President of Edmond Otis & Associates, combines experience as a licensed psychotherapist (MFT 31194), author, trainer, and accomplished university educator, with 37 years of intense traditional karate practice. (He is internationally recognized as a world-class competitor, instructor, and coach.) Edmond blends these distinctive skills and insights into training programs that apply classic martial art principles and cutting edge research to life's most difficult personal and professional challenges?creating practical strategies and effective interventions for difficult workplace situations. Who Should Attend: This training is appropriate for everyone in the California library community that interacts (face-to-face, by phone, by email) with co-workers and members of the public. Prerequisites: None Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Tue Sep 18 10:03:48 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Sep 18 10:05:15 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's webcast "Inside an Outsourced Library" Message-ID: <125LiRRe70389M38@cmsapps02.cms.usa.net> Please print and post or route this message to staff and colleagues who might be interested in this webcast. Title: Inside an Outsourced Library: Fact and Fiction Date and time: October 15,2007, 12pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the October 15 webcast, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/218/index.html --Does the word "outsourcing" scare you? --Do you wonder what has happened in communities that have outsourced library services? --Would you like more information about outsourcing so that you can better answer questions and challenges? Then you should tune in to this upcoming Infopeople webcast! Since the federal government began "privatizing" federal libraries in the 1980's, the concept of outsourcing library services has stirred strong opinions within the library profession. Outsourcing specific services such as facility and equipment maintenance, security, or book repair/binding has been more accepted than the outsourcing of core library functions. Public library managers remain concerned about the outsourcing of public library services, yet according to the Public Library Association (Outsourcing: A Public Library Checklist, 2000), "It is clear that public library outsourcing will not diminish in future importance." In California, over the last few years several communities including Redding, Moorpark, Calabasas, and Hemet have opted to outsource library services using Library Systems and Services, Inc. (LSSI). Is outsourcing a good thing or not, and for whom? The Riverside County Library was the first and is still the largest public library to use a private management company to operate its library. Since LSSI began providing daily management services to Riverside County in 1997, library services have grown in many ways, including the opening of 17 new libraries (8 of which are non-replacement facilities), successful application for over $2 million in grant funding, and the addition of many new countywide programs such as an extensive early literacy program, outreach to Latino populations, and ESL classes. What makes Riverside County such a successful example of outsourcing? Are there downsides to the Riverside experience? What lessons does Riverside County provide for other libraries? Speakers: Riverside County Librarian Nancy Johnson and Mark Smith of LSSI will discuss outsourcing library operations from the perspective of a library system that has used contract management services for over 10 years. Nancy Johnson. Nancy has been the County Librarian in Riverside County since 2004. In this capacity, Nancy oversees the entire budget and operations of the RCLS, including the LSSI contract that provides daily staffing and operations in the 33 libraries in that system. Nancy was formerly the director of the Hemet Public Library and has also worked in positions with the Upland, Anaheim, and Riverside City-County libraries. Mark Smith. Mark is the Vice-President for Public Library Operations/West, for Library Systems & Services, in which capacity he oversees LSSI staff and operations in the Riverside County Library System, Shasta Public Libraries, and the Moorpark Library. Mark received his MLIS at the University of Texas in 1983 and has worked as a library director in New Jersey, at the Texas State Library, and as the Director of Communications for the Texas Library Association. Mark is the author of three books on library topics and was the recipient of the 2003 California Library Association Member of the Year award. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: Inside an Outsourced Library: Fact and Fiction Date: October 15, 2007 Time: 12pm - 1pm Speakers: Nancy Johnson and Mark Smith From Western at oclc.org Fri Sep 14 13:17:21 2007 From: Western at oclc.org (Western) Date: Tue Sep 18 10:06:46 2007 Subject: [Baynet] September - November | California Online and In-person Education andTraining Opportunities Available from OCLC Western Message-ID: <8A690E6B8DCCF743BB68844C6FEFF3167DE3DA@OAEXCH3SERVER.oa.oclc.org> > OCLC Western's goal is to provide you with the education and training > you need, when and where you need it. As such, we are pleased to offer > an array of classes spanning several topical areas. > > Outlined below are classes we have planned for the next few months. We > add new classes frequently, so to stay as up-to-date as possible, sign > up for our Training RSS feed < http://www.oclc.org/western/rss/ > > which provides daily updates on courses that have just been scheduled. > If you are interested in a more collective view of training > opportunities, opt for our Training Update < > https://www.oclc.org/western/email/default.htm > and we will send you > regular information. Or, view our Web site at < > http://www.oclc.org/western/ >. > > > > Cataloging and metadata > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Book Blitz I: How to Make MARC Records that Really Work > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W101.htm > > Tuesday-Friday, November 6-9, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/30/07) > 9:00 am - 4:00 pm > Santa Ana College (Santa Ana, CA) > > Tuesday-Friday, November 27-30, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/26/07 > ) > 9:00 am - 4:00 pm > San Mateo Public Library, San Mateo, CA. > > > CatExpress Distance Ed > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W119.htm > > October 23, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/17/07) > 10:00 am - 12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Connexion: Client Basics > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W108.htm > > Thursday, October 4, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/26/07) > 9:00 am - 3:30 pm > San Francisco Public Library (San Francisco, CA) > > Friday, November 2, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/25/07) > 9:00 am - 3:30 pm > OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) > > > Connexion: Client Basics Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W821.htm > > Wednesday-Thursday, September 19-20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: > 9/17/07) > 10:00 am - 12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Tuesday-Wednesday, November 13-14, 2007 (Registration Deadline: > 11/06/07) > 10:00 am - 12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Connexion: Search WorldCat Basics > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W125.htm > > Wednesday, October 3, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/26/07) > 9:00 am - 3:30 pm > San Francisco Public Library (San Francisco, CA) > > > Connexion: Search WorldCat Basics Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W820.htm > > Tuesday-Wednesday, November 6-7, 2007 (Registration Deadline: > 11/2/07) > 10:00 am - 12:00 pm > Live Meeting Online > > > CONTENTdm Basic Instruction for Users > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W304.htm > > Thursday, October 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 8:30 am - 4:00 pm > OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) > > > Copyright and Intellectual Property Management > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm > > Tuesday, October 2, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/27/07) > 9:00 am - 4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > Digital Content Management: Compliance in the Digital Age Online > Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W810.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > Local Holdings Maintenance Basics Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W824.htm > > Wednesday & Thursday, Oct 24 & 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: > 10/22/07) > 10:00 am - 12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Managing Your OCLC FirstSearch Service > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W410.htm > > Thursday, October 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 10:00 am - 12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Wednesday, November 14, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/9/07) > 10:00 am - 12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm > > Tuesday, October 23, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Metadata for Digital Project Staff > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W311.htm > > Wednesday, October 3, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/28//07) > 9:00 am - 4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > Workflow Analysis for Technical Service Managers > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W902.htm > > Thursday, November 15, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/7/07) > 9:00 am - 4:00 pm > Oregon Health & Science University (Beaverton, OR) > > > > > Collection management > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > CONTENTdm Basic Instruction for Users > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W304.htm > > Thursday, October 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 8:30 am - 4:00 pm > OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) > > > Copyright and Intellectual Property Management > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm > > Tuesday, October 2, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/27/07) > 9:00 am - 4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm > > Thursday, October 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/17/07) > 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Digital Content Management: Compliance in the Digital Age Online > Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W810.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > Digital Image Quality Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W382.htm > > Tuesday, November 6, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/5/07) > 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Funding Digital Projects Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm > > Tuesday, September 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/17/07) > 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Tuesday, November 20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/19/07) > 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm > > Wednesday, October 17, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/12/2007) > 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Wednesday, November 21, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/16/07) > 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Managing Copyright Issues Online Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W812.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm > > Tuesday, October 23, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Metadata for Digital Project Staff > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W311.htm > > Wednesday, October 3, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/28//07) > 9:00 am - 4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > U.S. Copyright Law Online Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W811.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > > > Digitization and preservation > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > CONTENTdm Basic Instruction for Users > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W304.htm > > Thursday, October 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 8:30 am - 4:00 pm > OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) > > > Copyright and Intellectual Property Management > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm > > Tuesday, October 2, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/27/07) > 9:00 am - 4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm > > Thursday, October 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/17/07) > 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Digital Content Management: Compliance in the Digital Age Online > Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W810.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > Digital Image Quality Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W382.htm > > Tuesday, November 6, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/5/07) > 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Funding Digital Projects Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm > > Tuesday, September 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/17/07) > 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Tuesday, November 20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/19/07) > 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Image Capture, Quality Control and Digital Infrastructure > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W314.htm > > Tuesday, November 13, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/8/07) > 9:00 am - 4:00 pm > OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) > > > Managing Copyright Issues Online Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W812.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm > > Tuesday, October 23, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Metadata for Digital Project Staff > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W311.htm > > Wednesday, October 3, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/28//07) > 9:00 am - 4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > U.S. Copyright Law Online Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W811.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > > > Librarianship > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm > > Wednesday, October 17, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/12/2007) > 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Wednesday, November 21, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/16/07) > 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > > > Library administration and management > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Copyright and Intellectual Property Management > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm > > Tuesday, October 2, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/27/07) > 9:00 am - 4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm > > Thursday, October 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/17/07) > 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Digital Content Management: Compliance in the Digital Age Online > Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W810.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > Funding Digital Projects Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm > > Tuesday, September 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/17/07) > 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Tuesday, November 20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/19/07) > 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm > > Wednesday, October 17, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/12/2007) > 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Wednesday, November 21, 2007 (Registration Deadline 11/16/07) > 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Managing Copyright Issues Online Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W812.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > Metadata for Digital Project Staff > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W311.htm > > Wednesday, October 3, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/28//07) > 9:00 am - 4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > U.S. Copyright Law Online Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W811.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > Workflow Analysis for Technical Service Managers > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W902.htm > > Thursday, November 15, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/7/07) > 9:00 am - 4:00 pm > Oregon Health & Science University (Beaverton, OR) > > > > > Reference and public service > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Administering OCLC QuestionPoint > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W907.htm > > Friday, September 28, 2007 > 10:00 am - 12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Thursday, November 29, 2007 (Registration Deadline 11/23/07) > 10:00 am - 12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Managing Your OCLC FirstSearch Service > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W410.htm > > Thursday, October 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 10:00 am - 12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Wednesday, November 14, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/9/07) > 10:00 am - 12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > OCLC QuestionPoint: Delivering Virtual Reference > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W906.htm > > Thursday & Friday, September 20 & 21, 2007 > 9/20: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm; 9/21: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Tuesday and Wednesday, October 16 & 17, 2007 (Registration Deadline: > 10/12/07) > 10:00 am - 12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Wednesday and Thursday, November 7-8, 2007 (Registration Deadline: > 11/05/07) > 10:00 am - 12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Monday and Tuesday, December 3-4, 2007 (Registration Deadline: > 11/30/07) > 10:00 am - 12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > > > Resource sharing (ILL) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Copyright and Intellectual Property Management > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W301.htm > > Tuesday, October 2, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/27/07) > 9:00 am - 4:00 pm > National University (San Diego, CA) > > > Introduction to OCLC's Policies Directory (PD) > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W504.htm > > Wednesday, September 26, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 9/24/07) > 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Tuesday, October 16, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/12/07) > 10:00 am - 12:00pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Local Holdings Maintenance Basics Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W824.htm > > Wednesday & Thursday, Oct 24 & 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: > 10/22/07) > 10:00 am - 12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Managing Copyright Issues Online Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W812.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > U.S. Copyright Law Online Course > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W811.htm > > Monday, September 24, 2007-Friday, November 16, 2007 > Online > > > WorldCat Resource Sharing Basics Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W823.htm > > Thursday & Friday, October 4&5, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/2/07) > 10:00 am - 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URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20070914/94543885/attachment-0001.html From assist at infopeople.org Wed Sep 19 11:31:50 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Wed Sep 19 11:33:21 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Reminder of State Librarian's webcast on September 26 Message-ID: <248LissG20358M39@cmsapps03.cms.usa.net> A reminder of the quarterly webcast by the State Librarian. Please let your friends and colleagues know about this event! TITLE: State Librarian's Quarterly Webcast DATE and TIME: September 26, 2007, 12:00pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. Up to 150 participants can join in the live webcast and admission is on a first come, first serve basis. For more information and to participate in the webcast, go to URL http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/199/index.html What is happening at the California State Library? What new services or grant opportunities may be forthcoming from Library Development Services? What does the State Librarian really do? Susan Hildreth, State Librarian, discusses this and much more in her Infopeople webcasts. Susan touches on hot topics in the California library world, emerging library trends and services available to you from the California State Library. She is also available for live questions and answers during each webcast. Check in to get to know our State Librarian and keep in tune with the scene in Sacramento. PRESENTER: Susan Hildreth. Recognizing her distinguished 30-year career as a leader in public libraries, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Susan Hildreth State Librarian of California in July 2004. She oversees the California State Library as it supports California libraries and cultural institutions in providing for the continued growth of the intellectual, technological, cultural and social literacy of California's diverse populations. Previously, Susan was the City Librarian of San Francisco and Deputy City Librarian. She is currently the President of the Public Library Association (PLA). She has been a member of the PLA Board of Directors and an at-large member of the elected governing Council of the American Library Association. She also is a long-time member of the California Library Association for which she served as president and treasurer. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not attend the live event. However, you are welcome to view the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. State Librarian's Quarterly Webcast September 26, 2007 12:00 pm - 1pm From assist at infopeople.org Fri Sep 21 14:21:41 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Fri Sep 21 14:22:51 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Photoshop Elements for Libraries" workshop Message-ID: <517LiuVwI0280M36@cmsapps01.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Photoshop Elements for Libraries: Preparing Your Photos To Go Online Dates and Locations: Wednesday, October 31, California State Library There will be several additional sessions scheduled. When the dates and locations have been confirmed, an announcement will be made. To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/201 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. Do you want to put photos on the web, but don't have the time to learn the intricacies of Photoshop? This beginner course will teach you how to make your photographs "web ready" using Photoshop Elements, a simpler and less expensive version of Adobe Photoshop. While working in Photoshop Elements, you will learn how to: --Choose and use various graphic file formats, --Reduce photo file sizes, --Compress images so they download quickly, --Maintain image quality while exporting, --Retouch your photos, --Change backgrounds and add special effects, and --Effectively place an image on a web page. This course will introduce you to a tool that can help you enhance your website with high quality images. Workshop Description: In this all-day hands-on workshop, you will learn to use Adobe Photoshop Elements to optimize images for your web pages. While exploring the tools and capabilities of this software through individual and group exercises, you will focus on how best to prepare images for use on your library website. The instructor will provide handouts and a webliography, as well as practical, useful tips that can be applied immediately. Preliminary Course Outline Overview of Photoshop Elements --Introduction to software tools and workspace --Hands-on tour of the software Optimize Your Images for the Web --Cropping, changing image size, adjusting resolution --Working with color palettes --Making sense of file formats Customize Your Images --Altering layout and background --Applying special effects --Animating images on your web page Placing Your Images on a Web Page< --Pasting an image into Word and exporting a web page --Copyright concerns and signature releases --Image repositories on the web Instructor: Jeanne Moje MacDonald. Jeanne has been involved with art, graphic design, and photography for over 35 years. She has taught classes at both UC Davis and UC Berkeley, including web design classes and bibliographic instruction at the UC Berkeley Teaching Library. For the last two years, Jeanne has been a web design and multimedia consultant (Programmer Analyst) for the Controller's Office, UC Berkeley. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community who would like to prepare photos to go online. Please note that this is an introductory course. Prerequisites: This course requires that students be comfortable with basic computer skills, including using a mouse, navigating the web, and basic keyboarding. For help with these basic skills, we recommend the New Computer Users section of the Infopeople Tutorials, at infopeople.org/resources/tutorials.html. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Tue Sep 25 14:18:57 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Sep 25 14:20:28 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Upcoming Infopeople workshops Message-ID: <923LiyVue0390M39@cmsapps03.cms.usa.net> Please take a look at some of the upcoming October/November Infopeople workshops: Customer Service in a Self-Check World http://infopeople.org/workshop/342 October 5, Arden-Dimick Library (Sacramento) Stress Management in the Library Workplace http://infopeople.org/workshop/330 October 19, Los Angeles Public Library November 2, Fresno Woodward Park Library Photoshop Elements for Libraries: Preparing Your Photos To Go Online http://infopeople.org/workshop/201 October 31, California State Library Teaching Spanish-Speaking Patrons How To Use The Internet http://infopeople.org/workshop/49 November 5, California State Library Please visit the URL's listed for a description of the workshops and to register. If you have any questions, please email me or give me a call. Thank you. Linda Linda Rodenspiel, Infopeople Project Assistant assist@infopeople.org voice: 650-578-9685 fax: 650-349-5089 http://infopeople.org/ From infobay at exo.net Tue Sep 25 20:02:12 2007 From: infobay at exo.net (Rose Falanga) Date: Tue Sep 25 20:02:28 2007 Subject: [Baynet] BayNet Strategic Plan Message-ID: <00A4AAA2-CD58-4618-BF1C-0E3205C8C0A0@exo.net> The BayNet Executive Board has started work on a new strategic plan for the organization. In doing so, we would like to know what is important to the BayNet membership. Please take a few minutes to help shape the future of BayNet by completing this short survey: http:// www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=0epP1B7m8e_2b5eRwYUExyfA_3d_3d Please forward this link to any other staff members in your organization who may also be willing to provide input. Responses are needed by Monday, October 8. 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Title: Web 2.0: Searching Innovations Online (online learning) Date: November 6, 2007 - December 18, 2007 (break Nov. 20-26 for Thanksgiving) To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/354 Fee: This first session of this online course is free to those in the California library community and is not open to those outside California. Depending on the availability of future grant funding, additional future sessions of this course may or may not be free to those in the California library community. With the 2.0 revolution, almost everything on the web seems to have become social, shared, collaborative, and focused on fun. For many of us in libraries, this shift to user-built content and trusting the wisdom of crowds seems chaotic, out-of-control, and threatening to our values for quality information and manageable services. --Do you wonder where is 2.0 taking the web and the world of information? --Do you know how to sift the worthwhile 2.0 content from the trivial? --Do the wikisphere and the blogosphere seem promising, but you aren't sure how to find what's reliable and useful? --Are you curious how Google is changing and where Google is going? --Do you know the unique search strengths of Ask.com and other alternatives to Google? --Do you wonder if there are ways to include social sharing sites into web searching? --Have you discovered the most time-saving uses for tags, RSS feeds, and other new web tools? --Are you concerned how to keep up with it all? In this course, you will explore the questions above and others in practical everyday applications. You will become acquainted with the major 2.0 media spaces and how to search their content effectively. You will learn to use and find customized meta-search engines to drill vertically into almost any topic with a web presence. You will harness the convenience of RSS feeds to help you keep current. Workshop Description: This five-week online learning course offers much of the same cutting-edge, rapidly-evolving content as the recent on-ground workshop with the same name. Through readings, individual exercises, quizzes, and discussion forums, participants will get a solid grasp of the usefulness of finding information using the best of the Web 2.0. The instructor will provide cheat sheets and a webliography that will help you apply what you learn and keep up to date. Preliminary Course Outline: Using your web browser and your Internet connection, you will log in to the Infopeople online learning site and complete the following learning modules: Module One: The Energy and Power of Web 2.0 for Finding Information --Trends, values, tools, practical applications of Web 2.0 --How tags work and the do's and don'ts of tagging --Using tags in del.icio.us to organize and find quality websites Module Two: Web Search Innovation Trends --What's new and what's not in Google, Ask, and other search engines --Finding and using Customized Search Engines for focused topics Module Three: Blogs and Wikis as Rich Information Resources --When to turn to blogs and wikis --Finding quality blogs --Finding quality wikis Module Four: RSS Feeds: Trapping What You Need to Keep Up With --When RSS feeds are useful, where they occur --Finding RSS feeds --Optional activity: Bloglines as your RSS feed reader Module Five: Finding Within Participation Sites --Finding unique content in sites like Flickr, YouTube, Ning, LibraryThing, Yahoo Podcasts --Where does Web 2.0 seem to be heading in the future? Instructor: Joe Barker. Joe worked as a reference and instruction librarian at the University of California, Berkeley, in the Doe library and the Moffitt undergraduate library. Developing instructional aids and promoting the confidence and research skills of library users through reference was the major thrust of his work at UCB. He also maintains an online web searching tutorial which remains worldwide one of the most heavily used resources for finding and evaluating information on the web. Pre-workshop Assignment: We ask that everyone who registers for this course create their own del.icio.us and Bloglines accounts before the course start date. Instructions for creating the accounts can be found at http://infopeople.org/workshop/354 Online Learning Details: This five-week course will be taught online using the web. We will take a break Nov. 20-26 for Thanksgiving. When you register, you will receive a registration confirmation which will include the URL to get to the course, as well as a username and password. Every student proceeds through the online learning modules at his or her own pace. Students should expect to commit to spending a minimum of 2 to 2 ? hours per week on this course in order to be successful. You can work on each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night. However, you will be expected to log in to the course each week to do that week's assignment. We ask that you log in sometime during the first week of the course to begin the course work. Your instructor will be available for limited consultation support for two weeks after the official end date of a course, and the course material will stay up for an additional two weeks after that, to give those who have fallen behind time to work independently on the course. However, you will be expected to accomplish the majority of the course in synchronization with your peers during the first five weeks. Who Should Take This Course: Anyone from the California library community with an interest in keeping up with or finding quality information in the new 2.0 web. Prerequisites: This course is taught over the web. You must: --Have an Internet connection and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. --Be able to save Microsoft Word .doc or Adobe .pdf files to your computer and print them out. (For .doc files, a free Word Viewer is available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en. Search for "Word Viewer." For .pdf files, a free Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html). --Be comfortable navigating on the web and navigating back and forward on a website that uses frames. System Requirements: The online learning product that Infopeople uses is called Angel. The following are minimum system requirements for using Angel. You will need access to a computer that has at least these specifications to participate in an online course: Windows: --Internet Explorer 6.0 and above, Netscape 7.1 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above Macintosh: --Mozilla 1.4 and above (which is the same engine as Netscape 7.1), Safari 2.0 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above --OS X and above (OS 9 will NOT work with our online learning product) To be successful in this course, you should also be familiar with basic web searching. If you are not comfortable with any of the above, please consider taking this course with a colleague who does meet these requirements. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Thu Sep 27 14:37:53 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Thu Sep 27 14:39:03 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's online course "Developing a Library Technology Plan" Message-ID: <471LiAVMt0139M39@cmsapps03.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Developing a Library Technology Plan (online learning course) Dates: November 13 - December 11, 2007 To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/313 Fee: $75 for those in the California library community, $150 for those out-of-state. Technology is an integral part of every library environment. Whether your library is big or small, computers are a fact of life. In order to effectively and efficiently manage and use technology, the library must have an up-to-date technology plan. A technology plan is much more than a technology inventory. It is a living document that helps the library continually evaluate their use of technology to ensure that technology investments are in line with the library's service goals. --Does your library have a technology plan? If so, when was it last updated? --Are you responsible for developing, updating, or implementing a technology plan for your library? --Have you ever wondered whether your technology plan includes everything it should? --Do you wonder why you should bother developing a technology plan when technology changes so fast that you can't possibly keep up with the changes? Technology plans help ensure that your library is ready to migrate and upgrade technology when necessary. Once developed, the annual process of reviewing and modifying the technology plan provides a basis for long-term planning and strategic decision-making. This online course will help the student develop their library's technology plan and establish a work plan for regularly evaluating the use of technology in the context of the library's service goals. Workshop Description: This four-week online learning course will provide templates and tools for developing a library technology plan. Students will be introduced to TechAtlas, a free online tool for developing some aspects of the technology plan. Students will see other library's technology plans and use them as a jumping off point for developing a technology plan suited to their own library. In addition to the course material, students will participate in online discussion forums as part of the online learning process. Preliminary Course Outline: Using your web browser and your Internet connection, you will log in to the Infopeople online learning site and complete the following learning modules: Module One: Introduction to Technology Planning --Why it needs to be done and how it is connected to library service goals --Importance of expressing service goals in terms of user experience --Identifying gaps in service areas and preparing for the future Module Two: Technology Infrastructure Issues --Documenting what the library has and what the library needs in the future --Planning for upgrades, maintenance and support --Using TechAtlas --Evaluating current inventory and level of support against the library's service goals. Module Three: Human Resources --Importance of training and professional development --How better support systems for staff and customers improves the overall library experience Module Four: Budgeting and Evaluation --How to estimate costs of equipment and services --Annual review to address gaps, change priorities and modify long term plans --E-Rate and other funding options Instructor: Lori Ayre. Lori is the principal consultant with The Galecia Group, a library technology consulting and project management firm located in the North Bay. Lori has been on contract with Infopeople since 2000 doing work on various technology topics including reporting on Internet filters, teaching, managing projects and Infopeople's webcast program. In addition to consulting, Lori speaks and writes on numerous topics including blogging, filtering and RFID. She has her own blog, Mentat, which covers the gamut from political griping to tech tips for public libraries. Online Learning Details: This four-week course will be taught online using the web. When you register, you will receive a registration confirmation that will include the URL to get to the course, as well as a username and password. Every student proceeds through the online learning modules at his or her own pace. Students should expect to commit to spending a minimum of 2 to 2? hours per week on this course in order to be successful. You can work on each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night. However, you will be expected to log in to the course each week to do that week's assignment. We ask that you log in sometime during the first week of the course to begin the course work. Your instructor will be available for limited consultation support for two weeks after the official end date of a course, and the course material will stay up for an additional two weeks after that, to give those who have fallen behind time to work independently on the course. However, you will be expected to accomplish the majority of the course in synchronization with your peers during the first four weeks. Who Should Take This Course: Anyone from the library community with an interest in technology planning. Prerequisites: This course is taught over the web. You must: --Have an Internet connection and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. --Be able to save Microsoft Word .doc or Adobe .pdf files to your computer and print them out. (For .doc files, a free Word Viewer is available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en. Search for "Word Viewer." For .pdf files, a free Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html). --Be comfortable navigating on the web and navigating back and forward on a website that uses frames. To be most successful in this course you should be willing to share information with your colleagues and be willing to spend time reading and participating in the weekly discussion boards. System Requirements: The online learning product that Infopeople uses is called Angel. The following are minimum system requirements for using Angel. You will need access to a computer that has at least these specifications to participate in an online course: Windows: --Internet Explorer 6.0 and above, Netscape 7.1 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above Macintosh: --Mozilla 1.4 and above (which is the same engine as Netscape 7.1), Safari 2.0 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above --OS X and above (OS 9 will NOT work with our online learning product) If you are not comfortable with any of the above, please consider taking this course with a colleague who does meet these requirements. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://www.infopeople.org/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From infobay at exo.net Fri Sep 28 11:35:51 2007 From: infobay at exo.net (Rose Falanga) Date: Fri Sep 28 11:36:13 2007 Subject: [Baynet] BAYNET wants your opinions References: Message-ID: Dear BayNet representative: You have been sent this message because you are the head of your library, or listed as the BayNet contact, or are an individual member. If you are are an institutional member, please forward this survey link to all members of your library staff, both professional and paraprofessional, and encourage them to participate. Please also respond yourself. The survey consists of 5 brief questions. Responses are needed by October 8, 2007. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=0epP1B7m8e_2b5eRwYUExyfA_3d_3d Survey results will be reported to the membership next Spring. Thank you for helping to direct BayNet's future. Sincerely, Your BayNet Board of Directors www.baynetlibs.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20070928/a8c736bb/attachment.html From infobay at exo.net Fri Sep 28 11:39:07 2007 From: infobay at exo.net (Rose Falanga) Date: Fri Sep 28 11:39:36 2007 Subject: [Baynet] October 1 deadline for Internet Librarian discount References: <64F19464-E3F1-47A2-BC87-1238919816DC@exo.net> Message-ID: <9500172B-9D12-42C0-A267-654E43CD3B68@exo.net> Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! We have set up a discount to the upcoming Internet Librarian conference for BayNet members. For details, please see: http://www.baynetlibs.org/events/current/event_il102907.html Registration forms and payments must be received by October 1, 2007. Please excuse all these emails today. We have a number of important deadlines coming up and we don't want our members to miss out on these opportunities. Best, Rose Rose Falanga BayNet Administrator Voice and fax: 510-525-4726 Email: rosef@exo.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Fisher Library 100 Ellinwood Way Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-4817 library.jfku.edu Phone: 925-969-3108 Fax: 925-969-3101 -----Original Message----- From: baynet-bounces@isaac.exploratorium.edu [mailto:baynet-bounces@isaac.exploratorium.edu] On Behalf Of Rose Falanga Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 11:40 AM To: baynet@exploratorium.edu Subject: [Baynet] Please RSVP for BayNet Anniversary celebration Dear BayNet member, Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! By now I'm sure you have received your mailed invitation to our 25th Anniversary celebration, which takes place on the evening of October 17. The printed invitation neglected to include the deadline for rsvp's. 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Please RSVP to Wess-John Murdough, wessjohn@mindspring.com Note that RSVP's will not be acknowledged, and you may even receive a bounce notice, but they are getting through OK. More information about the gathering is available online at: http://www.baynetlibs.org/events/current/event_25th_anniversary.html Best, Rose Rose Falanga BayNet Administrator Voice and fax: 510-525-4726 Email: rosef@exo.net From jcarter at ggu.edu Mon Oct 8 12:01:18 2007 From: jcarter at ggu.edu (Janice Carter) Date: Mon Oct 8 12:01:53 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Re: Baynet Digest, Vol 24, Issue 1 (Janice is away until October 17) Message-ID: Greetings, Thank you for your e mail. I will be away from the office and unable to read or respond to e mail until October 17. Please call the Reference Desk, 415 442-7244, or e mail askalibrarian@ggu.edu for assistance. Thank you. Janice From assist at infopeople.org Mon Oct 8 16:48:31 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Mon Oct 8 16:49:30 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Reminder of Infopeople's webcast on October 15 Message-ID: <079LJHXxg0452M28@cmsapps05.cms.usa.net> A reminder of the next Infopeople webcast. Please let your friends and colleagues know about this event! Title: Inside an Outsourced Library: Fact and Fiction Date and time: October 15, 2007, 12pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the October 15 webcast, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/218/index.html --Does the word "outsourcing" scare you? --Do you wonder what has happened in communities that have outsourced library services? --Would you like more information about outsourcing so that you can better answer questions and challenges? Then you should tune in to this upcoming Infopeople webcast! Since the federal government began "privatizing" federal libraries in the 1980's, the concept of outsourcing library services has stirred strong opinions within the library profession. Outsourcing specific services such as facility and equipment maintenance, security, or book repair/binding has been more accepted than the outsourcing of core library functions. Public library managers remain concerned about the outsourcing of public library services, yet according to the Public Library Association (Outsourcing: A Public Library Checklist, 2000), "It is clear that public library outsourcing will not diminish in future importance." In California, over the last few years several communities including Redding, Moorpark, Calabasas, and Hemet have opted to outsource library services using Library Systems and Services, Inc. (LSSI). Is outsourcing a good thing or not, and for whom? The Riverside County Library was the first and is still the largest public library to use a private management company to operate its library. Since LSSI began providing daily management services to Riverside County in 1997, library services have grown in many ways, including the opening of 17 new libraries (8 of which are non-replacement facilities), successful application for over $2 million in grant funding, and the addition of many new countywide programs such as an extensive early literacy program, outreach to Latino populations, and ESL classes. What makes Riverside County such a successful example of outsourcing? Are there downsides to the Riverside experience? What lessons does Riverside County provide for other libraries? Speakers: Riverside County Librarian Nancy Johnson and Mark Smith of LSSI will discuss outsourcing library operations from the perspective of a library system that has used contract management services for over 10 years. Nancy Johnson. Nancy has been the County Librarian in Riverside County since 2004. In this capacity, Nancy oversees the entire budget and operations of the RCLS, including the LSSI contract that provides daily staffing and operations in the 33 libraries in that system. Nancy was formerly the director of the Hemet Public Library and has also worked in positions with the Upland, Anaheim, and Riverside City-County libraries. Mark Smith. Mark is the Vice-President for Public Library Operations/West, for Library Systems & Services, in which capacity he oversees LSSI staff and operations in the Riverside County Library System, Shasta Public Libraries, and the Moorpark Library. Mark received his MLIS at the University of Texas in 1983 and has worked as a library director in New Jersey, at the Texas State Library, and as the Director of Communications for the Texas Library Association. Mark is the author of three books on library topics and was the recipient of the 2003 California Library Association Member of the Year award. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: Inside an Outsourced Library: Fact and Fiction Date: October 15, 2007 Time: 12pm - 1pm Speakers: Nancy Johnson and Mark Smith From assist at infopeople.org Tue Oct 9 12:29:47 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Oct 9 12:30:43 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's new webcast series "Health e-Shows" Message-ID: <403LJiTET0157M40@cmsapps04.cms.usa.net> Infopeople is offering eight webcasts as part of a new consumer health series: Health e-Shows. The sessions will be presented by Kelli Ham, Consumer Health Coordinator, NN/LM Pacific Southwest Region, UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. Session #1 - A Younger Generation of Older Adults: Health Information for Boomers on October 22 Session #2 - Communicating About Health: Empowering Patrons To Communicate With Their Health Care Providers on December 3 Session #3 - An in-depth look at MedlinePlus on February 19 Session #4 - Beyond MedlinePlus: Resources That Answer Those Other Tough Health Reference Questions on April 10 Session #5 - I Don't Give Medical Advice; I dispense quality health information - Date TBA Session #6 - Understanding Health Literacy: Why It Is So Important and What Librarians Can Do to Help - Date TBA Session #7 - Health Information for Kids and Teens and Seniors, Oh My! - Date TBA Session #8 - Finding Easy-to-Read and Multilingual Health Information for your Patrons - Date TBA First session: Title: A Younger Generation of Older Adults: Health Information for Boomers Date and time: October 22, 2007, 12pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the October 22 webcast, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/227/index.html What is different about the Baby Boomer population when it comes to health information? The boomer group is a moving target - the youngest are now just over 40, and the oldest boomers are approaching retirement age. They may have children and be caregivers for aging parents at the same time. Because boomers tend to be more educated, more tech-savvy, and more interested in health, wellness and fitness than prior generations, their health information needs are varied and substantial. Additionally, boomers often turn to a search engine first rather than the family physician for health information. This webcast will highlight issues faced by boomers, and provide some great tips and resources for the library staff who serve them. Speaker: Kelli Ham. Kelli has over twelve years of experience working in corporate, public and biomedical libraries. Since May 2005, Kelli has been the Consumer Health Coordinator for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM), Pacific Southwest Region (PSR), based at the UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. She is responsible for planning and coordinating consumer health programs and activities for public libraries and community-based organizations in the Region. Outreach activities focus on meeting the health information needs of the diverse population groups in the Pacific Southwest Region. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: A Younger Generation of Older Adults: Health Information for Boomers Date: October 22, 2007 Time: 12pm - 1pm Speaker: Kelli Ham From assist at infopeople.org Wed Oct 10 12:58:56 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Wed Oct 10 13:00:50 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople has added sessions for Bilingual Storytime workshop Message-ID: <938LJJT810294M36@cmsapps01.cms.usa.net> We have added two sessions of this workshop. Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Planning, Doing, & Sustaining a Successful Bilingual Storytime Program Dates and locations: Friday, February 1, Belle Cooledge Library (Sacramento) Wednesday, February 13, San Bernardino Public Library To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/344 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. There's a demand for bilingual Spanish/English storytime in your library as the number of Spanish-speaking families grows. --Are you interested in bilingual storytimes but lack confidence in your language skills? --Do you lack experience in offering a storytimes program? --Does your library lack a Spanish-speaking children's librarian? --Are you concerned that your library just doesn't have the resources of staff or time available to offer bilingual storytimes? If you have considered, or are considering, offering bilingual storytimes at your library, then this workshop is for you. After attending this workshop, you will be able to plan and conduct a successful bilingual storytime program! Workshop Description: This all-day workshop will explore the need for bilingual storytime programs, demonstrate bilingual storytime techniques, share resources, and identify ways to get and keep an audience. Through individual and group exercises, students will practice preparing and conducting storytime as well as make initial plans for starting storytime in their own library. The instructor will provide bibliographies, templates, and cheat sheets as well as practical, useful tips that can be applied immediately. As a result, students will be able to implement a new bilingual storytime (or revitalize a current one) upon return to their libraries. Preliminary Course Outline Starting a Bilingual Storytime Program --Identify the need for bilingual storytime (serve Latinos, educate non-Latinos, demand) --Identify objectives and audience (outreach, frequency, & age-group) --How to recruit Spanish-speaking staff, volunteers, or coaches --Incorporating limited Spanish language skills Reading Books Aloud --Different bilingual formats --Recommended book titles, authors, and publishers --Reading aloud Other Formats & Planning Storytimes --Demonstrate other formats: poetry, music, flannelboards, fingerplays --Planning a storytime Getting an Audience and Keeping It --Promoting the program within the community, especially where Latinos are --Creating a welcoming atmosphere for Spanish-speaking families --Keep them coming (eg., crafts, raffles, food) --Identifying community partners --Getting feedback Instructor: Ana-Elba Pavon. Ana-Elba spent five years as Children's Services Manager at the San Francisco Public Library, Mission Branch, in the heart of the Latino community, where she conducted weekly Spanish and bilingual storytimes. A Spanish Services specialist since 1992, Pavon co-authored ALA Editions' 25 Latino Craft Projects and has spoken on bilingual storytime and other Latino services at various conferences. A Library Manager at the San Mateo Public Library since September 2005, Pavon continues to serve children, Latinos, and Spanish-speakers. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community with an interest in conducting bilingual Spanish/English storytime program. No previous storytelling experience or Spanish required. Prerequisites: None Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From Western at oclc.org Mon Oct 15 12:57:46 2007 From: Western at oclc.org (Western) Date: Mon Oct 15 13:03:41 2007 Subject: [Baynet] October - December | California Online and In-person Training Opportunities Available from OCLC Western Message-ID: <8A690E6B8DCCF743BB68844C6FEFF3167DE3E3@OAEXCH3SERVER.oa.oclc.org> > OCLC Western's goal is to provide you with the education and training > you need, when and where you need it. As such, we are pleased to offer > an array of classes spanning several topical areas. > > Outlined below are classes we have planned for the next few months. We > add new classes frequently, so to stay as up-to-date as possible, sign > up for our Training RSS feed < http://www.oclc.org/western/rss/ > > which provides daily updates on courses that have just been scheduled. > If you are interested in a more collective view of training > opportunities, opt for our Training Update < > https://www.oclc.org/western/email/default.htm > and we will send you > regular information. Or, view our Web site at > < http://www.oclc.org/western/ >. > > > > Cataloging and metadata > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > AACR and MARC for Sound Recordings > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W103.htm > > Monday-Tuesday, January 7-8, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 12/07/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > San Jose State Univesity (Clark Libray) > > > AACR and MARC for Video Recordings > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W104.htm > > Thursday-Friday, December 13-14, 2007 ( Deadline Registration > 11/06/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > San Mateo Public Library (San Mateo, CA) > > > Book Blitz I: How to Make MARC Records that Really Work > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W101.htm > > Tuesday-Friday, November 6-9, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/30/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > Santa Ana College (Santa Ana, CA) > > Tuesday-Friday, November 27-30, 2007 ( Deadline Registration 10/26/07 > ) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > San Mateo Public Library (San Mateo, CA) > > > CatExpress Distance Ed > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W119.htm > > October 23, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/17/07) > 10:00 am- 12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Tuesday, December 11, 2007 ( Registration deadline 12/05/07) > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Connexion: Client Basics > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W108.htm > > Friday, November 30, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/23/07) > 9:00 am-3:30 pm > OCLC Western Service Center, Ontario, CA > > > Connexion: Client Basics Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W821.htm > > Tuesday-Wednesday, November 13-14, 2007 (Registration Deadline: > 11/06/07) > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Connexion: Search WorldCat Basics > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W125.htm > > Thursday, November 29, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/22/07 ) > 9:00 am-3:30 pm > OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) > > > Connexion: Search WorldCat Basics Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W820.htm > > Tuesday-Wednesday, November 6-7, 2007 (Registration Deadline: > 11/2/07) > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > CONTENTdm Basic Instruction for Users > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W304.htm > > Thursday, October 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 8:30 am-4:00 pm > OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) > > > Local Holdings Maintenance Basics Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W824.htm > > Wednesday & Thursday, Oct 24 & 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: > 10/22/07) > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Managing Your OCLC FirstSearch Service > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W410.htm > > Thursday, October 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Wednesday, November 14, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/9/07) > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > December 13, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/10/07) > 10:00 am-12:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm > > Tuesday, October 23, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Tuesday, December 11, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/10/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Preserving Born Digital Collections > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W312.htm > > Wednesday, December 5, 2007 > 9:00 am-4:30 pm > OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) > > > Workflow Analysis for Technical Service Managers > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W902.htm > > Thursday, November 15, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/7/07) > 9:00 am-4:00 pm > Oregon Health & Science University (Beaverton, OR) > > > > > Collection management > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > CONTENTdm Basic Instruction for Users > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W304.htm > > Thursday, October 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 8:30 am-4:00 pm > OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) > > > Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm > > Thursday, October 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/17/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Tuesday, December 4, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/3/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Digital Image Quality Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W382.htm > > Tuesday, November 6, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/5/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Funding Digital Projects Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm > > Tuesday, November 20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/19/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm > > Wednesday, November 21, 2007 (Registration Deadline 11/16/07) > 1:00-3:00 pm > Online-live meeting > > Wednesday, December 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/14/07) > 1:00-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm > > Tuesday, October 23, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Tuesday, December 11, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/10/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Preserving Born Digital Collections > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W312.htm > > Wednesday, December 5, 2007 > 9:00 am-4:30 pm > OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) > > > > > Digitization and preservation > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > CONTENTdm Basic Instruction for Users > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W304.htm > > Thursday, October 25, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/22/07) > 8:30 am-4:00 pm > OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) > > > Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm > > Thursday, October 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/17/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Tuesday, December 4, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/3/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Digital Image Quality Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W382.htm > > Tuesday, November 6, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/5/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Funding Digital Projects Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm > > Tuesday, November 20, 2007 (Registration 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http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W329.htm > > Wednesday, December 12, 2007 > 9:30 am-4:30 pm > OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) > > > Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians Online > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm > > Wednesday, November 21, 2007 (Registration Deadline 11/16/07) > 1:00-3:00 pm > Online-live meeting > > Wednesday, December 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/14/07) > 1:00-3:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > > > Library administration and management > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar > http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm > > Thursday, October 18, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 10/17/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > Tuesday, December 4, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/3/07) > 2:00 pm-4:00 pm > Online-Live Meeting > > > Federal Grant Writing > 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URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20071015/03f8f533/attachment-0001.html From assist at infopeople.org Tue Oct 16 15:47:30 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Oct 16 15:48:34 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Reminder of Infopeople's webcast on October 22 Message-ID: <053LJPwWs0409M39@cmsapps03.cms.usa.net> A reminder of the next Infopeople webcast. Please let your friends and colleagues know about this event! Title: A Younger Generation of Older Adults: Health Information for Boomers Date and time: October 22, 2007, 12pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the October 22 webcast, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/227/index.html What is different about the Baby Boomer population when it comes to health information? The boomer group is a moving target - the youngest are now just over 40, and the oldest boomers are approaching retirement age. They may have children and be caregivers for aging parents at the same time. Because boomers tend to be more educated, more tech-savvy, and more interested in health, wellness and fitness than prior generations, their health information needs are varied and substantial. Additionally, boomers often turn to a search engine first rather than the family physician for health information. This webcast will highlight issues faced by boomers, and provide some great tips and resources for the library staff who serve them. Speaker: Kelli Ham. Kelli has over twelve years of experience working in corporate, public and biomedical libraries. Since May 2005, Kelli has been the Consumer Health Coordinator for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM), Pacific Southwest Region (PSR), based at the UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. She is responsible for planning and coordinating consumer health programs and activities for public libraries and community-based organizations in the Region. Outreach activities focus on meeting the health information needs of the diverse population groups in the Pacific Southwest Region. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: A Younger Generation of Older Adults: Health Information for Boomers Date: October 22, 2007 Time: 12pm - 1pm Speaker: Kelli Ham From assist at infopeople.org Fri Oct 19 11:13:47 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Fri Oct 19 11:14:51 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's online course "CORE Reference Fundamentals" Message-ID: <709LJssoX0264M28@cmsapps05.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: CORE Reference Fundamentals (online learning course) Dates: December 4, 2007 - February 11, 2008 Since this course overlaps with Christmas and New Year's Day, the eight modules will be offered over ten weeks. You will not be expected to work on the course during the weeks that contain Christmas and New Year's Day. To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/61 Fee: $150 for those in the California library community, $300 for those out-of-state. --Are you stepping into the role of providing reference assistance for the first time in your career at your library? --Do you find that it?s time to brush up on your basic reference skills so you can provide expert reference service in the contemporary world? --Would you like to become more comfortable with the practice of excellent reference work? All kinds of libraries provide reference assistance directly to users in person, by telephone, through email and online chat. And all of these reference services require well trained staff who are comfortable with both the methods and underlying values of reference work. Whether you have been recently promoted to support professional reference services, or are returning to reference work some years after you completed your library degree, you?ll need a clear understanding of where to look today for well evaluated answers, how to understand accurately the information needs users present through their questions, and when to utilize which kind of resource to uncover pertinent information. This course will acquaint you with how and why to perform the reference interview, which resources are best suited to which types of reference questions and user needs, how to use both print and Web based resources appropriate to the reference need, and how reference work fits into the mission of your library. You?ll learn how situational factors, such as the layout and policies of your library, are a part of providing excellent reference service, as well as become aware of alternative methods for delivering reference help to your users even when the library is closed. Workshop Description: This eight-week online learning course will provide you with the opportunity to both explore and practice using reference interview methods and a variety of print and Web based reference tools. Through individual and group exercises, you will become acquainted with the diverse needs of different types of users, including those with physical disabilities and those with whom you do not share a common language. You will learn about the basic structure of indexes and how indexing promotes ready reference opportunities. We will spend time examining and using a variety of ready reference print and Web-based resources, as well as specialized resources for such niche reference needs as homework, government research, and inquiries about images or sounds. The instructor will provide sample policies, templates, cheat sheets and a webliography, as well as practical, useful tips that can be applied immediately. During the course, you will be doing exercises and taking quizzes. You will also participate in weekly online discussion forums as part of the online learning process. Preliminary Course Outline: Using your web browser and your Internet connection, you will log in to the Infopeople online learning site and complete the following learning modules: Module One: The Reference Interview --Goals and components of the reference interview --Helping with sensitive questions --Phrases to know and practice Module Two: Library Users? Rights to Privacy and Open Access --The Bill of Rights, ALA?s Bill of Rights, and CIPA --Working across barriers of disability or communication --Responding to age needs appropriately Module Three: Your Library as a Reference Tool --Building layouts --Special collections --Your library?s website --The structure of your library?s catalog Module Four: Construction and Use of Indexes --Comparing and contrasting print and online indexing --Databases and ready reference work Module Five: Evaluating Reference Tools --Print tools --Online resources Module Six: The Most General?and Powerful?Ready Reference Tools --Almanacs and encyclopedias --Search engines Module Seven: Specialized Reference Tools --Dictionaries, atlases, and directories --Online guides to language, geography, and locations Module Eight: Beyond Ready Reference --Nontraditional reference sources, like Flickr --Government publications (online and in print) --Niche inquiries, including homework, sports, and celebrities Instructor: Francisca Goldsmith. Francisca Goldsmith is the Director of Branch Services at Halifax Public Libraries. Formerly she was the Collection Management Librarian and head of Teen Services at Berkeley Public Library, and was a reference librarian in both academic and public libraries. She has planned and implemented weeding projects related to ongoing maintenance as well as to library relocation, space issues, and collection neglect, in both public and school libraries. She has worked with school and public library staffs who have needed appropriate training to support up to date reference assistance and to design local weeding projects. Francisca has taught several Infopeople courses and also consults as a YALSA trainer for its Serving the Underserved Project and other YALSA staff development institutes. Online Learning Details: This eight-week course will be taught online using the web. When you register, you will receive a registration confirmation that will include the URL to get to the course, as well as a username and password. Every student proceeds through the online learning modules at his or her own pace. Students should expect to commit to spending a minimum of 2 to 2? hours per week on this course in order to be successful. You can work on each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night. However, you will be expected to log in to the course each week to do that week's assignment. We ask that you log in sometime during the first week of the course to begin the course work. Your instructor will be available for limited consultation support for two weeks after the official end date of a course, and the course material will stay up for an additional two weeks after that, to give those who have fallen behind time to work independently on the course. However, you will be expected to accomplish the majority of the course in synchronization with your peers during the first eight weeks. Who Should Take This Course: Anyone from the library community who must respond to users seeking reference information. This course is especially geared to paraprofessional staff new to reference work or librarians who are not familiar with contemporary tools and methods that support excellent reference service. Prerequisites: This course is taught over the web. You must: --Have an Internet connection and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. --Be able to save Microsoft Word .doc or Adobe .pdf files to your computer and print them out. (For .doc files, a free Word Viewer is available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en. Search for "Word Viewer." For .pdf files, a free Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html). --Be comfortable navigating on the web and navigating back and forward on a website that uses frames. System Requirements: The online learning product that Infopeople uses is called Angel. The following are minimum system requirements for using Angel. You will need access to a computer that has at least these specifications to participate in an online course: Windows: --Internet Explorer 6.0 and above, Netscape 7.1 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above Macintosh: --Mozilla 1.4 and above (which is the same engine as Netscape 7.1), Safari 2.0 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above --OS X and above (OS 9 will NOT work with our online learning product) If you are not comfortable with any of the above, please consider taking this course with a colleague who does meet these requirements. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://www.infopeople.org/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Tue Oct 23 13:55:12 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Oct 23 13:56:33 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Upcoming Infopeople workshops Message-ID: <620LJwu430363M40@cmsapps04.cms.usa.net> Please take a look at some of the Infopeople workshops coming up in the next few weeks: Developing a Library Technology Plan http://infopeople.org/workshop/313 November 13, online learning course Getting started in Library Grant Writing http://infopeople.org/workshop/356 November 5, Sacramento Public Library - Galleria November 8, San Jose, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Photoshop Elements for Libraries: Preparing Your Photos To Go Online http://infopeople.org/workshop/201 October 31, California State Library Stress Management in the Library Workplace http://infopeople.org/workshop/330 November 2, Fresno Woodward Park Library Teaching Spanish-Speaking Patrons How To Use The Internet http://infopeople.org/workshop/49 November 5, California State Library Please visit the URL's listed for a description of the workshops and to register. If you have any questions, please email me or give me a call. Thank you. Linda Linda Rodenspiel, Infopeople Project Assistant assist@infopeople.org voice: 650-578-9685 fax: 650-349-5089 http://infopeople.org/ From assist at infopeople.org Thu Oct 25 10:38:02 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Thu Oct 25 10:39:00 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Moving into Management" workshop Message-ID: <297LJyRMU0107M29@cmsapps06.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Moving into Management Dates and locations: Monday, December 3, San Jose, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Library Tuesday, January 22, San Diego County Library Headquarters Wednesday, January 23, Buena Park Library District Friday, January 25, Solano County Library - Valleko JFK Branch Monday, February 11, Sacramento Public Library - Galleria Wednesday, February 13, Fresno - Woodward Park Library Friday, February 15, Los Angeles Public Library To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/351 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. --Have you been considering "Moving into Management"? --How do you know if you are ready? --What problems do new managers encounter and how do you deal with them? A significant trend in today's library environment is the imminent retirement of library baby boomer managers. More and more openings will be occurring in all types of libraries. There are opportunities for advancement in all types of libraries and for library support staff as well as librarians with master's degrees. This workshop will help you assess yourself and your readiness and willingness to make this important career move. You will learn practical tips and tricks to aid your advancement. Workshop Description: This all day workshop will provide you with information and exercises to help you to complete a self assessment to determine your competencies, confidence, and commitment for moving into library management; discover key roles of a library manager and tips about successful management, and think about your own career goals and if management is one of them. By the end of the workshop you will have a better idea about your own career goals, your desire to accept management responsibility, and first steps to take in your new position. The workshop will be a combination of short presentations, individual and group exercises, and group discussion. Accompanying the workshop will be relevant handouts, a webliography, and a PowerPoint presentation of key points. Pre-workshop assignment: Pre-workshop assignment information will be emailed to those registered. Preliminary Course Outline So You Want to Be a Manager --Why do you want to be a manager? --What changes when you become a manager? --What does "management" mean? --Pros and cons of Management --Your personal competencies for management - a self-assessment What Is Effective Management? --Six key roles of a manager Tips on Being a Good Manager --Four key tips --Reporting successes --Rookie mistakes What's in Your Future? --Barriers you will face in becoming a manager --Career goals --New skills to learn Instructor: Nancy Bolt. Nancy Bolt was Colorado State Librarian for 18 years. Prior to becoming State Librarian and since leaving that position, she has managed her own consulting firm, now Nancy Bolt & Associates. She made her own leap from staff to management many years ago and has, through the years, coached many of her own and other staff to make this career move. She has conducted many workshops, one of which, "Improving Your Effectiveness at Work," looks at management skills and techniques to increase the support of the library and the librarian in the work environment. Who Should Attend: Anyone in the California library community (with or without MLS degrees) who is thinking about becoming a manager, either in your own library or another library. The workshop is applicable for people who work in any type of library or any position in a library where there is upward mobility. Prerequisites: None. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From Western at oclc.org Tue Oct 30 13:22:22 2007 From: Western at oclc.org (Western) Date: Tue Oct 30 13:22:38 2007 Subject: [Baynet] OCLC Western offers three outstanding Digital and Preservation classes in November Message-ID: <8A690E6B8DCCF743BB68844C6FEFF3167DE3EB@OAEXCH3SERVER.oa.oclc.org> > Three terrific courses are being offered in November that pertain to > various aspects of digital and preservation collection and management. > All three classes will be taught by OCLC Western's Gayle Palmer and > will be held in our Lacey, Washington, office. > Metadata for Digital Project Staff > > focuses on using metadata to facilitate both access to and > preservation of digital resources. Designed for non-catalogers, course > topics include: review of metadata schema choices, development of a > preservation metadata model, and using XML to store metadata. This > one-day workshop is scheduled for November 9. > Preserving Born Digital Collections > > focuses on the issues of selecting an appropriate preservation > strategy for born digital material, maintaining materials in a digital > archive or institutional repository, and the role of policies and > metadata in preservation options. This one-day workshop is scheduled > for November 15. > Grant Writing and Funding Strategies for Projects > > focuses on preparing for and writing grants for digitization and/or > preservation projects. Digitization and preservation grants criteria > for funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the > Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and the National > Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) are reviewed. > Developing strategies for making proposals for state, local and > foundation funding sources will also be addressed. This one-day > workshop is scheduled for November 16. > View all of our upcoming Education and Training > offerings, or > learn more about our Digital and Preservation Programs > by visiting > our Web site. > > From RSS feeds to member updates, staying informed is easier than ever > with OCLC Western electronic communications > . > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20071030/57a4c4f8/attachment.html From assist at infopeople.org Tue Oct 30 13:44:43 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Oct 30 13:45:29 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Reference Interview Skills for Academic Library Staff" workshop Message-ID: <473LJdutR0406M28@cmsapps05.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Reference Interview Skills for Academic Library Staff Dates and locations: Tuesday, December 4, San Francisco Public Library Friday, February 15, California State University, Sacramento Thursday, February 28, Los Angeles Public Library To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/358 There will be an additional session scheduled in San Diego. As soon as the date and location are confirmed, an announcement will be made. Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. What do all of the following scenarios have in common? --A reference librarian quickly and correctly answers a student's question, only to find out that the student really wanted something else. --The librarian with the best searching skills does not get asked many questions because students are intimidated to approach with their questions. --An instruction librarian prepares a whole set of handouts for a class assignment, showing the students the best databases and reference books, only to find out later that the instructor wants the students to use Google Scholar. --A librarian answering a chat/instant messenger question spends a lot of time and finds the perfect web site, only to discover that the user has left the session. Each of these is an example of the failure of the reference interview. The heart of reference service is the interpersonal interaction between the librarian and the user. No matter what tools we use to communicate or what resources are available, a failure to understand the user's need will result in a failed search. Reference librarians require strong interpersonal skills in order to effectively help their users. This workshop will give reference librarians some specific skills that they can use to improve their interactions with their users. Instruction will cover approachability factors, questioning techniques, and follow-up actions in both in-person and remote reference service. Workshop Description: This all day workshop will provide basic and advanced training in the interpersonal skills required to conduct a successful reference interview. Through observation, role-playing, and video, the participants will see the complex psychological factors that come into play during the transaction. By seeing themselves as their users see them, they will learn how to become more approachable and how to use questioning techniques to find out what their users are really asking. Preliminary Course Outline Introduction to and Importance of the Reference Interview --Styles of reference --Reference as other professions might do it --ALA Behavioral Guidelines Approachability --Factors that encourage or discourage use --In-person and online issues Communication --Nonverbal communication --Verbal communication --Open- and closed-ended questions --Role playing Follow-up and Assessment --Importance of follow-up --Assessment techniques Instructor: Dave Tyckoson. Dave is Head of Public Services at the Henry Madden Library, California State University - Fresno. Prior to coming to California in 1997, he held positions at SUNY-Albany, Iowa State University, and Miami (Ohio) University. He has an undergraduate degree in Physics and a Master's degree in Library Science, both from the University of Illinois. He has been involved with reference service for 25 years and has written extensively about reference service and the reference interview. He developed and taught the online continuing education course on the Reference Interview that is offered by ALA/RUSA and he has been elected as the 2007-2008 President of RUSA. Who Should Attend: This training is designed for reference librarians at academic libraries. Anyone who works with the public either in-person or online can benefit from this workshop. Prerequisites: None Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From dhersh at oaklandlibrary.org Fri Nov 2 15:29:49 2007 From: dhersh at oaklandlibrary.org (Hersh, Daniel) Date: Fri Nov 2 15:30:36 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Positions available (Librarian II, Oakland Public Library) Message-ID: > Oakland (CA) Public Library is now accepting applications for the > Librarian II classification. Librarian II's may be assigned as a librarian > of the Main Library, branch libraries, Children's and Teen Services, > Literacy and Disability Services and Technical and Special Services. > Librarian II's may also be in charge of the day-to-day operation of a > branch library and provide specialized or lead direction to a Librarian I, > paraprofessional, or clerical staff. There are several vacancies currently > at the Oakland Public Library, including in Cataloging/Processing, > Electronic Resources, and Children's Services; however, these vacancies > could shift to other positions before the hiring process is completed. > > The salary range for this classification is $5,073.25 to $6,228.63 per > month. The application deadline is Monday, November 26, 2007 at 5 pm. > Application materials must be received at the City of Oakland Office of > Personnel by the deadline. The full job announcement can be found at > http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/jobs/LibrarianII_OpenSelectiveCert.ht > ml > tml> . > > Candidates must meet the minimum qualifications for the Librarian II > classification, as follows: > > Any combination of education and experience that is equivalent to the > following minimum qualifications is acceptable: > > Education: A Master's degree in library science from an American Library > Association accredited graduate program is required. Applicants must > submit verification of their MLS/MLIS degree, (i.e., graduate transcripts > and/or a copy of diploma or verification from the college or university > attended). > > AND > > Experience: One year of full-time experience comparable to a Librarian I > position in the City of Oakland. > > Application materials for civil service employment generally consist of > the City of Oakland application, a City of Oakland Supplemental > Questionnaire (included in the full job announcement) and possible > additional pages for selective certification(s) in a language and/or > skill. .The application form can be found at > http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/jobs/New_Job_Application.pdf > The > City Employment Information Pamphlet is at > http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/jobs/2apply.html > These materials > are also available at the Oakland Public Library Main Library (125 14th > Street) on the 2nd floor in the Financial & Administrative Services > Office. For your convenience, the Financial & Administrative Services > Office is open Monday - Friday from 8:30 am to 5 pm to obtain application > materials or to ask for assistance with this civil service employment > process. > > For additional assistance, please contact the Oakland Public Library Human > Resources Manager, Crystal Ramie-Adams, at 510-238-6716 or > cramie@oaklandnet.com . > > Oakland Public Library delight inspire inform > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20071102/c2b7bc49/attachment.html From assist at infopeople.org Mon Nov 5 14:57:12 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Mon Nov 5 14:58:23 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Using Web 2.0 Tools for Staff Training" workshop Message-ID: <100Lkew6n0334M39@cmsapps03.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Using Web 2.0 Tools for Staff Training Dates and locations: Monday, December 10, California State Library Monday, January 7, San Diego County Library Headquarters Tuesday, January 8, Buena Park Library District There will be additional sessions scheduled in San Francisco, South Bay, and Los Angeles. As soon and the dates and locations are confirmed, an announcement will be made. To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/362 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. In a time when libraries are trying to adapt to a rapidly changing technology environment, our budgets and available staff time seem to be shrinking every year. Staff that try to keep up with new technology or other advancements in the profession may find themselves swimming upstream by themselves. You may be in charge of training initiatives at your library or you may be responsible for technology innovations, but your time may be limited. The good news is that there are many freely available Web 2.0 tools that are easily adapted to many training situations. Rejuvenate your old training procedures and create exciting new opportunities for your staff. In this workshop, you will: --Learn to adapt Web 2.0 tools for use in staff training. --Compare Web 2.0 tool to traditional training methodologies. --Develop a plan to revitalize training at your library. Workshop Description: This all-day hands-on workshop will provide you with an understanding of Web 2.0 tools and how they can be used for training staff. This workshop will have hands-on practice with Web 2.0 tools, individual, and group reflection times. You will complete a plan to redesign or create a new training program for your library and have time to discuss your plan with other workshop attendees for advice and ideas. You will also receive glossaries and bibliographies for all the tools and topics discussed. Pre-workshop assignment: Write a brief description of a current training program or need at your library. What is the goal of the training? Who is the audience? Are there any follow-up trainings in place or is there a way for people to keep their skills fresh? Are there incentives in place for training? *If it is a current training program, what methods are used for the training? How successful has it been? What are some challenges this program has faced? *If this is a training need at your library, what are some traditional methods that might fill this need at your library? What are some challenges to making this program successful? Preliminary Course Outline Traditional Training Methods v Web 2.0 Methods --Traditional models --The theory of Web 2.0 The Building Blocks, A Whirlwind Tour --RSS --Blogs --Wikis --Tagging (del.icio.us) --Podcasts --Flickr --Blip.tv Project Management as a Training Module --What is project management? --What tools can be used for project management? --Using project management tools to build training modules Challenges to Using Web 2.0 in Training and How to Overcome Them --Lack of training/knowledge about Web 2.0 Tools --Fear of change --Fear of technology --Technology issues - firewalls, bandwidth, etc. --Training challenges - follow through and follow-up, keeping the training fresh and useful Instructor: Michelle Boule. Michelle is a Social Sciences Librarian at the University of Houston. Michelle went to Texas A&M University and received her MLS from Texas Woman's University. She was a coordinator for the Five Weeks to a Social Library project, is active in ALA, writes and speaks about technology and education, believes Joss Whedon is a genius, and is a geek for life. Michelle is teaching this course because she believes that Web 2.0 tools can enrich our lives, help us serve our patrons and staff better, and that they make things fun. She believes that training is a great way to introduce staff to technology in a non-threatening way. Michelle has an open, discussion oriented teaching style with a lot of energy. Participants should come ready to learn, discuss, and be energized. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community with an interest in using new technologies to train staff. This workshop will be especially helpful for people who are either in charge of training at their library, library staff in charge of technology implementation that are looking for effective ways to train staff on the use of technology, or staff who want to implement Web 2.0 tools in their departments or working groups and are unsure of how to train people effectively on these tools. Prerequisites: This course requires that students be comfortable with basic computer skills, including using a mouse, navigating the web, and basic keyboarding. For help with these basic skills, we recommend the New Computer Users section of the Infopeople Resources Guides, at infopeople.org/resources. It is recommended, though not required that the attendee have some very basic knowledge of Web 2.0. We will be going over Web 2.0 theories and tools, but very quickly. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Tue Nov 6 13:10:48 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Nov 6 13:11:50 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople has additional sessions of "Photoshop Elements for Libraries" Message-ID: <381LkFVLH0194M29@cmsapps06.cms.usa.net> We have scheduled several more sessions of this workshop. Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Photoshop Elements for Libraries: Preparing Your Photos To Go Online Dates and Locations: Wednesday, December 12, San Diego County Library Headquarters Monday, January 7, Alameda County Library in Fremont Friday, January 25, Buena Park Library District Tuesday, February 12, Los Angeles Public Library To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/201 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. Do you want to put photos on the web, but don't have the time to learn the intricacies of Photoshop? This beginner course will teach you how to make your photographs "web ready" using Photoshop Elements, a simpler and less expensive version of Adobe Photoshop. While working in Photoshop Elements, you will learn how to: --Choose and use various graphic file formats, --Reduce photo file sizes, --Compress images so they download quickly, --Maintain image quality while exporting, --Retouch your photos, --Change backgrounds and add special effects, and --Effectively place an image on a web page. This course will introduce you to a tool that can help you enhance your website with high quality images. Workshop Description: In this all-day hands-on workshop, you will learn to use Adobe Photoshop Elements to optimize images for your web pages. While exploring the tools and capabilities of this software through individual and group exercises, you will focus on how best to prepare images for use on your library website. The instructor will provide handouts and a webliography, as well as practical, useful tips that can be applied immediately. Preliminary Course Outline Overview of Photoshop Elements --Introduction to software tools and workspace --Hands-on tour of the software Optimize Your Images for the Web --Cropping, changing image size, adjusting resolution --Working with color palettes --Making sense of file formats Customize Your Images --Altering layout and background --Applying special effects --Animating images on your web page Placing Your Images on a Web Page< --Pasting an image into Word and exporting a web page --Copyright concerns and signature releases --Image repositories on the web Instructor: Jeanne Moje MacDonald. Jeanne has been involved with art, graphic design, and photography for over 35 years. She has taught classes at both UC Davis and UC Berkeley, including web design classes and bibliographic instruction at the UC Berkeley Teaching Library. For the last two years, Jeanne has been a web design and multimedia consultant (Programmer Analyst) for the Controller's Office, UC Berkeley. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community who would like to prepare photos to go online. Please note that this is an introductory course. Prerequisites: This course requires that students be comfortable with basic computer skills, including using a mouse, navigating the web, and basic keyboarding. For help with these basic skills, we recommend the New Computer Users section of the Infopeople Tutorials, at infopeople.org/resources/tutorials.html. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Tue Nov 13 12:41:12 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Nov 13 12:41:58 2007 Subject: [Baynet] State Library Webcast Message-ID: <994LkmupK0012M28@cmsapps05.cms.usa.net> Infopeople is pleased to announce the State Library Webcast. Please print and post or route this message to staff and colleagues who might be interested in this webcast. TITLE: State Library Webcast DATE and TIME: December 11, 2007, 12:00pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. Up to 150 participants can join in the live webcast and admission is on a first come, first serve basis. For more information and to participate in the webcast, go to URL http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/200/index.html What is happening at the California State Library? What new services or grant opportunities may be forthcoming from Library Development Services? How do current state-level political and economic events affect libraries? What national trends is the State Library watching? State Librarian Susan Hildreth and other members of the State Library staff discuss this and much more in webcasts sponsored by Infopeople. The webcasts, which will be offered at least three times a year, deal with hot topics in the California library world, emerging library trends, and services available to you from the California State Library. The State Librarian and other State Library staff are also available for live questions and answers during each webcast. Check in to get to know our State Library staff and keep in tune with the scene in Sacramento. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not attend the live event. However, you are welcome to view the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. State Library Webcast December 11, 2007 12:00 pm - 1pm From Western at oclc.org Tue Nov 13 13:42:15 2007 From: Western at oclc.org (Western) Date: Tue Nov 13 14:00:37 2007 Subject: [Baynet] November - January | California Online Training Opportunities Available from OCLC Western Message-ID: <8A690E6B8DCCF743BB68844C6FEFF3167DE3EF@OAEXCH3SERVER.oa.oclc.org> OCLC Western is pleased to highlight these three outstanding courses-all of which are scheduled to take place in December. Registration deadlines are approaching quickly, so be sure to register today to reserve your seat. Keep Up! Blogs, Wikis and RSS Thursday, December 6, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/3/07) 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Online-Live Meeting AACR and MARC for Video Recordings Thursday-Friday, December 13-14, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/15/07) 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. San Mateo Public Library (San Mateo, CA) CONTENTdm Basic Instruction for Users Wednesday, December 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/14/07) 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Mill Valley Public Library (Mill Valley, CA) Outlined below is our complete list of upcoming courses. We add new courses frequently, so to stay as up-to-date as possible, sign up for our Training RSS feed , which provides daily updates on courses that have just been scheduled. Or, if you are interested in a more collective view of training opportunities, opt for our Training Update and we will send you regular information. Find additional education and training information on our Web site . Cataloging and metadata ---------------------------------------------------------------- AACR and MARC for Sound Recordings http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W103.htm Monday-Tuesday, January 7-8, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 12/07/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm San Jose State University ( Martin Luther King, Jr. Library) AACR and MARC for Video Recordings http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W104.htm Thursday-Friday, December 13-14, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/15/07) 9:00 am-4:00 pm San Mateo Public Library, San Mateo, CA Basic Serials Cataloging http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W120.htm Monday-Tuesday, January 28-29, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 1/18/08) 9:00 am-4:30 pm Long Beach Public Main Library, Long Beach CA. CatExpress Distance Ed http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W119.htm Tuesday, December 11, 2007 ( Registration deadline 12/05/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Connexion: Client Basics http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W108.htm Friday, November 30, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/23/07) 9:00 am-3:30 pm OCLC Western Service Center, Ontario, CA Connexion: Search WorldCat Basics http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W125.htm Thursday, November 29, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/22/07 ) 9:00 am-3:30 pm OCLC Western Service Center, Ontario, CA CONTENTdm Basic Instruction for Users http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W304.htm Wednesday, December 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/14/07) 8:30 am-4:00 pm Mill Valley Public Library (Mill Valley, CA) Local Holdings Maintenance Basics Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W824.htm Tuesday & Wednesday, November 20 & 21, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/16/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Tuesday & Wednesday, December 18 & 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/14/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Tuesday & Wednesday, Jan 22 & 23, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 1/18/08) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Managing Your OCLC FirstSearch Service http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W410.htm December 13, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/10/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Tuesday, January 15, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 1/9/08) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm Tuesday, December 11, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/10/07) 2:00 pm-4:00pm Online-Live Meeting Preserving Born Digital Collections http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W312.htm Wednesday, December 5, 2007 9:00 am-4:30 pm OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) Collection management ---------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTdm Basic Instruction for Users http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W304.htm Wednesday, December 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/14/07) 8:30 am-4:00 pm Mill Valley Public Library (Mill Valley, CA) Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm Thursday, December 4, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/3/07)) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Digital Image Quality Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W382.htm Wednesday, January 30, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 1/29/08) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Funding Digital Projects Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm Tuesday, November 20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/19/07) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday, January 16, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 1/15/08) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm Wednesday, November 21, 2007 (Registration Deadline 11/16/07) 1:00-3:00 pm Online-live meeting Wednesday, December 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/14/07) 1:00-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday, January 16, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 1/11/08) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Managing Archival Collections: An Introduction http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W328.htm Thursday, January 17, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 1/14/08) 9:00 am-4:00 pm UCLA (Los Angeles, CA) Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm Tuesday, December 11, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/10/07) 2:00 pm-4:00pm Online-Live Meeting Preservation 101: Basics for Paper and Media Collections http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W387.htm Monday, January 7-Friday, February 29, 2008 Virtual class Preserving Born Digital Collections http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W312.htm Wednesday, December 5, 2007 9:00 am-4:30 pm OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) Streaming Audio and SMIL for Oral Histories http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W326.htm Friday, January 18, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 1/15/08) 9:00 am-4:00 pm UCLA (Los Angeles, CA) Digitization and preservation ---------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTdm Basic Instruction for Users http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W304.htm Wednesday, December 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/14/07) 8:30 am-4:00 pm Mill Valley Public Library (Mill Valley, CA) Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm Thursday, December 4, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/3/07)) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Digital Image Quality Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W382.htm Wednesday, January 30, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 1/29/08) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Federal Grant Writing http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W329.htm Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:30 am-4:30 pm OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) Funding Digital Projects Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm Tuesday, November 20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/19/07) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday, January 16, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 1/15/08) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Managing Archival Collections: An Introduction http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W328.htm Thursday, January 17, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 1/14/08) 9:00 am-4:00 pm UCLA (Los Angeles, CA) Marketing Management Toolkit http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W330.htm Thursday, December 13, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/10/07) 9:30 am-4:30 pm OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W383.htm Tuesday, December 11, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/10/07) 2:00 pm-4:00pm Online-Live Meeting Preservation 101: Basics for Paper and Media Collections http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W387.htm Monday, January 7-Friday, February 29, 2008 Virtual class Preserving Born Digital Collections http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W312.htm Wednesday, December 5, 2007 9:00 am-4:30 pm OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) Streaming Audio and SMIL for Oral Histories http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W326.htm Friday, January 18, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 1/15/08) 9:00 am-4:00 pm UCLA (Los Angeles, CA) Librarianship ---------------------------------------------------------------- Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm Wednesday, November 21, 2007 (Registration Deadline 11/16/07) 1:00-3:00 pm Online-live meeting Wednesday, December 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/14/07) 1:00-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday, January 16, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 1/11/08) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Library administration and management ---------------------------------------------------------------- Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W381.htm Thursday, December 4, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/3/07)) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Federal Grant Writing http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W329.htm Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:30 am-4:30 pm OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) Funding Digital Projects Webinar http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W380.htm Tuesday, November 20, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/19/07) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday, January 16, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 1/15/08) 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Keep Up! Extending Library Services with Social Technologies http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W908.htm Wednesday, November 28, 2007 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm Wednesday, November 21, 2007 (Registration Deadline 11/16/07) 1:00-3:00 pm Online-live meeting Wednesday, December 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/14/07) 1:00-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday, January 16, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 1/11/08) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Marketing Management Toolkit http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W330.htm Thursday, December 13, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/10/07) 9:30 am-4:30 pm OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) Preserving Born Digital Collections http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W312.htm Wednesday, December 5, 2007 9:00 am-4:30 pm OCLC Western Service Center (Ontario, CA) Reference and public service ---------------------------------------------------------------- Administering OCLC QuestionPoint http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W907.htm Thursday, November 29, 2007 (Registration Deadline 11/23/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Tuesday, January 29, 2008 (Registration Deadline 01/25/08) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Managing Your OCLC FirstSearch Service http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W410.htm December 13, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/10/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Tuesday, January 15, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 1/9/08) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting OCLC QuestionPoint: Delivering Virtual Reference http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W906.htm Monday and Tuesday, December 3-4, 2007 (Registration Deadline 11/30/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Thursday and Friday, January 24 & 25, 2008 (Registration Deadline 1/18/08) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Resource sharing (ILL) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction to OCLC's Policies Directory (PD) http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W504.htm Thursday, January 17, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 1/15/08 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday, December 12, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/10/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Local Holdings Maintenance Basics Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W824.htm Tuesday & Wednesday, November 20 & 21, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/16/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Tuesday & Wednesday, December 18 & 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/14/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Tuesday & Wednesday, Jan 22 & 23, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 1/18/08) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting WorldCat Resource Sharing Basics Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W823.htm Thursday & Friday, December 6 & 7, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/4/07) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday & Thursday, January 9 & 10, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 1/4/08) 1:00-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting WorldCat Resource Sharing Searching Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W822.htm Tuesday, November 6, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 11/2/07) 1:00-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Tuesday, December 4, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/3/07) 1:00-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Tuesday, January 8, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 1/04/2008) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------- Keep Up! Blogs, Wikis and RSS http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W909.htm Thursday, December 6, 2007 (Registration deadline 12/3/07) 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm MS Live Meeting- Online Tuesday, January 15,2008 (Registration Deadline 1/9/08) 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm MS Live Meeting- Online Keep Up! Extending Library Services with Social Technologies http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W908.htm Wednesday, November 28, 2007 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Licensing and Negotiations for Librarians Online http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W905.htm Wednesday, November 21, 2007 (Registration Deadline 11/16/07) 1:00-3:00 pm Online-live meeting Wednesday, December 19, 2007 (Registration Deadline: 12/14/07) 1:00-3:00 pm Online-Live Meeting Wednesday, January 16, 2008 (Registration Deadline: 1/11/08) 10:00 am-12:00 pm Online-Live Meeting > From RSS feeds to member updates, staying informed is easier than ever > with OCLC Western electronic communications. Subscribe at > < https://www.oclc.org/western/email/ >. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This course is a precursor to the series of "how-to" workshops that are scheduled to follow. > There is no charge for this initial session, which is designed to help you determine which 2.0 tools are best for your library. > Register for this Keep Up! webinar session today: > Keep Up! Extending Library Services with Social Technologies > Wednesday, November 28, 2007 > 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. PST > Online-Live Meeting > > Tuesday, December 11, 2007 > 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PST > Online-Live Meeting > > Keep Up! Blogs, Wikis and RSS > You've heard the buzz about blogs, wikis and RSS, but how can they be effectively used in your library? Should they be? Do you have the technology, tools, or even the time to implement these collaborative communication tools in your organization? Learn what's involved with blogging, wikis and RSS feeds from both the technology and human resources side of the equation. Learn how to decide whether a blog or a wiki would be a more effective solution. > This workshop is perfect for frontline staff who may be implementing and working with the technologies on a regular basis, and for managers who may be responsible for developing policies around the tools. > Register for this Keep Up! webinar session today: > > Keep Up! Blogs, Wikis and RSS > Thursday, December 6, 2007 > 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. PST > Online-Live Meeting > Tuesday, January 15, 2008 > 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. PST > Online-Live Meeting > > Keep Up! Podcasting Made Simple > Have you thought about podcasting as a way to communicate with your clientele, but thought it would be too hard? This session will make podcasting easy. If you have ever used a tape recorder, podcasting is within your grasp. It is fun, and your users will enjoy the format. We will cover the relationship between streaming audio and podcasting. You will learn how to plan for and create audio files, and post them as podcasts. > This workshop is perfect for any librarian or staff member who would like to present library training, advertising, or programming using audio files posted on the Web. > Register for this Keep Up! webinar session today: > Keep Up! Podcasting Made Simple > Thursday, January 17, 2008 > 1:00 p.m. > ?> 3:00 p.m. PST > Online-Live Meeting > > Tuesday, January 29, 2008 > 1:00 p.m. > ?> 3:00 p.m. PST > Online-Live Meeting > > > From RSS feeds to member updates, staying informed is easier than ever with OCLC Western electronic communications > . > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20071121/e8fe05ee/attachment.html From assist at infopeople.org Wed Nov 28 15:06:49 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Wed Nov 28 15:07:08 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's webcast series "Health e-Shows" Message-ID: <372LkbXgQ0105M38@cmsapps02.cms.usa.net> Infopeople is offering a new webcast series on consumer health: Health e-Shows. The first webcast was given on October 22 and can be viewed as an archived webcast. Here are the dates for the next three in the series: Session #2 - Communicating About Health: Empowering Patrons To Communicate With Their Health Care Providers on December 3 Session #3 - An in-depth look at MedlinePlus on February 19 Session #4 - Beyond MedlinePlus: Resources That Answer Those Other Tough Health Reference Questions on April 10 The sessions will be presented by Kelli Ham, Consumer Health Coordinator, NN/LM Pacific Southwest Region, UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. Second session: Title: Communicating About Health: Empowering Patrons To Communicate With Their Health Care Providers Date and time: December 3, 2007, 12pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the December 3 webcast, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/239/index.html Health questions are routinely asked at the reference desk, and often information is provided with additional encouragement to discuss the findings with the patron's doctor. However, communicating with the health care provider may not be easy for many people for a variety of reasons. How can patients ask all of their questions if they only see the doctor for just five or ten minutes? What if there are cultural or language barriers? What can libraries or other information providers do to help people be active participants in their own health care? This webcast is geared to libraries and organizations that provide health information to the public, covering issues and resources around the topic of communication between patients and their health care team. The first segment of the webcast will focus on issues concerning barriers to communication, the complexity of the health care system, end-of-life issues, patient safety and patient rights. The remaining time will be devoted to the best resources and most effective strategies to help your patrons learn about communicating with their health care providers in order to take an active role in their health. Speaker: Kelli Ham. Kelli has over twelve years of experience working in corporate, public and biomedical libraries. Since May 2005, Kelli has been the Consumer Health Coordinator for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM), Pacific Southwest Region (PSR), based at the UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. She is responsible for planning and coordinating consumer health programs and activities for public libraries and community-based organizations in the Region. Outreach activities focus on meeting the health information needs of the diverse population groups in the Pacific Southwest Region. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: Communicating About Health: Empowering Patrons To Communicate With Their Health Care Providers Date: December 3, 2007 Time: 12pm - 1pm Speaker: Kelli Ham From assist at infopeople.org Wed Nov 28 15:06:49 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Wed Nov 28 15:07:23 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's webcast series "Health e-Shows" Message-ID: <372LkbXgQ0105M38@cmsapps02.cms.usa.net> Infopeople is offering a new webcast series on consumer health: Health e-Shows. The first webcast was given on October 22 and can be viewed as an archived webcast. Here are the dates for the next three in the series: Session #2 - Communicating About Health: Empowering Patrons To Communicate With Their Health Care Providers on December 3 Session #3 - An in-depth look at MedlinePlus on February 19 Session #4 - Beyond MedlinePlus: Resources That Answer Those Other Tough Health Reference Questions on April 10 The sessions will be presented by Kelli Ham, Consumer Health Coordinator, NN/LM Pacific Southwest Region, UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. Second session: Title: Communicating About Health: Empowering Patrons To Communicate With Their Health Care Providers Date and time: December 3, 2007, 12pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the December 3 webcast, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/239/index.html Health questions are routinely asked at the reference desk, and often information is provided with additional encouragement to discuss the findings with the patron's doctor. However, communicating with the health care provider may not be easy for many people for a variety of reasons. How can patients ask all of their questions if they only see the doctor for just five or ten minutes? What if there are cultural or language barriers? What can libraries or other information providers do to help people be active participants in their own health care? This webcast is geared to libraries and organizations that provide health information to the public, covering issues and resources around the topic of communication between patients and their health care team. The first segment of the webcast will focus on issues concerning barriers to communication, the complexity of the health care system, end-of-life issues, patient safety and patient rights. The remaining time will be devoted to the best resources and most effective strategies to help your patrons learn about communicating with their health care providers in order to take an active role in their health. Speaker: Kelli Ham. Kelli has over twelve years of experience working in corporate, public and biomedical libraries. Since May 2005, Kelli has been the Consumer Health Coordinator for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM), Pacific Southwest Region (PSR), based at the UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. She is responsible for planning and coordinating consumer health programs and activities for public libraries and community-based organizations in the Region. Outreach activities focus on meeting the health information needs of the diverse population groups in the Pacific Southwest Region. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: Communicating About Health: Empowering Patrons To Communicate With Their Health Care Providers Date: December 3, 2007 Time: 12pm - 1pm Speaker: Kelli Ham From assist at infopeople.org Thu Nov 29 10:27:46 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Thu Nov 29 10:27:53 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Upcoming Infopeople workshops Message-ID: <780LkCsbl0186M36@cmsapps01.cms.usa.net> Please take a look at some of the Infopeople workshops coming up in the next few weeks: Dealing with Difficult People: Making Libraries Safe & Sane http://infopeople.org/workshop/345 December 10, Buena Park Library District Planning, Doing, & Sustaining a Successful Bilingual Storytime Program http://infopeople.org/workshop/344 December 14, San Diego County Library Headquarters Reference Interview Skills for Academic Library Staff http://infopeople.org/workshop/358 December 4, San Francisco Public Library Teaching Spanish-Speaking Patrons How to Use the Internet http://infopeople.org/workshop/49 December 14, Buena Park Library District Using Web 2.0 Tools for Staff Training http://infopeople.org/workshop/362 December 10, California State Library Please visit the URL's listed for a description of the workshops and to register. If you have any questions, please email me or give me a call. Thank you. Linda Linda Rodenspiel, Infopeople Project Assistant assist@infopeople.org voice: 650-578-9685 fax: 650-349-5089 http://infopeople.org/ From assist at infopeople.org Tue Dec 4 11:12:44 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Dec 4 11:13:07 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Reminder of State Library Webcast Message-ID: <818LLDTmx0057M36@cmsapps01.cms.usa.net> A reminder of the State Library Webcast. Please let your friends and colleagues know about this event! TITLE: State Library Webcast DATE and TIME: December 11, 2007, 12:00pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. Up to 150 participants can join in the live webcast and admission is on a first come, first serve basis. For more information and to participate in the webcast, go to URL http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/200/index.html What is happening at the California State Library? What new services or grant opportunities may be forthcoming from Library Development Services? How do current state-level political and economic events affect libraries? What national trends is the State Library watching? The webcasts, which will be offered at least three times a year, deal with hot topics in the California library world, emerging library trends, and services available to you from the California State Library. State Library staff are also available for live questions and answers during each webcast. Check in to get to know our State Library staff and keep in tune with the scene in Sacramento. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not attend the live event. However, you are welcome to view the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. State Library Webcast December 11, 2007 12:00 pm - 1pm From assist at infopeople.org Thu Dec 6 14:16:47 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Thu Dec 6 14:17:12 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Using Web 2.0 Tools for Staff Training" workshop Message-ID: <468LLFwqW0436M36@cmsapps01.cms.usa.net> We have added three sessions of this workshop. Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Using Web 2.0 Tools for Staff Training Dates and locations: Tuesday, January 22, 2008, Saratoga Library Thursday, January 24, 2008, Los Angeles Public Library Thursday, January 31, 2008, San Francisco Public Library To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/362 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. In a time when libraries are trying to adapt to a rapidly changing technology environment, our budgets and available staff time seem to be shrinking every year. Staff that try to keep up with new technology or other advancements in the profession may find themselves swimming upstream by themselves. You may be in charge of training initiatives at your library or you may be responsible for technology innovations, but your time may be limited. The good news is that there are many freely available Web 2.0 tools that are easily adapted to many training situations. Rejuvenate your old training procedures and create exciting new opportunities for your staff. In this workshop, you will: --Learn to adapt Web 2.0 tools for use in staff training. --Compare Web 2.0 tool to traditional training methodologies. --Develop a plan to revitalize training at your library. Workshop Description: This all-day hands-on workshop will provide you with an understanding of Web 2.0 tools and how they can be used for training staff. This workshop will have hands-on practice with Web 2.0 tools, individual, and group reflection times. You will complete a plan to redesign or create a new training program for your library and have time to discuss your plan with other workshop attendees for advice and ideas. You will also receive glossaries and bibliographies for all the tools and topics discussed. Pre-workshop assignment: Write a brief description of a current training program or need at your library. What is the goal of the training? Who is the audience? Are there any follow-up trainings in place or is there a way for people to keep their skills fresh? Are there incentives in place for training? *If it is a current training program, what methods are used for the training? How successful has it been? What are some challenges this program has faced? *If this is a training need at your library, what are some traditional methods that might fill this need at your library? What are some challenges to making this program successful? Preliminary Course Outline Traditional Training Methods v Web 2.0 Methods --Traditional models --The theory of Web 2.0 The Building Blocks, A Whirlwind Tour --RSS --Blogs --Wikis --Tagging (del.icio.us) --Podcasts --Flickr --Blip.tv Project Management as a Training Module --What is project management? --What tools can be used for project management? --Using project management tools to build training modules Challenges to Using Web 2.0 in Training and How to Overcome Them --Lack of training/knowledge about Web 2.0 Tools --Fear of change --Fear of technology --Technology issues - firewalls, bandwidth, etc. --Training challenges - follow through and follow-up, keeping the training fresh and useful Instructor: Michelle Boule. Michelle is a Social Sciences Librarian at the University of Houston. Michelle went to Texas A&M University and received her MLS from Texas Woman's University. She was a coordinator for the Five Weeks to a Social Library project, is active in ALA, writes and speaks about technology and education, believes Joss Whedon is a genius, and is a geek for life. Michelle is teaching this course because she believes that Web 2.0 tools can enrich our lives, help us serve our patrons and staff better, and that they make things fun. She believes that training is a great way to introduce staff to technology in a non-threatening way. Michelle has an open, discussion oriented teaching style with a lot of energy. Participants should come ready to learn, discuss, and be energized. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community with an interest in using new technologies to train staff. This workshop will be especially helpful for people who are either in charge of training at their library, library staff in charge of technology implementation that are looking for effective ways to train staff on the use of technology, or staff who want to implement Web 2.0 tools in their departments or working groups and are unsure of how to train people effectively on these tools. Prerequisites: This course requires that students be comfortable with basic computer skills, including using a mouse, navigating the web, and basic keyboarding. For help with these basic skills, we recommend the New Computer Users section of the Infopeople Resources Guides, at infopeople.org/resources. It is recommended, though not required that the attendee have some very basic knowledge of Web 2.0. We will be going over Web 2.0 theories and tools, but very quickly. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Fri Dec 7 14:29:23 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Fri Dec 7 14:29:43 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Measuring Library Costs and Benefits" workshop Message-ID: <551LLgwdV0349M28@cmsapps05.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Measuring Library Costs and Benefits Dates and locations: Tuesday, January 22, San Francisco Public Library Monday, February 11, San Diego County Library Headquarters Tuesday, February 26, Alameda County Library (Fremont) Wednesday, March 12, Los Angeles Public Library Wednesday, April 2, Fresno Woodpark Library Monday, April 14, Sacramento Public Library - Galleria Wednesday, April 30, Buena Park Library District To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/360 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. Skill in measuring and expressing library costs and benefits can be the key to sustaining your services and moving both your ideas and your organization forward. --Do you want to convince management to fund new services or provide new resources for your department? --Do you know how to develop case statements and cost analyses for grant proposals? --Do you know how to identify and describe how your library or department helps your community achieve its goals? --Have you been challenged by your administration, local officials, or budget officers to quantify or "prove" the value of your current operations? --Do you know how to use management language (such as cost/benefit analysis or return on investment) to describe what your library or department does? --Do you know how to find and use comparative data effectively to highlight what you do, how much it costs, and the value your users receive? In this course you will learn how to "make the case" for continued or increased funding support in today's competitive environment. Workshop Description: This all-day workshop will provide you with an array of tools that you can use to express the value of library activities, using the same business and social impact language that administrators, decision-makers, and community leaders use. Examples and exercises will provide hands-on opportunities to begin using the concepts and techniques presented immediately. Interactive exercises and discussions will allow participants to share their experiences and learn from what others have done. The instructor will provide methodologies, model studies, and sample ROI (return on investment) calculators, as well as a bibliography and webliography, glossary, and handouts. Preliminary Course Outline Why it's smart to use business/management language in competitive funding environments --Accountability and value issues --What funders and administrators are looking for Basic definitions --Return on investment --Cost/benefit ratios Types of costs --Identifying costs Types of benefits --Measuring benefits Finding and using peer comparison tools --Why comparison is important Benefits Analysis Studies --Effectiveness and credibility --Values propositions Social Return on Investment --Expanded value propositions Communicating Costs and Benefits Effectively Instructor: Jeanne Goodrich. Jeanne has over thirty-five years' experience in public library administration, in five western states. She has been working as a library management consultant and trainer for the last eight years. Throughout her career Jeanne has been interested in how libraries as organizations can continue to grow and change in order to respond to the needs their communities have and in how technology can be used to provide responsive services. As demands grow and resources remain flat or decline, accurately measuring the services libraries provide and being able to quantify the value and benefits that libraries provide is vital. Who Should Attend: This course is designed for anyone who designs, proposes, evaluates, or justifies library programs, services, or budgets, anyone who has an idea they would like to develop into a successful grant or funding proposal, or anyone who has to talk about library services and programs convincingly to non-library audiences. This could include current or aspiring library leaders, committee chairs, managers, grant writers, budget preparers, program evaluators, business office staff, administrative board members, literacy program staff, regional system/network consultants, and outreach personnel. Prerequisites: None Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/workshop/location. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Wed Dec 12 09:53:50 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Wed Dec 12 09:54:02 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's webcast "Competencies: Building Blocks, Not Buzzwords" Message-ID: <517LLLR2p0210M29@cmsapps06.cms.usa.net> Please print and post or route this message to staff and colleagues who might be interested in this webcast. Title: Competencies: Building Blocks, Not Buzzwords Date and time: January 8, 2008, 12pm - 1pm This webcast will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts. Pre-registration is not required. For more information and to participate in the January 8 webcast, go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/237/index.html What comes to mind when you hear the term "competencies"? Are competencies just the latest buzzword for leadership certification or for development of Librarian 2.0 skills? Technology training and certification programs are often the driving forces behind competency development. These are only part of the bigger picture of competency-based models for service standards, performance management, and staff development. Because competencies identify the knowledge, skills and attitudes for on-the-job performance, they are the building blocks for both individual and organizational success. To understand competencies as the foundation for career and organizational development, we will explore: * Definitions of competency and competency-based models. * Examples of core, behavioral and technical competencies. * The development and use of competencies in the library profession. * How competencies can be used to benefit your library. * Why competencies are important to you individually. This webcast will give you a basic understanding of competencies as guides for your library's recruitment and hiring, performance management, and staff development efforts. Individually you can build a powerful portfolio of competency-based experiences to advance your own career. Handouts provide examples of competencies developed by a wide variety of library-related organizations. Speaker: Mary Bucher Ross. Mary Ross has over 25 years of experience working in public libraries and managed the staff training and development program at the Seattle Public Library for eight years. She has designed online training programs for virtual reference providers and courses for WebJunction and LibraryU. Currently continuing education coordinator for the Washington Library Association, she is also on the board of directors of the Continuing Library Education Network and Round Table (CLENERT) and was a delegate to ALA's 2nd and 3rd Congresses on Professional Education. Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webcasts to anyone in the California library community. If you are outside California, please do not register for the live event. However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day following the webcast. Check our archive listing at: http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list. Webcast: Competencies: Building Blocks, Not Buzzwords Date: January 8, 2008 Time: 12pm - 1pm Speaker: Mary Bucher Ross From NLitt at ll.cccounty.us Wed Dec 12 10:01:13 2007 From: NLitt at ll.cccounty.us (Naomi Little) Date: Wed Dec 12 10:01:25 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Naomi Little is out of the office. Message-ID: I will be out of the office starting 12/11/2007 and will not return until 01/03/2008. I will respond to your message when I return. From reference at calhist.org Wed Dec 12 11:05:42 2007 From: reference at calhist.org (Reference) Date: Wed Dec 12 11:10:52 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Please remove us from the list Message-ID: reference@calhist.org Thanks! Reference Staff California Historical Society 678 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105 415/357-1848, ex. 220 fax: 415/357-1850 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Title: Simply Irresistible: Storytimes for Newborns to Two Years Dates and locations: Wednesday, January 23, San Francisco Public Library Thursday, February 14, Buena Park Library District Friday, February 29, Alameda County Library (Fremont) Friday, March 14, San Diego County Library Headquarters Friday, March 28, Fresno Woodward Park Library There will be additional sessions scheduled in Sacramento and Los Angeles. When the dates and locations have been confirmed, an announcement will be made. To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/355 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. You will find programming for babies and their parents "Simply Irresistible!" Babies are your "captive audience," and parents are often at their most hopeful and receptive. Your library can establish itself as a literacy leader in the community by teaching parents how to share baby songs, lullabies, nursery rhymes, fingerplays, age-appropriate picture books, board books, and gentle stretching. You can forge strong relationships with parents as you demonstrate how to explore language with their child in a lively and entertaining way. Together you can build life-long readers, starting at birth. Workshop Description: In this all-day workshop, children's library staff will learn how to prepare and deliver a literacy-based storytime for infants and their parents/caregivers. Guided by a dynamic PowerPoint presentation, students will design an appropriate space; develop an age-appropriate, literacy-rich program; learn "parent patter" and how to use it during the program; and "tweak" their current storytime program to focus on early literacy skills with younger children. In a supportive and entertaining environment students will share and perform all storytime components to develop familiarity, confidence, and ease in working with this "keep you on your toes" age group of two and under. Students will be armed with song sheets, fingerplays, booklists, equipment suggestions, recommended websites, and gentle stretching techniques that will help stimulate language and baby brain development. You've never had so much fun at a library skills workshop! Pre-workshop Assignment: --Survey current storytime clientele for actual ages served during programs. Example: in your preschool storytime (three to five-year-olds) 50% of attendees are two and under. Based on these numbers bring an idea of who your underserved age group is. --Bring one book appropriate for the age group (birth to two-year-olds) to share with group. If you need help try one of the following websites: www.multcolib.org/kids/booklists/babies.html www.montgomerycountymd.gov --Bring a favorite fingerplay for each of these age groups: (birth-12 months) and (12-24 months) to share with the group. If you need help try one of the following websites: www.thebestkidswebsite.com www.kiddles.com Optional: Bring sample flyers of infant programs already being offered at your site to show and share with the group. Preliminary Course Outline Introduction --Baby brain development --Developmental milestones --PLA 6 Literacy Skills --Librarian's role --Breakdown of age groups --Parent participation Nuts and Bolts: Nuts --Registration --Physical setting --Length of program --Sample storytime --Book selection Nuts and Bolts: Bolts --Fingerplays --Stretching --Puppets and props --Songs with music and props Taking It Home --Parent patter --Dialogic reading --Marketing --Partnerships --Don't be afraid to be yourself Instructor: Colleen Willis. Colleen has happily spent the last eight years working as a children's librarian for the Anaheim Public Library. She got her start in storytelling because she happened to make the most fabulous pig snort that could be heard all the way from the back of the room. After the undying praise she received for her excellent puppetry she was hooked. Five years later she was approached by her supervisor who asked if she would be interested in doing a storytime for babies. Colleen had just had her second baby and was excited to try something new. Her initial start was slow, but as word got around the programs became a success. She then turned her experience into a California Library Association training session and has been busy ever since training fellow professionals in the art of baby storytimes. Who Should Attend: This course in intended for children's library staff who is involved in the development and implementation of storytimes for preschoolers and younger. Prerequisites: Experience with storytimes for preschoolers and younger desirable. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/workshop/location. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From Western at oclc.org Tue Dec 18 06:22:03 2007 From: Western at oclc.org (Western) Date: Tue Dec 18 09:37:32 2007 Subject: [Baynet] January - February | California Online and In-person Training Opportunities Available from OCLC Western Message-ID: <8A690E6B8DCCF743BB68844C6FEFF3167DE402@OAEXCH3SERVER.oa.oclc.org> > OCLC Western's goal is to provide you with the education and training > you need, when and where you need it. As such, we are pleased to offer > an array of classes spanning several topical areas. > > Outlined below are classes we have planned for the next few months. 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URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20071218/45f85508/attachment-0001.html From assist at infopeople.org Tue Dec 18 16:30:26 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Dec 18 16:30:21 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's updated Effective Time Management online course Message-ID: <953LLsaEH0175M39@cmsapps03.cms.usa.net> Infopeople is pleased to offer an updated version of the online course Effective Time Management for Library Staff. This new version incorporates Web 2.0 applications that were not available when the course was last offered (2005). Time management was identified by participants in the Eureka! Leadership Program as an important skill that was not covered in any of the Phase 2 workshops, so this course should be of particular interest to those wishing to develop their leadership potential or move forward in library supervision and management. Title: Effective Time Management for Library Staff 2008 (online learning course) Dates: February 5, 2008 - March 17, 2008 To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/364 Fee: $75 for those in the California library community, $150 for those out-of-state. Do you ever leave work stressed because your "to-do" list isn't even half finished? Managing time is a key element in your on-the-job success. No matter what your position, the strength of your time management skills and habits affects both your daily performance and your personal wellbeing. In this course you will design a plan that will help you react and adapt to the constantly changing rhythms and tempos of your life. You will practice your new skills and receive coaching to meet your specific needs so that you will be better able to: --Identify what is the most important --Anticipate problems and overcome obstacles --Find hidden shortcuts in every project --Resolve conflicts when other people's goals compete with yours --Stop procrastinating Workshop Description: This six-week online learning course will help you improve your skills in managing your time on a daily basis as well as your long-term projects. You will learn strategies and techniques to control how you spend your time, stop time-wasting behaviors, and get the most important things done efficiently and effectively. Through readings, online discussion and chat, structured exercises, and writing assignments you will learn how to create and modify a flexible time management system based on your unique expectations, thinking style, and temperament. The course will utilize library-specific situations and examples in the readings and exercises. Outcomes: By the end of the course, participants will be able to: 1. Analyze their time management problems and sort them into three categories: technical, environmental and psychological 2. Design a customized time management system that deals with the three categories of problems 3. Create a customized time management review and evaluation process 4. Demonstrate strategies for diagnosing and solving problems that they expect to arise subsequent to the course Preliminary Course Outline: Module One: Overview of effective time management --Welcome --Planning for success --Categorizing your time management problems Module Two: Validating your time management self assessment --Using time logs --Analyzing your time logs Module Three: Discovering Your Strengths --Determining your personal style, preferences and needs --Developing your personal mission statement and goals Module Four: Time Management Essentials --Choosing and prioritizing your activities --Exploring time management tools Module Five: Developing your customized plan and overall process --Designing your customized plan --Streamlining your overall process Module Six: Your journey towards satisfaction --Troubleshooting your plan and overall process --Maintaining your motivation --Additional resources Instructor: Gail McGovern. Gail received her B.A. in religion and M.S. in Library Science from Syracuse University. She moved to California in 1973 as the project director for the Lake County Library Project. From 1974-1995, she administered grant programs, provided consulting services and conducted training programs for the Library Development Services Bureau of the California State Library. Gail has been a full time independent consultant since 1996; her title is Planning and Training Wizard. Her recent projects include grantwriting for and coordination of three LSTA funded conferences for the clioinstitute: Imagine it, Explore it, Create it Conference, Get Real! Helping Libraries Survive and Thrive in Turbulent Times Conference and Better Together: Creating Partnerships for Community Learning Conference. Online Learning Details: This six-week course will be taught online using the web. When you register, you will receive a registration confirmation that will include the URL to get to the course, as well as a username and password. Every student proceeds through the online learning modules at his or her own pace. Students should expect to commit to spending a minimum of 2 to 3 hours per week on this course in order to be successful. You can work on each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night. However, you will be expected to log in to the course each week to do that week's assignment. We ask that you log in sometime during the first week of the course to begin the course work. Your instructor will be available for limited consultation support for two weeks after the official end date of a course, and the course material will stay up for an additional two weeks after that, to give those who have fallen behind time to work independently on the course. However, you will be expected to accomplish the majority of the course in synchronization with your peers during the first six weeks. Who Should Take This Course: Anyone who wants to improve his or her time management skills Prerequisites: This course is taught over the web. You must: --Have an Internet connection and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. --Be able to save Microsoft Word .doc or Adobe .pdf files to your computer and print them out. (For .doc files, a free Word Viewer is available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en. Search for "Word Viewer." For .pdf files, a free Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html). --Be comfortable navigating on the web and navigating back and forward on a website that uses frames. To be most successful in this course you should be willing to share information with your colleagues and be willing to spend time reading and participating in the weekly discussion boards. System Requirements: The online learning product that Infopeople uses is called Angel. The following are minimum system requirements for using Angel. You will need access to a computer that has at least these specifications to participate in an online course: Windows: --Internet Explorer 6.0 and above, Netscape 7.1 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above Macintosh: --Mozilla 1.4 and above (which is the same engine as Netscape 7.1), Safari 2.0 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above --OS X and above (OS 9 will NOT work with our online learning product) If you are not comfortable with any of the above, please consider taking this course with a colleague who does meet these requirements. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://www.infopeople.org/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From assist at infopeople.org Tue Dec 18 16:54:41 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Tue Dec 18 16:54:43 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Upcoming Infopeople workshops Message-ID: <654LLsa3X0237M28@cmsapps05.cms.usa.net> Please take a look at some of the Infopeople workshops coming up in January: Moving Into Management http://infopeople.org/workshop/351 January 22, San Diego County Library Headquarters January 25, Solano County Library - Vallejo Photoshop Elements for Libraries http://infopeople.org/workshop/201 January 25, Buena Park Library District Survival Spanish II http://infopeople.org/workshop/324 January 30, San Diego County Library Headquarters Teaching Spanish-Speaking Patrons How to Use the Internet http://infopeople.org/workshop/49 January 11, Contra Costa County Library - Pleasant Hill Using Web 2.0 Tools for Staff Training http://infopeople.org/workshop/362 January 7, San Diego County Library Headquarters January 8, Buena Park Library District January 22, Saratoga Library Please visit the URL's listed for a description of the workshops and to register. If you have any questions, please email me or give me a call. Thank you. Linda Linda Rodenspiel, Infopeople Project Assistant assist@infopeople.org voice: 650-578-9685 fax: 650-349-5089 http://infopeople.org/ From assist at infopeople.org Wed Dec 19 10:26:22 2007 From: assist at infopeople.org (Linda Rodenspiel) Date: Wed Dec 19 10:26:20 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Infopeople's "Techniques for Helping the Public Serve Themselves" workshop Message-ID: <635LLssAc0131M40@cmsapps04.cms.usa.net> Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks! Title: Techniques for Helping the Public Serve Themselves Dates and locations: Wednesday, January 30, San Francisco Public Library Friday, February 1, Saratoga Library Thursday, February 7, San Diego County Library Headquarters Thursday, February 21, California State Library There will be additional sessions scheduled in Buena Park, Fresno, Alameda, and the Los Angeles area. When the dates and locations have been confirmed, an announcement will be made. To register for this workshop: Use the online registration form at http://infopeople.org/workshop/363 Fee: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. It's a self-service world. ATMs, airline check-in machines, and self-serve gas stations are all part of everyday life. And survey data show that many customers like the sense of control that self-service brings. That means that the time is right for libraries to explore new ways to provide effective assistance to the independent user. In this class we'll look at a variety of ways to help the public serve themselves using different media, including written materials, audio, and video. Did you know that --Written help materials can be greatly improved by following simple format and content guidelines? --Changes in recording techniques and equipment for both sound and video have made it possible to get good quality audio for under $100, and good quality video for under $200? --Even inexpensive recording devices are compact and easy to use, no longer requiring additional cords or special memory cards? --Anyone can put audio and video files on the web for free, even without one's own web server? Creating effective self-service user guides is an excellent investment in quality customer service. Making it possible for your users to complete routine tasks successfully without direct staff intervention can help you find the time you need for more complex customer contacts and other library work. Workshop Description: In this all-day, hands-on workshop, attendees will brainstorm, learn about, and see examples of good instructional materials in written, audio, and video form. Through individual and group exercises, attendees will create materials designed to allow the public to serve themselves, developing written material, creating an audio file, and exploring video. The instructor will provide recording devices for you to use hands-on in small groups. By the end of the day you will have created an example of instructional material that you can use at the library immediately. The class will also produce a short video. Pre-workshop assignment: Please bring an example?in print and in digital form (on a flash drive) if possible?of a piece of written instructional material you'd like to work on. If you have a digital audio recording device and/or a video camera, and cords to connect them to a computer, feel free to bring those as well. Preliminary Course Outline Getting the Public to Use Your Printed Instructional Material --Creating user-friendly handouts --Theming your instructional material Instructional Writing Techniques --Correct use of bullets and numbering, titles, and spacing --Using screen shots --Adding boxes and arrows to Word files Ways to Use Audio to Allow the Public to Self-Serve --Brainstorm ways to use audio --Hear examples --Produce a short audio tour of your library that can be translated into other languages Ways to Use Video to Allow the Public to Self-Serve --Brainstorm ways to use video --Look at good library examples of how to use video --Produce a one- to two-minute script for a video that would help users self-serve --Produce a short class video Instructor: Cheryl Gould. Cheryl has been a training consultant for Infopeople since 1996. She has delivered workshops on a wide range of topics including: Increasing computer competency, search skills, Training the Trainer, Word, Powerpoint, Libris Design, Mastering Tough Public Service Situations and Cutting Edge Customer Service Techniques. In her role as Training Consultant, she has worked with over 100 different instructors to create workshops on more than 150 different topics of interest to California libraries. Her current role as Training Consultant for Infopeople keeps her involved in all of the Infopeople workshops and allows her to not only spread the gospel of strong training techniques, but to keep current on what's going on in libraries around the state. Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community with an interest in improving customer service by helping the public succeed when they are working independently. Staff responsible for solving problems when the library's current help resources are insufficient will find that applying the techniques learned in this course will help them manage their workload more effectively. And staff serving customers who prefer non-print formats will also benefit from this course. Please note: The more experience you have with Word, the more you will get out of the section on producing excellent written instructional material. Prerequisites: This course requires that students be comfortable with basic computer skills, including using a mouse, navigating the web, and basic keyboarding. No experience using audio or video recording devices is expected. Other Logistics: *On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. *Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople Web site at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking. *Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch. Since some training locations do not have in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople recommends that participants bring a sack lunch. To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at assist@infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. From AKivel at dvc.edu Fri Dec 21 13:06:39 2007 From: AKivel at dvc.edu (Kivel, Andy) Date: Fri Dec 21 13:06:56 2007 Subject: [Baynet] Community College position announcement Message-ID: <459F0B7C85731C449AF880D6FEABE7430321C5E0@diamond.4cd.net> Diablo Valley College is seeking an enthusiastic, creative and service-oriented full-time tenure track faculty librarian to begin August 2008. This position will engage in a full range of reference, library instruction, collection management and outreach activities, and contribute to the college's information literacy program. To view a full description of this position and for information on application procedures and deadline, visit our website at: http://www.4cd.net/databases/jobline/files/Librarian030308DVC.pdf Annual salary for first year faculty ranges from $52,600 - $79,200 depending on education and experience. Diablo Valley College is a large suburban community college, 25 miles east of San Francisco and enrolls approximately 20,000 students, about 40% of whom come from groups historically underrepresented in higher education. DVC ranks consistently as one of the most successful transfer institutions in California and its faculty is known for its intellectual vitality and deep commitment to the success of its students. ************************************************** Andy Kivel Email: akivel@dvc.edu Librarian, Department Chair Ph: (925) 685-1230, ext. 2170 Diablo Valley College Fax: (925) 798-3588 321 Golf Club Rd. Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.exo.net/pipermail/baynet/attachments/20071221/8631c0eb/attachment.html