The National Training Center and Clearinghouse offers free classes on the use of a wide variety of databases and other resources from the National Library of Medicine (including PubMed). The classes are conducted at numerous sites throughout the country with dates listed as far ahead as December. And, if you'll allow me to mention again, the classes are completly free.
| Categorized in: Form: Workshop , Library: Government , Process: Reference , Topic: Gov DocsIf you are here now reading this, it's a safe bet that you’ve got an interest in weblogs and librarianship. Well, Steven Cohen, creator of Library Stuff is offering what claims to be the only hands-on, online workshop about Weblogs and RSS. I'm not sure I believe that, but as RSS is being touted as the "next big thing" (and it certainly could be), it would be worth both our whiles to learn a little more about it than you already do.
| Categorized in: Form: WorkshopThe New York Academy of Medicine offers regular, inexpensive classes. The topics range on a variety of medical topics, but of particular interest to information professionals would be the Introduction to the NYAM library, and the intro and advanced Medline classes, all for under $10.
I spoke to someone recently who'd attended one of the classes (forget which topic) and they were very satisfied.
| Categorized in: Form: Workshop , Library: MedicalIf you are a librarian and aren't concerned with digital licensing issues, well, you should be a librarian who is concerned with digital licensing issues. CopyRightLaws.com is sponsoring a 9 week online course on digital licensing which looks to be an interesting experience.
CopyRightLaws.com is run by Lesley Ellen Harris, a laywer with years of experience dealing with copyright issues. In addition to running the online workshop, she also offers several articles and other resources for free on her website.
| Categorized in: Form: Workshop , Library: Digital/Web , Process: Content Management , Process: Digitization , Topic: Intellectual PropertyLuminary Lectures @ Your Library is an initiative between the American Library Association and the Library of Congress. The goal of the program is to present a series of lectures by strong voices in the fields of information sciences, technology management, and librarianship. While the lectures occur at the LoC in Washington, DC, through the wonders of the internet they are webcast live and also available in an archive for viewing at your leisure.
The next lecture is in less than two weeks, and is entitled Stewardship in the Digital Age: Roles and Issues for Libraries for Preserving Our Cultural Heritage. Other future topics include Serving the Needs of the Profession and the Academy, a panel discussion featuring, among others, Dr. Nicholas Belkin from neighboring Rutgers University.
Previous lecture topics have included
The Anarchist in the Library: The Moral Panics over Copyright and Free Speech, Transforming the Urban Public Library, and Digital Rights Management.
I've never paritipated in fully online distance-learning coursework. Knowing my personality, I don't think I'd get as much out of it as I should. However, if you are the person who could make online learning work for you, perhaps you should look into taking classes the through the Association of Research Libraries Office of Leadership and Management Services (OLMS) Online Lyceum (there's a mouthful).
They offer a number of courses, including Professional Writing, Measuring Library Service Quality, Fund Development, and more. Check out their calendar for a full list of courses available.
| Categorized in: Form: Workshop , Library: Academic , Topic: Distance LearningMETRO is sponsoring a Digitzation Symposium on Thursday, March 11, 2004 from 9:00 to 4:00 at Baruch College Conference Center.
The keynote speakers will be David Seaman of the Digital Library Federation and Liz Bishoff of OCLC (and formerly director of the Colorado Digitization Project). David Seaman will address emerging developments in the field of digitization and Liz Bishoff will address the issue of collaborative strategies in digitization.
There will also be an afternoon panel on the topics of digitization equipment, outsourcing digitization processes, and evolving standards in metadata. This panel will include Barbara Taranto (New York Public Library, Research Division) Janet Gertz (Columbia University), and Jerry McDonough (New York University). The symposium will provide members with two breakout sessions to share their insights and experiences based on the panel presentations.
Registration fee is $20 for members, $30 for non-members. Visit METRO to register online.
| Categorized in: Form: Workshop , Library: Digital/Web , Process: Digitization , Topic: Metadata/XML