Category: Electronic Resources

RASD Electronic Resources Committee Meeting Thursday, June 8 at 9:30 am

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Electronic Resources Committee of RASD
Meeting Location SCLS, Bellport June 8, 2017.
9:30 am coffee. 10 am – noon meeting.

While school is nearly over, learning never ends!

Join us for an online learning demo of Gale Courses hosted by Chris Herpers (GALE) followed by a roundtable discussion of Online Learning Tools.
What are the tools you are using for online learning at your library?
What are the challenges?
Product recommendations.

Other topics include:
What’s new with Livebrary.com?
Livebrary downloads’ new APP Libby and linked data by Samantha Alberts (SCLS).

Dave Jones
Head of Computers & Digital Services
Head of Teen Services
Westhampton Free Library
7 Library Avenue
Westhampton Beach, NY 11978
Phone: (631) 288-3335 ext. 147
Fax: (631) 288-5715

PR & Marketing Committee and Electronic Resources Committee Meeting, March 30

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The RASD PR & Marketing Committee and the Electronic Resources Committee are hoping to have a joint meeting at which we will discuss how to hold a Technology/Database/Electronic Resources/Educational Resources Fair at your library. We are looking for libraries who have already done it or are planning to do so, and if they would like to share their successes and failures at a meeting. It would tentatively be Thursday, March 30th.

 

Those interested in participating as a speaker should contact Jo-Ann Carhart, Co-Chair of the RASD PR & Marketing Committee

Jo-Ann Carhart, MLS
Head of Adult Services
Librarian III
East Islip Public Library
381 East Main Street
East Islip, NY 11730
Phone (631) 581-9200 x 5
FAX (631) 581-2245
jcarhart@eipl.org
www.eipl.org

Emerging Technology Meeting Follow-up

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Ellen Druda did a quick overview the new products and trends showcased at the Consumer Electronics Preview  show in NYC last month.

You can find more about it here: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2015/12/technology/consumer-electronics-show-previews-trends-to-watch/, including further discussion of predictive consumerism and aggregated learning.

Dave Jones from Westhampton did a terrific presentation on Virtual and Augmented reality and it’s applications in libraries.  Thank you Dave!

Looking for some libraries host 2 of our quarterly meetings in 2016.  They usually run 9:30 to noon, with the typical coffee set ups.

Can any library host Thursday March 17
Or
Thursday December 8?

Please let Ellen know – thank you!

Help! I’m Not a Business Librarian! Thursday, November 19, 2:00pm

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The CARE (Career and Resource Exchange) Committee of RASD (Reference and Adult Services Division), a division of SCLA, will be hosting a joint meeting with the Electronic Resources Committee on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at the Suffolk County Library System in Bellport. Please join us for coffee at 2:00pm–the presentation starts at 2:30pm.

Does the thought of answering business reference questions fill you with fear or dread? Sal DiVincenzo of Middle Country Public Library will present, “Help, I’m Not a Business Librarian!”  Mr. DiVincenzo will give an overview of some resources that are available to librarians to assist patrons asking some of the most common business reference questions.

Please email Nicole Berroyer at nicole@connetquotlibrary.org to let us know if you plan on attending, or if you have any questions about the committee or our speaker.

Looking forward to seeing you,

CARE Committee of RASD
Serena Brooks
Reference Librarian
Smithtown Library