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<p class="MsoNormal">The Oregon State Library and Gale are offering a series of free webinars between February and May 2014 designed specifically for Oregon users of the Gale resources available in the Statewide Database Licensing Program (SDLP).
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<p class="MsoNormal">Topics include business and health resources, information about Spanish-language resources, using periodicals databases to support Common Core, and developing library impact stories. The presenter will be Julie Pepera, Customer Education
Specialist from Gale who has provided well-received training sessions for Oregon over the last several years.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Looking for programming ideas for your local business community? Want to help parents understand the Common Core standards? With the focus on Oregon users, the sessions in February are particularly appropriate to advertise with your local
library users. Your library patrons can register for these sessions on their own, or you may want to consider hosting broadcasts of the sessions at your library.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Webinars offered in February<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/pf86rqy">Gale Health Resources</a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>February 12, 2014, 3:00 pm (Pacific)</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This one hour webinar will cover the health resources from Gale, primarily the Health and Wellness Resource Center and the Nursing Resource Center. How about using these resources for healthy living, recipes, exercise tips, and more? The
instructor will discuss the strengths of each of the resources for different types of health research projects and queries.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/pf86rqy">Gale Business Resources</a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>February 18, 2014, 9:00 am (Pacific)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This one hour webinar will cover the business resources from Gale, primarily Business Insights Essentials and the Small Business Resource Center. Get investing information and reports as well as articles on a variety of business topics.
Information on many major companies is also available. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/pf86rqy">eResources and the Common Core</a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>February 26, 2014, 3:00 pm (Pacific)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Common Core Standards are here. How can the Gale eResources help teachers get ready for them? How can teachers find informational texts to teach to these new standards? This one hour webinar session will discuss certain aspects of the
common core standards and show users how to find articles to support these new standards.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/pf86rqy">Please register</a></b> for these sessions and see the full schedule of webinars through May 2014 at:
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/pf86rqy">http://tinyurl.com/pf86rqy</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you are unable to attend, archived sessions will also be accessible through the Oregon Gale Support Portals at:
<a href="http://galesupport.com/oregon/">http://galesupport.com/oregon/</a> and <a href="http://galesupport.com/oregonacad/">
http://galesupport.com/oregonacad/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As always, please contact me if you have any questions about training or the SDLP!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--Arlene<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Arlene Weible<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Electronic Services Consultant<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oregon Federal Regional Depository Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oregon State Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">250 Winter St NE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Salem OR, 97301<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">503-378-5020<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:arlene.weible@state.or.us">arlene.weible@state.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/technology/sdlp/index.aspx">http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/technology/sdlp/index.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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