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 Webinars
“Protecting Your Online
Privacy: Risks and Strategies”
Date & Time: November 9th,
2017 8:00 PM.
Description:
Would you like to learn
more about why you should care about your online privacy?
The topic of online
privacy is growing in importance as people realize the long-term ramifications
of not being privacy-aware. This webinar will cover why protecting one's online
privacy is now so critical and what can happen when one doesn't. We'll also
look at various concrete methods and tools you can use to help insure online
privacy as much as possible.
At the end of this
one-hour webinar, participants will:
* Be familiar with 3 or more
potential risk categories of online activity
* Be aware of how some
libraries are already dealing with online privacy issues
* Learn of some specific
strategies and tools for managing and protecting online privacy
This webinar will be of
interest to: Library staff wanting to learn more about privacy issues for
either themselves or for library users.
Webinars are free of
charge, you can pre-register by clicking on the Register Now button
at the top of this page. If you pre-registered, you will receive an email
with login link and a reminder email the day before the event.
“Storytelling for
Community Relationships”
Date & Time: November 14th, 2017 12:00
PM
Description: Do you want to develop
more meaningful relationships with your library’s community? Would you like to
create sustainable engagement with local businesses, organizations and library
users?
Enter storytelling- it’s
not just for kids! The people who use the library and live in the community
have tons of unique perspectives and messages to share- they just need an
outlet. Libraries can play an integral role by giving those stories a platform.
Storytelling is a powerful tool because it builds trust and understanding. From
podcasts, videos, livestreams and unique programming, there are many ways that
librarians can utilize the power of storytelling to build transformational
community relationships.
At the end of this
one-hour webinar, participants will:
* Be able to describe
what storytelling is and why it matters to library communities
* Be able to identify 3
different ways that libraries can collaborate with communities to tell and
share stories
* Be able to understand
different technology tools and resources to share stories with the wider
community
This webinar will be of
interest to: Public, academic and special librarians who would like to connect
to their communities through storytelling.
Webinars are free of
charge, you can pre-register by clicking on the Register Now button
at the top of this page. If you pre-registered, you will receive an email
with login link and a reminder email the day before the event.
WebJunction Webinar
“Social Media Analytics:
What to Measure and Why”
Date & Time: 30 November 2017. 2:00 PM
– 3:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
Presenters: Molly Bacon, Social Media Manager, TechSoup for Libraries; and Cherise
Mead, Librarian III, Marketing Team Lead, Mesa Public Library (AZ)
Description: Now that you are using social media to engage with your
community, how do you know if it’s working? If you don’t know where to start
when planning your social media metrics, join us to learn the best methods to measure
your library's social media outcomes. During this event, you will learn how to
establish measurable goals, identify key performance indicators (KPIs), and
evaluate your social media results.
OCLC Webinars
“OCLC Distinguished
Seminar Series”
Date & Time: 9 November 2017, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time,
North America [UTC -5]
Description: In this presentation, Char Booth will address the concept
that open access has had a huge impact on publishing and scholarly
communication, yet who you are, what you earn, and how you research still
create serious barriers to information availability. Char will examine open
access through the perspective of information privilege, highlighting actions
libraries and allied organizations can take to reduce access inequities in
pursuit of social and economic justice. The event will be held at OCLC’s global
headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, and attendees have the option to attend virtually
or in-person.
“Expanding discovery and
visibility of all your library’s collections: A demonstration of the WMS
discovery interface”
Date & Time: Wednesday, November 15, 2017. 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time
(New York, GMT-05:00)
Description: During this 45-minute demonstration of WorldCat Discovery
Services and how they work with WorldShare Management Services, you will:
* See how you can provide your end users with single-search
access to your library’s full array of resources–electronic, print and digital
* Learn how staff and users can choose from integrated delivery
options, including linking to full text through built-in link resolution and an
A to Z list, linking to your OPAC and requesting items via consortial borrowing
systems or interlibrary loan
* Understand how your library can gain more visibility on the
Web through OCLC's partnerships with leading search engines and popular sites
* Hear how simple these OCLC services are to configure and
maintain, and how they build on OCLC services your library already may use.
خالص تحياتي وتقديري،
د. غدير مجدي عبد الوهاب
