[Libs-Or] Upcoming Events on Northwest Central

[Gina Bacon]

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*Northwest Central invites you to check out some of the upcoming *


*continuing education webinars and events happening this November!*
*FREE! 11/12/13 The Evolution of Usage Statistics
<http://nwcentral.org/evolution-usage-statistics>*

The ability to prove library value enables institutions to maximize budget
dollars, properly allocate their spend, and improve user satisfaction. We
have come a long way in the types and quality of data as well as methods
for collecting and analyzing that information. Join our webinar to discuss
how metrics have evolved to their current state and what direction we can
take with new and alternative metrics in the future. Our panelists will
address their methods for measuring library value from the data they choose
to evaluate, to the tools they utilize, and how they perform their analysis
and utilize it in real practice.

*FREE! 11/13/13 Implementing Change: Realizing the results of collaborating
in the cloud
<http://nwcentral.org/implementing-change-realizing-results-collaborating-cloud>*

Libraries share many common challenges: scarce resources, increased user
demand and ever more complex collections, systems and workflows. To help
manage these challenges, today’s cloud-based library management services
are offering workflows that save time and discovery solutions that meet
users’ expectations. Libraries using these services are seeing drastic
reductions in the time it takes for routine tasks because of the
integration in the cloud between libraries, applications, partners and
data. Not only can information be shared between departments, but between
libraries, improving quality and relevance as it’s enhanced along the way.

*FREE! 11/14/13 Become an Expert Google Searcher in an Hour
<http://nwcentral.org/become-expert-google-searcher-hour-1>*

Do you use Google every day? Mastering Google's powerful search refinement
operators and lesser known features could, over a year's time, save you
days scouring over irrelevant results. Even more enticing is the promise of
elusive nuggets of market research and competitive intelligence out there
waiting to be discovered — IF you know how to wield Google. The majority of
our search queries are surprisingly unsophisticated and thus the true power
of the Google search engine, for most of us, remains untapped. Learn how
you too can become an expert Google searcher and extract invaluable data
about your competitors and about the market like never before — with
laser-like accuracy and extreme efficiency.

*FREE! 11/19/13 Designing Your Library for Interactivity
<http://nwcentral.org/designing-your-library-interactivity>*

As libraries around the world embrace rapid technological changes, they’re
offering services and resources—like maker-spaces and collaborative
computing—that would have been flights of fancy just a decade ago. From
community forums to hacker-spaces, the way patrons interact with their
library and each other is driving new visions of what libraries need to be.
Our panel of expert architects will explore how new design philosophies can
help patrons and librarians get the most out of their spaces while blowing
the lid off traditional  ideas of what a library is for. We’ll look at
model projects that are flexible; respond to advances in technology; offer
community space; make smart use of indoor and outdoor space; and have
successfully incorporated maker-spaces.

*FREE! 11/20/13 Graphic Novels for Adult Readers: Recommending the Best
<http://nwcentral.org/graphic-novels-adult-readers-recommending-best>*

Even though graphic novels continue to become more visible in library
collections, adults often don’t consider reading in this format. Staff
providing reader’s advisory may also feel at a loss when attempting to
include graphic novels as suggestions. This hour-long webinar will help
staff broaden their skills by adding graphic novels to their
recommendations. It will show how to locate satisfying and often
little-known graphic novels that respond to both the subject interest and
personal appeal factors in readers who have little experience with the
format. Ideas for encouraging experienced comics readers to move to graphic
novels will also be discussed.

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