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Web Based Training

Web Based Training provides great flexibility... take most courses when you want and where you want. All you need is a computer and a connection to the Internet. Fit scheduled web courses into your day … without leaving the library.

 

Cataloging
Cataloging: Where are we now? where are we going? (Online) Always Available
Explore questions about the thrust of RDA and the new AACR2 [more]...
OCLC Connexion Training (Online) Always Available
Use the Connexion browser tutorial or the Connexion client tutorial to learn how to use Connexion to create and edit bibliographic and authority records that help users find the materials they need faster. [more]...
Using Enhanced Pathfinders: An OCLC Tutorial (Online) Always Available
This tutorial provides an overview of Pathfinders and how to create and work with them. [more]...

 

Children and YA
A Librarian's Guide to Graphic Novels for Teens and Tweens (Audio File) Always Available
A look at graphic novels and their relationship to libraries [more]...
ABCs of Family Literacy (Audio File) Always Available
Family literacy is one approach that seeks to offer longer term solutions to increase literacy levels. [more]...
Connecting with Reluctant Teen Readers: Tips, Tricks and Titles (Audio File) Always Available
Learn how to entice reluctant readers [more]...
Meeting the Needs of At-Risk Readers (Audio File) Always Available
How do you encourage at-risk readers to read? [more]...
Mother Goose on the Loose (Audio File) Always Available
Learn about the award-winning early literacy program, Mother Goose on the Loose [more]...
Preteen Programming: Tapping into Pop Culture - Library Style (Audio File) Always Available
Most 8-12 year olds think they are ready to leave childhood behind and leap into the teen realm [more]...
Rethinking PreSchool Storytime (Audio File) Always Available
This session offers alternative ways to plan and present preschool storytimes [more]...
Serving Teens Through Readers' Advisory (Audio File) Always Available
This program examines how Readers' Advisory for teens differs from other RA services, and covers the principles behind high quality Readers' Advisory for teens [more]...
Super Teaching! Think Models for Instructional Improvement (Audio File) Always Available
Teachers, professors, and professional developers cry plagiarism and deem this generation of learners bereft of ethics [more]...
The Twitch Generation (Audio File) Always Available
Join Jacqueline Guest as she leads you through the pages of the interesting novels [more]...
Walking a Tightrope: Selection vs Censorship (Audio File) Always Available
Topics discussed include: definitions, writing balanced selection policies, collection development, selection strategies, responding to challenges, case studies [more]...

 

Collection Development
Collection Development for Small Public Libraries (Online) Always Available
Collection Development for Small and/or Rural Public Libraries [more]...
The Relevance of Libraries in a Digital Age (Web Based) Always Available
Issues of collections, information aggregation, publishing and other issues will be discussed [more]...

 

Customer Service
Millennials in the Library (Web Based) Always Available
How can our libraries better serve Generation Y as patrons, students, and staff? [more]...
Targeting the Ages: Programming that Hits the Mark Always Available
A look at innnovative programming libraries are creating to meet the needs of their patrons [more]...
The Customer Service Series: Emotional Customer Service – Making the Connection with the Customer (Web Based) Always Available
Your customers and co-workers “only care what you know, when they know that you care." [more]...
The Customer Service Series: Handling Angry Customers with Tact and Skill (Web Based) Always Available
How do you deal with angry customers? [more]...
The Customer Service Series: Handling Customer Complaints without Taking Things Personally (Web Based) Always Available
In the words of Eleanor Roosevelt: “No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.” [more]...
The Customer Service Series: The Customer Service Experience – What are Your Customers Experiencing? (Web Based) Always Available
Think about the experiences that will keep customers coming back. [more]...

 

Information Literacy
Copyright Basics Always Available
Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), the rights licensing expert, has released a short animated video designed to help people understand copyright law [more]...
Creating Personal Learning Through Self-Assessment (Audio File) Always Available
Within the context of information literacy, liaison librarians and teacher-librarians create opportunities for students to develop habits of reflection and self-assessment [more]...
Information Literacy Education: A National Overview (Online) Always Available
What can libraries do to encourage and build information literacy efforts? [more]...
Information Literacy for Life (Web Based) Always Available
A discussion of libraries' roles in lifelong learning [more]...

 

Interlibrary Loan
OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing Tutorials (Online) Always Available
The series of WorldCat Resource Sharing tutorials covers the basics of resource sharing and will help you get started. Begin with the Overview and then select other tutorials to view. [more]...

 

Introduction to the Library
Neal-Schuman Professional Education Network (Online) See Neal-Schuman PEN calendar
Request an order code from your Training Administrator [more]...
Research 101 - Basic Library Searching Skills (Online) Always Available
For new library employees - What you need to know to search the Web [more]...

 

Library Advocacy
Tools of Engagement: Attracting and Engaging Library Users (Web Based) Always Available
The discussion will go beyond PR, to involving our communities of users in shaping the libraries of the future [more]...

 

Library Development
Diversity Beyond the Obvious (Web Based) Always Available
A discussion of diversity within the library profession [more]...
Finding the Trends That Matter: Get Your Environmental Scan On (Web Based) Always Available
A discussion of social and economic trends that affect libraries [more]...
Library Education: Facing New Realities (Web Based) Always Available
A discussion focused on making library education responsive to the needs of practitioners [more]...
NLG Project Planning: A Tutorial (Online) Always Available
A tutorial designed to assist in developing a project plan for a National Leadership Grant application from IMLS or other grant [more]...

 

Management
Choose Privacy Week (Web-Based) Always Available
A celebration of our right to privacy and an opportunity to engage libraries, librarians, and the general public about the importance of this issue in our increasingly public world - 2010 [more]...
Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment (Online) Always Available
The web based video is available in English (Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment) and Spanish (Ambiente Hostil Acosto Sexual). [more]...
How E-Learning and Distance Education Can Really Help Your Library (Online) Always Available
A discussion of effective online learrning for library staff [more]...
Library Spaces: Future Needs (Web Based) Always Available
An exploration of how library space affects current and new services [more]...
Library Transformation: Making It Happen (Web Based) Always Available
Richard Dougherty presents this series with an assemply of wonderful panelists who will discuss leading-edge issues faced by libraries [more]...
Making the Best of a Shrinking Budget: Creative Practices in a New Economy (Online) Always Available
Costs rise while budgets and our buying power shrink. [more]...
Marketing the Library (Online) Always Available
Library Marketing for Public Libraries [more]...
Marketing Your Library Services Using Social Networking Tools (Live Online) 09/23/2010 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
This online workshop teaches you how utilizing social software can help you promote your library’s activities and services to connect with your users. [more]...
This class is full
Next Gen Librarianship: Where Do We Go From Here (Web Based) Always Available
Today's multigenerational library workforce faces a number of both internal and external challenges [more]...
People Watching with a Purpose: Meeting Needs Before They Need It (Web Based) Always Available
A look at trends affecting library services [more]...
Professional Ethics (Online) Always Available
This course helps you understand the library's responsibility to the community. [more]...
SirsiDynix Institute Webinars (Online) See SirsiDynix Institute for web seminar schedule
Register for the webinars directly with SirsiDynix [more]...
Volunteer Management: Selecting, Screening, and Training (Live Online) 09/21/2010 10:00 a.m. - Noon
Participants will look at issues with “hiring” volunteers and learn some techniques for training them. [more]...
Volunteer Management: Delegating, Retaining, and Rewarding (Live Online) 09/28/2010 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Participants will learn about delegating duties to volunteers and guiding volunteers through change. [more]...
This class is full

 

Preservation and Digitization
Book Repair: Tips and Techniques (Part 1) (Audio File) Always Available
This series of four parts is useful for those interested in basic, minimal mending, and those that are interested in conservation and preservation [more]...
Book Repair: Tips and Techniques (Part 2) (Audio File) Always Available
This series of four parts is useful for those interested in basic, minimal mending and those that are interesed in converstion and preservation [more]...
Book Repair: Tips and Techniques (Part 3) (Audio File) Always Available
This series of four parts is useful for those interested in basic, minimal mending, and those that are interested in conservation and preservation [more]...
Book Repair: Tips and Techniques (Part 4) (Audio File) Always Available
This series of four parts is useful for those interested in basic, minimal mending, and those that are interested in conservation and preservation [more]...
Preservation 101 (Online) Always Available Self-paced web course
Preservation Basics for Paper and Media Collections [more]...

 

Readers Advisory
The Art of Appeal: Connecting Books and Readers (Audio File) Always Available
It has been said that no two readers read the same book; the reasons why readers enjoy the books they do are unique to them [more]...

 

Reference
20 Questions: Music Resources (Live Online) 09/22/2010 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
In this two-hour online class, you will explore 20 information resources that librarians use to answer questions about music. [more]...
This class is full
An Ounce of Prevention: Health Reference Basics (Web Based) Always Available
Rising health care costs, economic instability, and the proactive nature of today’s society are contributing to more and more individuals seeking out health information online and in print [more]...
Conducting the Reference Interview (Online) Always Available
How do you "do reference"? [more]...
Copyright in the Digital Age: An Update (Web Based) Always Available
A panel of experts will share their visions of the future of copyright in the digital age (2007) [more]...
Examining Reference Resources (Online) Always Available
This tutorial helps you learn about the reference resources in your library. [more]...
Helping Patrons Get Started in Genealogy (Audio File) Always Available
Develop a perspective on the common questions and how to deal with them [more]...
Improving People Skills for Library Patrons (Online) Always Available
How you can overcome barriers and make visitors comfortable during the reference interview? [more]...
Providing 21st Century Reference Services in Your Library (Audio File) Always Available
In some cases libraries have less face-to-face reference, and many librarians worry that their new electronic resources are not well enough used [more]...
Reference Strategies (Online) Always Available
This tutorial helps you begin matching questions to available resources for successful reference strategies. [more]...

 

Technology
Best From the Web: Library 2.0 and Beyond (Web Based) Always Available
The session highlights sites for a "best of the web" toolkit [more]...
Best New Technologies: Keeping Up with the Storm (Web Based) Always Available
Subtitle: Library 2.0 and Beyond [more]...
Element K: Computer Professional (Online) Self-Paced Online Learning
Request an Access Key from your Training Administrator [more]...
Element K: Office Productivity (Online) Self-Paced Online Learning
Request an Access Key from your Training Administrator [more]...
Engaging Participants with SEFLIN Connect (Live Online - 4 hours) 09/13/2010 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 09/20/2010 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Learn how to share online meetings, presentations, training courses and events over the Internet using SEFLIN Connect. [more]...
Wait List Wait List
Reversing the Ratchet: Basic Technology Adoption Strategies for Library Workers (Web Based) Always Available
Are you feeling more pressure in your library to keep up with the latest technologies? [more]...
SirsiDynix Institute Webinars (Online) See SirsiDynix Institute for web seminar schedule
Register for the webinars directly with SirsiDynix [more]...
Technology Trends in Libraries: Tools, Skills, Staffing, Training (Web-Based) Always Available
Librarians know that the target of keeping technologically current is always moving, and budgets are static at best. [more]...
Trends, Fads or Folly: Spotting the Library Trends that Really Matter (Web Based) Always Available
Tom Peters and Lori Bell discuss the impact of virtual environments such as Second Life, folksonomies, and social networks [more]...