This half-day workshop covers the key U.S. and international online resources and strategies that are a must for reference librarians working with genealogists and local historians. Topics include the most important discussion lists, key Websites, Web content, eSerials, and eBooks that are essential to good reference service today. Librarians will learn how they can incorporate eBooks, eSerials and eContent into their collections, making even the smallest library as powerful as if it was a branch of the National Archives or the Library of Congress. If you are faced with the prospect of teaching your users to search smarter, this course is for you. You ll learn how to plan and deliver an effective Internet competency training program, together with tips and tricks that experienced trainers use to help learning stick after the class is over.
Images help to create interesting, engaging Web sites to which people return again and again.
But there is much to know about images if you are to use them effectively on your Web site. This workshop, by two Net pioneers, covers a range of image issues, from basic image concepts and formats, to locating clip art on the Web, to capturing your own images with a scanner or a camera. Attendees are introduced to freeware graphics utilities, online graphics creators and manipulators, and are shown how HTML and Javascript can be used to create pseudo-graphic navigation aids. The fields of information science, librarianship, and human-computer interaction offer valuable insights into the design of usable Web sites, intranets, and digital libraries. This half-day tutorial explores the principles of information architecture, their application within major corporations and universities, and the need for research in this nascent field.