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Monday November 2, 2009
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1:30 PM
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Let's Cook! Let's Eat! Cooking with Kids in the Library - CANCELLED
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Contact: Maureen Ambrosino 508-757-4110 x309 mambrosino@cmrls.org
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Even if your library isn’t equipped with a kitchen, cooking with children can be a fun and exciting way to encourage them to read. Try some different recipes that are easy to use and check out websites that can be accessed for recipes. We will be making - and sampling - a few recipes for different age groups. This is not a repeat of last year's popular session; it is an extension of that workshop, and will feature Main Course recipes. Issues like food allergies, cost, and prep time will be covered as well. You do not have to have attended the previous session to attend this one. Nina Hunt, Head of Youth Services at the Bellingham Public Library, will lead this interactive (and delicious) workshop.
[Bellingham Public Library - Directions]
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Location: Bellingham Public Library
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Wednesday November 4, 2009
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Bus to State House for MLA Rally for Libraries
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The Friends of the Central and Western Massachusetts Regional Library Systems are funding a bus to Boston for the MLA Rally for Libraries Don't Close the Books on Libraries. Please consider taking the bus and using this opportunity to advocate with your legislators, especially this year, to fund libraries, networks, and regions.
The pick-up spots are:
8:15 a.m. Table & Vine Liquors, West Springfield
8:45 a.m. Palmer Public Library
9:45 a.m. CMRLS Headquarters, Shrewsbury
Arrive at the State House by 10:45 a.m.
The bus will leave Boston at 2:45 p.m. and arrive in West Springfield by 5:15 p.m.
There is no charge for this bus ride.
Register through WMRLS at http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.cfm?curOrg=WMRLS#1550289
[CMRLS - Directions]
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Location: West Springfield | Palmer | CMRLS
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12:30 PM
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4:30 PM
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Space Planning for School Libraries - CANCELLED
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Contact: Margaret Cardello 508-757-4110 x306 mcardello@cmrls.org
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Want to receive one of CMRLS' space planning mini grants for school libraries? Then you must attend this workshop with a school administrator (Superintendent, principal, assistant principal or school committee member.) Rolf Erickson, school library space planning consultant, will lead a discussion about basic concepts and current ideas on planning collaborative library space. Grant applications are due by October 30, 2009.
[CMRLS - Directions]
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Location: CMRLS Meeting Room
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Thursday November 5, 2009
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9:30 AM
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12:30 PM
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Organize and Edit Photos with Picasa
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Contact: Rick Levine 508-757-4110 x308 rlevine@cmrls.org
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Picasa is great for organizing pictures and has great search capabilities. Picasa makes editing easy with basic edits such as cropping, adjusting brightness and color, and straightening. Special effects can also be added. Included will be creating gift CDs, slideshows, printing, and sharing photographs. This workshop is led by Barbara Andrews of Andrews Consulting.
Limit 10
[CMRLS - Directions]
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Location: CMRLS Computer Lab
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10:00 AM
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12:00 PM
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Searching for Literature and Literary Criticism (Gale Products)
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Contact: Margaret Cardello 508-757-4110 x306 mcardello@cmrls.org
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Remote access to the suite of literature databases that Gale offers is now available to C/W MARS card holders with a Worcester barcode. This workshop will give training in online searching of Contemporary Literary Criticism, Contemporary Authors, Something about the Author, Short Story Criticism, Children’s Literature Review, and Gale’s Literature Resource Center. These tools are an alternative to using Ebsco Literary Reference Center. Because of built-in compatabilities, cross database searches can eliminate using multiple paper index volumes. At last, full text results can save the teen with the last minute term paper! This workshop will be led by Elaine Lovely, Literature Specialist, Worcester Public Library.
Limit 12
[Worcester Public Library - Directions]
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Location: Worcester Public Library Computer Lab
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Friday November 6, 2009
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10:00 AM
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12:00 PM
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Search with Power: Gale Cengage Powersearch 2.0 Training for Library Staff
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Contact: Margaret Cardello 508-757-4110 x306 mcardello@cmrls.org
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Gale Cengage trainer Stacey Knibloe will present a lecture-style overview of Gale Cengage's new PowerSearch 2.0 platform released mid-August 2009. Key PowerSearch features to be highlighted include but are not limited to:
• Color-coded tabbed results for easy clarification
• Citation generation in multiple formats including MLA and APA
• Helpful user-interface and document tools
• Visual searching
• Language translator into 8 languages including Spanish, French, simplified Chinese, and more
• Search Alerts with RSS export
• Search Within Results
• And much more, including questions from the attendees.
[Worcester Public Library - Directions]
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Location: Worcester Public Library Saxe Room
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Tuesday November 10, 2009
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9:15 AM
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CMRLS Annual Meeting of Members
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Contact: Carolyn Noah 508-757-4110 x305 cnoah@cmrls.org
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Breakfast at 9:15; Business meeting at 10:00.
Following a brief business meeting, we welcome George Needham as our keynote speaker.
LOCAL SERVICE IN A GLOBAL WORLD
Among the many challenges we face in libraries today is how to stay relevant in a world where the old verities, especially the verities dealing with information, no longer seem to apply. The publishing industry is in flux, and newspapers seem to be disappearing before our eyes. Information has become a commodity, outsourced and de-professionalized and headquartered in Bangalore. How do we thrive in a world where Google handles more queries in a few minutes than a reference librarian will face in her entire career? George Needham refuses to be downbeat about the changes we are seeing in our profession and in the other professions with which we work. George will help us all take a deep, cleansing breath, then realign our traditional principles and values with the practices and techniques that are needed today in a world where information respects no institutional or geographic boundaries.
George Needham is Vice President for Global and Regional Councils at OCLC in Dublin, Ohio. In 2009, he also opened a private consulting practice, assisting libraries and other not-for-profits in the areas of strategic implementation, staff development, and governance. George has been involved with libraries since the 1970s as a reference librarian, branch manager, technologist, director, and association executive. A frequent speaker at library events, George has also written several articles, contributed chapters to three books, and written hundreds of reviews for Library Journal, Booklist, and AudioFile. His sole brush with non-library fame came as a two-time Jeopardy champion in December, 1994.
[The Manor, West Boylston]
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Location: The Manor, West Boylston
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Wednesday November 11, 2009
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11:30 AM
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WebJunction Course: Basic Digitization: Everyday Imaging
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Contact: Dodie Gaudet 508-757-4110 x307 dgaudet@cmrls.org
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This online workshop provides a solid introduction to library staff who want to start using digital imaging technology for ILL, web pages and other basic applications.
This is part 1 of a 2-part workshop. Part 2 will be held November 12. Contact Dodie Gaudet for the WebJunction code.
Please note this workshop uses 9 WebJunction course units.
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Location: Online
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Thursday November 12, 2009
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10:00 AM
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Searching for Ways to Use Facebook, MySpace and Twitter for Your Library
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Contact: Margaret Cardello 508-757-4110 x306 mcardello@cmrls.org
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Who has not heard about these social networking tools—but who really knows how to put them to use in a library? This session will give you a chance to sign up for these services and to see for yourself how WPL and other libraries have used these tools for marketing purposes and for dispersing information. This workshop will be led by Pingsheng Chen and Priya Subramanian, Worcester Public Library.
Limit 12
[Worcester Public Library - Directions]
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Location: Worcester Public Library Computer Lab
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11:30 AM
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WebJunction Course: Basic Digitization: Everyday Imaging
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Contact: Dodie Gaudet 508-757-4110 x307 dgaudet@cmrls.org
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This online workshop provides a solid introduction to library staff who want to start using digital imaging technology for ILL, web pages and other basic applications.
This is part 2 of a 2-part workshop. Part 1 will be held November 11. Contact Dodie Gaudet for the WebJunction code.
Please note this workshop uses 9 WebJunction course units.
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Location: Online
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2:00 PM
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Searching for Ways to Use Facebook, MySpace and Twitter for Your Library
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Contact: Margaret Cardello 508-757-4110 x306 mcardello@cmrls.org
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Who has not heard about these social networking tools—but who really knows how to put them to use in a library? This session will give you a chance to sign up for these services and to see for yourself how WPL and other libraries have used these tools for marketing purposes and for dispersing information. This workshop will be led by Pingsheng Chen and Priya Subramanian, Worcester Public Library.
Limit 12
[Worcester Public Library - Directions]
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Location: Worcester Public Library Computer Lab
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Friday November 13, 2009
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10:00 AM
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Virtual Marketing: Reaching out to Teens
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Contact: Maureen Ambrosino 508-757-4110 x309 mambrosino@cmrls.org
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You've carefully organized the programs, planned the book discussion groups and created a cozy, tech-savvy YA area ----- but where are the teens? How do you reach out to a population whose sees "being connected" as a birthright? The current generation of teens has grown up with the Internet and computers in their lives, either in their homes, schools, or pop culture. Libraries are in an optimal position to reach out to teens through online methods to market their services. Come find out how online marketing meets the needs of teens and learn some new ways to reach this important group.
The workshop will be presented by Dr. Gayle Bogel, Assistant Professor
at Southern Connecticut State University.
[Leominster Public Library - Directions]
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Location: Leominster Public Library
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