[Web4lib] Announcement: Two Free Online Presentations by Sarah Houghton-Jan

[Tom Peters]

Greetings!

In May Sarah Houghton-Jan will present two free online sessions in OPAL (www.opal-online.org), the collaborative web conferencing service for libraries and library users worldwide.  See below for details.  There is no need to register.  Everyone is welcome.  For links to these and other upcoming OPAL online programs, please visit

http://www.opal-online.org/progschrono.htm


Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 1:00 Central, noon Mountain, 11:00 a.m. Pacific, and 6:00 p.m. GMT/UTC/Zulu:

"Online Marketing for Libraries" Presented by Sarah Houghton-Jan 

Host: TAP Information Services 

Online Location: OPAL Online Auditorium 


Join Sarah Houghton-Jan, the Librarian in Black blogger, in exploring how libraries can market their collections and services online. In the Web 2.0 environment, libray staff need to think about outreach differently. Users spend more time online in both solitary and social endeavors. This session will cover how to find potential users online and reach out to them with the services and resources they need. Attendees will go away with a lengthy checklist of ideas to take back to their libraries to successfully create an ongoing online marketing plan. Please note: This program will last approximately 90 minutes. 
 
Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 3:00 Central, 2:00 Mountain, 1:00 Pacific, and 9:00 p.m. GMT/UTC/Zulu:

"Technology Training and Competencies for Libraries" Presented by Sarah Houghton-Jan 

Host: TAP Information Services 

Online Location: OPAL Online Auditorium 


Join Sarah Houghton-Jan, the Librarian in Black blogger, in exploring how libraries can provide tech training for staff. Every library on the planet struggles with technology training for staff. In this session, learn how to create a set of useful technology competencies, catered to your individual library and its technologies. Also learn how to use these competencies, and the staff's assessments, to build a self-sustaining staff technology training program. You will hear about the purpose and benefits of competencies and technology training, get a review of the process of creating competencies lists, and the implementation process, including assessment. Please note: This program will last approximately 90 minutes. 

Tom Peters



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