Join us for a webinar that will give you skills and techniques to deal with your ever growing pile of things to read, do, store and tweet.

Dealing with Information Overload

Webinar

September 22, 2010: 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Information overload is a very real consequence of having the means to create information become so ubiquitous and inexpensive.  As information professionals, we are in a prime position for helping our communities deal with the inevitable tsunami of information crashing into their lives every day.  Find out how to deal with information overload through ten principles, including organizational techniques, how to filter your input, time and stress management, managing overload in different media: email, RSS, interruptive technologies, the telephone, print media, multimedia, and social networks. Come away with a plan for tackling your own mound (physical or virtual) of overload!

Bio
Sarah Houghton-Jan is the Digital Futures Manager for the San José Public Library in the heart of the Silicon Valley. She is also the author of the blog LibrarianInBlack.net.  Sarah was named a 2009 Library Journal Mover & Shaker as a Trendspotter.  She trains and consults for libraries all over the world about issues of library and technology.  Her book, Technology Training in Libraries, was published in 2010.

This fall, Nylink is offering Get Started:  Preservation Building Blocks for Small Institutions.  This low cost workshop is great for anyone who is dealing with preservation issues at their institutions.  While preservation is often pushed to the side for more glamorous topics like web 2.0 technologies, it is an issue we all deal with and must be aware of.

Here are some other preservation and collection based trainings going on:

Association of State and Local History:

Collections Management and Practices
Dates: June 24-25, 2010
Location: Keeney Memorial Cultural Center, Wethersfield, CT
Host: Connecticut Humanities Council, Hartford, CT

Museum Classes Online:

Online classes starting July 5, 2010:

MS104: An Introduction to Collections Preservation
MS107: Introduction to Museum Security
MS207: Collections Management: Cataloging Your Collection
MS217: Museum Cleaning Basics
MS223: Care of Metals
MS235: Scripting the Exhibition
MS242: Museum Microclimates

For more information on the classes, and to order a class, go to www.museumclasses.org .

Buy two or more similarly priced 2010 classes in one order and get 5% off.

Lyrasis:

Preservation and Salvage of Audiovisual Materials (Live Online) 07/06/2010, 10:00am-12:00pm Eastern Time

This class offers preventive preservation strategies and salvage options for audiovisual materials commonly found in libraries and archives.

Society of American Archivists:

Electronic Records: Preservation of PDFs:  Webinar on demand

Disaster Planning for Electronic Records: June 22,  webinar

New York’s Statewide Preservation plan has identified preservation education as a top area of need in NYS.  The other two top priorities are disaster preparedness and infrastructure.   Those concerned with the preservation of collections should check out more about the NYS Connecting to Collections project.

Get Started:  Preservation Building Blocks for Smaller Institutions will be offered at Nylink on October 20.  This is a great class for folks who are charged with preservation activities at their institutions.  Anyone working in a library, museum, archive or special collection is welcome to attend, regardless of the size of your organization.  Plus the workshop is only $45!

Nylink’s July-December Training Calendar is now available.

Here is a sampling of classes:

Upcoming Webinars:

June 3:    Local Holdings Record Updating by Batch

June 16: Introduction to the eXtensible Catalog (XC)

June 17: Dealing With Web-Delivered Resources: Web Sites & Databases

July 19:  WorldCat Resource Sharing Auto Deflection & the Policies Directories

MARC Basics Webinar Series:

July 20: MARC Basics: Sound Recordings

August 25: MARC Basics: Books

September 30: MARC Basics: Serials

November 10: MARC Basics: Visual Media

Metadata Cookbook Webinar Series Returns!

June 9: Metadata Cookbook Series: Dublin Core

July 14: Metadata Cookbook Series: EAD

August 12: Metadata Cookbook Series: VRA Core

October 13: Metadata Cookbook Series: ONIX

Online Digitization Classes:

Self-paced: How to Build Digital Collections Using CONTENTdm

Instructor Facilitated:

June 7: Digitization Basics

July 19: Digital Project Management

Special Events:

October 20: Get Started: Preservation Building Blocks for Smaller Institutions

November 16 & 17: SCCTP-Advanced Serials

Thank you for your continued support of Nylink training.

Deidre Dowling

Education Coordinator

Nylink

Joyce Rambo, Nylink’s Reference and Digital Collections Librarian, has been working hard on a unique set of asynchronous training sessions for participants in the South Central Regional Library Council’s collaborative digitization initiative, Tools of History. Joyce became involved in the project at the suggestion of Matthew Hogan, SCRLC’s Manager of Digital Services & Resource Sharing.
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Get Started: Preservation Building Blocks for Smaller Institutions

Date: May 19, 2010

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Speaker: Karen E.K. Brown

Nylink Offices

Description

This workshop will provide a foundation for smaller libraries, archives and other collecting institutions to start planning and building a preservation program. Topics will include environmental guidelines and strategies for improvement, best options for enclosures and furnishings, and proper handling and storage solutions.  Practical low and no-cost suggestions for preventing damage and minimizing risk will be emphasized.

AGENDA

9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.                            Opening Remarks: Preventive Care of Collections

9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.                           Environmental Guidelines & Strategies

10:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.                         Break

10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.                         Enclosures & Furnishings

11:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.                         Handling & Storage

That warm March sun sure feels like spring….and before we know it the conference season is upon us.  Here are a couple of events that are happening soon.  Both sound like good opportunities to shake off the winter doldrums and get out of the office.

RIT Future of Reading Symposium

Rochester Institute of Technology, June 9-12, 2010

Come to this symposium with keynotes by Margaret Atwood, award winning author and Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine.

Join us in Rochester, NY for provocative and challenging presentations by world-class authors and experts in writing systems, content creation, linguistics, vision and cognition, typography and visual media that all seek to answer the question:  “How will reading change?”

Register now! $295, includes meals.
http://futureofreading.cias.rit.edu/

For more information about the RIT Future of Reading Conference:
ritread@rit.edu
http://futureofreading.cias.rit.edu/2010/
http://www.rit.edu/news/?r=47378
Future of Reading podcast: http://www.thetigerbeat.com/rss/podcasts/studio86_03-16-10.m4a

The SUNY Center for Professional Development is pleased to offer the following event:

ArcGIS Desktop I: Getting Started with ArcGIS

When: April 8-9, 2010

Time: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm

Location: Broome Community College, Binghamton

Objectives: In course exercises involving real-world applications, we will work with ArcMap to visualize geographic data, create maps, query a GIS database, perform spatial analysis using common analysis tools, and solve geographic problems using a systematic approach. Topics will include:

• Basic functions of a GIS
• Exploring GIS Maps
• Exploring a GIS database
• Creating map layouts
• Understanding location
• Understanding raster and vector data
• Acquiring geographic data
• Querying data
• Analyzing spatial relationships
• Solving problems with GIS

Target Audience: If you are new to GIS or an infrequent user of ArcGIS with no GIS background, learn what GIS is and what it can do. Learn the basic functions of a GIS, why a GIS database is powerful, and what coordinate systems and map projections are and why they are important.

Prerequisites: You should know how to use Windows-based software for basic file management and browsing. This course will prepare you for ArcGIS Desktop II: Tools and Functionality.

Facilitator: Stephen D. Smith, ESRI Authorized ArcGIS Instructor and Sr. Extension Associate and GIS Program Leader, Institute for Resource Information Sciences (IRIS), Cornell University. ESRI authorized materials will be utilized. Each participant will receive an ESRI Certificate upon course completion.

Fees

• CPD Member – $630
• Non-CPD Member – $665

CPD Points can be used for payment of this event.

To find out if your campus is a CPD member, view the Campus Contacts list on our website.

REGISTRATION & DETAILS

Visit the ArcGIS Workshop website at http://tinyurl.com/arcgis1 for details and a link to registration.

Or, go to the SUNY CPD CALENDAR at http://www.cpd.suny.edu. Select the event you are interested in for complete details and a link to online registration.

QUESTIONS? Contact the SUNY Center for Professional Development by phone at 315-233-3052 x-112 or email: jmarshall@cpd.suny.edu.

The Museum Association of New York and The Upstate History Alliance just announced their annual meeting:  Museums in Conversation: What Inspires You?.   Taking place in Albany, NY, April 11-13, this conference draws folks from all types of museums, historical societies, special collections and archives from across the state.  This year’s conversation will focus on building better missions and visions for our institutions and thereby generating inspiration to reach and serve our communities.   Make sure you register soon – don’t miss this great opportunity to meet and talk with your colleagues from across New York State!

NELLCO is hosting a grant writing workshop in Albany at Albany Law School.  The workshop is open to anyone who works in governmental agencies, colleges, universities and non-profits.  You don’t have to be a law librarian to attend.

The workshop takes place March 18-19, 2010.  Check it out and learn to write a kicking proposal that will nail the funds you need.