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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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