Title: Microsoft Excel for Beginners
Level: This is a beginner’s level course, but basic knowledge of Windows computer use
is a must. Students should know how to open, close, name and find files in the
Windows operating system.
Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Presenter: James Crowley, Crowley Computers
Time: Sign-in, 9:00-9:30 a.m.; Class, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Northern New York Library Network, Potsdam
Fee: $15.00 for library staff, $59.95 for all others (Includes lunch.)
Description: Microsoft Excel is the premier spreadsheet program in use today. This course will
provide the opportunity to develop and strengthen skills as participants gather data, create worksheets,
analyze and chart the results, and integrate their findings into reports and assignments. Students will learn
to:
Create an electronic spreadsheet
Enter data
Use formulas in Microsoft Excel
Format, print and save a spreadsheet
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Title: The Disaster Manual: Plan and Create It
Dates:This class will be offered three times:
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 (Plattsburgh)
Thursday, June 5, 2008 (Oswego)
Friday, June 6, 2008 (Canton)
Presenter: Joseph Swinyer, Documentary Heritage Program consultant
Time: Sign-in, 9:00-9:30 a.m.; Class, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Locations & Directions: Cardinal Lounge, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh
(Directions)
Penfield Library, SUNY Oswego, Oswego
(Directions)
ODY Library, St. Lawrence University, Canton
(Directions)
Fee: None
Description: Sometimes learning by doing is not the best way.
Learning to clean up and recover materials after a catastrophic event has occurred is one such time. The time
to learn how to deal with a disaster is before it happens, and this class will teach students to prepare for those
events. In this class, students will prepare a manual that contains all the materials they need, including lists
of resources and people, and templates for the procedures that would be required in case of flood, fire and other
disasters.
The class will deal with the 3 aspects of disaster planning:
* Prevention * Response * Recovery
Primary focus will be on the disaster plan template, In the Face of Disaster: Preparing for Emergencies in the
North Country. The template is available for downloading at the NNYLN
website.
Students will discuss key forms and the most effective manner in which the plan may be completed. A packet of key
forms will be provided for each registrant. Students will also visit the Disaster Supply Depots located at
Plattsburgh, Oswego and Canton to review disaster recovery supplies available at each.
The instructor will be available after each class to discuss individual queries regarding plan preparation.
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Title: Demonstration of Ask Us 24/7 Virtual Reference Service
Date: Friday, June 6, 2008
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Northern New York Library Network, Potsdam
Fee: There is no charge to attend, but pre-registration is requested.
Description:
Special Session
Virtual reference is quickly becoming an important component of library service that can bolster a library's effectiveness and visibility as an information provider. Ask Us 24/7 is a virtual cooperative reference service that provides participating libraries an opportunity to join other libraries in the region and the state to provide text-based online reference services.
Ask Us 24/7 is originally a project of the Western New York Library Resources Council and is now available to other 3Rs in the state, including the Northern New York Library Network. Current participants are:
* Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society (Local history subject specialist)
* Buffalo State College
* Canisius College
*Cazenovia College
* Center for Inquiry Libraries (Paranormal subject specialist)
* Hospital Library Services Program (Consumer Health subject specialist)
* Medaille College
* Mid-York Library System
* Mohawk Valley Community College
* Multidisciplinary Center for Earhquake Engineering Research (Earthquake subject specialist)
* Niagara County Community College
* Nioga Library System
* Onondaga Community College
* Onondaga County Public Library System
* St. Bonaventure University
* St. John Fisher College
* SUNY College at Fredonia
* SUNY Institute of Technology
* Utica College
Staff from WNYLRC will demonstrate this service and answer questions. Anyone interested in virtual reference,
and/or in a new way to provide virtual reference service should plan to attend.
Benefits of Cooperative Virtual Reference:
When compared to providng virtual reference services on their own, libraries have found that it is far less costly
and requires fewer staff hours to participate in the regional Ask Us 24/7 service.
* Lower costs
* Fewer staffing requirements
* Free ongoing training and free promotional materials to publicize the service
* Use of the state of the art chat and follow-up software for conducting the service (not your ordinary instant messaging)
* Sophisticated reporting and statistical tools
* Opportunity to directly contribute to the direction and quality of the service
* Access to subject experts both locally and nationally
* Direct links from a participating library's website to the Ask Us 24/7 service logo for patrons twenty-four hours a day, 7 days per week
- For more information on Ask Us 24/7, click
here.
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Title: Management Series: Essential Management Skills Part 1: Traits of Effective Supervisors
Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Presenter: Linda McQuinn, The McQuinn Companies, Inc.
Time: Sign-in, 9:00-9:30 a.m.; Class, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Northern New York Library Network, Potsdam
Fee: $10.00 for library staff, $29.95 for all others
Description: Essential Management Skills is a three part series of classes for people in management
and supervisory positions. The series was created in response to requests from our members for basic
management classes. In this first class of the series, students will learn the traits and characteristics of
effective supervisors. Whether attendees are newly promoted to management, or perhaps need to gain skills
never before received, this course will teach characteristics tested and proven to create better managers.
Following the presentation, participants are invited to stay for a light lunch and continued discussion.
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Title: Documentary Heritage
Program: Jefferson-Lewis-Oswego Counties Spring Regional Roundtable
Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Phoenix Public Library, Century Room
Fee: None; but registration is appreciated.
Description: The agenda of the Jefferson-Lewis-Oswego Counties Roundtable includes a discussion on
"Planning Projects for Archives Month - A Primer."
The facilitator for the day will be Lisa Becker, Executive Director of Lewis County Historical Society
and Lewis County Historian; and Barbara Dix, historian for the Village of Phoenix and the Town of Schroeppel.
This hands-on event will take a look behind closed doors. What do repositories have in their collections? How
to: develop a project for public view, advertise, work with the media, find venues to display, work with
schools, showcase local treasures, and share with the community. Participants may wish to continue their
discussion "Dutch treat" over lunch.
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Title: Appraisal and Selection of Historical Records
Date: Monday, June 16, 2008
Presenter: Katie DeFazio, Documentary Heritage Program consultant
Time: Sign-in, 9:30-10:00 a.m.; Class, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Holiday Inn, Watertown
Fee: None
Description: This workshop will introduce techniques to identify records that are necessary for adequate documentation of local governments and the communities they serve.
Identifying records which have enduring value is one of the most challenging tasks of an archival program.
Through lecture, cases studies, discussion and exercises, participants will explore the current methodology for appraising records, learn how to use State Archives schedules in identifying archival records, and discuss how to apply the techniques to their own local records.
Students are encouraged to bring materials to be used as examples for discussion.
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Title: Introduction to Microsoft Access
Level: This is a beginner’s level course, but knowledge of basic computer use is a
MUST.
Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Presenter: James Crowley, Crowley Computers
Time: Sign-in, 9:00-9:30 a.m.; Class, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Northern New York Library Network, Potsdam
Fee: $15.00 for library staff, $59.95 for all others (Includes lunch.)
Description: Learn the ins and outs of this relational database program which is more versatile
than maintaining spreadsheets for information. Attendees will learn to create a database for their specific
needs, and will learn to use a template that is already created. Students will learn how to enter and
manipulate data, sort, query, create reports, mail merges and print labels.
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Title: Appraisal and Selection of Historical Records
Date: Thursday, June 19, 2008
Presenter: Katie DeFazio, Documentary Heritage Program consultant
Time: Sign-in, 9:30-10:00 a.m.; Class, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Best Western Mountain Lake Inn, Saranac Lake
Fee: None
Description: This workshop will introduce techniques to identify records that are necessary for
adequate documentation of local governments and the communities they serve. Identifying records which have
enduring value is one of the most challenging tasks of an archival program. Through lecture, cases studies,
discussion and exercises, participants will explore the current methodology for appraising records, learn how
to use State Archives schedules in identifying archival records, and discuss how to apply the techniques to
their own local records.
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