Category Archives: Training

1110, 2010

Free webinar: Cataloging Defensively: When to Input a New Record in the Age of DDR

robinna/ October 11, 2010/ metadata, social media, tutorials, Training, Train, training / tutorials/ 0 comments

OCLC invites you to join us for a free, live webinar entitled:Cataloging Defensively: ‘When to Input a New Record’ in the Age of DDR. Description: OCLC’s “When to Input a New Record”http://www.oclc.org/us/en/bibformats/en/input/default.shtm#CHDBCBBA, a chapter contained in Bibliographic Formats and Standards, provides a common basis for decision-making in the creation of WorldCat records by member libraries. With the full implementation of

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2209, 2010

How to Not Give (and Give!) a Webinar (Free webinar)

robinna/ September 22, 2010/ social media, Training, Train/ 0 comments

Social Media Consultant (Guru, Dude, etc.) Chris Brogan is offering a free webinar on how to not/give a webinar. For many of us, webinars are becoming an increasingly important form of training and teaching (I teach Drupal classes as a webinar through Lyrasis – next intro to Drupal Class is coming up in November). Unfortunately, as many of us have

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1809, 2010

Question of the day: How do I delete a note in facebook?

robinna/ September 18, 2010/ Technology, social media, meetups/conferences, question of the day, tutorials, Training, Train, web 2.0+/ 0 comments

Q: How do I delete a note in facebook?A: Although not intuitive, this is easy to do. Type Notes into the Search field at the top OR start with your home page (In the news feed list on the left side, click on More, if you do not immediately see ‘Notes’). You may also be able to access notes via

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2408, 2010

Content & digitization panel symposium free!!!

robinna/ August 24, 2010/ Libraries, Design, Training, Train/ 0 comments

Event Type: Webinar Date: 8/25/2010Start Time: 2:00 PM End Time: 4:00 PM Description: WebJunction is hosting a two-hour symposium that will feature four presentations on current trends and practical approaches to library digitization and preservation projects. Our guest panelists will address: Designing a digital preservation system using a framework that includes all stakeholders, from library administrators to archivists to IT

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1008, 2010

Training programs for library staff

robinna/ August 10, 2010/ Libraries, Design, Training, Train/ 0 comments

Couple of training programs that came across my desk today (also, don’t forget webjunction and Lyrasis for training…) Many of my presentations and training resources are located at http://www.slideshare.net/robinfay/ For those attending GOLD/GALILEO friday, see you there… ONLINE LIBRARY ASSISTANT TRAINING PROGRAM Rutgers University is accepting applications for its Fall 2010 program for paraprofessional at academic and research libraries. The

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2807, 2010

Free mobile/smart device summit

robinna/ July 28, 2010/ Technology, Design, Training, Blog posts/ 0 comments

With the proliferation of smart devices (smartphones, tablet devices), local governments are developing applications that make government services and information more accessible and government more responsive to the public. PTI is hosting this half-day, web-based Virtual Summit on Apps for Local Government that will look at the opportunities that mobile apps can provide, as well as explore the policy and

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2105, 2010

Authority, Linked Data, RDF Webinar (Free!)

robinna/ May 21, 2010/ Libraries, metadata, semantic web, Training/ 0 comments

Linked data is a HOT topic amongst the semantic web community (and the NYT also has their big linked data project) — sigh, novel concepts like authority records, controlled vocabularies, etc. Why gosh. Why didn’t libraries think of those? Oh wait, we DID. 😉 Anyhow, it might be interesting & free webinar — discussions of the VIAF, RDF, etc. I’ll

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