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Continuing
Education Handouts
Selected
handouts and useful websites from
various NMRLS workshops led by consultants Mary Behrle, Susan
Babb & Scott
Kehoe are listed
below.
For handouts from Youth Services Workshops, please
visit the YS
Workshops page.
Click on a selected link to download the handouts
or visit the recommended
website.
Handouts are in Microsoft Word format unless
otherwise indicated.
Selected
handouts and useful websites currently
available (listed alphabetically):
Basic
Library Techniques
Brown Bag Lunches
Burnin' Disks (CDs
& DVDs)
Computer Maintenance FAQ for Windows PCs
: website / handout (PDF)
Conducting
Focus Groups
/ Alan Brickman
(MS Word)
Customer Service Workshop
at Your
Library
Digital
Media & the Library: Audiobooks, Music, Videos & More!
(website) (presentation slides here)
Digital
Media & the Library: What’s going on out there!? (website)
Gadgets
& Gizmos... and your Library!
(website) (presentation slides here)
Grant Writing: A Webinar Presented on January 20, 2010
Internet Browsers (website)
NMRLS
Databases:
eLibrary, Grolier Encyclopedias,
InfoTrac, Mass. News Stand, OCLC WorldCat
The Nuts and Bolts of Book
Discussion Groups
(Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, March
26, 2002)
Public Library Directors
Discussion:
Patron Privacy
(Reading Public Library, March 7,
2002)
Scanning Basics
Spyware
Basics (website)
Web Directories
Wireless
Networking Basics (website)
Basic
Library Techniques
Reference:
Links & Materials for May 2007 sessions at Parker
Memorial Library, Dracut, Mass.
Web
links on del.icio.us
Handouts
NMRLS Magazine & Newspaper Database handouts & links
Homework Wiki
Brown
Bag Discussions:
Training
Library Student Workers - Tips (9/12/02
NMRLS, Danvers)
Reader's
Advisory (10/3/02 Lucius Beebe Library,
Wakefield)
Directors'
Brown Bag Discussion: Fundraising (9/23/03
Flint Memorial Library, North Reading)
Dealing
with Difficult Patron Situations (11/17/03
North Shore Community College, Danvers)
Ideas
for Staff Development Days (4/14/04
NMRLS, Danvers)
Burnin'
Disks (CDs
& DVDs)
Definitions & tips for creating your own data CD and
DVDs - Handout
Creating a CD in the ISO9660 format using
Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 - Handout
Creating
a CD in the Windows Joliet format using Roxio Easy
CD Creator 5 - Handout
Customer
Service
Workshop at Your Library
Articles:
Handouts:
Tips and
Strategies for
Good Customer Service
E-Books on the
Web: netLibrary, Grolier
Online & public domain websites:
Overview
of netLibrary - Handout
From Idea to
Proposal: Writing and Pitching Your Grant
Powerpoint
Handout
NMRLS Databases:
Tricks
& Tips Overview - Website - Handout
Which
database for which audience? This handout helps
to demystify the
choices:
Online
Magazine & Newspaper databases for Youths!
Examples of permanent "links-to-articles" (URL) features in
eLibrary & InfoTrac:
eLibrary
bookcarts & InfoTrac InfoMarks. (website)
eLibrary - Handout
InfoTrac: Finding Full-text in - Handout
Grolier: New Book of Knowledge &
Multimedia
Encyclopedia. - Handout
ProQuest Massachusetts News Stand (Boston
Globe, Boston Herald. etc.). - Handout
OCLC WorldCat: Overview - Handout
/ Finding websites on WorldCat. - Handout
Public Domain ebook sites - Handout
The
Nuts and Bolts of Books Discussions
Web
site (Wakefield, March 26, 2002)
Public Library
Directors Discussion: Patron Privacy
Really Basic
Scanning
Flatbed Scanning Basics - Handout
Tip Sheet: advice, websites, books - Handout
Resolution charts:
Two
different handouts to help you figure out the resolution you need for
printing photographs.
- Guide
for Printing from Scans
- Resolution
Calculator (MS Excel file)
Web Directories:
Freely available web directories created by Librarians - Handout
updated: SK, 11/18/08
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