SLA-NY and the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) are pleased to host this professional development series. All sessions are free to New York librarians and feature web seminars from SLA's Click University.
The
sessions are hosted in METRO's training center at 57 East 11th Street, 4th
Floor (between Broadway and University Place, near Union Square ).
SLA-NY wishes to thank Dottie Hiebing, METRO Executive Director, and Tom Nielsen,
METRO Member Services Manager, for making this series possible.
E-mail Miguel Figueroa (Miguel.a.figueroa at gmail.com) with questions about
the series.
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Friday, February 29, 2008 2:30-4:00 PM:
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 2:30-4:00:
Monday, May 5, 2008 12:30-4:00:
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Friday, February 29, 2008 2:30-4:00 PM
Introduction to Institutional Data Repositories (Click U Web Seminar Replay)
This seminar will use institutional repositories as a backdrop for learning and applying basic data curation concepts. Participants will explore a rationale for archiving and sharing data and a role for librarians in collaborating to address the data deluge. We will examine current, general-use data-sharing services such as Swivel and Freebase, as well as a variety of specific disciplinary and institutional data archives and projects. Participants will be able to determine if an institutional data repository is appropriate for their organizations and get tips for starting one.
Presenter
Michael Witt , Interdisciplinary research librarian, assistant professor of library science, Purdue University
Who Should Attend?
This seminar is designed for info pros whose work supports research and development and who are interested in curating science data as a part of their institutional repository and collection or knowledge-management responsibilities. Participants do not need to have experience with institutional repository software or programming to particpate. Familiarity with institutional repository and digital library concepts and principles is helpful but not required for this introductory seminar.
Critical Learning Questions
What are the basic concepts of institutional data repositories?
What is the rationale for archiving and sharing research data?
How are new technologies affecting science and knowledge generation, and what is cyber infrastructure?
How can librarians collaborate to meet the needs of researchers by collecting, preserving, and providing access to research data?
What are some of the issues and challenges related to institutional data repositories, including metadata, ingest and scale, preservation, intellectual property, access control, and policies?
Does my organization need an institutional data repository?
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 2:30-4:00
Creating Indexes on Web Sites and Intranets (Click U Web Seminar Replay)
An A-Z site index for a Web site, sub-site, or intranet can be a useful tool. As Web sites grow in size and complexity, users need additional means beyond the navigational menu and a site map to search for the information they want. Unless a site is very large, an onsite search engine often does not retrieve satisfactory results. Browsable A-Z indexes, a format familiar to users from the back of books, can provide highly accurate retrieval. Index entries are hyperlinked to the desired text within a Web page or to an anchored point within the page. Participants will learn when and where an A-Z index is the best option for site searching, the basics of how to create a hyperlinked index, what software tools are available, and how to design and format an index.
Presenter
Heather Hedden , Information taxonomist, Viziant Corporation; freelance book and Web site indexer, Hedden Information Management
Who Should Attend?
This seminar is designed for those with any responsibility for designing or editing content of Web sites (especially library Web sites) or intranets. The ability to edit Web pages, with any tool, is expected, but expertise in HTML is not required. The seminar is suitable for learners both with and without experience in writing back-of-the-book style indexes.
Critical Learning Questions
Monday, May 5, 2008 12:30-4:00
E-library Collection Planning and E-Library Collection Strategies, Organization, and Maintenance
This two-part course will introduce participants to electronic collection development, how to adapt online collections to user needs. Participants will see examples of well-planned and designed e-libraries on the Web to illustrate each phase of development. Attendees will have access to Web-based supporting materials, readings, and worksheets.
Attendees will step through the process of creating or assessing an e-library collection plan:
1. Collection plan abstract or introduction.
2. Collection strategy.
3. Collection organization plan.
4. Collection maintenance plan.
E-libraries extend the librarian information intermediary role to the Web. To succeed, libraries and librarians must adapt to the information needs of their users. Part of this adaptation is the building of Web-accessible resource collections. Librarians must also respond to changes in how current and potential library patrons seek information. Other library writers have identified other benefits of Web-based e-libraries including:
Enhanced service to the core group of library patrons.
Provide new services for core library patrons
Attracting new library patrons
Better serving under-served library patrons
This seminar is an introduction to collection planning for Web-based e-libraries. Every library has its unique level of complexity and level of resources for taking on such a project. However, once one is determined to build an e-library, collecting, evaluating and selecting Web-based information resources need not be more complex than the analogous activities involved in collecting print or other types of electronic information resources.
Presenter
Diane K. Kovacs , President, of Kovacs Consulting-Internet & Web Training; and. author, The Kovacs Guide to Electronic Library Collection Development: Essential Core Subject Collections, Selection Criteria, and Guidelines
Who Should Attend?
This seminar is designed for info pros who wish to learn about developing or expanding e-library collections of high-quality, Web-accessible information resources. Some experience with information searching on the Web is assumed. This is a basic to intermediate level presentation for those who have little or no experience in collection development planning or for those who have experience developing physical collections and wish to learn more about the specifics of e-library collection planning.
Critical Learning Questions
Does a resource meet some information need of the e-library's intended patrons?
Does a resource provide the information at a level and language suitable to the age, educational background, professional attainments, and subject interests of the e-library's intended patrons?
Does a resource provide information in a form/resource type, and quality level that you want to include in your e-library?
Are the access and design suitable to the needs of the e-library's intended patrons?
How is the resource archived?
What are the cost, licensing and user control factors that must be negotiated?
How and who will maintain and grow the e-library collection?
Past events:
Tuesday, January 8, 2008 2:30-4:00
METRO's training center at 57 East 11th Street, 4th Floor
90 Minutes to a Great Taxonomy, Part 2 - Taxonomy Advanced (Click U Web Seminar Replay)
Presenter: Jay Ven Eman
Taxonomies and thesauri are becoming increasingly important for custodians of content and information. How to get, build, and evaluate them are natural first order concerns. But now you have a taxonomy and your initial content is indexed. What else can you do with your taxonomy besides adding keyword metadata to your Web pages and other content types?
This Click U Live! Seminar presents advanced taxonomy topics and issues such as taxonomy maintenance, alternative uses, and deployments. The Semantic Web and a host of related initiatives are headed your way. Will your taxonomy be ready? At the heart of the Semantic Web are words and phrases that represent concepts that can be used for describing Web resources. Basic organizing principles of concepts exist in the present thesaurus/taxonomy standards. Learn how to enrich your taxonomy for such knowledge organization systems (KOS) as the Web Ontology Language (OWL) and Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS).
Other topics that may be discussed, time permitting, are notation, facets, multilingual thesauri, and multiple taxonomies and thesauri. Feedback, suggestions, and questions from attendees will govern the discussion of these and other topics.
Targeted Learners
This Click U Live! Seminar is designed for librarians, information professionals, and intranet and Web managers who are interested in learning how to move their taxonomies toward knowledge organization systems. The seminar covers intermediate and advanced taxonomy topics and issues. Attendees should be familiar with the fundamentals of taxonomy theory and practice and with the similarities and differences of various forms of controlled vocabularies such as taxonomies and thesauri. They should know the different uses and meanings of indexing, categorization, and classification. While the topics presented are beyond the basics of taxonomies, this seminar is focused on practical issues relating to your taxonomic strategy. It is not an advanced theoretical presentation.
Critical Learning Questions
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 90 Minutes to a Great
Taxonomy, Part 1 – Taxonomy Basics (Click
U Web Seminar Replay)
Presenter: Jay Ven Eman
Monday, October 15, 2007 2:30-4:00 Web Searching: Advanced Techniques for Google and Beyond (Click U Web Seminar Replay) Presenter: Greg R. Notess
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