Statewide Electronic Resource Training for Librarians Hold the Dates!

Now that the new statewide electronic resources licenses are in place, lecture-style training sessions for library staff will be held at numerous locations throughout the state. The sessions will be taught by trainers from Proquest, Thomson Gale, and EBSCO. Some sessions are devoted to one vendor only, others are for two vendors, as indicated in the schedule below.

Regional library staff may attend any session at a location and time convenient for them. Links to register for sessions within the Northeast region are listed below. If you have questions, please contact Scott Kehoe.

Single Vendor Sessions

Proquest Statewide Newspaper Training

A two-hour lecture style workshop presented by a Proquest Training Specialist for regional member library staff. Training will cover the access and use of the 12 full-text Massachusetts newspapers available to all Massachusetts residents through their local libraries and home Internet connections. The training session will help the attendees to assist and train their patrons to use the resources effectively. The trainer will also discuss how to understand and use the statistical usage reports your library receives.

Monday, October 29, 2007
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Stoughton Public Library

Tuesday, October 30, 2007
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Nevins Memorial Library, Methuen (Garden Room)
Register Here!

Wednesday, October 31, 2007
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Worcester Public Library (Saxe Room)

Thursday, November 1, 2007
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Chicopee Public Library

Thursday, November 1, 2007
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Greenfield Public Library

EBSCO's Literary Reference Center

A one-hour and one-half hour lecture style workshop presented by EBSCO Training Specialists for regional member library staff. Training will cover the access and use of EBSCO's Literary Reference Center, retrieving and using statistical usage reports, and EBSCO support tools. Sessions held at EBSCO Publishing World Headquarters in Ipswich will be one and.

Friday, November 2, 2007
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
EBSCO Publishing World Headquarters
EBSCO Literary Reference Center
10 Estes St.
Ipswich, MA
Register Here!

Friday, November 2, 2007
11:00 AM -12:30 PM
EBSCO Publishing World Headquarters
EBSCO Literary Reference Center
10 Estes St.
Ipswich, MA
Register Here!

Gale Powersearch Infotrac Update and Training

A two-hour lecture style workshop presented by Thomson Gale Training Specialist Stacey Knibloe for regional member library staff. Training will cover the access and use of the Powersearch Infotrac statewide electron resources available to Massachusetts residents through their local libraries and home Internet connections. The session will also introduce attendees to the smaller new subject-oriented subsets of the larger licensed databases to help their patrons identify materials that meet their information needs, as well as discuss Access My Library, a way to located Thomson Gale resources through Yahoo and Google and other popular search engines. The training session will help the attendees to assist and train their patrons to use the resources effectively. The trainer will also discuss how to understand and use the statistical usage reports your library receives.

Monday, December 10, 2007
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
WMRLS Headquarters (Sandy Lane, Whately, MA tel. 413-665-9898)

Tuesday, December 11, 2007
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Norton Public Library

Tuesday, December 11, 2007
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Wareham Free Library

Wednesday, December 12, 2007
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Boston Public Library (Orientation Room, McKim Bldg.)

Wednesday, December 12, 2007
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Minuteman Library Network Headquarters (10 Strathmore Road, Natick, tel. 508-655-8008)

Thursday, December 13, 2007
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Reading Public Library
Register Here!

Multiple Vendor Sessions

Proquest Statewide Newspaper and EBSCO's Literary Reference Center Training

A two-hour lecture style workshop presented by Proquest Training Specialist for regional member library staff and a one-hour lecture style workshop presented by an EBSCO Training Specialist (three hour total workshop time). See above for workshop descriptions.

Monday, October 29, 2007
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Bourne Public Library

Tuesday, October 30, 2007
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Minuteman Library Network (10 Strathmore Road, Natick, tel. 508-655-8008)

Wednesday, October 31, 2007
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Boston Public Library (Mezzanine Conference Room)

Gale Powersearch Infotrac and EBSCO's Literary Reference Center Training

A two-hour lecture style workshop presented by Thomson Gale Training Specialist Stacey Knibloe for regional member library staff and a one-hour lecture style workshop presented by an EBSCO Training Specialist (three hour total workshop time). See above for workshop descriptions.

Monday, December 10, 2007
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Palmer Public Library (EBSCO and Gale)

Friday, December 14, 2007
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Worcester Public Library (Saxe Room) (Proquest and EBSCO)