South Central Regional Library Council has put together a schedule of classes to help you move forward professionally. Keep in mind that in addition to formal session content, SCRLC workshops always offer networking opportunities with colleagues who are concerned about the same issues. To help you keep up with the constantly-evolving electronic tools, we have scheduled a number of Tech 2010 sessions for lunchtime so you (and coworkers) can learn without travel expenses.
Copyright for Digital Information
Practical Digitization Series Instructor: K. Matthew Dame, Copysense
March 10, 2010, Wednesday, 9:30-5:00, Broome County Public Library, Binghamton
$30/members, $35/non-members (Includes refreshments and lunch!)
This workshop will provide participants with a thorough grounding in identifying and resolving the legal issues involved in beginning and managing digitization projects. These projects render paper documents, analog, or physical objects into digitized form. This advanced program will focus on print digitization, and presumes participants have a basic understanding of copyright concepts and issues. More Information
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Now's the Time: Understanding the Electronic Health Record Maze and Health Sciences Librarians' Roles
This training is funded by the SCRLC Hospital Library Services Program.
March 24, 2010, Wednesday 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm, Martin Learning Center, SCRLC, Ithaca, NY
$10/SCRLC members; $15/non-members; Refreshments included.
The goal of this program is to clarify the terminology surrounding the emerging electronic health information environment and to illustrate how and why health sciences librarians can and should become engaged with the efforts to achieve the national 2014 goal of instituting an electronic health record for each person in the United States.
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Information Literacy Education
College of DuPage Webcast with Face-to-Face Regional Discussion
March 12, 2010, Friday 12:00 - 2:00, Broome County Public Library, Binghamton
President Obama declared October 2009 as National Information Literacy Awareness Month. The declaration stated: “In addition to the basic skills of reading, writing, and arithmetic, it is equally important that our students are given the tools required to take advantage of the information available to them.” This session will discuss working standards and assessments for national literacy and open a dialog on what librarians can do to strengthen efforts to encourage and build information literacy efforts not only in your own library, but in concert with your colleagues around the country. Learn while you lunch … BYOS (bring your own sandwich, refreshments provided). More Information
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Metadata for Digital Projects
Practical Digitization Series Instructor: Jennifer Palmentiero, Southeastern NY Library Resources Council
March 25, 2010, Thursday, 9:30 - 3:30; Martin Training Room at South Central Regional Library Council
$30/members, $35/non-members (Includes refreshments and lunch!)
Metadata creation is an essential part of digital collection development. Consistently applied metadata enhance the access to and interoperability of digital objects. This session will provide participants with an overview of the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set and its application in Tools of History (ToH.) More Information
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Technology Trends in Libraries: Tools, Skills, Staffing, Training
College of DuPage Webcast with Face-to-Face Regional Discussion
April 9, Friday, 12:00-2:00, Milne Library, SUNY Oneonta
This teleconference will address the current status of technology in the library and explore future technological trends as more information sources--and people-- migrate to online environments. Eric Lease Morgan, Head of the Digital Access and Information Architecture Department, University Libraries of Notre Dame, and Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies and Research for the Jean and Alexander Heard Library at Vanderbilt University and Executive Director of the Vanderbilt Television News Archive, will explore libraries’ technology future. Learn while you lunch … BYOS (bring your own sandwich, refreshments provided). More Information
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Book Repair: Protect & Repair Your Own
Instructor: Kary Barth, Kapko
April 22, Thursday, 9:30-12:30, Broome County Public Library, Binghamton
This workshop is will demonstrate quick and easy techniques for extending shelf life on general circulating materials. Prevention is the key, but we will be addressing specific, common repairs: tipping in loose pages, broken spines, torn header caps, ripped and torn pages. Each participant will be provided with a free sample packet of materials.
Learn while you lunch … BYOS (bring your own sandwich, refreshments provided). More Information
$10/members, $20/non-members
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Digital Storytelling
Instructor: David Jakes
July 1, Thursday, 10:00-4:00
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