[Baynet] Infopeople's newest online learning course "Developing Spanish and Latino Interest Collections"

[Linda Rodenspiel]

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 2½ 
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 at infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685.