Category Archives: Free Webinar

Beyond the Intro to GO!- Scholastic Webinar

February 4, 2016, 3:00pm

Beyond the Intro to GO!

Now that you know how to use GO – let’s learn how to utilize and elevate learning in your libraries. Learn how to promote the regular use of Scholastic GO with parents, teachers, students, all the communities you serve. Activities that will help create and build digital reading stamina as well as promote the regular use of Scholastic GO in the lives of your teachers, students, and library patrons.

Please register at : https://scholastic.webex.com/scholastic/onstage/g.php?d=629691108&t=a
Event password: snow

Call in number: 1-866-422-5206
Participant code: 6183780556

Practical RDA: an Introduction

Thursday, February 11, 2016; 12:00 pm to 1:00 am (webinar login information will be provided)

 

Description: Practical RDA: an introduction is designed for copy catalogers or anyone who does some cataloging work and would like to learn about RDA and how it affects them. Attendees will be able to identify the changes from AACR2 to RDA, and be better able to apply RDA principles in cataloging.

 

Speaker: Denise A. Garofalo, Associate Librarian at Mount St. Mary College in Newburgh, NY

 

Register: http://www.wnylrc.org/workshops/149

Genealogical Resources from the New York State Archives

 

Tuesday, February 9, 2016 ; 12:00 pm to 1:00 am (webinar login information will be provided)

 

Description: This webinar will help you explore and discover the resources for genealogy and local history research that are available from the New York State Archives. Topics, Tools and Tips will help you identify what kinds of collections holdings are maintained by the State Archives; the means for accessing different kinds of information; and; research tips you can use and share with patrons searching for historical records, online and onsite.

 

Speaker: Monica Gray, Archivist, Collections Management at the New York State Archives

Register: http://www.wnylrc.org/workshops/187