Learning opportunity

Dec 6

Learning Opportunity – Copyright, Libraries, and the Higher Ed Classroom

UW-Madison SLIS is hosting a free webinar on Copyright, Libraries, and the Higher Ed Classroom on Thursday, February 13 from noon to 1:00pm, presented by Dorothea Salo, MA-LIS and MA-Spanish.

Get updated on the latest lawsuits, campaigns, and other copyright happenings in the higher-education classroom. We’ll touch on electronic-reserves legal action, streaming video legal action, the ARL Code of Best Practices in Fair Use, MOOCs, Google Books and Hathi Trust lawsuits, open access, open textbooks, and open educational resources.

Click here to register.

Dec 2

Learning Opportunity – Upcoming WorldShare Management Services Webinar

Streamlining management, discovery and access of print collections with OCLC WorldShare Management Services

During this live, one-hour demonstration, you’ll see how OCLC WorldShare® Management Services simplify library management workflows and improve discovery and access of your library’s physical collections, including print materials, journals and serials. Q&A will follow the demonstration.

Date: 10 December 2013
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time [UTC -5]

Register for this webinar here>>

Dec 2

Save the date – OCLC Americas Member Meeting and Symposium: The Hype and Hope of MOOCs

Join OCLC member-leaders and staff at ALA Midwinter for updates on OCLC programs, a Regional Council business meeting and a debate-style symposium on MOOCs. The meeting will take place on Friday, January 24, 2014, from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, Eastern Time. Lunch will be provided and a reception will follow the symposium, which begins at 1:00 pm. Please make plans now to attend this event in person or virtually!

Learning Opportunities from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Greater Midwest Region

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine Greater Midwest Region is offering two upcoming free courses of interest to community college librarians:

Free NLM Resources for Community College Libraries
Thursday, December 12th at 1:00 pm Central

and

Free Online Tools for Librarians
Friday, December 13th at 1:00 pm Central

Click here to register for either event.

Nov 12

Spring SLIS Online Continuing Ed Courses

SLIS has released the online courses it will be offering for Spring 2014, and it’s a lively and interesting mix with material useful to librarians in all types of libraries. Some highlights include:

The Spring Grant Writing Workshops Series – This three-part series is designed specifically for library staff and students will help new and experienced grant writers alike brainstorm, polish, and submit grant proposals.

Project Management for Librarians – This course is designed to help library staff understand and manage the life cycle of projects, large and small, going on at their library.

Digital Asset Management – Aiming to help you deal with your digital “stuff,” this course will lead you through a systematic process of finding, inventorying, assessing, describing, and managing your library’s or archive’s digital objects.

Get Your Ducks in a Row: Disaster Planning – Don’t be caught off guard! This course will help you identify the information your library needs to have on hand, develop a simple disaster plan, and devise a strategy to keep the plan current.

Working Successfully with Your Library Board – Building a successful, supportive, and honest relationship with your library board is a crucial factor in the success of your library and its projects. This course will teach you the ways you can foster a positive relationship with your board.

Nov 7

OCLC WorldShare Interlibrary Loan Training: Where and When You Need It

OCLC offers self-paced training and online tutorials for WorldShare Interlibrary Loan in addition to instructor-led classes. Be sure to visit the WorldShare Interlibrary Loan Training Resources page for tutorials, recorded sessions, and training updates. Also, bookmark the WorldShare Interlibrary Loan Support page for quick access to documentation, release notes, and known issues. These resources are available at no charge, 24/7, and can be bookmarked and shared easily with staff and colleagues.

Getting Started

Prefer to get started on your own? Select the WorldShare ILL Learning Path that’s right for you.

Upcoming learning opportunities

WorldShare Interlibrary Loan: Update and Chat with the OCLC Team

This program will include an overview of new features now available in WorldShare Interlibrary Loan as well as information about plans for future enhancements to the service. You will also have an opportunity to chat with members of the WorldShare Interlibrary Loan team about effective ways to use the new service, best practices they have observed from early users – and any other topics of interest to you.

Date: November 14, 2013
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time [UTC -5] Register to attend this webinar here

Nov 6

Learning Opportunity – Implementing change: Realizing the results of collaborating in the cloud

OCLC and Library Journal are co-sponsoring an upcoming free webinar on Wednesday, November 13th, 2013, noon – 1:00 PM CT on “Implementing Change: Realizing the Results of Collaborating in the Cloud.”

Libraries share many common challenges: scarce resources, increased user demand and ever more complex collections, systems and workflows. To help manage these challenges, today’s cloud-based library management services are offering workflows that save time and discovery solutions that meet users’ expectations.

Libraries using these services are seeing drastic reductions in the time it takes for routine tasks because of the integration in the cloud between libraries, applications, partners and data. Not only can information be shared between departments, but between libraries, improving quality and relevance as it’s enhanced along the way.

As a result, libraries save staff time and money while improving efficiency, workflows and user satisfaction. In short, cloud-based library management services, like OCLC WorldShare® Management Services, require less time in your library’s back office. This provides more time and resources to do the things that make your institution truly unique and that help you serve your users better.

Learn more and register here.

Nov 5

BadgerLearn Pro – Because You’re a Pro!

BadgerLearn has expanded its family to include another training portal, BadgerLearn Pro!

The new BadgerLearn Pro website (http://badgerlearnpro.dpi.wi.gov) will provide continuing education opportunities specifically for Wisconsin library professionals:

Training materials produced by the Wisconsin Library Systems
Videos, webinars, and guides to the Affordable Healthcare Act
Websites, webinars, and videos about cataloging books and digital resources
Workshop presentation slides about reference interview skills

BadgerLearn Pro is a joint project under active development by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s Resources for Libraries and Lifelong Learning (RL&LL), WiLS, and the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium (WPLC).

Learning Opportunity: Introducing BiblioBoard

BiblioBoard is an award-winning app and web ecosystem that connects library patrons with digital archives from all over the world. This one-hour session on Thursday, October 17th at 1:00pm CDT demonstrates how patrons find rich multimedia content on BiblioBoard and showcases how libraries are using BiblioBoard to create digital exhibits. Click here to register.

Oct 8

OCLC learning opportunity: Collaborating to Create Boundless Collections

On Tuesday, October 15th, from 9 – 3:30 PST, OCLC is offering an event live streamed from Loyola Marymount to share the stories of “unique collaborations” that “test the boundaries of current practice” in sharing collections. Speakers from Occidental College, Orbis Cascade Alliance, Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, Western Regional Storage Trust, and more, will share their experiences.

For more information and to register, see the event page.

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