Just a friendly reminder that the first round of Opposing Viewpoints webinars is this Tuesday and Thursday. Some folks asked if it was a series. Nope. The webinars are scheduled to be 1-hour long, and the same webinar will be repeated twice a day on multiple days.
August Webinar Dates
Times
Tuesday, August 24th
8:30 - 9:30 am PDT or 3:30 - 4:30 pm PDT
Thursday, August 26th
12:30 - 1:30 pm PDT or 3:30 - 4:30 pm PDT
For information on how to join a webinar, read this PDF: http://galesupport.com/oregonacad/onsitetrain.pdf. You do not have to register, but you might want to log in ahead of time to make sure your computer will work with the software.
Thanks,
Jen
Jennifer Maurer
School Library Consultant
Library Development
Oregon State Library
250 Winter Street NE
Salem, OR 97301-3950
503-378-5011
jennifer.maurer at state.or.us<mailto:jennifer.maurer at state.or.us>
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Subject: [Libs-Or] Opposing Viewpoints Webinars on August 24th & 26th
As a reminder, Gale and OSL will offer webinars in August and October to train Oregon library staff on Gale's new interface for Opposing Viewpoints. Note that all Resource Center products will soon transition to the new interface and will be called In Context. The databases in bold are part of our statewide contract, but your library might subscribe to the others on its own.
Biography Resource Center will become Biography in Context (and will incorporate content from previously separate modules).
History Resource Center: U.S. = U.S. History in Context
History Resource Center: World = World History in Context
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center = Opposing Viewpoints in Context (OVIC)
Science Resource Center = Science in Context
Student Resource Center Gold = Student Resources in Context (Several versions of SRC are being combined into one In Context platform.)
Webinar Dates
Times
Tuesday, August 24th
8:30 - 9:30 am PDT or 3:30 - 4:30 pm PDT
Thursday, August 26th
12:30 - 1:30 pm PDT or 3:30 - 4:30 pm PDT
September
Trainer not available
Tuesday, October 12th
12:30 - 1:30 pm PDT or 3:30 - 4:30 pm PDT
Wednesday, October 13th
8:30 - 9:30 am PDT or 3:30 - 4:30 pm PDT
One of the August webinars will be recorded and will be available for viewing soon afterward.
How to Access a Webinar
For information about how to access a webinar, open the PDF from the appropriate Gale Support Site for Oregon Libraries or from OSL's Database page (links below). You will need a phone (landline or cellular) and a computer with an Internet connection. Ideally, you will have a quiet space for participating as lots of background noise makes it difficult for others to hear.
Public, Tribal, and Special libraries:
http://galesupport.com/oregon/ (Click on Opposing Viewpoints or on Training Opportunities; then click on How Do I Access a Webinar?)
Academic libraries:
http://galesupport.com/oregonacad/ (Click on Opposing Viewpoints or on Training Info; then click on How Do I Access a Webinar?)
OSL's Database page:
http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/technology/sdlp/index.shtml#Statewide_Database_Training (Click on "how to access a webinar" in the 2nd paragraph.)
Want to see the new interface now?
If so, go to Opposing Viewpoints via your library's link or check out Gale's In Context page.
http://www.gale.cengage.com/InContext/index.htm
Please let me know if you have questions.
Thanks,
Jen
Jennifer Maurer
School Library Consultant
Library Development
Oregon State Library
250 Winter Street NE
Salem, OR 97301-3950
503-378-5011
jennifer.maurer at state.or.us<mailto:jennifer.maurer at state.or.us>
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