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Monday, Feb 6 2012 - 10:00am - 2:00pm

Web Reporter is a web based reporting product which allows you to pull data and statistics from the Symphony ILS. This is a 2 part session. In Part 1 you will be introduced to the Web Reporter interface and learn how to run reports with highly attractive and readable output. For those who wish to learn a little more, stay for Part 2 and learn how to edit and build your own reports. (This course requires prior knowledge of Symphony reports).

Chinook Arch Training Room, presented by Terra Plato, Chinook Arch Regional Library System 
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Tuesday, Feb 14 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Shelagh Harris, Trustee, Richmond Hill Public Library Board (& former chair) & active Ontario Library Board Association member in conversation with Jane Dysart, Dyart & Jones Associates.

We often focus on our own niche, activities and challenges but this interview with an active trustee and former library board chair, expands our thinking and perspective.  Jane Dysart interviews Shelagh Harris about her experiences, challenges, insights as well as her thoughts on facing the future in continually changing and
challenged communities.

To register go to: http://www.thepartnership.ca/partnership/bins/calendar_page.asp
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Wednesday, Feb 15 2012 - 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Content that is delivered in the classroom is much different from how content is delivered in the virtual classroom.  This session will present best e-learning practices and the pedagogy behind creating an effective multimodal screencast using Camtasia, a screen capture software.  This session will also present examples of video tutorials that may struggle to present content in an engaging manner, as well as video tutorials that maximize learning through visual and audio cues.      

The Key Benefits For Participants:    

  • Learn how to apply best practices for e-learning to screencasting.
  • Learn about the features in Camtasia that create visual and audio cues to ensure that content is processed and understood by students.
  • Observe examples of bad and good video tutorials that veer away or apply best practices in e-learning.

Key Topics to be Explored:

  • E-learning best practices applied to screencasting.
  • A review of research studies on visual and audio learning and the pedagogy behind creating effective video tutorials.
  • How and when to use commercial (Camtasia) and free (Jing & Screencast-O-Matic) screen capture tools.

To register go to: http://www.thepartnership.ca/partnership/bins/calendar_page.asp
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Thursday, Feb 16 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Are you looking to gain interest in the library among your local business community? Think that they could benefit from your services and ability to act as a local hub of expertise? The librarians from Windsor Public Library are here to discuss their ability to do just that!

Windsor Public Library's 2009 LSDF Building Better Business project developed online and print guides for small business, presented a speaker's series which promoted local business support services and successful entrepreneurs and engaged young professionals who have embraced the library as a valuable community asset for economic development and innovation.

Staff outreach and internal professional development were included to assure continued programming and partnerships with the business community.

Participants will benefit by:

Learning how to engage their local business community.
Understanding how the library can activate a new and powerful user base.
Learn valuable tips on how to kickstart this program and ensure its continued success.

To register go to: http://www.thepartnership.ca/partnership/bins/calendar_page.asp
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Tuesday, Feb 21 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Join Booklist Online for a free, hour-long webinar featuring publishing representatives who will fill you in on their leading titles for spring and beyond. Sponsored by Holiday House, Penguin Young Readers Group, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Perseus/Running Press. Moderated by Booklist senior editor Ilene Cooper.

To register go to: http://bit.ly/zTwqyq

Tuesday, Feb 21 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

QR Codes have the potential to aid libraries in bridging the gap between their valuable in person print resources with the world of vast digital information. QR Codes are small barcodes that can be scanned with smart phones and can easily be created by libraries to contain links, tutorials, contact info, and more.

Learn all you need to know about QR Codes as a front line service provider, what their value for your library is, and exactly how to leverage them to help cheaply meet your mobile patrons.  This session will highlight practical takeaways to help you apply this major technology at your institution.  Also learn about the evolving role of QR Codes in information environments, their growth across demographics with the spread of smart phones, and possible competitive technologies including Near Field Communication and Augmented Reality.

To register go to: http://www.thepartnership.ca/partnership/bins/calendar_page.asp
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Thursday, Feb 23 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

A library instruction class provides a unique opportunity for librarians to market the library's plethora of print and electronic resources, library services, and librarians, themselves, as information experts.
The actual class, albeit only 1-2 hours, provides the librarian an opportunity to market and promote the library. In our presentation we present a three-step process in which we use library instruction as a marketing tool.

Participants will benefit by:

  • learning more about the process of marketing the libraries services
  • understanding how to enrich the library instruction class
  • exploring ways to engage a variety of library users.

To register go to: http://www.thepartnership.ca/partnership/bins/calendar_page.asp
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Tuesday, Feb 28 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Join Booklist reviewer, readers’ services librarian, and master gardener Carol Haggas, as well as Chelsea Green Publishing, Storey Publishing, and Timber Press for a lively discussion of evaluating, acquiring, and recommending instructional and inspiring books about everything from flower and vegetable gardens to tree care and backyard chickens. Booklist senior editor Donna Seaman moderates.

To register go to: http://bit.ly/xczkYG
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