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Upcoming CE Classes
UPCOMING CE WORKSHOPS
Space is still available in the following March classes - Register online at http://www.mmrls.org/marform.html
Monday 3/27 Blogging Demo/Lecture
2:00-300 PM OR 3:00-400 PM
Please register for ONE of two sessions. One in five teens has one, and there are new an estimated 70,000 new blogs started every day! A recent Pew Internet and American Life Project Survey found that 50 million Americans are blog readers. How is your library keeping up with changes in the way we communicate? This brief overview of blogging applies the familiar concept of sharing and creating information to new technologies, and examines the benefits and disadvantages to reading and writing blogs in your library.
Location: Newton Free Library-Druker Auditorium, 330 Homer Street, Newton MA
Directions: http://www.newtonfreelibrary.net/About/directions.htm
Tue 3/28 Let's Chat About... Internet Telephony!
9:30-11:30 AM
Gizmo, Google Talk and Skype are computer programs that allow you to voice chat with a faraway friend for FREE over the Internet. No long distance charges apply! Discover how to do it, and discuss the impact of this new technology on libraries. Instructions for programs to download and install will be sent out one week prior to the class.
Enrollment Limit: 8
Instructor: Beth Gallaway
Location: Online
Thu 3/30 4:00-6:00 PM Uisng Infomarks in Powersearch
Bring a current assignment from your patrons or students, and learn how to quickly create electronic pathfinders integrating websites, database articles and e-books!
Enrollment Limit: 8
Instructor: Beth Gallaway
Location: Metrowest computer lab
Register online at http://www.mmrls.org/marform.html