From jennifer.maurer at state.or.us Thu Mar 8 16:37:43 2012 From: jennifer.maurer at state.or.us (Jennifer Maurer) Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 00:37:43 +0000 Subject: [AL-Directors] Would Anyone At Your Library Benefit from the "What is a Library Database?" Gale Webinar? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, I just wanted to point out this webinar topic and ask you to encourage staff to participate, as appropriate. This session is for staff who avoid exploring subscription databases; staff, volunteers, or student workers who help patrons but may not understand the purpose or potential of databases; or even staff who may not work with patrons but who want to learn more about the library as a whole. Think a few specific instructors would benefit? You are welcome to invite them, too. The email below has the webinar description and access information. Thanks, Jen Jennifer Maurer School Library Consultant Oregon State Library 250 Winter Street NE Salem, OR 97301 503.378.5011 jennifer.maurer at state.or.us OSLIS || www.oslis.org Learn to research. Research to learn.? From: libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Jennifer Maurer Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 4:01 PM To: libs-or List Subject: [Libs-Or] Reminder: What is a Library Database? => Gale Webinar on 3/13 or 3/21 Just a friendly reminder that next Tuesday from 11 am to 12:30 pm Pacific is the first of two offerings of a Gale webinar called What is a Library Database? The session is designed to help librarians, library staff, community organizers, and teachers understand what a library database is and how these resources can help their students, patrons, and communities. An introduction to the library databases will be covered as well as a discussion about what is available and how to use them to help people. Attendance certificates can be provided upon request. Training Objectives: * To understand the difference between using the open Internet and using databases to help patrons and students * To understand the tools built into the library databases and how they can help many different types of people * To develop strategies for using the resources to answer common patron questions * To learn some strategies for integrating these resources into the classroom * To learn what eResources are available to you through the Oregon State Library You do not need to register, and a PDF with access information is included in the postings on Northwest Central and the two Gale support sites for Oregon libraries. http://www.nwcentral.org/what-library-database-gale-webinar http://galesupport.com/oregon/ (Click on Training Opportunities in blue toolbar at top of page.) http://www.galesupport.com/oregonacad/ (Click on Training Info in column on right.) Hope you can join us! Thanks, Jen Jennifer Maurer School Library Consultant Oregon State Library 250 Winter Street NE Salem, OR 97301 503.378.5011 jennifer.maurer at state.or.us OSLIS || www.oslis.org Learn to research. Research to learn.? From: libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Jennifer Maurer Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:35 PM To: libs-or List Subject: [Libs-Or] Gale Webinar Series for Oregon: What is a Library Database?, Finding eResources, Marketing Over the next three months, Julie Pepera, a great Gale trainer, will offer six webinars on three different topics. I've included a table for quick reference to easily mark your calendars, and below that is more detailed information about each webinar topic. I'll send technical details about how to join a webinar in a reminder email coming soon. This information and the technical details are also posted on Northwest Central. Hope you can join us for one or more trainings! Schedule at a Glance Gale Webinar Topic Date Time What is a Library Database? Tuesday, March 13th 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Pacific (90 min.) What is a Library Database? Wednesday, March 21st 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm Pacific (90 min.) Finding eResources to Support Library Programming Tuesday, April 3rd 11:00 am to noon Pacific Marketing Your Gale Databases Wednesday, April 18th 11:00 am to noon Pacific Finding eResources to Support Library Programming Thursday, May 3rd 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm Pacific Marketing Your Gale Databases Tuesday, May 8th 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm Pacific Webinar Descriptions What is a Library Database? This one and a half hour web training session is designed to help new librarians, library staff, community organizers, and teachers understand what a library database is and how these resources can help their students, patrons, and communities. An introduction to the library databases will be covered as well as a discussion about what is available and how to use them to help people. Attendance certificates can be provided upon request. Training Objectives: ? To understand the difference between using the open internet and using databases to help patrons and students ? To understand the tools built into the library databases and how they can help many different types of people ? To develop strategies for using the resources to answer common patron questions ? To learn some strategies for integrating these resources into the classroom ? To learn what eResources are available to you through the Oregon State Library Dates: Tuesday, March 13th 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Pacific Wednesday, March 21st 3:30 am - 5:00 pm Pacific ------------------------- Finding eResources to Support Library Programming Using the tools available through the Oregon State Library and Gale Cengage Learning, this one hour webinar will show you how to locate resources to support library programming. Help celebrate things like Black History Month and Women's History Month. Book and periodical titles available to Oregon residents will be discussed, as well as strategies for easily getting these tools to patrons and students. Attendance certificates can be provided upon request. Training Objectives: ? To learn what eResources are available to you through the Oregon State Library that will help support special programming ? To develop strategies for promoting the eResources both digitally and at the library Dates: Tuesday, April 3rd 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Pacific Thursday, May 3rd 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Pacific ------------------------- Marketing Your Gale Databases This one hour web training session will help libraries learn how to promote their eResources. Tools for ordering free posters, bookmarks and tent cards will be covered. Discover pre-created outreach letters and press releases to help you reach out in your community. Also, an introduction to using social networking and online media to promote libraries digitally will be covered. Attendance certificates can be provided upon request. Training Objectives: ? To discover pre-created outreach tools you can use in your community ? To learn about some of the most popular online social networking websites and tools that can help promote library programs and which may be right for you ? To develop strategies for promoting the eResources both digitally and in the physical world ? To learn what eResources are available to you through the Oregon State Library that can benefit patrons Dates: Wednesday, April 18th 11:00 am -12:00 pm Pacific Tuesday, May 8th 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Pacific ------------------------- Still want help using a specific Gale database? Check the national Gale webinar schedule. Remember that many databases use the same interface. Therefore, if you wanted to know more about how to use Academic OneFile, for example, you could sign up for the PowerSearch webinar since they use the same interface. http://galesupport.com/oregon/ (Click on Training Opportunities in the blue toolbar at the top.) http://www.galesupport.com/oregonacad/ (Click on Training Info in the column on the right.) As always, if you have questions, please ask. Thanks, Jen Jennifer Maurer School Library Consultant Oregon State Library 250 Winter Street NE Salem, OR 97301 503.378.5011 jennifer.maurer at state.or.us OSLIS || www.oslis.org Learn to research. Research to learn.? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ann.reed at state.or.us Wed Mar 21 08:55:13 2012 From: ann.reed at state.or.us (Ann Reed) Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:55:13 +0000 Subject: [AL-Directors] NCES Releases New Search Tool for Postsecondary Education Data Users Message-ID: <810CC03BDFB8D94883767344C8B7EE2E1C254824@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> NCES Releases New Search Tool for Postsecondary Education Data Users To improve postsecondary education data users' access to data, NCES has released the College and Career Tables Library as part of DataLab - NCES's postsecondary education data tool suite, which includes PowerStats and QuickStats. The Tables Library lets you * Browse 5,000+ tables from NCES's postsecondary publications * Search for tables by keywords; narrow search results by data source and publication year; and browse for tables by topic using explore topics The tables also include link back to the original publications and you can download the files used to create the tables within PowerStats (for those based on datasets that are within PowerStats). To access the Tables Library, please visit http://nces.ed.gov/datalab. If you have questions about the Tables Library, please send them to powerstats at ed.gov. This Tables Library is a product of the National Center for Education Statistics at the Institute of Education Sciences, part of the U.S. Department of Education. 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