Live Online Web-based Workshop: "Collection Development: Collecting and Selecting Internet Resources for Electronic Libraries" August 30 *or* August 31 12-2 EDT (11-1 CST)

[Diane K. Kovacs]

Collection Development: Collecting and Selecting Internet Resources 
for Electronic Libraries

Overview

In this hands-on workshop participants will learn to create a 
collection development plan for Web-based information resources for 
e-library collections.

Students will be required to login and use the online conferencing 
system for ten minutes at least 1 day before connecting to the class 
sessions.  Plan on at least one to one and one half hours for each 
online activity for a total of 4-6 hrs of  hands-on work.  Scheduled 
online live lecture, discussion and overview time is 2 hrs.

Each hands-on activity will step participants through creating first 
a collection plan, a collection strategy and how to use the 
collecting tools (search engines, directories, other people's 
e-libraries), evaluating the resources located and collected and 
finally selecting which resources will be included in their e-library.

Participants may chose to work with any type of subject e-library 
that they are interested in.  Participants may choose to purchase the 
instructor's book Building Electronic Library Collections: The 
Essential Guide to Selection Criteria and Core Collections  but it is 
not required.

More information at http://www.kovacs.com/training.html

Audience

This workshop is intended for people  want to learn to more 
efficiently collect and organize information resource from the Web 
for use in e-library collections of all sizes and subject 
concentrations.

Participants should know how to use e-mail.  The Instructors will 
assist participants to use Netscape or Internet Explorer 4.5 or 
higher to participate in the real-time class and to interact with the 
Web-based materials.

Schedule

Live online August 30 *or* August 31 12-2 EDT (11-1 CST)

This workshop is also scheduled at any time convenient to individual 
participants via e-mail and Web as self-paced workshops

Schedule Arrangements for other small groups (minimum of 5 people) 
may be made on an individual basis
by contacting the instructor.  You may also take this workshop with 
e-mail only discussion with the instructor.

Registration and Tuition

$75

Class size is limited to 15 people in each scheduled date. 
Arrangements for additional online live sessions will be made if 
there are additional registrations.

http://www.kovacs.com/register.html


Materials

All materials will be online on interactive Web pages.  Color printed 
packets will be priority mailed to each registered participant.

Mechanisms for Instruction

Participants will interact through e-mail with the instructors before 
and after the workshops.

Participants will meet live online for overview and discussion.

Participants will complete hands-on Web-based activities at
their own pace after  scheduled online live meeting with the guidance
and in consultation with the instructor.

Instructors will provide free training on using the Diversity 
University MOO facility for real-time
communication.   Participants will connect to http://www.du.org:8888 for
real-time instruction.   Logins and passwords will be provided on
request after registration.  Java enabled Netscape or Internet 
Explorer 4.0 or higher are required.

Instructor Diane K. Kovacs, Kovacs Consulting diane at kovacs.com

Diane K. Kovacs - Kovacs Consulting Internet & World Wide Web Training
http://www.kovacs.com
_Building Electronic Library Collections: The Essential Guide to 
Selection Criteria and Core Subject Collections_ (2000) Neal-Schuman 
Publishers http://www.neal-schuman.com