[Web4lib] Online Technology Training from Amigos

[Christine Peterson]

November Training Classes from Amigos

 

 

The following classes are scheduled in the Amigos online classroom for
November:

 

Metadata for Digitized Resources

November 1, 4, 9, 11

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Central Time
http://bit.ly/9Zz8uB

 

Tech Topics: Privacy and Social Networks

November 5

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CDT
http://bit.ly/9z1Re5

 

 

OCLC-related courses:

 

Know & Go: WorldCat Direct
November 8
1:30pm - 3:00pm CST
http://bit.ly/afWK5j

 

Connexion Client - Basic Editing and Record Processing

November 16

8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. CST
http://bit.ly/7CuMoC

 

Connexion Browser - Original Cataloging

November 18

3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. CST
http://bit.ly/8aGdBs

 

 

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2010 Southwestern CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting Registration Available

 

Registration is now open for the 2010 Southwestern CONTENTdm Users Group
Meeting scheduled for December 1 - 3, 2010 at the University of Houston
M.D. Anderson Library.

 

The keynote session, "CONTENTdm Update: What's coming in CONTENTdm 6?"
presented by Phyllis Kaiden of OCLC, will discuss what will be included
in this major release, the impact to your collections, migration path,
and schedule.  You will also hear the latest about usability studies and
see an up-to-the-minute demo of the new public interface.

 

The conference also offers two pre-conference sessions, "CONTENTdm
Basics" and "Embedding CONTENTdm Searches: Using CQR." Meeting Sessions
include:

 

    * Automating Patron Requests for Multimedia

    * Pesky PDF's, Now What do I do?

    * Have Your Cake and Eat it Too: Expanding access to your digital
collection through the Portal to Texas History

    * Basic Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

    * Back roads or super highway: Making sure your collections are well
traveled

    * Limited Resources? Need Help? How about outsourcing?

    * Technical Introduction to CONTENTdm 6

    * An "Unconference" Session for networking and information sharing

 

For more information, visit http://sites.google.com/site/swcdmug/.

 

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Registration still available for Going Green @ Your Library 2 Online
Conference

 

Registrations continue to be accepted for Amigos' online conference
Going Green @ Your Library 2: Working Green, Teaching Green.  The
conference is November 3 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. CDT.

 

The keynote session, "Greening Libraries 2.0: The Next Step," presented
by Monika Antonelli, will focus on innovative green developments within
the library world, what logical next steps libraries should be
incorporating to become greener and more sustainable, and a discussion
of permaculture design principles and how they can be applied to create
greener and more sustainable libraries.

 

Going Green 2 will offer the latest information on environmentally
conscious librarianship, from working green to teaching green.  Check
out the session schedule at http://greenlibs2.amigos.org/node/7.

 

Seating is limited.  To register for the conference or for additional
schedule information, visit the conference website at
http://greenlibs2.amigos.org/.

 

 

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Visit http://www.amigos.org/learning/calendar/ for the complete list of
scheduled training.

 

 

Christine Peterson

Continuing Education Librarian

Amigos Library Services, Inc.

800-843-8482 x2891

www.amigos.org

peterson at amigos.org 

 

Going Green @ Your Library 2:  Working Green, Teaching Green
Nov. 3, 2010

http://greenlibs2.amigos.org/