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Creating Low-Cost Interactive Displays for Your Library

October 5 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm.  Sponsored by the LILRC.
This interactive workshop is limited to 30 participants.  Click here to Register Today.

In this two-hour workshop, you will learn how to set up digital signage and interactive displays without breaking your budget. Get hands-on with a variety of hardware that can be converted for your digital needs. Next, learn techniques on how to develop content using software you already own or are low-cost to purchase. Finally, learn more than just how to create digital displays. To be successful and influence your patrons’ behaviors, you need to think about what content will best appeal to which patrons at the right time, and at their point of need. This workshop is best for those who are comfortable with technology.

Presented by: Amanda L. Goodman, User Experience Librarian, Darien Library (Connecticut). Amanda manages the library’s digital signage, website, and created the interface for their interactive kiosk. Her work has appeared in Library Journal, UX Magazine, and she authored The Comparative Guide to WordPress in Libraries: A LITA Guide and the Library Technology Report on Digital Media Labs. Alongside Michael Schofield, she is the co-creator of the #LibUX podcast and its associated properties athttp://libux.co.

Fees:

Member Fee
$35
Nonmember Fee
$110
Retired Member/Student/Unemployed
$30
CEU Certificate
$5
Maximum number of attendees:
30

 

Using OpenRefine to Manage Messy Metadata

Register Here.  The cost is $40.

Wed, Aug. 12, 2015   3 p.m. – 5 p.m. US/Eastern

Messy, inconsistent metadata makes collection management tasks challenging, yet it is the unfortunate the reality for most of us. In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of using OpenRefine (formerly Google Refine), “a free, open source power tool for working with messy data” to analyze, normalize, and clean up collections metadata so that datasets can be better integrated into workflows and across systems. The workshop is designed for practitioners who are interested in accessing, cleaning up, and modifying data with freely available tools. We will explore and explain how OpenRefine provides options to navigate around challenging data, and normalize both formatting and the data itself.

Participants will walk through several practical exercises using sample collections metadata featuring common metadata transformation techniques. We’ll explore approaches to transformation like text clustering and writing basic expressions to get your data in its ideal state. Advanced OpenRefine topics, such as reconciliation of datasets against Freebase and other external datasets and web services will be discussed, but not in-depth. This is an introductory workshop, ideal for those who are new to OpenRefine and are interested in exploring it’s simple yet powerful features.

Libraries and the New Technology Frontier- Webinar

Register Here.  The cost is $10.

This webinar will discuss new emerging technologies that will or are already changing our lives in various ways ranging from gamification, 3D printing, biohacking, digital currency, drones, to robots. Let’s find out why these technologies are significant and how they can influence what libraries do.

Monday, August 10th, 2015 10:00am-11:00am ET