Category: Events - Training    

Starting in 2009, all State-aided Public Libraries will have access to “SummerReader” from Evanced Solutions. This web-based product has been designed to help libraries manage reading programs.

The training webinar will be on December 4, 2008 at Harrisburg PaTTAN with two sessions-one morning session from 9:00-12:00 and one afternoon session from 1:00-4:00. Refer to the link below for registration and directions.summer-reading-program-online-training

Berks County Public Libraries is issuing an invitation to subscribers of PAPUBLIB to attend an upcoming workshop on Fund Raising. The featured speaker is Dee Jay Oshry, a certified fund raising executive with 31 years of experience. Mr. Oshry comes highly recommended from libraries who have heard his presentation. This powerful program will help you learn techiques to secure additional funding for your library. The workshop is suggested for Librarians, Trustees, and Friends.

This workshop will be held on October 25 from 8:30-noon. To register call 610-378-5260 by October 22, 2008. Seating is limited to the first 50 people who respond. Detailed infromation is in the attached brochure.
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To help all Pennsylvania applicants prepare for the upcoming E-rate Year 12 (FY2009) application cycle and to provide important information about new CIPA requirements and E-rate audits, there will be an E-rate webinar that will provide updates and refreshers to all veteran E-rate applicants. The session will be held October 28 from 1-3 p.m. These important topics, and more, will be discussed:

*Newly-Enacted Amendments to CIPA Law
*Updates to the Eligible Services List
*E-rate Audits and How to Be Sure You’re Compliant
*Possible Eligibility of Filtering Services
*Verizon Wireless Discounting Procedures for BlackBerry Plans
*Direct Certification for NSLP
*Increasing Your Funding Request after the Window Has Closed
*Technology Plan Deadlines
*PETE&C Pre-Conference Audit Program
*Deadlines Looming for FY 07, 08 & 09

There will be a PowerPoint presentation and questions will be taken. There are 200 seats available for this training and if those become filled, a second session will be scheduled in November. Pre-Registration is required at:

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All E-rate contacts not attending the beginners training are encouraged to participate in this session. For individuals that may not be familiar with webinars, you simply log-in to a pre-announced website where you will view the training online from the comfort of your own computer.

If you are new to E-rate and need comprehensive training, please register for one of the two remaining E-rate Training for Beginners sessions at:

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Detailed instructions are listed below in order to prepare your computer for the webinar and to participate the day of the event.

Preparation for the Webinar

*Go to CCIU Configuration Room to test your connection, microphone and speakers at:
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*If necessary download the Sun Microsystem’s Java Web Start (or OpenJNLP for Mac), a pre-requisite to Elluminate. To do this go to: support. You only need to do this the first time you use Elluminate.
*A headset with microphone or external speakers and microphone are strongly recommended to enhance your Webinar experience. If you do not have access to a microphone, you will be able to communicate with others via text messaging.

PLEASE NOTE: Port 80 and Port 2187 must be open on your end to access the Elluminate Server.

Day of the Webinar

*Go to: vclass.cciu.org and click on the Name of the Meeting link under the Meeting Name Column. (You may join the room 30 minutes prior to the start time)
*Connect your speakers, microphone and/or headset before joining the Webinar.
*Go to: vclass.cciu.org and locate the ‘E-rate FY 2009: Updates and Refreshers’ course.
*Use your first and last name as your login name and click “Log In” (there is no password for this session).
*You will automatically be taken to the Elluminate Session where the presentation will be held.

Assessment of Governing Boards and Chief Executives Workshop is a comprehensive, two-day course designed to help consultants and advisors working with nonprofits to utilize a process to evaluate the effectiveness of their boards and chief executives. Nonprofit boards and chief executives everywhere are in search of consultants who can help nonprofits govern themselves with excellence and successfully advance on mission

This workshop will be on Tuesday, October 28 and Wednesday, October 29 in Washington, D.C. The sessions will be from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The cost is $875 for both days.

For more information or to register for this program, call 1-866-867-6217 and mention code FT1 when registering or click on the link below.

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Take advantage of the BoardSource Membership provided to your library by the District and encourage trustees and leaders in your organization to attend some great trainings.

A comprehensive training on essential facilitation techniques for seasoned consultants, trainers, board and committee chairs, CEOs or executive directors, and others who work with governing boards and/or advisory groups.

This workshop is on Monday, December 8 from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. in Washington, D.C. If registered on or before November 14, the cost is $425. After November 14, registration cost is $500.

For more information or to register for this program, call 1-866-867-6217 and mention code FT1 when registering or click on the link below.

www.boardsource.org

Take advantage of the BoardSource Membership provided to your library by the District and encourage trustees and leaders in your organization to attend some great trainings.

The Board Building Cycle: Nine Steps To Finding, Recruiting, and Engaging Nonprofit Board Members Workshop will have participants examine strategies to enhance board member identification, recruitment, orientation, and board renewal as well as peer-driven approaches to board member accountability and effectiveness.

This workshop is Wednesday, October 29 from 1:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. in Washington, D.C. The cost is $140. For more information or to register for this program, call 1-866-867-6217 and mention code FT1 when registering or click on the link below.

www.boardsource.org

Take advantage of the BoardSource Membership provided to your library by the District and encourage trustees and leaders in your organization to attend some great trainings.

Making A Difference: Great Boards Doing Great Fundraising Workshop will address the complementary roles board members play in their organization’s governance and resource development. The workshop begins with a close look at board recruitment, structure, operations, and culture, knowing that weak boards don’t raise funds effectively.

This workshop is on Wednesday, October 29 from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. in Washington, D.C. The cost is $190. For more information or to register for this program, call 1-866-867-6217 and mention the code FT1 when registering or click on the link below.

www.boardsource.org

Take advantage of the BoardSource Membership provided to your library by the District and encourage trustees and leaders in your organization to attend some great trainings.

A half-day session that will help leaders understand how to identify and engage champions and prepare the board for the change process. Learn from case studies of those who have effectively served as change agents, and identify creative strategies for your board of directors.

The workshop is on Wednesday, October 29 from 1:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. in Washington D.C. The cost is $140. For more information or to register for these programs, call 1-866-867-6217 and mention code FT1 when registering or click on the link below.

www.boardsource.org

Take advantage of the BoardSource Membership provided to your library by the District and encourage trustees and leaders in your organization to attend some great trainings.

TRACK it right! BOOK it right!

Where: Penn Grant Centre
777 East Park Drive
Harrisburg, PA 17033

When: Thursday, October 30, 2008
Registration/Sign-in begins at 8:30 a.m. (Continental Breakfast provided)
Seminar will be from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Cost: $39-PANO members; $59-nonmembers

If you are a nonprofit administrator or board member currently involved in fundraising or intending to implement some fundraising efforts, you need to attend this program. The technical aspects of fundraising activities and accounting for these activities are not something you want to overlook. Now that the IRS, the department of state and donors are in a heightened state of awareness about fundraising practices, attendance at this session will help you be prepared and prevent risk.

This seminar is presented by PANO and McKonly & Asbury. It is sponsored by The Hershey Company. The key areas of focus will be:

*Accounting for Fundraising: What is the right way to account for special events? When can we allocate costs jointly? When are government dollars considered program and when are they fundraising revenue? What is a fundraising expense?
*Monitoring anyone doing fundraising for your organization. This includes board members, staff, contract services and volunteers.
*Donor practices: How do you ensure donor privacy? What are appropriate donor policies?
*Bring samples of your fundraising solicitations and acknowledgements to critique your own materials.

To register for this program, submit the registration form below:
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Or to register on online go to:
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If not registered in PANO database, click on the New Visitor Registration option. Include your organization name so it can be linked to your registration within one business day. This will ensure your rate for the seminar will be that of a member. Members can go to “Upcoming events” on the left side of the screen. The legal programs may be on page 2.

The Berks County Library Association is sponsoring a one-day workshop: “Copyright in the Digital Age” with law librarian and professor Laura Gasaway. The event will be held at the Exeter Community Library on Friday, October 17, 2008.

This workshop is designed to provide librarians with an overview of the current status of the U.S. copyright law and its impact on library services.

Berks County is centrally located, approximately one hour, to an hour and one half away from Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Allentown. Public librarians can earn 6.5 continuing education credits for attending.

The workshop is open to both BCLA members and non-members. Please see attached brochure for details and registration form.

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The Fall Workshop of the Southwest Chapter, “How May I help You? : Low Tech Customer Services and Survival Skills for our High Tech Library Environment” will be held on Friday, September 26, 2008 at the Westmoreland County Intermediate Unit. Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. the workshops runs from 9:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Speaker: Tom Smith, retired manager of the Training and Development department of Corporate Information Services for Westinghouse Electric and consultant for the Bank of New York Mellon brings over 30-years of experience in customer services training.

To register for the workshop please complete the following. To request a brochure please email: bzabor@pennhighlands.edu

Name:________________________________________________________________________

Library_______________________________________________________________________

Address: ____________________________________________________________________

Email_______________________________

Library Type: Public/ Academic/School/Special

WORKSHOP FEE

For PaLA members: $20 : For non members: $30

There is no refund of the workshop fee. If you are unable to attend, try and send a substitute.

Lunch will be on your own.

Please make check payable to PaLA.

Return this form with payment by September 22, 2008 to:

PaLA Southwest Chapter, c/o Al Kamper, 427 Wimer Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15237

Email late registrations to: alkamper@ comcast.net

The Palinet 08 Conference features the latest open source solutions for libraries. “Wide Open: Your Library, Their Way” will discuss open source innovations, digitization technologies and modular solutions for today’s libraries. Held in conjunction with the PALCI Fall Member’s Meeting, those attending can take advantage of innovative programming including an exciting round robin session with fellow members who have already undertaken open source initiatives. There will also be sessions on collaborative digitization, new approaches to resource sharing, cataloging developments and digital collection implementation.

The keynote speaker is Roy Tennant, internationally recognized speaker and writer, well known throughout the library world for his expertise on the latest in technology for libraries.

The conference will be on October 27-28 at the Sheraton Philadelphia University City. There are a variety of registrations options for both PALINER and PALCI members. For more information and to register for the conference, go toac2008.aspx.

On October 29, 2008, Joan Frye Williams will present Beyond Information to Transformation at the Green Tree Radisson from 9:00am to 12:30pm. The cost is $15.00 and there are 3.5 continuing education credits.

Joan is best known as an acute and sometimes irreverent observer to trends in what she calls “the cultural anthropology of libraries”. She is an internationally recognized library futurist and designer of innovative library services.

Contact Kelley Beeson at beesonk@einetwork.net for information and registration.

This class will be presented by Lauren Burnett at Green Tree Radisson on October 14 from 9:00am to 4:00pm. Along with the class topic, other areas of discussion will be:

*Exploring interpersonal skill styles
*Examining policy and/or change enforcement
*Practicing and applying communication techniques to manage challenging situations

The cost of this class is $20.00. There are 6 continuing education credit hours. Contact Beth Mellor at mellorb@einetwork.net

What It Is, Why It Matters, How You Can Help is the focus of this health literacy workshop. Patients and their families need to be able to read and understand health information before they can act on it. This includes what health literacy is, why it matters and who it most affects.

Helen Osborne, M.Ed., OTR/L will present an overview about health literacy. She will highlight eight ways to improve communication. This includes practical strategies that health professionals of all disiplines can immediately incorporate into their practice. The objectives of the workshop are:

*Explain what health literacy is and its impact on treatment and care
*Describe 6 factors that affect health understanding
*Explore 8 ways to improve health communication
*Learn and practice strategies to write patient education materials
*Appreciate the necessity of reader feedback and ways to obtain it
*Appreciate the value of simple line drawings and metaphors
*Discuss way participants will use information presented

At the end of this workshop, participants should have the knowledge and skills to start making a health literacy difference. There are contact hours for continuing education. The date and time for this workshop is October 3, 2008 from 8:30am to 3:45pm. It will be held at:

Pennsylvania College of Technology
Bush Campus Center
Penn’s Inn
Williamsport, PA

For more information or to register, please contact:

Pennsylvania College of Technology
Workforce Development & Continuing Education
Phone: (570) 327-4775
Email: wdce@pct.edu
Web site: wdce

Registration deadline is September 19, 2008

A WebFeat training session has been scheduled for those who will have access to the administration console. Anyone who is interested in learning about WebFeat can attend to get an introduction to the basics of WebFeat as a federated search. This training is especially intended for those who will serve as WebFeat Administrators. It is recommended at least one representative from CCLS, one from DCLS and at least one from each of the other independent libraries.

The 90 minutes session will be delivered via Live Meeting and conference telephone to include an overview of federated searching using WebFeat. Participants will see searches and examples of other libraries WebFeat systems. At the conclusion, participants will be familiar with the WebFeat Administration Console and know how to:

*add and delete databases
*edit database descriptions and names
*create and edit subject catagories
*customize the user interface
*make the system available to their patrons

The trainer, Karen Farley, MLS, has been with WebFeat since September, 2005. While with WebFeat, she has worked in client services, troubleshooting and resolving client issues and assisting libraries with their WebFeat implementation. Karen is now the primary trainer for WebFeat products.

Sign up by using this link:

Thurs. Sept. 18: 9:30-11:30 (WebFeat Presenter 10:00-11:30) at ESA:
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More trainings are just around the corner if you can’t make these. There will also be general federated search training for all staff to learn how to use the tools once they are set up

The first WebFeat training session has been scheduled for those who will have access to the administration console. Anyone who is interested in learning about WebFeat can attend to get an introduction to the basics of WebFeat as a federated search. This training is especially intended for those who will serve as WebFeat Administrators. It is recommended at least one representative from CCLS, one from DCLS and at least one from each of the other independent libraries.

The 90 minutes session will be delivered via Live Meeting and conference telephone to include an overview of federated searching using WebFeat. Participants will see searches and examples of other libraries WebFeat systems. At the conclusion, participants will be familiar with the WebFeat Administration Console and know how to:

*add and delete databases
*edit database descriptions and names
*create and edit subject catagories
*customize the user interface
*make the system available to their patrons

The trainer, Karen Farley, MLS, has been with WebFeat since September, 2005. While with WebFeat, she has worked in client services, troubleshooting and resolving client issues and assisting libraries with their WebFeat implementation. Karen is now the primary trainer for WebFeat products.

Sign up by using this link:

Wed, Sept 10: 1:00-3:00 p.m.(WebFeat Presenter 1:30-3:00) at CADM:
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More trainings are just around the corner if you can’t make these. There will also be general federated search training for all staff to learn how to use the tools once they are set up.

An Ounce of Prevention: Health Reference Basics
Broadcast Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009
Presenter: Debra Kakuk

These seminars will be made available through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries. If you are interested in attending a live session, signup information will soon be available

Or, just wait a month after the broadcast date and borrow the DVD from the district professional collection

Use a DVD to introduce your staff to a new topic.

Targeting the Ages: Programming that Hits the Mark
Broadcast Date: Friday, February 13, 2009
Presenter: Kelly Watson

These seminars will be made available through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries. If you are interested in attending a live session, signup information will soon be available.

Or, just wait a month after the broadcast date and borrow the DVD from the district professional collection.

Use a DVD to introduce your staff to a new topic.

Reversing the Ratchet: Basic Technology Adoption Strategies for Library Workers
Presenter: Steven Bell
Broadcast Date: Friday, November 7, 2008

These seminars will be made available though the Office of Commonwealth Libraries. If you are interested in attending a live session, signup information will soon be available.

Or, just wait a month after the broadcast date and borrow the DVD from the district professional collection

Use a DVD to introduce your staff to a new topic.