<div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1375805663852_13742"><font id="yui_3_7_2_1_1375805663852_13741" color="#cc0000" face="arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><img alt="Inline image 1" src="cid:ii_14054a589d91da6f"></font></b><br>
</div><div style="text-align:center"><b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1375805663852_13742"><font id="yui_3_7_2_1_1375805663852_13741" color="#cc0000" face="arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">Northwest Central invites you to check out some of the upcoming continuing education webinars and events happening this August!<br>
</font></b><div style="text-align:left"><span class=""><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><b><br></b></span></span><br></div><div style="text-align:left"><span class=""><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><b>FREE!</b></span><b> 08/09/13</b></span><b>
<a href="http://www.nwcentral.org/resource-sharing-detective-work-find-it-and-get-it-using-free-and-open-access-resources">Resource Sharing Detective Work: Find it and Get it Using Free and Open Access Resources</a></b><br>
The digital word is rapidly changing our approach to resource sharing.
Institutional repositories, open access resources, and digitization
projects are quickly opening doors to previously inaccessible
information. In this free 90 minute 2nd Friday Series session, Russell
Palmer, resource sharing and reference specialist at LYRASIS, will share
resources, tips, and tricks to help reference and resource sharing
staff find and retrieve scholarly articles, newspapers, archival
records, maps and other materials that are sometimes challenging to get
into the hands of users. After this session, attendees will be able to:
utilize digital resources more effectively as they pursue challenging
reference and resource sharing requests; decrease the number of unfilled
resource sharing requests; and understand the scope of digital
information available in institutional repositories, open access
resources, and digital collections.<br><span class=""><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><b><br>FREE!</b></span> <b>08/13/13</b></span><b>
<a href="http://www.nwcentral.org/ya-announcements-falling-books">YA Announcements: Falling Into Books</a></b><br>Fall is just around the corner, and the smell of new books is in the
air. Please join us as representatives from Bloomsbury Children’s Books,
Disney Book Group, Egmont, Harlequin Teen, and Macmillan Children’s
Publishing Group share their new teen titles for fall and beyond.
Booklist’s Books for Youth associate editor Ann Kelley moderates this
free, hour-long webinar.<br><span class=""><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><b><br>FREE!</b></span> <b>08/13/13</b></span><b>
<a href="http://www.nwcentral.org/geek-library-information-session">Geek the Library Information Session</a></b><br>Get a complete Geek the Library overview and your questions answered in a
live format. Our informational webinars are a simple way to learn about
the details before committing to participate in the program.<br><span class=""><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><b><br>FREE!</b></span> <b>08/14/13</b></span><b>
<a href="http://www.nwcentral.org/library-museum-partnerships-oh-places-you%E2%80%99ll-go">Library-Museum Partnerships: Oh, the places you’ll go!</a></b><br>Libraries and museums share common missions—to engage communities in
lifelong learning, cultural enrichment, civic conversations, information
resources, and gathering as neighbors. Sharing so many goals makes
libraries and museums excellent partners that together can more fully
support and engage their communities. Join in this interactive CSL in
Session to explore and discuss the many possibilities of how museums and
libraries can collaborate—and why they should. From programs for kids
to digitization projects, share your ideas and learn new ones from
fellow attendees from both libraries and museums in this lively online
forum, and come out with a list of first steps to take in creating or
strengthening a partnership with a library or museum in your community.<br><span class=""><br><b>08/15/13</b></span><b>
<a href="http://www.nwcentral.org/building-blocks-diverse-library-collection">Building Blocks for a Diverse Library Collection</a></b><br>Today’s teens make up the most diverse generation in our history—are you
ready for them? With challenges including parent complaints,
contending with user demand, and maintaining a nuanced and diverse
collection, we know that collection building can be a complicated and
even daunting feat for any young adult librarian. But what does it mean
to have a "diverse" collection, and what role does the community play in
young adult collection building? Join YALSA for a discussion on how to
build a diverse young adult collection. Presenter Chelsea Condren will
provide a working definition of the term diversity, strategies for
understanding user demand and interest, and ways to ensure a collection
is diverse while still meeting the needs of the population. Participants
will receive a handout that outlines strategies for collection
building/management, selection and weeding of diverse titles, as well as
a list of recommended materials.<br><div style="text-align:center"><font id="yui_3_7_2_1_1375805663852_13843" size="6"><strong id="yui_3_7_2_1_1375805663852_13842"><font id="yui_3_7_2_1_1375805663852_13841" color="#cc0000"><br>
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