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| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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| Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Central Time) | 50.00 (All) | 20 | Mark Wilhelmi | REGISTER (All) |
| Thursday, April 01, 2010 | 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM (Central Time) | 50.00 (All) | 20 | Mark Wilhelmi | REGISTER (All) |
| Please note: Class sizes are limited. If you are unable to attend a webinar you are registered for please contact us ASAP so we can offer the seat to another person. | |||||
Are you looking for tools that would enable you work to catalog faster and more efficiently? Are you uncertain when original records are required and how to input them? This webinar discusses criteria for doing original cataloging and describes Connexion Client features that can help you whether you’re editing a record or creating a new one. It covers derived records and workforms, constant data and text strings, keymapping, and other labor-saving tools.
Who should attend?: Catalogers already using Connexion Client
Prerequisites: Familiarity with OCLC Connexion Client and cataloging rules
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Through examples of different search techniques and resources examine the potential for WorldCat to locate items of interest regarding family roots and ties. This “super” catalog contains such items as: church histories, wills, manuscripts, maps and even possibly your great-grandfather’s teddy bear.
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This Webinar provides new or current interlibrary loan staff with the basic information they need to send and receive interlibrary loan requests on the VDX system. The training will cover how to handle items in the work queue along with suggestions for how often each category should be checked to keep on top of the workflow. This session is presented by Nick Banitt, MnLINK Gateway Specialist, and Raquel Franklin, Document Delivery Supervisor.
Who should attend?: Interlibrary loan staff members who are beginners at using the VDX Interlibrary Loan system, or those who are looking for a very basic overview of the system. (Sessions in more advanced VDX topics will be announced later this summer.)
Prerequisites: Participants should have a basic understanding of the ILL process. Some familiarity with VDX is helpful.
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The field of reference services has been rapidly evolving over the past 10 years and growing even faster in the arena of online reference services. Be it email, chat, instant messaging, text messaging or another format, libraries continue to incorporate and research online reference services as new ways to provide access to information and their services to their immediate community and beyond. Meeting the demands of an online community while providing a quality service is an ever-present priority for libraries. Join MINITEX Reference staff as we discuss Best Practices in Online Reference Services and look at goals, policies, training, assessment, and more that make for an exemplary reference experience for both the patron and the librarian.
Prerequisites: Limited to staff in the Minitex region -MN, ND, SD only.
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What are authorities and authority records? What is authority control? Why should I care? This 90 minute Webinar offers a quick and simple introduction to the concept of authorities and authority control. The session includes information on where to find authority records, a quick guide to interpreting them, how your local catalog and other systems can take advantage of authority control, and more.
Who should attend?: Any library staff, including technical services staff, new to authorities.
Prerequisites: None.
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What are authorities and authority records? What is authority control? Why should I care? This 75 minute Webinar offers a quick and simple introduction to the concept of authorities and authority control. The session will include information on where to find authority records, a quick guide to interpreting them, and examples of how you might use them.
Who should attend?: Any technical services staff new to authorities
Prerequisites: None
| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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| Wednesday, December 09, 2009 | 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM (Central Time) |
No Charge (MN-ND-SD-WI)
$45.00 (All-others) |
SESSION FULL Sign up for waiting list |
Jennifer Hootman | n/a |
| Please note: Class sizes are limited. If you are unable to attend a webinar you are registered for please contact us ASAP so we can offer the seat to another person. | |||||
This brief, 45 minute, session will cover navigation of the Britannica Online Academic Edition. This includes features such as the World Data Analyst, Research Tools, Multimedia, and Variety of Sources.
Who should attend?: faculty, teachers, librarians, media specialists, paraprofessionals
| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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| Tuesday, November 24, 2009 | 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM (Central Time) |
No Charge (MN-ND-SD-WI)
$45.00 (All-others) |
2 | Beth Staats |
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| Tuesday, December 08, 2009 | 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM (Central Time) |
No Charge (MN-ND-SD-WI)
$45.00 (All-others) |
6 | Matt Lee |
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| Please note: Class sizes are limited. If you are unable to attend a webinar you are registered for please contact us ASAP so we can offer the seat to another person. | |||||
This brief, 45 minute, session will cover navigating the Reference Center Home Page and the Kids Home Page of the Britannica Public Library Edition.
Who should attend?: teachers, media specialists, librarians, paraprofessionals
| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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| Friday, December 04, 2009 | 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM (Central Time) |
No Charge (MN-ND-SD-WI)
$45.00 (All-others) |
5 | Beth Staats |
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| Please note: Class sizes are limited. If you are unable to attend a webinar you are registered for please contact us ASAP so we can offer the seat to another person. | |||||
This brief, 45 minute, session will cover the Britannica Online School Edition including the Elementary School / Learning Zone, Middle School, and High School levels. It will also touch on the Curriculum Standards Resource Finder and using the Britannica Online Workspace.
Who should attend?: Teachers, media specialists, librarians, paraprofessionals
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Sometimes new items in your collection require original cataloging, but you don’t have the time or the training to create full-level records for all of them. This webinar will discuss two less than full-level cataloging options— minimal-level records and core records—that will make it easier to provide access to these items in a timely manner.
We will define minimal-level and core records, explore how they can help you, clarify when to create them, and detail what to include in such records.
Please Note: This webinar presents information on less-that-full records. It does not include step-by-step instructions for cataloging these records.
Who should attend?: Anyone who does original cataloging.
Prerequisites: Experience applying cataloging rules in original cataloging.
| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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| Thursday, December 03, 2009 | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Central Time) | 50.00 (All) | 17 | Mark Wilhelmi | REGISTER (All) |
| Thursday, January 07, 2010 | 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Central Time) | 50.00 (All) | 20 | Mark Wilhelmi | REGISTER (All) |
| Tuesday, February 16, 2010 | 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM (Central Time) | 50.00 (All) | 20 | Mark Wilhelmi | REGISTER (All) |
| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (Central Time) | 50.00 (All) | 20 | Mark Wilhelmi | REGISTER (All) |
| Thursday, April 29, 2010 | 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Central Time) | 50.00 (All) | 20 | Mark Wilhelmi | REGISTER (All) |
| Please note: Class sizes are limited. If you are unable to attend a webinar you are registered for please contact us ASAP so we can offer the seat to another person. | |||||
CatExpress gives you direct access to the WorldCat records you need for copy cataloging. This class will show you how to use CatExpress to search for, edit, and export records and how to set or delete holdings in WorldCat. It will also touch on some options for customizing, CatExpress pricing, and sources for documentation and statistics.
Who should attend?: This class is intended for anyone new to CatExpress and copy cataloging. Established, but basic, users of CatExpress may also benefit from the class by filling in foundational knowledge that will allow them to work with CatExpress more effectively.
Prerequisites: None.
| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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| No sessions currently scheduled |
CatExpress gives you direct access to the WorldCat records you need for copy cataloging. This tutorial shows you how to use CatExpress to search for, edit, and export records and how to set or delete holdings in WorldCat. It also touches on some options for customizing, CatExpress pricing, and sources for documentation and statistics.
Who should attend?: Anyone who is new to CatExpress and anyone who wants to get more training in it.
Prerequisites: None
| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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| Tuesday, December 01, 2009 | 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM (Central Time) | No Charge (All) | 4 | Anne Hatinen | REGISTER (All) |
| Friday, December 04, 2009 | 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM (Central Time) | No Charge (All) | 5 | Anne Hatinen | REGISTER (All) |
| Please note: Class sizes are limited. If you are unable to attend a webinar you are registered for please contact us ASAP so we can offer the seat to another person. | |||||
The Charleston Conference is an informal annual gathering of librarians, publishers, electronic resource managers, consultants, and vendors in Charleston, SC, in November. It is designed to be a collegial gathering of individuals from these different areas who discuss issues of interest to them all—including discovery, sustainability, pricing, and usage—in a non-threatening, friendly, and highly informal environment. If you’re interested in any of these issues or curious about the Charleston Conference in general, please join us for a quick and informative summary of conference highlights.
| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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Connexion Browser is a web-based interface for OCLC cataloging, often preferred by those who do lower volume or occasional cataloging, or for parts of a segmented workflow that focuses on searching.
This course provides instruction on the structure of the WorldCat bibliographic database, an introduction to the MARC bibliographic record format, as well as an introduction to the setup and basic navigation of Connexion Browser. After completing this web-based training, learners will have the foundational knowledge required to begin using Connexion as a copy cataloging tool. Learners will also be able to navigate the interface and set up Connexion Browser to begin a work session efficiently.
This is the first part of a three module series designed to enable basic copy cataloging work in Connexion Browser.
Who should attend?: This course is intended for learners who are new to Connexion Browser and copy cataloging. Established, but basic, users of Connexion Browser may also benefit from the class by filling in foundational knowledge that will allow them to work with Browser more effectively.
Prerequisites: None
| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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| Thursday, December 10, 2009 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Central Time) | $50.00 (All) | 20 | Sara Ring | REGISTER (All) |
| Please note: Class sizes are limited. If you are unable to attend a webinar you are registered for please contact us ASAP so we can offer the seat to another person. | |||||
Connexion Browser is a web-based interface for OCLC cataloging, often preferred by those who do lower volume or occasional cataloging, or for parts of a segmented workflow that focuses on searching.
This online module provides instruction on performing basic bibliographic searches using OCLC’s Connexion Browser cataloging software. After completing this web-based training, learners will be able to conduct basic searches for bibliographic records in WorldCat, and evaluate whether a given record matches the item to be cataloged.
This is the second part of a three module series designed to enable basic copy cataloging work in Connexion Browser.
Who should attend?: This course is designed for learners who have little or no previous experience with Connexion Browser, and who may be new to library work. This class will be of particular benefit to new copy catalogers. It will also be beneficial to original catalogers who need to determine, before they create an original record, that no matching record exists.
Prerequisites: Ability to log on to Connexion Browser; knowledge of MARC records sufficient to recognize components such as field and subfield and to identify data such as title, edition, publisher, physical description.
| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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| No sessions currently scheduled |
Connexion Browser is a web-based interface for OCLC cataloging, often preferred by those who do lower volume or occasional cataloging, or for parts of a segmented workflow that focuses on searching.
This online course provides instruction on working with MARC bibliographic records in Connexion Browser, including using MARC field help, editing MARC records, updating holdings, and exporting MARC records. After completing this training, learners will have the knowledge to complete basic record actions in Connexion Browser.
This is the third part of a three module series designed to enable basic copy cataloging work in Connexion Browser.
Who should attend?: This course is intended for learners who are new to Connexion Browser and copy cataloging but have a basic familiarity with the MARC record. Established, but basic, users of Connexion Browser may also benefit from the class by thorough review of the MARC record editing process and by learning about enhanced functionality such as record validation.
Prerequisites: The learner should have basic knowledge of the structure of the MARC record, including the definition of tags and subfields and the conventions of the MARC record. Learners should also be familiar with basic navigation of the Connexion Browser and basic searching procedures for the Browser.
| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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| Thursday, February 11, 2010 | 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Central Time) | $50.00 (All) | 20 |
Coordinator
MINITEX Bibliographic & Technical Services |
REGISTER (All) |
| Please note: Class sizes are limited. If you are unable to attend a webinar you are registered for please contact us ASAP so we can offer the seat to another person. | |||||
Connexion Browser is a web-based interface for OCLC cataloging, often preferred by those who do lower volume or occasional cataloging, or for parts of a segmented workflow that focuses on searching.
This online module provides instruction on how to use Connexion Browser to conduct advanced searches of the WorldCat database. After completing this web-based training, learners will be prepared to make more thorough and more precisely targeted searches with improved efficiency, in order to find the right record faster.
Who should attend?: This course is designed for learners who are comfortable with using Connexion Browser to do basic numeric and keyword searches of WorldCat and navigate through search results. This class will be most beneficial to staff who would like to enhance their abilities and develop their approaches to current methods of searching for records in WorldCat through Connexion Browser.
Prerequisites: Connexion Browser Module 2- Basic Searching in Connexion Browser
| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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Why should you attend this webinar? Macros can help you increase your workflow by automating tasks you do every day when cataloging materials. This course is specifically tailored for catalogers who have never worked with or designed their own macros for use with OCLC’s Connexion client. You will get an overview of how macros work within OCLC’s Connexion client as well as some hands-on exercises to practice on your own time.
At the end of this 60 minute webinar, you will be more familiar with:
Who should attend?: Anyone interested in learning how to use macros when cataloging.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with editing records using OCLC’s Connexion client and interpreting the basic components of bibliographic records.
| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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| No sessions currently scheduled |
Connexion Client is a Windows desktop interface for OCLC cataloging. It has tools helpful for frequent or higher-volume catalogers.
This course provides instruction on the structure of the WorldCat bibliographic database, an introduction to the MARC bibliographic record format, and an introduction to the setup and basic navigation of Connexion Client. After completing this web-based training, you will have the fundamental knowledge required to begin using Connexion Client as a copy cataloging tool. You will also be able to navigate the interface and set up Connexion Client to begin a work session efficiently.
This is the first part of a three module series designed to enable basic copy cataloging work in Connexion Client.
Who should attend?: This course is intended for anyone who is new to Connexion Client and copy cataloging. Established, but basic, users of Connexion Client may also benefit from the class by filling in fundamental knowledge that will allow them to work with Client more effectively.
Prerequisites: None.
| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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| Wednesday, January 20, 2010 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Central Time) | $50.00 (All) | 20 |
Coordinator
MINITEX Bibliographic & Technical Services |
REGISTER (All) |
| Please note: Class sizes are limited. If you are unable to attend a webinar you are registered for please contact us ASAP so we can offer the seat to another person. | |||||
Connexion Client is a Windows desktop interface for OCLC cataloging. It has tools helpful for frequent or higher-volume catalogers.
This online module provides instruction on performing basic bibliographic searches using OCLC’s Connexion Client cataloging software. After completing this web-based training, learners will be able to conduct basic searches for bibliographic records in WorldCat, and evaluate whether a given record matches the item to be cataloged.
This is the second part of a three module series designed to enable basic copy cataloging work in Connexion Client.
Who should attend?: This course is designed for learners who have little or no previous experience with Connexion Client, and who may be new to library work. This class will be of particular benefit to new copy catalogers. It will also be beneficial to original catalogers who need to determine, before they create an original record, that no matching record exists.
Prerequisites: Ability to log on to Connexion Client; knowledge of MARC records sufficient to recognize components such as field and subfield and to identify data such as title, edition, publisher, physical description.
| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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| Thursday, February 18, 2010 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Central Time) | $50.00 (All) | 20 |
Coordinator
MINITEX Bibliographic & Technical Services |
REGISTER (All) |
| Please note: Class sizes are limited. If you are unable to attend a webinar you are registered for please contact us ASAP so we can offer the seat to another person. | |||||
Connexion Client is a Windows desktop interface for OCLC cataloging. It has tools helpful for frequent or higher-volume catalogers.
This online module provides instruction on how to use Connexion Client to conduct advanced searches of the WorldCat database. After completing this web-based training, learners will be prepared to make more thorough and more precisely targeted searches with improved efficiency, in order to find the right record faster.
Who should attend?: This course is designed for learners who are comfortable with using Connexion Client to do basic numeric and keyword searches of WorldCat and navigate through search results. This class will be most beneficial to staff who would like to enhance their abilities and develop their approaches to current methods of searching for records in WorldCat through Connexion Client.
Prerequisites: Connexion Client Module 2- Basic Searching in Connexion Client
| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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| Wednesday, December 09, 2009 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Central Time) | 50.00 (All) | 12 | Mark Wilhelmi | REGISTER (All) |
| Wednesday, January 27, 2010 | 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM (Central Time) | 50.00 (All) | 19 | Mark Wilhelmi | REGISTER (All) |
| Thursday, March 04, 2010 | 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Central Time) | 50.00 (All) | 20 | Mark Wilhelmi | REGISTER (All) |
| Please note: Class sizes are limited. If you are unable to attend a webinar you are registered for please contact us ASAP so we can offer the seat to another person. | |||||
Connexion Client is a Windows desktop interface for OCLC cataloging. It has tools helpful for frequent or higher-volume catalogers.
This online course provides instruction on working with MARC bibliographic records in Connexion Client, including editing MARC records, using save files, updating holdings, exporting MARC records, and, using MARC field help. After completing this training, learners will have the knowledge to complete basic record actions in Connexion Client.
This is the third part of a three module series designed to enable basic copy cataloging work in Connexion Client.
Who should attend?: This course is intended for learners who are new to Connexion Client and copy cataloging but have a basic familiarity with the MARC record. Established, but basic, users of Connexion Client may also benefit from the class by thorough review of the MARC record editing process and by learning about enhanced functionality such as record validation.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of the structure and conventions of the MARC record, including the definition of its tags and subfields. Also, familiarity with basic navigation of the Connexion Client and its basic searching procedures.
| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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| No sessions currently scheduled |
Join Minitex Reference Services staff as we host Anne Beschnett, Liaison and Outreach Librarian, and Michelle Brasure, Research Associate, both of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Bio-Medical Library as they discuss consumer health information on the Internet.
Health questions can be challenging, and finding reliable health information online can be difficult. This webinar will introduce attendees to quality online consumer health resources. MedlinePlus, a consumer health information website developed by the National Library of Medicine is an excellent resource for information providing a medical dictionary, encyclopedia, information on diseases and conditions, drugs and supplements, easy-to-read materials, surgery videos, and materials in other languages. My Health Minnesota -> Go Local is a directory of health services in local communities in Minnesota. Attendees will also learn ways to help patrons evaluate online health information.
Who should attend?: Anyone interested in learning about consumer health information on the Internet.
Prerequisites: Limited to staff in the Minitex region-MN, ND, SD only.
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This ninety minute online training session covers both the strengths and foibles of the control headings function in OCLC Connexion. Topics include why and when you might control headings in a bibliographic record, how to use the Control Headings window, and how the Control Headings command interacts with the OCLC Authority File.
PLEASE NOTE: This session is the same as part 2 of Using the OCLC Authority File Webinar.
Who should attend?: Cataloging staff who want to increase their knowledge of and proficiency with the OCLC Authority File.
Prerequisites: Participants should be familiar with OCLC Connexion Client and have a basic understanding of authorities and authority work. If you are new to authorities and authority work, you should first attend our Brief Introduction to Authorities Webinar.
| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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NOTE: For this course, it is $40.00 for each individual who registers (not $40.00 per institution).
This webinar is intended to introduce participants to issues surrounding copyright for digital materials, and to provide resources for further exploration. Topics covered include: basics of copyright law, including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act; obtaining permissions to use, fair use, public domain, and privacy issues; and how digital primary source materials published to the Web differ from traditional materials. The course will include discussion of examples pertinent to the average project to help participants apply concepts to real-life situations.
NOTE: If you register for all four webinars in the Digitization Series, the cost for each session will be $35.00.
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If your library is not using the Custom Holdings option within WorldCat Resource Sharing, you could be missing out on a feature that can significantly simplify the borrowing process for interlibrary loan, and save you time! Custom Holdings automatically identifies potential lenders and routes requests based on your preferred lenders.
In this webinar we will discuss ways to help you examine your borrowing patterns to prepare for setting up custom holdings for your library. We will then guide you through the steps to design, create and update multiple custom holding paths for your borrowing needs.
Who should attend?: Staff who use WorldCat Resource Sharing (OCLC ILL)
Prerequisites: Basic understanding of searching and producing ILL requests within OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing
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How are you preserving your library’s electronic resources? When a vendor or publisher decides to stop providing access or a subscription is cancelled, how will you maintain access to the electronic content? There are multiple options available, and it can be challenging to know what is out there and what may be a good fit for your library. This three-session webinar series is designed to give librarians an overview of several of the different archiving options available; the first session, presented on August 3, was a brief introduction to the topic with brief talks by two librarians from the Minitex region about their library’s electronic archiving. The second session was a presentation on Portico by Ken DiFiore, Portico’s Associate Director for Outreach.
This is the third session is a presentation on LOCKSS by Victoria Reich, Director of the LOCKSS program
| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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How are you preserving your library’s electronic resources? When a vendor or publisher decides to stop providing access or a subscription is cancelled, how will you maintain access to the electronic content? There are multiple options available, and it can be challenging to know what is out there and what may be a good fit for your library. This three-session webinar series is designed to give librarians an overview of several of the different archiving options available; the first session is a brief introduction to the topic with brief talks by two librarians from the Minitex region about their library’s electronic archiving.
| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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| No sessions currently scheduled |
Are you thinking about setting up an online reference service for your library, perhaps reviewing the current system you have in place, or even adding to or supplementing a current service? There are many options available with online reference services, and it can be challenging to know what is out there and what may be a good fit for your library. There are many issues to consider such as size, training, funding, administration, and hours of operation. This hour-long webinar is designed to give librarians an overview of various online reference services, features of each type, what may work best for your library, and other issues such as staffing, scheduling, and training.
| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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NOTE: For this course, it is $40.00 for each individual who registers (not $40.00 per institution).
This webinar covers basic level project planning, materials selection, and workflow for digital collections. The focus is to prepare participants for conducting a project and sustaining a project into the future. Will include discussion of issues related to workflow, metadata, scanning, quality control, funding, maintenance and sustainability of digital resources.
NOTE: If you register for all four webinars in the Digitization Series, the cost for each session will be $35.00.
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This brief webinar will cover content, searching, and results of the Discovering Collection and it's new interface and functions. The Discovering Collection can be searched along with other Gale/Cengage databases via PowerSearch. One new feature is the ability to search National and State Curriculum Standards. This comprehensive online resource contains thousands of reference documents including criticisms, essays, primary documents, biographies, and multimedia. Intended for grades 6-12, this resource can be used to retrieve in-depth reference content for the core curriculum areas of literature, history, biography, science, and social studies.
Prerequisites: Limited to staff in the Minitex region -MN, ND, SD only.
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Guest presenters: Wayne Loftus, Web Services Coordinator, Health Science Libraries, University of Minnesota Libraries, and Cody Hanson, Technology Librarian, University of Minnesota Libraries.
Wayne and Cody will demonstrate how they've solved three problems using the Drupal open-source web content management system. In addition to a brief overview of Drupal, they will demonstrate the creation of a library news page, a dynamic staff directory, and a library workshop registration system.
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Wendy Wolfe, Social Studies Educator for Totino-Grace High School will present her widely popular presentation Doing School 2.0 from the Minnesota E-learning Summit, this past summer.
How can free Web 2.0 tools – including wikis, cartoon generators, podcasts, multimedia online presentation creators, and concept map generators – transform teaching and learning? From choose-your-own (wiki) adventure stories and virtual tours to high-quality flash presentations, this session explores how these tools and other are utilized in the classroom to energize and excite students in the learning process and provide a public showcase for the products they create.
| Currently Offered Sessions | Time | Fee | Open Seats | Presenter | Register |
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| Tuesday, December 01, 2009 | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Central Time) |
$50.00 (MN-ND-SD-WI)
$90.00 (All-others) |
8 | Sara Ring |
REGISTER (MN-ND-SD-WI)
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| Wednesday, January 13, 2010 | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Central Time) |
$50.00 (MN-ND-SD-WI)
$90.00 (All-others) |
9 | Sara Ring |
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| Thursday, February 04, 2010 | 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Central Time) |
$50.00 (MN-ND-SD-WI)
$90.00 (All-others) |
11 | Sara Ring |
REGISTER (MN-ND-SD-WI)
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| Please note: Class sizes are limited. If you are unable to attend a webinar you are registered for please contact us ASAP so we can offer the seat to another person. | |||||
Are you involved in a digital project at your institution? How will you describe your digital objects in order to provide online access to them? One option is to use the Dublin Core, an international metadata standard used to describe digital content.
This two hour webinar will introduce you to Dublin Core and the 15 elements. As we look at several examples, the Western States Dublin Core Metadata Best Practices will be used as a guideline.
Who should attend?: This webinar is intended for staff who work in libraries or cultural heritage institutions as catalogers, archivists, special collections librarians, or anyone who has responsibilities for the description of and access to digital collection materials.
Prerequisites: None
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NetLibrary is an eBook collection available to all libraries and, by extenstion, to all citizens in Minnesota and North and South Dakota. The MINITEX NetLibrary eBook collection contains over 13,500 titles covering hundreds of academic, popular and professional subject and topic areas.
Content includes hundred of titles from Cliff Notes and the "Complete Idiot's Guides To" series, travel guides, computer programming manuals, and several thousand public domain literary classics.
If you would like to learn more about the MINITEX NetLibrary eBook Collection, register for one of the sessions. This one hour webinar will cover what is in the NetLibrary collection, the latest interface updates, various access points and collections available from those access points, searching the collection, creating and managing your personal NetLibrary account, and using NetLibrary's "Librarians Tool Kit" to find out information about your library's NetLibrary eBook usage and ideas for collection development.
Prerequisites: Limited to staff in the Minitex region -MN, ND, SD only.
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This one-hour webinar will build upon the Academic Search Premier Basic Overview webinar by taking a look at the more advanced features of the database. Time will be spent exploring the Advanced Search & Limiter options, Cited References, Search History Management, Search & Journal Alerts, and Folder Features (e.g., Results Management, Page Composer).
Prerequisites: Limited to staff in the Minitex region -MN, ND, SD only.
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This one-hour webinar will look at the the world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database. Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals.
Who should attend?: Anyone who is a beginner or novice at searching EBSCOhost or those interested in learning more about this academic research database.
Prerequisites: Limited to staff in the Minitex region -MN, ND, SD only.
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In this 60 minute webinar, MINITEX Reference Services staff will take you through content of Business Source Premier, one of the world's largest business databases. This comprehensive database offers full-text for more than 1,150 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more. Business Source Premier contains periodicals ranging from Business Week, Forbes, Fortune and American Banker to journals such as Harvard Business Review, Journal of Management, Academy of Management Review, and many more. More than 250 of these full text publications are available exclusively from EBSCO. The full-text, peer-reviewed content in Business Source Premier is unmatched and full-text coverage begins in 1990 for many journals. Business Source Premier includes PDF images and embedded images for many of these journals. In addition, the database provides detailed information on the 10,000 largest international and national companies in the public and private sector based on sales. Do you need gender or religious breakdowns by country, global or international business/travel information, SWOT analyses for a company you're interviewing with? Business Source Premier will give you the answers to these and many more business-related questions.
Prerequisites: Limited to staff in the Minitex region -MN, ND, SD only.
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This webinar will take you through basic searching options, including the advanced, publication, and image searches, as well as a few features available in the “My EBSCOhost” folder. Join MINITEX Reference Services staff for a look at this ELM database, MasterFILE Premier, which offers access to approximately +2,000 full-text periodicals, 84,000 biographies, 88,000 primary documents, 107,000 images and more.
Who should attend?: Anyone interested in learning about the amazing resources in this database.
Prerequisites: Limited to staff in the Minitex region -MN, ND, SD only.
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Participate in a 60-minute overview of the EBSCOhost interface enhancements coming in July of 2008. Discussion of the basic and advanced search screens, including the new SmartText Searching, results display, and an overview of the new graphical interface will occur.
Prerequisites: Limited to staff in the Minitex region -MN, ND, SD only.
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Do you work with middle school students? If so, you won't want to miss this brief 60 minute webinar to find out what ELM databases will work for you and your students in grades 6-8. This session will cover middle school level resources, content, searching, and working with results, as well as special features that include homework help and tips on getting started and wrapping up research papers, reports, and presentations.
Who should attend?: Teachers, media specialists, library and school staff working with middle school (grades 6-8).
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| Wednesday, December 02, 2009 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Central Time) |
No Charge (MN-ND-SD-WI)
$45.00 (All-others) |
SESSION FULL Sign up for waiting list |
Matt Lee | n/a |
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Do you work with high school students? If so, you won't want to miss this brief one hour webinar to find out what ELM databases will work for you and your students in grades 9-12. This session will covers high school level resources, content, searching, and working with results, as well as special features that include homework help and tips on getting started and wrapping up research papers, reports, and presentations.
Who should attend?: Teachers, staff, media specialists working with high school (grades 9-12) students.
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Do you work with elementary students? If so, you won't want to miss this one hour webinar to find out what ELM databases will work for you and your students in grades K-5. This session will cover K-5 resources, content, searching, and working with results, as well as special features that include homework help and tips on getting started and and wrapping up research papers, reports, and presentations.
Who should attend?: Elementary level media specialists and teachers. School or library staff who work with elementary level students.
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Learn how to set-up access to the ELM databases for your library.
Who should attend?: K12 media specialists and public, academic and special librarians - anyone who needs to know how to set-up access.
Prerequisites: None.
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Discussion of current Elsevier ScienceDirect UTL and future contract.
Who should attend?: All current Elsevier ScienceDirect subscribing libraries.
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Learn about folksonomies, which attach “tags” or terms to information that one finds or creates on the web to collaborate in categorizing that information in a more meaningful way. How the general public is are using them and their potential in the library community? Some sites discussed include Flickr and Del.icio.us.
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The first electronic database in Spanish, ¡Informe! contains over 350,000 Spanish-language documents including reference material. It’s 100+ Spanish and bilingual resource are updated on a daily basis.
Who should attend?: Anyone who wants to learn about the ELM database.
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Ever wish you could search a specific group of sites and not the whole Internet? The Google customized search engine allows you to designate specific sites on a topic or interest to search. This is a great tool to help K12 students learn about authoritative and reliable websites, and possibly create a customized search engine on their topic. Do you work in an academic environment? As a department liaison, or instruction librarian, you could create a customized search engine for a course or subject area. You can use the Librarian's E-Library customized search engine to search all the library-related websites for a topic of interest at once. Watch this 11 minute tutorial now to learn how to setup a customized Google search engine!
Who should attend?: Anyone interested in learning Google's functionality and how librarian's can harness some of the tools.
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Join MINITEX Reference Services staff as we host Martha Hardy, Reference and Instruction Librarian at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul as she discusses using Google for research. Are your library patrons overwhelmed by the information available on the Web? Are they ever unsure how to zero in on what you want or feel like they are not searching thoroughly? In this webinar, you will learn tips and tricks to help you and your patrons search Google more effectively. You will learn techniques to: simplify your Google searching; target search strategies to retrieve specific types of results; and, search broadly to maximize relevant results. You will also learn how to find scholarly articles, books (including books housed in libraries), government documents, patents and more.
Prerequisites: Limited to staff in the Minitex region -MN, ND, SD only.
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Tired of scrolling through bookmarks or typing in dictionary.com to look up a word? A customized Google homepage might be right for you! This tool can assist you in accomplishing repetitive personal tasks or assist you at the Reference Desk with common questions. Watch this 11 minute tutorial now to learn how to setup a customized Google homepage!
Who should attend?: Anyone interested in learning Google's functionality and how librarian's can harness some of the tools.
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| Monday, December 07, 2009 | 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Central Time) |
No Charge (MN-ND-SD-WI)
$45.00 (All-others) |
SESSION FULL Sign up for waiting list |
Matt Lee | n/a |
| Please note: Class sizes are limited. If you are unable to attend a webinar you are registered for please contact us ASAP so we can offer the seat to another person. | |||||
A thorough overview of the Consumer Health Complete medical resource including key features such as accessing Evidence-Based Reports, reference book content, medical images, animations and video as well as searching a variety of health topics. An overview of additional medical databases AltHealth Watch, HealthSource Consumer Edition and HealthSource Nursing will also be covered.
Who should attend?: librarians, media specialists, teachers, paraprofessionals
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History Day focuses on teaching students how to select a topic and conduct thorough research using primary and secondary sources to give well-rounded understanding and competency about that topic. In this webinar we will look at this year's theme and discuss ways to help students develop a topic, identify primary sources, and resources to use. We will also look at developing a project timeline using the Research Calculator.
Prerequisites: Limited to staff in the Minitex region -MN, ND, SD only.
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NOTE: For this course, it is $40.00 for each individual who registers (not $40.00 per institution).
This online workshop covers basic-level information on scanning, image capture, and quality control activities for digital projects. Provides brief information on planning, workflow development, and implementation for image capture and digital object creation in a project setting. Places emphasis on digital activities for libraries, museums, and heritage organizations. Provides beginning steps toward developing and managing scanning activities for digital collections.
What you will learn: The ability to make informed digital scanning decisions including:
- Image capture
- File formats and compression
- Image sizing
- Managing color
- Benchmarking and formulas
- Outsourcing vs. in-house capture decisions
NOTE: If you register for all four webinars in the Digitization Series, the cost for each session will be $35.00.
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Do you continually try to redirect patrons and students from searching for books on the internet using everyday tools such as Google, Amazon.com, Abebooks, or another search engine to using your in-house online catalog? Did you know that patrons and students can easily find library books from these and other commonly used tools? Did you also know that you can promote your online catalog and library services outside of your own library website - for free? Open WorldCat and WorldCat.org now make it easier than ever for the general public to use tools and search engines most familiar to them to find library items and services.
MINITEX staff will take you through the In's and Out's of using and promoting your library materials and services through Open WorldCat and WorldCat.org in this 45 minute webinar. We will discuss what Open WorldCat and WorldCat.org are and how they differ. We will also look at the features and tools of each as well as an online demonstration of how they work and how your patrons and students can use them to find library items.
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As the amount of content available online continues to expand at a rapid pace, the way that we have traditionally kept up with personal and professional information will become less and less feasible. In place of the current way of scanning through lists of items visually, we’ll need to create systems to help us manage information automatically – to deliver just the content that is relevant to us and to deliver that content in the way that works best for us. This webinar will provide an introduction to two free 2.0 tools that do that: Yahoo! Pipes and Greasemonkey.
Prerequisites: Limited to staff in the Minitex region -MN, ND, SD only.
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Informe provides indexing, images and full-text access to general interest Hispanic magazines. Most articles are in Spanish, however, some are from English language Hispanic magazines. While the interface and instructions are in English, Spanish word searches produce many more results than English word searches. While the database provides an English-English dictionary, there is no English-Spanish dictionary. MINITEX Reference staff will take you though the in's and out's of searching this database.
Who should attend?: Anyone working with ESL students, Spanish-speaking population in Minnesota, or students learning Spanish.
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Are you a new library staff member in Minnesota, North Dakota, or South Dakota? Or perhaps you are a new library manager or director and need to learn more about support resources that are available to your staff. MINITEX staff from the Bibliographic and Technical Services (BATS) Unit will guide you through this short presentation that will cover:
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Have you ever wondered how many original records your library added to WorldCat, or how many records your cataloging staff enriched in the past year? You can find out how to locate these types of statistics and others from the OCLC Product Code Detail Usage Report and from the OCLC Usage Statistics Web site. This webinar will focus on how to access and interpret your cataloging related OCLC statistics. Note: This webinar will not cover CatExpress or WebDewey statistics.
Who should attend?: Staff who currently use Connexion for cataloging and Administrators responsible for preparing library statistical reports.
Prerequisites: None
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Have you ever wondered where to find statistics about the number of OCLC interlibrary loan requests you received, your fill rate, or your average turnaround time? You can find out how to locate these types of statistics and others from the OCLC Product Code Detail Usage Report, and from the OCLC Usage Statistics Web site. This webinar will focus on how to access and interpret your OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing statistics.
Who should attend?: Staff who currently use WorldCat Resource Sharing or Administrators responsible for preparing library statistical reports.
Prerequisites: None
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ProQuest Newsstand Complete offers access to over 350 newspapers (250 with full-text) which includes local, regional, state, national, and international new sources. This webinar will take a closer look at one of its searching features, Topics – powered by Smart Search. Join MINITEX Reference Services staff to discover how the Smart Search feature compares search terms to index terms and suggests topics, suggests options for narrowing search, and creates a “bread crumb trail.” [Freely accessible through ELM, Electronic Library for Minnesota]
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Interested in connecting with your patrons on a new level? Looking to update your library's website or create a MySpace page? Library 2.0 is the new generation of online library environments that allow patrons and staff to interact via social networking tools. In this new webinar offered by MINITEX Reference Services, we will explore the functions and tools of social networking, how you can apply them to your library's website, see Library 2.0 libraries in action, and talk about what to be aware of in terms of legal issues.
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Do you want to direct more people from the web to your local library? Learn more about how to set up your "deep links" in the WorldCat Services Administrative Module (formerly FirstSearch Administrative Module), so that your users, wherever they may be, can find you! Note: This tutorial only applies to institutions that have a subscription to WorldCat on FirstSearch.
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This webinar will introduce library staff to the basics of editing Local Holdings Records (LHRs) through the OCLC Connexion Browser. We will discuss the implementation of MARC 21 format in OCLC, and demonstrate the steps required to update LHRs. In Part 1, the focus is on LHRs created by the automated migration from Passport UL, and trainees will learn how to update and delete holdings currently in the system. This webinar will include live demonstration of updating in OCLC Connexion.
Who should attend?: Library staff responsible for updating their library's Local Holdings in OCLC.
Prerequisites: It is strongly recommended that staff have viewed the OCLC Local Holdings Tutorials and/or have searched for LHRs in the Connexion Browser.
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This session will expand trainees' knowledge of Local Holdings Record maintenance though the OCLC Connexion Browser. Through live demonstration and exercises, we will learn how to create new LHRs - either from scratch, or by deriving a new LHR from an existing one.
Who should attend?: Library staff responsible for updating their library's Local Holdings in OCLC.
Prerequisites: Must have taken Local Holdings Maintenance - Part 1. It is strongly recommended that staff have viewed the OCLC Local Holdings Tutorials covering creating and deriving LHRs in the Connexion Browser.
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Third in our series on Local Holdings Record (LHR) maintenance through the OCLC Connexion Browser. In this session, we'll work with less common holdings requiring extra fields, including multiple levels of detail, microform or supplemental materials, and more. For this session, you are invited to contact us with your examples of records that require more than a simple LHR.
Who should attend?: Library staff responsible for updating their library's Local Holdings in OCLC. It is not necessary to attend this session if your library doesn't have holdings of this type.
Prerequisites: Must have taken Local Holdings Maintenance - Parts 1 and 2.
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Learn and discuss how ELM resources such as Gale’s Discovering Collection and Junior Reference Collection as well as the Minnesota Digital Library may be mined to locate primary sources for the K-12 curriculum. Participants will be able to take away a list of strategies for incorporating these primary sources into the curriculum. Come prepared to discover and share.
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The MARC21 (Machine Readable Cataloging) Bibliographic format is the nationally-accepted standard for computerized cataloging. Using MARC21 records helps ensure that data in your automated library catalog will be compatible with other systems, catalogs and vendors.
This session will introduce the structure of the MARC record and its function in automated library catalogs. Participants will learn basic MARC terminology, the construction of MARC fields, certain crucial things to check in a MARC record, and the importance of this standard for the performance of public access catalogs.
Who should attend?: Library or systems staff who need a basic understanding of the MARC record and associated terminology.
Prerequisites: None
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While researching in MasterFILE Premier, would you like to know how to find biographies, book reviews, primary source documents, and the latest issue of Consumer Reports? Would you like to know how to create a web page in MasterFILE Premier and share it with patrons, students, or teachers? This webinar will take a closer look at its advanced searching options as well as features available in the “My EBSCOhost” folder. Join MINITEX Reference Services staff for an in-depth look at this ELM database, MasterFILE Premier, which offers access to approximately +2,000 full-text periodicals, 84,000 biographies, 88,000 primary documents, 107,000 images and more.
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NOTE: For this course, it is $40.00 for each individual who registers (not $40.00 per institution).
Metadata is a fundamental element of any digitization project. Designed for non-catalogers, this webinar session focuses on using metadata to facilitate both access to and preservation of digital resources. Topics include: review of metadata schema choices, development of a preservation metadata model, and using XML to store metadata.
What you will learn:
- An understanding of what metadata is and how it facilitates access to and preservation of digital resources
- An awareness of appropriate metadata schema, including Dublin Core
- An understanding of current and developing standards
- The benefits of using metadata and XML together
NOTE: If you register for all four webinars in the Digitization Series, the cost for each session will be $35.00.
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In this Webinar we cover a history of MINITEX Document Delivery and the basics of borrowing and lending within MINITEX. Additional topics are: history of MINITEX Document Delivery, verification of difficult citations, referrals to national libraries, handling audiovisual requests and materials, overdue and lost book processing, electronic delivery and shipping. We will also touch on a few of the findings of the latest ARL study.
Who should attend?: Newer ILL staff, and those wanting a review, will benefit most from this 1-hour interactive training session. At each session, two MINITEX staff members will provide answers to all of those questions you have always wanted to ask!
Prerequisites: None
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This 30 minute webinar will introduce you to MINITEX Reference Services and what they can do for you and your patrons. MINITEX Reference Services is a reference referral service for libraries in Minnesota. If you can't answer a question with the resources in your library, you can contact MINITEX Reference Services via phone, fax, email, or the web to send a reference request.
Who should attend?: Librarians interested in using MINITEX Reference Services to assist in completely answering their patrons reference questions.
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Help us redesign our website by participating in this webinar-based usability testing. Attendees will receive a series of poll-oriented questions that will give us valuable feedback concerning terminology and organization for the new site. There will also be an opportunity to provide feedback on the current design mock-ups.
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MINITEX is please to announce a four-part series regarding core competencies of Minnesota Opportunities for Reference Excellence (MORE). Sessions will be offered over a four-week period. This series is HIGHLY interactive and will involve pre-work and post-work (1 hour) for each session. Participants are required to attend each session to receive a certificate of completion.
The MORE program and these training sessions are geared towards paraprofessionals and/or library staff new to the reference desk. Experienced library staff are welcome to attend. Something new will be learned, and collective knowledge will be shared.
WEEK 1: MORE: The Reference Interview (2 hours)
This webinar will cover what reference is and why it is important. Model reference behaviors (welcoming, paraphrasing, open questions, real information need, follow-up question) and the six pieces of evidence (purpose, deadline, type & amount, who, where, the basic question) will be discussed, examined, and practiced. Legal and ethical issues involving librarianship, along with looking at libraries’ communities, will be examined. Minnesota Volunteer Library Certification competencies for Public Services: Administrative 6 and 7, Direct User Services 3 and 4, Philosophy 2, 7 and 12 will be covered.
WEEK 2: MORE: Evaluating and Examining Electronic Reference Sources (2 hours)
This webinar will cover searching in an electronic environment as well as tips for becoming a better information provider by evaluating and examining electronic reference sources and web sites. Different types of electronic sources will be covered including indexes, directories, full-text resources, the Internet, and virtual reference including e-mail and chat. Minnesota Volunteer Library Certification competencies for Public Services: Administrative 8, Direct User Services 5 will be covered.
WEEK 3: MORE: Evaluating and Examining Print Reference Sources (2 hours)
This webinar will focus on tips and tools for evaluating and examining print reference sources available in your library in order to become a better information provider. It will cover what makes a good print reference source as well as the importance of understanding how these resources are organized. This session covers almanacs, atlases, encyclopedias, ready reference tools, statistical sources, the MN Legislative Manual, and the U.S. Government Manual. Minnesota Volunteer Library Certification competencies for Public Services: Direct User Services 5 will be covered.
WEEK 4: MORE: Readers' Advisory (2 hours)
This webinar focuses on important aspects of Readers' Advisory Services. It will cover the basics of readers' advisory, including goals and skills of the service, the appeal of books including plot, character, and genre, and performing a readers' advisory interview. It will also cover ongoing places for professional development on the readers' advisory service using print materials, databases, blogs, and other available resources for librarians. Minnesota Volunteer Library Certification competencies for Public Services: Administrative 7, Direct User Services 6 will be covered.
Who should attend?: Any library staff.
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The Public Library Division (PLD) of the Minnesota Library Association is excited to announce their first statewide webinar, "Minnesota Public Library Budget Shortfalls: A Conversation."
There are many in the Minnesota public library community who are struggling with budget shortfalls during these challenging economic times. PLD has invited library directors from various types of public libraries -- large and small, from the metropolitan area and from greater Minnesota to share their ideas.
Featured guest speakers are: Audrey Betcher, Rochester Public Library; Pat Conley, Washington County Library; Jennifer Jepsen, Martin County Library; Mary Lukkarila, Cloquet Public Library; Marian Ridge, Kitchigami Regional Library; Kim Edson, Chair of PLD to moderate
Each presenter will be addressing the following three questions:
1) What is your organization doing to address shrinking budgets - especially at a time when library use is growing?
2) How have you developed strategic priorities for using the available funding - what to keep/strengthen, what do you let go?
3) Political Capital - How do/did you develop it, when do you spend it? (i.e., How have you established your library's value to the community at a time when there is fierce competition for funding from all of your sources?)
MLA's Public Library Division believes this webinar is just the start to an ongoing conversation and a way for our library community to share its collective wisdom. PLD has created an online group to continue and expand the conversation via WebJunction Minnesota at: http://mn.webjunction.org/738. Please join the group, participate, and share with your Minnesota public library community.
Who should attend?: Anyone interested in hearing from a panel of Minnesota public library directors and participating in a statewide conversation about public library budget shortfalls
Prerequisites: Limited to staff in the Minitex region -MN, ND, SD only.
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This session will demonstrate the interoperability of VDX and Unicorn with NCIP.
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For a limited time, MINITEX is offering a group subscription to the OCLC NetLibrary / Recorded Books eAudiobooks Core Collection, a growing collection of more than 800 of the latest eAudiobook best-sellers, book club favorites, award-winning authors, and more. This offer is open to academic, public, and K12 libraries through February 28, 2006.
This one-hour Webinar provides a NetLibrary Audiobook site demonstration, discussion of the types of devices that support downloadable audio, an overview of content available and subscription options, and information about how you can try the resource yourself.
Who should attend?: Anyone interested in learning more about NetLibrary's eAudiobook collections.
Prerequisites: Limited to staff in the Minitex region -MN, ND, SD only.
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This fall MINITEX, in partnership with OCLC NetLibrary, offers two new eBook collections: Public Library and Spanish Language. The Public Library Collection contains 500 titles that create an up-to-date set of popular public library content. The Spanish Language Collection includes 278 Spanish language titles covering a broad range of subject areas, with emphasis placed on classic literature and reference materials.
Register for one of these Webinar sessions to learn about the new eBook collections and more. This one-hour Webinar provides an overview of NetLibrary, a discussion of NetLibrary resources for the library, and details of the two new collections. A question-and-answer session concludes the Webinar.
Who should attend?: Anyone interested in learning more about NetLibrary's eBook collections, in general, and the new collections being offered this fall.
Prerequisites: None
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OCLC FirstSearch provides access to OCLC WorldCat—an immense bibliographic database and a powerful information retrieval tool. It is also a part of Electronic Libraries for Minnesota (ELM). That means both library staff and library users have access to a resource with over 57 million records in fifty-plus languages identifying materials with "publication dates" extending back to the 1000 BC in formats ranging from electronic books to clay tablets. This webinar will provide you with a look at the new FirstSearch interface among other recent changes and information about what is in WorldCat, a live walk-through of how to search for and retrieve citations, and offer ideas about when and why to use WorldCat.
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How many times have you asked yourself: What can I stop doing without sacrificing the quality of our OPAC? Or, maybe you have recently learned about the importance of authority control but you don't have the time and/or the staff and/or the know-how to keep up with it?
Whatever your situation, you might want to consider outsourcing all or part of your authority work. In this 75 minute session, you will learn about:
Who should attend?: Catalogers and anyone responsible for the workflow of technical services operations
Prerequisites: A basic understanding of authority control
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A thorough overview of the Consumer Health Complete medical resource including key features such as accessing Evidence-Based Reports, reference book content, medical images, animations and video as well as searching a variety of health topics. An overview of additional medical databases, AltHealth Watch, HealthSource Consumer and HealthSource Nursing will also be covered.
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Plunkett Research Online offers web-based access to all of the data used in their widely-known business and industry reference books. The online system offers many advantages over print, including search, filter, copy and export of continually updated information. The interface is extremely user-friendly, AND, annual subscriptions are surprisingly affordable. They specialize in analyzing complex business, technical and financial sectors and trends in language that users of all types can understand.
For each of 26 industries that Plunkett Research Online currently covers, they offer exceptional tools to help with business and industry research, including: market research & trends analysis, glossary of industry terms, industry statistics & charts, profiles of leading companies, company contact export features, industry associations and organizations, as well as complete ability to conduct searches and screen their databases. Users can even export business contacts lists from their databases directly into Word or Excel.
This webinar is intended to familiarize you with how these tools work as well as the type of coverage Plunkett Research Online offers. Any questions can also be answered at this time.
Who should attend?: Anyone involved in reference for business people, students or job seekers at public, university and school libraries. Also, many types of government and special libraries find the Plunkett Research Online system extremely valuable for economic development, import/export support, legislative issues, business development/market research and lending support.
Prerequisites: None
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Learn what podcasting is, and how it may or may not be the right medium for your library to share information. MINITEX will show you through interesting examples how some libraries are embracing this technology and using it to market their services.
NOTE: Please print out slides from handouts section because slides that contain bullets do not show up in recording.
Who should attend?: Anyone interested in new mediums of marketing and sharing information.
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MINITEX will walk you through the steps to create your own podcast with very little time and funds needed. Learn the steps to creating a good podcast and how this medium can assist your library in a variety of ways.
NOTE: Please print out slides from handouts section because slides that contain bullets do not show up in recording.
Who should attend?: Anyone interested in new mediums of marketing and sharing information.
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In this webinar I will discuss some one-stop websites for creating and hosting your podcast, if you haven’t begun podcasting already. I will also talk about some new resources that you may want to use to enhance your current podcasts, such as using Skype for long-distance interviews or a transcription service. It’s not to late to begin podcasting!
Who should attend?: Anyone interested in podcasting
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| Tuesday, December 08, 2009 | 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM (Central Time) |
No Charge (MN-ND-SD-WI)
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Beth Staats | n/a |
| Thursday, December 10, 2009 | 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM (Central Time) |
No Charge (MN-ND-SD-WI)
$45.00 (All-others) |
4 | Jennifer Hootman |
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A detailed overview of an online tool to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of a wide range of controversial subjects and evaluate the issues of yesterday, today and tomorrow. This session will include reviewing key essays (Overview, Point, Counterpoint and Guide to Critical Analysis) on a variety of topics. Advanced searching techniques using lexiles, limiters and source types will also be covered.
Who should attend?: Teachers, librarians, media specialists.
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Citation, abstract, and full-text coverage of approximately 250 local, state, regional, national, and international newspapers is available through Newsstand Complete! This includes 27 major newspapers: The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Barron's, and USA Today are just some of them. The StarTribune is also avialable full-text back to 1986! Learn more about the newspaper collection and join MINITEX Reference Services staff as they take you through content, searching, and working with results in Newsstand Complete.
Prerequisites: Limited to staff in the Minitex region -MN, ND, SD only.
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While researching in ProQuest Newsstand Complete, would you like to know how to track editorials on a specific topic, follow a particular columnist, and find book reviews? Would you like to know how to download and e-mail your search summary as a web page / HTML file? This webinar will take a closer look at its advanced searching options as well as features available in the “My Research” folder. Join MINITEX Reference Services staff for an in-depth look at an ELM database, ProQuest Newsstand Complete, which offers over 350 newspapers (250 with full-text) including local, regional, state, national, and international new sources.
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Have you considered starting a Digital Reference service for your library but not sure where to begin? Instant Messaging is a great way to get introduced into the world of Digital Reference. You can even create individual IM accounts to stay in contact with staff. In this new webinar, developed by MINITEX staff, learn just how easy it is to set up an Instant Message reference service for your library. We will look at the different IM providers available, ways of delivering service, staffing, training, policies and more. Session length will be 60 minutes which includes time for discussion and questions.
Prerequisites: Limited to staff in the Minitex region -MN, ND, SD only.
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An overview for teachers and librarians, of EBSCO's Searchasaurus (designed for Pre-K - Grade 3 students) and Kids Search interface (designed for Grade K-5 students). A variety of search techniques using the interface's functionality will be covered including searching by Lexiles, subjects and topics.
Who should attend?: Teachers, media specialists, those working with grades K-5.
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A thorough overview of EBSCO's research tools for teachers and librarians including Student Research Center (designed for Grade 6-12 students) and EBSCOhost interfaces. A variety of search techniques including source-type searching and searching by Lexiles will be covered. Key research databases include: Middle Search Plus, MAS Ultra, Science Reference Center, Professional Developement Collection, ERIC and HealthSource Consumer will be covered.
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| Monday, November 23, 2009 | 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM (Central Time) |
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1 | Jennifer Hootman |
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| Tuesday, December 01, 2009 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (Central Time) |
No Charge (MN-ND-SD-WI)
$45.00 (All-others) |
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Beth Staats | n/a |
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This session will take a look Gale's General Science Collection and EBSCO's Science Reference Center. Specifically at the broad spectrum of reference information from the areas of life sciences, physical sciences and earth & space sciences, including scientist and mathematician biographies, science videos and science experiments contained in Science Reference Center.
Who should attend?: teachers, media specialists, librarians, paraprofessionals
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Would you like to understand better the relationship between the ELM databases and the MnLINK Gateway? Were you ever curious about the ability to search ELM databases via the MnLINK Gateway? Join MINITEX Reference Services staff for an in-depth look with a public service perspective at some of the advanced searching features as well as an exploration of the pros and cons to searching through the ELM databases provided by the MnLINK Gateway.
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This ninety minute online training session presents the fundamentals of searching the OCLC Authority File using Connexion Client. Topics covered include a brief review of the MARC format for authority records, a basic understanding of each index in the OCLC Authority File, using both the search and browse functionality, and some searching tips.
Take-home exercises will give you hands-on experience and, it is hoped, reinforce what you learn in the Webinar.
PLEASE NOTE: This session is the same as part 1 of Using the OCLC Authority File Webinar.
Who should attend?: Cataloging staff who want to increase their knowledge of and proficiency with the OCLC Authority File.
Prerequisites: Participants should be familiar with OCLC Connexion Client and have a basic understanding of authorities and authority work. If you are new to authorities and authority work, you should first attend our Brief Introduction to Authorities Webinar.
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Do you often get interlibrary loan requests for items that you do not loan? If you are spending too much time manually declining ILL requests, find out how you can automate the process by setting up a deflection policy in the OCLC ILL Policies Directory. This 23 minute tutorial will define what deflection is and how it works with the OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing system. The tutorial will also show you how to set up a Deflection Policy for your library.
Who should attend?: Anyone who uses OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing for interlibrary loan.
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This webinar will introduce you to WorldCat.org, Open WorldCat, and the subscription version of WorldCat. It covers adding reviews and table of contents to bibliographic records, creating a personal account that allows you to save searches, create lists, profiles, reviews, ratings, citations, and recommendations.
This session does not cover WorldCat ILL, cataloging, or administrative module functions.
Who should attend?: Anyone interested in learning more about new social features and functions of WolrdCat.
Prerequisites: General familiarity of WorldCat.
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Do you know the power of statistics? Are you currently using the statistics from the ELM databases? If not, join MINITEX for a 45 minute presentation on how to access the statistics provided by EBSCO, Gale, ProQuest, NetLibrary and OCLC. Let how you can export data and manipulate it for charts and graphs. Just in time for all those annual reports!
Who should attend?: Anyone who is interest in statistics and how they can assist your organization.
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Business reference may be the most intimidating interaction librarians face on the reference desk. This one-hour session will take the fear out of business reference by breaking the broad concept of business research down into three simple tasks that will answer most of your patrons’ questions: industry, company, and customer research. We’ll use government sources (like the Economic Census and Consumer Expenditure Survey), industry associations (for detailed industry and customer data), and widely-available library databases (like EBSCO Business Source Premier and ReferenceUSA) to ensure that your next business reference transaction is confidently executed.
Prerequisites: Limited to staff in the Minitex region -MN, ND, SD only.
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Join MINITEX Reference Services staff as we host Michelle Jacobs, Emerging Technologies and Web Coordinator at UCLA, as she discusses and presents various Web 2.0 tools and how they can be used to enhance current collections and services. Michelle recently presented via YouTube at the UCLA Faculty Symposium: A Competitive Edge in the Information Society. She has also presented on panels at ACRL and ALA and will be part of the RUSA MARS/RSS Preconference REINVENTED REFERENCE 4: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR REFERENCE SERVICES at ALA Annual in Anaheim.
As budgets continue to get tighter and more technologies appear on the horizon, it is difficult to tell what to try and how to effectively use it. This webinar will look at various aspects of Academic Librarianship and how free technologies can do anything from helping you organize your workload to increasing your OPAC's visibility to Instructional Videos made on the fly. Technologies will range from learning how to keep track of new tech trends to easy to download applications, to actual application design.
Who should attend?: Anyone interested in web 2.0 technologies and how they apply in an academic setting.
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The International Standard Book Number is expanding from 10 to 13 digits and OCLC has enhanced Connexion Client to accommodate this change. You're probably wondering how this expansion will affect your cataloging work. This webinar will:
Who should attend?: Catalogers using Connexion Client
Prerequisites: Familiarity with Connexion Client, MARC records, and cataloging rules.
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Do you do original bibliographic cataloging? Are you uncertain when original records are required and how to input them? This webinar will discuss criteria for creating new records and walk through Connexion Client tools that can help you work faster and more efficiently.
It will help you:
• Decide when to create new records and when to use existing ones
• Use a variety of workforms to create new records
• Derive new records by using formats and information from established records
• Use constant data and text strings to add repeated fields and information.
Also included:
• Minimal-level Cataloging
• Spell Checking
• Validation Options
• Error Reporting
Please note: This webinar will NOT cover the MARC format, AACR2, or the cataloging process.
Who should attend?: Catalogers already using Connexion Client
Prerequisites: Familiarity with OCLC Connexion Client and cataloging rules
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Join MINITEX Reference Services staff as we host one of Minnesota’s very own, Heather Tompkins, discussing practical applications of a variety of “Web 2.0” technologies to library instructional and liaison work. Tompkins is a reference librarian at Carleton College. Her engaging presentation was recently delivered at the Women’s Studies Section Annual Program, ALA Annual Conference in Washington D.C. The panel, “Once Upon a FURL in a Podcast Long Ago: Using New Technologies to Support Library Instruction” was well-received and one of the most popular in numbers attended. With tight budgets and schedules these free, low learning curve technologies can help academic librarians work effectively and efficiently with maximum outreach to students, faculty, and staff. This webinar will take a close look at practical applications of technologies such as customized search engines, social bookmarking, RSS, and more! So, as you gear up for the fall semester, don't miss this opportunity to hear from one of your Minnesota library community colleagues about the use of new technologies to support library instruction and liaison work.
Who should attend?: Anyone interested in web 2.0 technologies and how they apply in an academic setting.
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This online training session presents the fundamentals of using the OCLC Authority File. Topics covered include:
The Connexion Client interface is used for demonstration.
NOTE: This course is divided into two 75 minute sessions offered on two separate days. Take home exercises related to the first session will give you "hands-on" experience. Allow an extra 30 minutes after the first session to work on the take-home exercises.
Who should attend?: Cataloging staff who want to increase their knowledge of and proficiency with the OCLC Authority File.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with OCLC Connexion and a basic understanding of authorities and authority work. If you are new to authorities and authority work, you should first attend our Brief Introduction to Authorities Webinar.
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Have you ever had difficulty locating a problematic request? This session will provide you the tools needed for analyzing information in requests. This information will help you locate an individual request or isolating a group of requests.
Prerequisites: It might be helpful to have attended the VDX Request Searching or watched the archived version first.
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This Webinar provides new or current interlibrary loan staff with the basic information they need to search for existing requests. The training will cover how to optimize your Request searching with Simple Search and the basics of Advanced Search. This session is presented by Nick Banitt, MnLINK Gateway Specialist, and Raquel Franklin, Document Delivery Supervisor.
Who should attend?: Interlibrary Loan staff would would like to improve their Request Searching skills.
Prerequisites: Basic VDX knowledge.
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This is an overview of the changes in the new VDX software.
Who should attend?: Interlibrary loan staff
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This series of online tutorials are designed to give librarians and library staff a basic understanding of how to set up and use free web tools. Web 2.0 is the concept of web based communities such as social networking sites and wiki pages that encourage collaboration and sharing, online interaction, between users. Sites can be maintained for personal and/or institutional use.
Blogs:
Blogs have exploded over the last few years. Technorati, http://www.technorati.com/, currently indexes about 71 million blogs. People respond to blogs because it is an open forum for them to publish anything they want. Blogs, on an institutional level, are a great way to begin an online dialog and a wonderful medium to generate discussion and forums of communication. Having a place for interaction gives patrons a voice. It also creates a safe environment where patrons feel like they can express themselves. Libraries can benefit from this by making their online environment feel like a community with contributions from patrons, employees, directors, and board members. They can also receive valuable feedback they might not otherwise obtain through traditional means and without too much effort.
Who should attend?: Anyone interesting in learning more about blogs and how to start one for your own institution.
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This series of online tutorials are designed to give librarians and library staff a basic understanding of how to set up and use free web tools. Web 2.0 is the concept of web based communities such as social networking sites and wiki pages that encourage collaboration and sharing, online interaction, between users. Sites can be maintained for personal and/or institutional use.
Del.icio.us:
Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking site that allows users to create an account and start bookmarking any and all pages you use or come across that you want to retain. It is like the bookmark function on your browser but it is web-based and there is more to it than just that.
Who should attend?: Anyone interested in learning about social bookmarking.
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This series of online tutorials are designed to give librarians and library staff a basic understanding of how to set up and use free web tools. Web 2.0 is the concept of web based communities such as social networking sites and wiki pages that encourage collaboration and sharing, online interaction, between users. Sites can be maintained for personal and/or institutional use.
Wiki pages:
A wiki is a website that allows visitors to add, remove, edit and change content, typically without the need for registration. It also allows for linking among any number of pages. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for mass collaborative authoring. It is also a good way to involve staff in contributing to a website with little or no knowledge of coding. As well, librarians have started using wiki pages for course resource pages which allow student to contribute and comment on resources used and found for assignments and research projects.
Who should attend?: Anyone interested in learning about online real-time collaborative environments and uses for libraries.
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Need to create an electronic pathfinder for patrons, a course web page for students and faculty, a resources web guide for teachers or professors, or want to advertise a program or event? Have little or no time to learn HTML or other coding to create web pages? Know some coding and have access to software but would like to create a web page on the fly using a lighter-weight program? Attend this webinar and join MINITEX Reference Services staff on a closer look at creating web pages using tools that are free of cost and knowledge of code. With tight budgets and schedules, these free, “no fuss” programs allow one to create web pages quickly and efficiently.
Prerequisites: Limited to staff in the Minitex region -MN, ND, SD only.
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Did you know you can connect directly to WebDewey from the Connexion Client? Have you set up a link from WebDewey to your own OPAC so you can easily check Dewey numbers in your own catalog? Do you want an easy way to stay up-to-date with all things Dewey? Find out about these new features, plus other WebDewey enhancements and tips in this one-hour Webinar.
Who should attend?: WebDewey and Abridged WebDewey users
Prerequisites: None
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What, exactly, is metadata and what does it have to do with my digitization project? Is it important? How can I learn more about it? This one-hour Webinar will answer these questions, and more. You will gain a basic understanding of metadata and why you should care about it.
Who should attend?: Anyone working with digitization projects or digital objects who needs a basic introduction to metadata.
Prerequisites: None.
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Minitex has recently announced our joint participation in licensing new databases and database packages recommended by the Minitex Electronic Information Resources (MEIR) Task Force as a result of the Request for Proposal (RFP) that was issued in 2008-2009. Join Minitex Reference Services staff as they introduce you to the thirty-one new resources added to ELM on July 1, 2009. Yes, we said thirty-one new resources that include health, science, and education information, additional resources for kids and teens, and reference materials including Britannica! Please note that this session does not go into specific detail about the databases. What it does is offer an introduction and some basic information about the new databases in ELM.
Who should attend?: Those interested in learning about the new resources in the Electronic Library for Minnesota.
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This session covers searching WorldCat and it’s basic and advanced search features via OCLC FirstSearch, including limiters, browsing, results management, and “my account” in WorldCat. The search demonstrations performed in this webinar will reflect how WorldCat can be used in all library types. Please note that this session is specific to using WorldCat via OCLC FirstSearch and if time allows, will touch on WorldCat.org.
Who should attend?: Librarians interested in gaining a better understanding of WorldCat and it's many applications throughout libraries.
Prerequisites: Limited to staff in the Minitex region -MN, ND, SD only.
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To manage your collection effectively, you need data that shows you its strengths and limitations. WorldCat Collection Analysis is an online service that allows you to analyze your own collections and compare them with peer libraries. This service enables you to:
This webinar will show participants how this service analyzes a collection's age, subject content, and interlibrary loan activity, compares a collection with other OCLC member libraries, and generates useful graphs and reports.
Who should attend?: Any library staff interested in collection development or management.
Prerequisites: None.
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WorldCat Registry is an OCLC web tool that provides a single online location where any library can manage and distribute data about itself and its services and also locate information about other libraries. This tutorial explains what the Registry is and what it can do for you. It shows you how to create your profile, edit it, and share it with others.
Who should attend?: Anyone who wants to learn about the Registry.
Prerequisites: None
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WorldCat.org allows you to search many libraries at once for an item and then locate it in a library nearby, find books, music, and videos to check out, find research articles and digital items (like audiobooks) that can be directly viewed or downloaded, link to "Ask a Librarian" and other services at your library, post your review of an item, or contribute factual information about it. This brief webinar will talk about the functions available to libraries and their patrons through WorldCat.org, the public side of the subscription database, WorldCat, which is available through ELM.
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This is not a training session, but an overview of the changes that are being made to the MnLINK Gateway ZPortal interface.
Who should attend?: Gateway operations committee members
Try browsing the OCLC Training Portal – a site that provides you with access to in-person and Web-based instruction from OCLC and OCLC-certified Training Partners (including Minitex).
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