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<font size="-1"><font face="Verdana">FYI- Robin Paynter -- more
continuing education info on the <a
href="http://www.olaweb.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=68063">ACRL-Oregon
webpage</a> and <a href="http://acrloregon.org/">blog</a>!<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; color: black;">Superpower
your Browser: Open Source Research Tools - </span></strong><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; color: black;">March
23, 2010<br>
This webcast will examine the two powerful browser tools LibX and
Zotero, as
well as others. By using free, open source tools, libraries can offer
assistance and resources with little cost and foster skills that
patrons can
use throughout life, regardless of location.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; color: black;">Presenter:
Jason Puckett, Librarian for Communication and Instruction Librarian
for User Education Technologies, Georgia State University Library</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; color: black;">Visualizing
Data - </span></strong><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; color: black;">March
30, 2010<br>
Data visualization is fast becoming a premier tool for understanding
data
across information industries. The field of library and information
science is
no exception. Why visualize? Data visualizations make complex data
easier to
understand and bring forward concepts that otherwise might not emerge.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; color: black;">Presenters:
Lisa Kurt, Head, E-Resources and Serials, University of Nevada
Reno; Will Kurt, Applications Development Librarian, University of
Nevada Reno</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; color: black;">Creating
iGoogle Gadgets for your Library Users - </span></strong><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; color: black;">April
6, 2010<br>
Learn how to populate basic, pre-programmed, ready-to-use gadgets with
your
library’s content and take a look at an iGoogle page that contains a
wide
range of gadgetry including tabbed gateway searching of catalogs and
databases,
flash-animated library subject maps, a YouTube channel of library
videos,
Flickr slideshows of rare photographs from special collections, a
search box
for local electronic theses and dissertations, a gadget of highlights
and links
to blogs, and a gadget for communicating with reference librarians–all
on
one webpage.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; color: black;">Presenters:
Jason Clark and Tim Donahue, Montana State University</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; color: black;">Getting
Started with the Mobile Web - </span></strong><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; color: black;">April
15, 2010<br>
More and more studies are showing that the trend towards usage of
mobile
devices has moved beyond early adopters into the mainstream. Are you
interested
in launching a mobile-optimized website for your library, but not quite
sure
where to begin? Constrained budgets don’t have to limit an
institution’s ability to remain flexible and dynamic in the face of the
constantly moving target of emerging technologies. Participants will
benefit from
this timely snapshot of what is rapidly becoming an essential venue for
library
access.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; color: black;">Presenters:
Courtney Greene, Instruction & Online Learning Librarian,
DePaul University; Missy Roser, Reference & Instruction Librarian,
DePaul
University; Beth Ruane, Outreach & Reference Services Librarian,
DePaul
University</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; color: black;">Influencing
without Authority - </span></strong><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; color: black;">April
28, 2010<br>
Regardless of what position you hold, much of your success in the
library
profession will depend on your ability to enlist the support of others.
How can
you influence people even when you don’t have (or don’t want to
rely on) formal authority?<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; color: black;">Presenter:
Melanie Hawks, Learning and Development Coordinator, J. Willard
Marriott Library, University of Utah</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; color: black;">All
webcasts will be held at 11 a.m. Pacific, 12:00 p.m. Mountain,
1:00 p.m. Central, 2:00 p.m. Eastern, and are 90 minutes in length.
Complete details and registration materials are online at <a
href="http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/elearning/index.cfm">http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/elearning/index.cfm</a>.
Questions should be directed to Margot Conahan at <a
href="mailto:mconahan@ala.org">mconahan@ala.org</a>, or call
312-280-2522.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is a
division of the American Library Association (ALA), representing more
than 12,500 academic and research librarians and interested
individuals.
ACRL is the only individual membership organization in North America
that
develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of
academic
and research librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education
community
to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching,
learning
and research environments. ACRL is on the Web at <a
href="http://www.acrl.org/">http://www.acrl.org/</a>.</span><span
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style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>Robin
Paynter</b><br>
Social Sciences Librarian<br>
220D Library<br>
Portland State University<br>
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503.725.4501<br>
503.725.4524<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:paynter@pdx.edu">paynter@pdx.edu</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.pdx.edu/library/paynter.html">http://www.pdx.edu/library/paynter.html</a>
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“The fragmentation of rational knowledge in the postmodern world has
produced a focus on information that is unaware of its history.” –
Marcus Breen (1997)</p>
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