[Libs-Or] Free 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 October!

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*FREE!* *10/01/13** Romance & Mayhem: Young Adult/Teen Book
Buzz<http://www.nwcentral.org/romance-mayhem-young-adultteen-book-buzz>
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Doesn’t it seem that wherever romance goes, mayhem follows? And we all know
that life as a teenager is full of both of these!

Join SLJTeen’s Dodie Ownes as she moderates a free one-hour webcast
featuring titles presentations from Soho Teen, Tor Teen, and Harlequin
Teen,who will offer sneak previews of their new titles for Fall 2013 and
2014. You won’t believe some of the cover art—shocking, sexy, and
sensational—that will have your young adult readers picking the book
display clean. Register Now!
<http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=685939&s=1&k=5DC09504FEB2D6B1E9AEFFE10DC14B65&partnerref=sljwebYoungAdults10012013>

*FREE! **10/02/13** If You Give a Library a Nickel… Fundraising
Tips<http://www.nwcentral.org/if-you-give-library-nickel%E2%80%A6-fundraising-tips>
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Looking for additional funds to support library programs and services? Want
to share the great ways you bring in gifts and support to your library?
Join us for CSL In Session – an interactive online discussion forum. Our
October topic will cover fundraising from the basics to a bonanza of
alternative fundraising ideas. Take away strategies for improving both your
library support and awareness in your community.

*FREE! **10/02/13* <http://www.nwcentral.org/books-boys-0>* Books for
Boys*<http://www.nwcentral.org/books-boys-0>

Learn about fall’s collection of new books for boys during this School
Library Journal webcast event. From illustrated books to chapter books, and
even audio books topics will range from superheroes to farmers, and then
some! Attendees will learn some tips to promote and support genres that
boys like, including comic books, graphic novels, sports, and nonfiction,
as well as some ideas for creating reading role models and communities for
boys grades K-12. If you want ways to get books in the hands of your guys
this session will inspire you. Register Now!

*FREE! **10/03/13 Baking Discovery into the Pie: Driving Exploration within
eResources<http://www.nwcentral.org/baking-discovery-pie-driving-exploration-within-eresources>
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Discovery service not doing what you hoped it would? Your library just
bought a brand new video collection, but you can’t you find anything in it?
 As models like PDA and EBA become prevalent in all media formats, ensuring
patrons can find what they are looking for is more essential than ever. But
many types of content simply don’t rise to the top of discovery service
searches, and other searches return too many unrelated results to be truly
useful.

Here’s an idea: how about baking discovery into the actual resource?

Let two product editors and a librarian walk you through their philosophy
of search–that discovery shouldn’t mean losing discipline-specific
searching, that videos and scores should be just as easy to find as books
and periodicals, and cross-search should be a given – and then see examples
of the impact this has on ease of use, findability, and ultimately, patron
satisfaction.

*FREE!**10/07/13 MOOCS and Virtual
Worlds<http://www.nwcentral.org/moocs-and-virtual-worlds>
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MOOCs (massive open online courses) provide educational opportunities at no
cost or low cost online. Online learning brought distance education into
the mainstream over the past few decades, but the MOOC, currently popular
in higher education, brings learning to more students through large-scale
interactive participation. This session will describe MOOCs, advantages and
disadvantages shared with virtual worlds, and the future of the MOOC
through examples of various types.

*FREE!** 10/08/13** Instructional Design for the Real World: Tricks to
Speed It Up, Make It Less Painful, and Amaze Your
Friends<http://www.nwcentral.org/instructional-design-real-world-tricks-speed-it-make-it-less-painful-and-amaze-your-friends>
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Join in for a fast, fun tour of quick tools and tricks that will support
rapid instructional design, cut to the heart of needs analysis, and improve
communication with subject matter experts and managers and others
requesting training solutions.

*FREE!** **10/09/13** Before You Seek a Grant: A Checklist for New
Nonprofits<http://www.nwcentral.org/you-seek-grant-checklist-new-nonprofits-2>
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This class is designed for new nonprofits or community groups with very
little experience in grantseeking. We focus specifically on foundation
fundraising.

*FREE!** **10/10/13** Oregon Encyclopedia Community Meeting: Contribute
Your Knowledge of Malheur County History to the Oregon
Encyclopedia<http://www.nwcentral.org/oregon-encyclopedia-community-meeting-contribute-your-knowledge-malheur-county-history-oregon-encycl>
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The Oregon Encyclopedia (The OE) is coming to Malheur County this fall to
hold a public community meeting on Oregon history and culture. Test your
local history knowledge with a fun trivia quiz, learn about some of the
important people, places, and events in Malheur County, and contribute your
knowledge of local history to the encyclopedia project.

The meeting will be held in Ontario on Thursday, October 10, 2013, from
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Four Rivers Cultural Center located at 676 SW
5th Avenue in Ontario, Oregon. The meeting is co-sponsored by the Four
Rivers Cultural Center and is free and open to the public. Light
refreshments will be served. The meeting will include a presentation by the
Four Rivers Cultural Center’s Executive Director Matt Stringer, who will
describe the local historical resources available at the museum which
support the research and writing of local history. Ulrich H. Hardt, Oregon
Encyclopedia Co-Editor-in-Chief will lead a discussion on how to write an
Oregon Encyclopedia entry and work with participants to identify Malheur
county topics that should be included on the web site.


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