السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته،
السادة زوار المدونة الكرام، أقدم لكم اليوم مجموعة جديدة من
الندوات المهنية المتخصصة في مجال المكتبات والمعلومات والتى يتم عقدها وبثها عبر
شبكة الإنترنت مجاناً، وفيما يلي عرضاً مفصلاً لها.
Infopeople Webinar
"Measure Your Impact: Getting
Started with Outcome-Based Evaluation"
Date & Time: December 15th, 2016. Start Time: Pacific
- 12 Noon, Mountain - 1 PM, Central - 2 PM, Eastern - 3 PM
Description: Do you want to learn how to measure the
effects your library’s programs, resources, and services have on your users?
Would you like to discover various ways to measure outcomes in your library?
Join Linda Hofschire, Director of the Colorado State Library’s Library Research
Service, in this webinar, where you'll learn practical tips for getting started
with outcome-based evaluation. You will gain a deeper understanding of what
outcomes are, and how they work in conjunction with inputs and outputs to
provide meaningful information about your library's impact on your community.
At the end of this one-hour webinar,
participants will:
- Be able to differentiate between
inputs, outputs, and outcomes (the data trifecta) and recognize why all three
are needed in order to conduct meaningful evaluations
- Be familiar with various methods for
measuring outcomes
- Be able to create a plan for
evaluating a program, project, or service at their library
This webinar will be of interest to: Any
library staff who are interested in getting started with outcome-based evaluation
Webinars are free of charge, you can
pre-register by clicking on the Register Now button (at the top and
bottom of this page). If registering with less than 30 MINUTES from the
start of the webinar you can join directly from the thank you page by clicking
the Join Now button. If you pre-registered you will receive an
email with login link and a reminder email the day before the event.
- Webinar archive of this event will be
available within 24 hours or sooner
WebJunction Webinar
"Culinary Literacy: A Library
Recipe for Cooking Up Literacy and Community"
Date & Time: Tuesday, December 6, 2016. 3:00 pm Eastern Standard
Time (New York, GMT-05:00)
Description: Opening in 2014, the Free Library of
Philadelphia's Culinary
Literacy Center offered the country's first commercial-grade kitchen classroom
in a library. It is revolutionizing the way Philadelphians think about food,
nutrition, and literacy. The Center reaches to every corner of the community.
It teaches math and science to kids through measuring and mixing, builds
English language skills and nutrition education for non-native speakers,
empowers adults with disabilities to cook with confidence, and much more. Hear
how this innovative idea was transformed into reality through strategic
community partnerships and institutional support. Learn how your library can
start teaching community residents everything from butchering a goat to making
a vegan stew, boosting literacy and nutritional health for all.
OCLC Webinars
"Simplifying circulation and course
reserves: A demonstration in WorldShare Management Services"
Date & Time: Tuesday, December 6, 2016. 2:00 pm Eastern Standard
Time (New York, GMT-05:00)
Description: During this one-hour demonstration of
WorldShare Management Services, you will learn how you can streamline all of
your circulation tasks through a single, Web-based interface. You’ll also learn
how your library operations can be performed on any tablet, laptop, smartphone
or device with a Web browser. The portability of these devices means you can
more easily complete tasks, such as inventory, because you carry out the tasks
in your library’s stacks.
Circulation: You will see how to easily
use the account management functions, including check-in, check-out and
renewals, as well as integrated hold and fine management. We will demonstrate
how the services track availability and holds in real time, enabling you to
generate a pull list on demand.
Course Reserves: You will see how easy
it is for anyone, including student workers, to create a reserve list, and
store everything electronically.
"EZproxy Pre-Sales Q&A Hour"
Date & Time: Tuesday, December 13, 2016. 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00)
Presenters: Vasu Akkineni, Jimmy Kuckelheim, Jenny
Rosenfeld
Description: If you are planning to subscribe to
OCLC's EZproxy service, and are either deciding between its Stand-Alone or
Hosted version, or you have decided which version but have questions about its
integration with your library's current authentication methods, this session is
for you.
Please note that this session is not a
support venue for existing subscribers, unless you are planning to switch
versions and want more information.
"Transforming print serials
management and acquisitions: A demonstration in WorldShare Management Services"
Date & Time: Wednesday, December 14, 2016. 2:00 pm Eastern
Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00)
Description: During this one-hour demonstration of
WorldShare Management Services, you will learn how they offer cooperative
workflows through a Web-based interface and how it can simplify your print
serials and acquisitions management.
Acquisitions:
- Get materials to patrons faster by
saving time for your catalogers
- Save time in your print acquisitions
workflows by accessing vendor data from WorldCat® as well as leveraging the
shared work of libraries and share vendor information
- Increase efficiencies for your staff
by supporting the selection, acquisition and maintenance of print resources in
a single interface that's integrated with all other WorldShare applications
Serials:
- Save staff time by utilizing
cooperatively managed publication patterns
- Discover missing items by knowing when
other libraries have received an issue that your library has not
- Discover how the services simplify the
task of including physical serials in your library’s A-Z list
- Explore the value of having all your
library’s holdings in MARC 21 Format for Holding Data (MFHD)
"QuestionPoint Virtual User Group
Meeting"
Date & Time: Wednesday, December 14, 2016. 2:00 pm Eastern
Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00)
Description: Get together with QuestionPoint
colleagues at a virtual meeting of the QuestionPoint user community.
It's that time of year, and the holidays
bring a noticeable shift in the kinds of reference questions asked. Let's dig
into how to best answer questions about e-readers and e-resources from both a
public and academic library perspective.
Be ready to chime in with your
experience and point-of-view!
"WorldCat Discovery Relevance:
Impact of configuration settings on search results"
Date & Time: Thursday, December 15, 2016. 2:00 pm Eastern
Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00)
Description: Since August, many libraries have
benefited from increased relevance of WorldCat Discovery search results. At
this webinar, members of the WorldCat Discovery team will review relevance
enhancements and discuss the impact of configuration settings on search
results.
TechSoup for
Libraries Webinars
"Adobe Photoshop Tools and Filters
for Nonprofits and Libraries"
Date & Time: 8 December 2016 - 11:00am
Description: Still fairly new to Adobe Photoshop or
wish you had a better handle on the basics? Join TechSoup's in-house Adobe
novice-turned-pro Wes Holing to learn how to use some additional Photoshop
filters and tools. He'll help you learn how to edit and improve your images.
"Libraries Supporting Social Good:
Tools and Tips for Outreach to Nonprofits"
Date & Time: 14 December 2016 - 11:00am
Description: This free webinar will offer practical
guidance on the best tools, training resources, and marketing tactics your
library can use engage nonprofits, grant making organizations, and socially
inclined businesses in your community.
"Use It, Don't Lose It! Technology
Donations Before Calendar-Year End"
Date & Time: 20 December 2016 - 11:00am
Description: If you have money left in your
nonprofit or library tech budget this calendar year, learn how to make the most
of it through TechSoup's hardware and software donation programs.
خالص تحياتي وتقديري،
د. غدير مجدي عبد الوهاب
