This February Ron Gardner of OCLC will be joining Jen Hawkes from Nylink in visiting New York City and presenting information about CONTENTdm. On February 20th , from 12-4 at the NYPL auditorium, Ron will be discussing the new version of CONTENTdm 4.3 and the talk will be aimed at both current as well as prospective users.
Pre-registration is encouraged! If you have any questions please contact Jen Hawkes at hawkesj@nylink.org
Free Nylink Community Brown Bag Session
Co-sponsored by CDLC
January 25, 2008
12:30-2:00
HVCC
As the New Year rolls in it is time for that great tradition of New Year’s Resolutions! What are you planning for 2008?
Lose weight?
Eat fewer cookies?
Go to the gym 5x per week?
Increase the use of databases?
Develop a new outreach program for Spanish speakers?
Finally get through that cataloging backlog?
Come share your library’s New Year’s resolutions with other librarians and library support staff. Whether you plan on adding to your local history collection or reaching out to your community you can discuss ideas and learn from your peers at this inaugural meeting of the Nylink Community Brown Bag Lunch Session. (No sales presentations!)
This event is free and open to anyone interested in talking, listening and learning.
We’ll provide the beverages and tasty treats you provide your own brown bag lunch and ideas.
Happy Holidays to All!
Check out this year’s Holiday Card fron OCLC Programs and Research:
http://www.oclc.org/research/holidaycard/2007/index.html
The card shows off a new technology from Adobe called Flex (see http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flex/ ), as well as several new recently released projects of OCLC Research, including:
WorldCat.org ( http://worldcat.org )
WorldCat Identities ( http://www.oclc.org/news/briefs/brief166.htm and http://orlabs.oclc.org/Identities/ )
Dewey Browser (http://www.oclc.org/research/researchworks/ddc/browser.htm )
On the holiday card, you can interact with a tag cloud which will display statistical results in a pie chart (and if you click on a pieces of the pie chart — it will cause displays of queries into WorldCat.org, WorldCat Identities, and Dewey Browser to appear).
If you have never explored the projects of OCLC Research, check out their website, at: http://www.oclc.org/research/default.htm and the project page, at: http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/default.htm
Happy Holidays!!
Time is running out for the Early Bird special for the East Region Shared eBook Collection! After Decemeber 15th, the cost per FTE (or equilivent) will increase $0.10. It doesn’t sound like a lot, but $0.10 added up quickly!
Are you interested in the latest regarding Online learning trends and ideas? There was a GREAT two-part series on NPR about Online learning last week. The title of the program was:
Online Courses Catch On in U.S. Colleges
Here is the link to the program
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16638700
Some highlights from the program:
“Online education is growing at many times the rate of higher education overall, according to a new survey. In the past, some prestigious schools have looked down on distance learning, fearing the quality could never measure up. But now some colleges require that students take at least one course online.”…….One student said he “misses the give-and-take of a traditional classroom”…. “But an advantage with online stuff is that because people have to type, you have to think more about what you say before you say it. So you usually end up with a lot more intelligent conversation,” the student said.
Check out the program for more information on Online learning.
The New Year is a great time to set goals for ourselves. Why not plan on making 2008 a year of learning and growth? Nylink can help you reach your professional development goals through our education program. Our January-June 2008 Education Calendar is now available. Please go to http://nylink.org/education/ and check out a wide variety of classes. Trouble getting out of the office for training? Try one of our webinars or 4 week online classes.
Returning classes include:
1/14/08: Advanced Excel Applications
3/3/08: Excel Fundamentals for Beginners
4/7/08: Bare Bones Photoshop for Digital Projects
4/16/08: Metadata: The Basics
New classes include:
2/25/08: Using SCIPIO Records
3/3/08: Strategic Marketing for Libraries, Museums and Cultural Heritage Organizations
3/17/08: Using the OCLC Terminologies Service
5/5/08: “Great Idea. How Are We Going to Pay for It?” Grant Writing for Libraries and Museums
If you have a suggestion for a class please let us know!
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This February Ron Gardner of OCLC will be joining Jen Hawkes from Nylink in visiting New York City and presenting information about CONTENTdm. On February 20th , from 12-4 at the NYPL auditorium, Ron will be discussing the new version of CONTENTdm 4.3 and the talk will be aimed at both current as well as prospective users.
