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Elluminate in practice: learning at your desktop
Presenters: Marilyn Ochoa and Mary Edwards
The main objectives of this session is to allow participants to gain more time using commonly used features that were discussed in the previous Elluminate session in August. Those registered are expected to have at least a basic understanding of the interface and uses. Technical requirements include JavaScript installed on workstations as well as a microphone and speakers. In this session, we will review the Application Sharing, Polling, Chat Feature and Breakout Room features (30 minutes). Basic troubleshooting will be reviewed as well (15 minutes). Those in the session will be grouped into discussion clusters and will share moderator and participant roles, and will actively engage in the many uses of Elluminate for library instruction (45 minutes). Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here. How to Improve Your Library Instruction: Assessment in Five Minutes - ALA Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 2:30pm-4:00pm Eastern, LW Room 212 When you’ve got a one-hour, one-shot library-instruction session scheduled, speedy and accurate student assessments are of paramount importance. Information literacy expert Sarah Steiner will show you how five minutes of skilled, targeted assessment is all you need to give you a precise understanding of students’ needs, learning, and retention. Drawing from real-life examples, Steiner will discuss how to write the best assessment questions and use inexpensive survey tools to gauge learning while you interact with students. Topics Include: How to write effective learning outcomes
Preliminary Reading Material In preparation for the event, please read or view the following material.
Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here. Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 10:30am-11:30am, LW Room 419
The webinar RDA Toolkit Essentials serves as an introduction and guide to using RDA Toolkit. Unlike past webinars, it is not a one-off event. Instead, it will return every other month (typically on the third Wednesday), and each occurrence of RDA Toolkit Essentials will focus on exactly that--the essentials of using RDA Toolkit. We'll review subscription options, logging in, navigating, creating Workflows, and setting bookmarks. We'll cover the variety of content available and offer tips for getting more from your account. And above all, we will answer your questions.
Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here. SUL Shared Bib Implementation Q&A Presenter: Betsy Simpson Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 11:00am-12:00pm, LW Room 419 Thursday, January 5, 2012, 2:00pm-3:00pm, LW Room 419
The State University Libraries are moving to a shared bibliographic Aleph environment by June 2012. How will this be accomplished and what does it mean for our local processes? This brief overview will give basic information about the implementation and allow plenty of time for questions and answers. More opportunities for discussion and input will be available in the months ahead.
Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Wikipedia Editing to Promote UF Collections Thursday, February 2, 2012, 1:00pm-3:00pm, Library West, Room 211 Presenters: Laurie Taylor, Dan Reboussin
This training will provide an overview of how to promote UF Research, Collections, and Collection Materials through Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Wikipedia writing/editing. The training will include a 50 minute presentation on SEO, Wikipedia (history, norms, standards, impact for SEO), UF web rankings, and a case study from the African Studies Digital Collections. The training will have a short break (20 minutes) and then have a hands-on section for 50 minutes that will cover creating an account on Wikipedia and editing/creating Wikipedia entries. Attendees should bring content to add to an existing Wikipedia entry or content to use in creating a new entry on Wikipedia, and content should be about UF Research, Collections, and Collection Materials.
Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here. Virtual Shelf Browsing Tools -- NCSU Libraries and ShelfLife Friday, January 27, 2012, 10:30am-11:30am, Library West, Room 419 Learn about new online tools that allow library users to browse a virtual bookshelf. Discussions will include system developed at North Carolina State University Libraries and the "ShelfLife" tool under development for the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here. Taking Embedded Librarianship to the Next Level Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 4:00pm-5:30pm, Library West, Room 419
You create value for your library and your own position within it when you become an instructional partner to faculty and a mentor to student researchers. Starting with Course management system tools and citations lists, Buffy J. Hamilton will show you how to use free or inexpensive web-based tools to offer research instruction. By reaching out to students on the web, you will make instruction available when it’s needed. This workshop will help you start a conversation with your community of learners and keep it going.
In preparation for the workshop, please read the following materials. All are available for free on the web.
Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here. Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries Thursday, January 26, 2012, 3:00pm-4:00pm, Library West, Room 419 This webcast will offer academic and research librarians a chance to learn about the Code’s substance on the day of its formal release and to ask questions and share ideas with the team of facilitators at the earliest stages of the public rollout. The Code facilitators—Patricia Aufderheide of the Center for Social Media at American University, Brandon Butler of ARL, and Peter Jaszi of the American University Law School—will deliver a brief presentation on the contents of the Code, followed by a question-and-answer session.
Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here. Staff Performance Appraisal Overview Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 10:00am-11:00am, Library West, Room 419 Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 1:00pm-2:00pm, Marston Library, Room 107 Thursday, February 16, 2012, 9:00am-10:00am, HSC Library, Room C2-41A Presenters: Bonnie Smith Learn about the University’s performance management process for staff — just in time for the performance appraisal process for TEAMS and USPS employees. This training covers the process, format and deadlines for staff appraisals. Some background on the principles associated with performance evaluations is included as well as practical advice for employees and supervisors with ample time for questions and answers.
Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here.
Performance Assessments and Goals Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 10:00am-11:30am, Marston Library, Room 107 Monday, February 20, 2012, 1:00pm-2:30pm, HSC Library, Room C2-41A Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 9:30am-11:00am, Library West, Room 419 Presenters: Bonnie Smith This workshop is designed to make the process of writing, understanding and promoting dialog on the annual assessments and goals more effective. One of the most important components of the performance review process is for employees and their supervisors to clearly state and understand the annual assignments and goals. You will learn about and practice writing SMART goals.
Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 2:00pm-3:00pm, Library West, Room 419 Monday, February 27, 2012, 10:00am-11:00am, HSC Library, Room C2-41A Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 11:00am-12:00pm, Marston Library, Room 107 Presenters: Brian Keith and Bonnie Smith In this workshop we will go over the faculty evaluation process, review the existing Smathers policies and documentation requirements and give some general performance management tips. This workshop is for all faculty.
Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here. Thursday, February 2, 2012, 10:00am-11:00am, Library West, Room 211 Presenters: Jenny Wondracek, Law Library This session will cover useful tips on using your iPad for work-related purposes (and a few fun ones, too!). While we will cover some applications and iPad features, a large part of this session will be focused on audience questions. Questions may be pre-submitted, too, to the presenter.
Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here.
Embracing the Cloud: Real Life Examples of Library Cloud Implementation Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 1:00pm-2:30pm, Library West, Room 419 Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 1:00pm-2:30pm, HSC Library, Collaboration Room C2-41A
Cloud computing, a concept that has leapt onto the scene in the last few years, is available to libraries in the form of hosted systems for an ILS or for e-resource access. These systems take advantage of cheaper computing power, increased availability of services such as Amazon Web services, and new development strategies from library vendors. What does moving library information to a networked environment do to improve the overall management of the system? How can libraries leverage cloud-hosted and managed collections? Are there tradeoffs in terms of local control? Learn the answers to these and related issues at this webinar where speakers will discuss actual cloud implementations in library environments.
Agenda Introduction
The Cloud and Libraries Dr. Mitchell's research interests include a focus on cloud computing. In this presentation, he will discuss how the values of libraries relate to new opportunities presented by the global shift to cloud and hosted computing, how these new architectures may benefit library services, and how new efficiencies may need to balance with concerns such as security, privacy and sustainability. Pepperdine University Libraries' Move to the Cloud Lynne Jacobsen, Associate University Librarian for Information Resources, Collections and Scholarly Communication, Pepperdine University Libraries Ms. Jacobsen will describe activities at Pepperdine University Libraries as it has been managing a migration to OCLC's Webscale Management System, and will comment on how outsourcing hosting and taking advantage of synergies between shared and local data has contributed to more streamlined policies and improved workflows at her institution. The Cloud Experience at a Public Library Consortium Ms. McGuire will provide background to technical challenges facing her consortium, which numbers 47 libraries, and how a move to the cloud via Auto-Graphics' hosting capabilities for AGent VERSO and Illuminar have improved many aspects of system management.
Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 3:00pm-4:00pm, Library West, Room 419
The Center for Research Libraries will present a 60-minute webinar on Interlibrary Loan at CRL on Wednesday, March 14, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Central Time. Kevin Wilks, Head of Access Services, hosts this event, which is open to all librarians, library staff, and faculty at CRL libraries. This webinar provides a detailed overview of CRL’s access and interlibrary loan services to help librarians and users at CRL member institutions fully exploit CRL resources. The event also serves as an excellent introduction to CRL for newly enrolled libraries and their staff.
Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here.
Integrating iPads and Tablet Computers into Library Services Thursday, March 8, 2012, 2:30pm-4:00pm, Library West, Room 419 Thursday, March 15, 2012, 2:30pm-4:00pm, Library West, Room 419
iPads and other tablet devices offer major potential for enhancing library services and instruction, as well as increasing staff productivity. In this two-part ALA TechSource workshop, Rebecca Miller, Carolyn Meier, and Heather Moorefield-Lang will share their experiences with a multifaceted program, guiding you step-by-step in building a tablet program, from choosing and purchasing tablets through deployment. Topics covered in this workshop include:
Please familiarize yourself with the following preliminary reading material. All articles are available for free on the web.
Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here.
Creating Presentations that Don’t Put People to Sleep Thursday, March 29, 2012, 2:30pm-4:00pm, Library West, Room 419
Learn how to banish that barrage of yawns, whether presenting to patrons, staff, or the board of directors. The always engaging Maurice Coleman will show you how to craft presentations that are memorable for the right reasons. An experienced trainer and host of the popular T is for Training podcast, Coleman will share what he has learned from his decades of presentation experience, covering the entire process from planning to delivery.
Preliminary Reading Material
Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here. Print Archives and Preservation Registry Thursday, February 8, 2012, 3:00pm-4:00pm, MSL Room 107
CRL is working with the California Digital Library (CDL) to develop the Print Archives Preservation Registry (PAPR) system. The system features a searchable database of information about print serial archiving programs, including titles held, program characteristics (such as retention period, facilities, level of validation, conditions, accessibility), and availability of titles in selected digital repositories.
Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here.
Introduction to Digital Preservation - Session 1 - Identifying & Selecting Content Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 11:00am-12:00pm, Library West Room 212
The first step in preparing for digital preservation is to identify all the potential content that may warrant this attention. This could include born-digital content arriving in special collections and archives, material digitized on site for online access, and content created by students, faculty, and researchers. This process will inform an organization about the categories of content and types of files it might need / want to preserve, as well as the challenges that might be encountered in doing so.
Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here.
Introduction to Digital Preservation - Session 2 - Considerations for Storage & Protection of Content Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 11:00am-12:00pm, Library West Room 419
Digital content that has been selected for preservation needs to be stored in ways that align with good practice. It’s necessary to consider the file formats that are best suited for archiving, the requirements for processing, and the metadata needed to make use of this content in the future. Organizations also need storage management policies and procedures that ensure multiple copies in at least two locations. Once stored, content needs protection. This includes everyday concerns (such as who has access and whether files have changed), as well as emergency contingencies (business continuity and disaster planning). We will address how to manage roles and responsibilities for physical and virtual access to digital content throughout its life cycle.
Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here.
Introduction to Digital Preservation - Session 3 - Managing Content & Access Over Time Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 11:00am-12:00pm, Library West Room 419
Long-term access is the purpose of digital preservation – organizations preserve content to be able to make it available as needed or desired over time. In order to provide this access, we need to consider the concepts, roles, and challenges involved. Furthermore, managing digital content for the long term requires program planning, implementation, and sustainability. A core component of this is preservation planning, which includes organizational aspects (e.g., policy development, training, legal issues) and resources (e.g., designated funding and sustainability). This discussion will highlight some steps organizations can take to make long-term access to digital content more possible to achieve.
Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here.
Presenters: Christine Ross, Isabel Silver, Laurie Taylor Monday, February 20, 2012, 2:00pm-3:00pm, Smathers Library Room 1A
Academic libraries are increasingly offering publishing services. This presentation will provide an overview of some of the more common services offered by academic libraries and trends in library publishing services as well as an overview of the services already available at UF from the IR@UF, Open Journal Systems, and more.
Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here.
T&P Series: Chair Role and Responsibilities Presenters: Patrick Reakes, Richard Bennett, Betsy Simpson, Bonnie Smith Thursday, April 5, 2012, 2:30pm-4:00pm, Marston Library Room 107
As Chair you have a key role in the Tenure and Promotion process for your unit Faculty. In this workshop you can expect the following:
Registration: Smathers employees register through the Instruction and Training Database. All other parties please register via email here.
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