Continuing Education Calendar Expands

The Network will once again sponsor the Teleconference Series, Soaring to Excellence. Soaring to Excellence is a series of teleconferences which provide information and training to library support staff nationwide. Since its inception in 1995, Soaring to Excellence has been viewed by thousands of support staff throughout the United States and Canada. The teleconferences are transmitted live from College of DuPage and provide cutting-edge topics for staff. This year’s schedule for Soaring to Excellence follows:

All teleconferences are noon - 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and will be broadcast at the Northern New York Library Network’s office on Route 11 in Potsdam.

Friday, Nov. 15, 2002 - "Building Another Bridge: Equal Access to Technology for Special Populations" will be presented by Daneen Richardson, Reference Librarian at the Graham Hospital School of Nursing in Canton, Illinois.

Friday, Jan. 24, 2003 - "Time Management: Getting Things Done" will be presented by Debra Wilcox Johnson, Johnson & Johnson Consulting, Wisconsin.

Friday, March 21, 2003 - "Library Support Staff Soar To Great Heights: How Library Workers Give Back" will be presented by Penny Mandizara, Youth Services, Bensenville Community Public Library, Illinois and Janis Williams, Library Technical Assistant, Elmhurst College Library, Illinois.

The Network will sponsor a two-day workshop on the use of PastPerfect, the world’s leading museum software. PastPerfect provides full automation of accessions, loans, membership, cataloging, research, reports, and digital imaging. With Virtual Exhibit, the web interface module, archives can produce HTML web pages for all or selected catalog records or create an entire web site including themed exhibits with search capability.

PastPerfect was designed for the quick and easy entry of catalog records, with four separate collection catalog screens designed specifically for objects, photographs, archives, and library collections. Each screen provides the data fields needed to create records.

The sessions will take place on Nov. 6 & 7 at the Network’s office in Potsdam, and will include hands-on practice in use of the software.

On Dec. 11, the Network will sponsor a local broadcast of the teleconference Safeguarding Our Patrons Privacy: What Every Librarian Needs to Know About the USA PATRIOT Act & Related Anti-Terrorism Measures.

This teleconference is jointly produced and sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries, the American Association of Law Libraries, the Medical Library Association, and the Special Libraries Association.

This teleconference will provide libraries and their governing institutions with an analysis of the implications of the recent anti-terrorism measures, including the USA PATRIOT Act, the Attorney General's Guidelines expanding the investigative powers of the FBI, and the Homeland Security Act.

Panelists will address the key legal issues and policy implications for libraries as well as the impact of legislative and regulatory proposals on the privacy and First Amendment rights of library users. Panelists will also identify steps that institutions need to take to comply with proper search warrants, subpoenas, and wiretap requests from law enforcement.

The broadcast will take place at the Northern New York Library Network’s office in Potsdam, on Wednesday, Dec. 11. The broadcast runs from noon to 3:00 p.m.

For more information on any of the Network’s continuing education offerings, or to register for any event, go to the Network’s web site at www.nnyln.org and click on "Workshops and Training."

You can also register by phone, fax or email at: phone: 315-265-1119 (locally), 877-833-1674 (toll-free); fax: 315-265-1881; e-mail: cont-ed@northnet.org

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