Continuing Education Seminars - Texas David T Terry 25 Aug 1994 04:10 UTC
(This message is being cross-posted to several lists, please excuse any duplicate announcements.) Continuing Education Seminars, Updated August 24, 1994 Sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin, Graduate School of Library and Information Science. 7 seminars 1) Austin, Texas, Saturday, October 8, 1994 -- one-day seminar, "Native American Culture: Selecting, Evaluating, and Promoting Sources for Children and Youth," will be held at The University of Texas at Austin, Joe C. Thompson Conference Center. Fee is $45 ($38 group rate). The speakers are Colleen Hall, reference librarian at the San Marcos Public Library, Dr. Loriene Roy, associate professor and minority liaison officer at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, The University of Texas at Austin, and an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Pembina Band, White Earth Reservation, and Victor Schill, children's librarian at Harris County Public Library. This one-day seminar will provide an overview of available resources on Native Culture written or prepared for young audiences. The workshop will help you develop strategies to select and evaluate appropriate resources. In addition, the speakers will share ideas and demonstrate techniques for introducing material on Native American cultures. 2) Austin, Texas, Friday, October 21, 1994 -- one-day seminar, "Toward the Electronic Library--Using Available Technology to Improve Service and Productivity," will be held at The University of Texas at Austin, Joe C. Thompson Conference Center. Fee is $50 ($45 group rate). The speaker is Susan Ardis, head of The University of Texas at Austin McKinney Engineering Library and the Balcones Library Service Center. Participants will get an overview of available tools and technologies. Topics will include: "What exactly is an electronic library?" "What hardware and software is needed and will be needed?" "Evaluating technology for suitability," "Selecting relevant technologies," "Integrating new technology," and "Technology convergence and other issues." 3) Austin, Texas, Friday, October 28, 1994 -- repeat of the sell-out one-day seminar, "A Global Library, Not a Toy: Reference and Information Services on the Internet," will be held at The University of Texas at Austin, Joe C. Thompson Conference Center. New lower fee is $65 ($60 group rate). The speaker is Mary Lynn Rice-Lively, librarian at The University of Texas at Austin General Libraries, and instructor at the UT-Austin Graduate School of Library and Information Science. No hands-on training will be available. The workshop will explore providing traditional reference services on and from the Internet. *Some knowledge of the use of basic Internet tools is recommended.* The workshop will be particularly useful to those with an interest in integrating use of the Internet into reference and information services. 4) Austin, Texas, Friday, November 18, 1994 -- one-day seminar, "Putting It All Together: Archival Enterprise for the Small Archives from the Ground Up," will be held at The University of Texas at Austin, Joe C. Thompson Conference Center. Fee is $50 ($45 group rate). The speaker is David B. Gracy II, professor and associate dean at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, The University of Texas at Austin. 5) Austin, Texas, February 1995 -- two-day seminar, "Library and Information Leadership Institute 1995--Leadership: The Challenge for Special Librarians." Fee is $195. Speakers: Dean Brooke E. Sheldon (UT-Austin, GSLIS) and others. 6) Austin, Texas, Friday, March 3, 1995 -- one-day seminar, "Sci/Tech Collection Development: Meshing Traditional Sources with Electronic Access," will be held at The University of Texas at Austin, Joe C. Thompson Conference Center. Fee is $50 ($45 group rate). Speaker is Susan Ardis, head of The University of Texas at Austin McKinney Engineering Library and the Balcones Library Service Center. 7) Austin, Texas, Friday, April 21, 1995 -- repeat of the sell-out one-day seminar, "A Global Library, Not a Toy: Reference and Information Services on the Internet," will be held at The University of Texas at Austin, Joe C. Thompson Conference Center. Fee is $65 ($60 group rate). The speaker is Mary Lynn Rice-Lively, librarian at The University of Texas at Austin General Libraries and instructor at the UT-Austin Graduate School of Library and Information Science. See October 28, 1994 item above for further details. Group rate applies for 3 or more participants from the same organization or association who register as a group (send registrations together). For more information, or to register, call David Terry at (512) 471-8806; email: gldt@utxdp.dp.utexas.edu; fax: (512) 471-3971.