Onsite Workshops at Simmons College Campus

What's New in Children's Books?

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What are the current trends in children’s publishing? How have graphic novels impacted the children’s market? Are multicultural titles more plentiful? We will explore these and other current issues.

This workshop highlights books of the 2007 and early 2008 publishing season including the award winners for this year and the clues they offer about future publishing trends. The instructor will introduce a wide variety of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry for pre-school through the elementary grades. All titles will be available for examination and a booklist will be distributed. Some posters and other publishers’ give-away items will be available.

Faculty: Pat Keogh, Lecturer in Children’s Literature, Adjunct Faculty, Worcester State College; pmkeogh@yahoo.com

Library Service to Patrons with Disabilities: Disability Awareness & Etiquette

Saturday, April 12, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Simmons College, One Palace Road Bldg. Room P-210
Cost: $160

“Few of us actively discriminate against people with disabilities. But when you are creating your library services, how conscious are you about how they are perceived by all people of all walks of life?” —Computers in Libraries, June 1999, p.36.

Disabilities affect one-fifth of all Americans. What can your library do to provide an accessible library experience for patrons with disabilities? We will discuss practical guidelines for providing assistive technologies, accessible workstations, and a trained staff to assist your patrons with disabilities. We will also include discussion on disability etiquette and awareness.

Faculty: Linda Stetson, Director, Millis Public Library, former Director of the Georgia Library for Accessible Services (the state’s library for the blind and physically disabled), and contributing author to "Information Services for People with Developmental Disabilities: the Library Manager’s Handbook"; lstetson@minlib.net

Is It Ours? Museum Archives as Records of Ownership and Authenticity

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All objects in museum collections have been removed from their original physical and social context. Thus, anything we know of them, including their creators, their intended use or their name has to be constructed from a wide variety of records. Issues of ownership and authenticity of these objects are increasingly a concern in museums and museum archives. Depending on the institutional culture, many different people in a museum may have responsibility for these records, including librarians, archivists, registrars, and curators. To function effectively in this complex environment of continuously current collection records, you will need a working vocabulary of record types, relevant legislation, and policies for best practice as identified in the professional literature.

The first half of this workshop will identify the types of museum records and the circumstances under which they are created, used, and maintained. The second half will deal with such topics as the use of records in the repatriation of looted art or other cultural materials and the release of sensitive information in online catalogs or exhibitions. You will be introduced to the literature and resources of museum collection management that deal with the organization, retrieval, and preservation of these objects and their associated records.

Faculty: Bernadette G. Callery, Head, Museum Library and Archives, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh; bcallery@sis.pitt.edu

Basic Web Searching

Saturday, May 10, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Simmons College, One Palace Road Building, Room P-213
Cost: $160

Do you think your patrons know more than you do about web searching? The goal of this workshop is to de-mystify Internet searching. This workshop is designed for the novice Internet searcher. We will discuss briefly how the Internet, webpages, and search engines are constructed to help you better understand how they work. We will explore the major players in the search engine market and figure out how to use their search functions to find the information you and your patrons need. We will also focus on advanced searching and alternative search tools.

Faculty: Rex Krajewski, GSLIS Alum, Reference Services Librarian, Simmons College;rex.krajewski@simmons.edu

Advanced Web Searching

Saturday, May 10, 2008
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Simmons College, One Palace Road Building, Room P-213
Cost: $160

Do you feel like you know the basics of Internet searching but would like to learn more? This workshop is designed for the intermediate Internet searcher who wants to learn advanced techniques, beyond-search functions in search engines and alternative Internet searching tools. It also services as a follow-up to the workshop Basic Web Searching. Learn how to “think” like a search engine; uncover Web 2.0 and the Invisible Web; find out what all those “other” Google things do; experience visual searching; work with clustered results; try an “answer” engine; and learn about mobile searching.

Faculty: Rex Krajewski, GSLIS Alum, Reference Services Librarian, Simmons College;rex.krajewski@simmons.edu

Proposal Writing for the Information Professional

Saturday, May 10, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Simmons College Campus, One Palace Road Bldg. Room P-210
Cost: $220

This workshop begins by providing participants with a background of basic proposal writing skills applicable to any sponsor. Topics covered include seeking and identifying appropriate funding sources, the elements of a successful proposal, the do's and don'ts of proposal writing, and proposal budgeting. We will also discuss the differences between proposals to federal and private sponsors and the responsibilities associated with the administration of a funded project.
The second part of the workshop will concentrate on preparation of a proposal to the Institute of Museum and Library Science (IMLS). Participants will be provided with IMLS guidelines and several successful proposals for their review prior to the workshop. During the workshop, we will examine how one of these proposals addresses the criteria in the IMLS guidelines. Upon completion of the workshop, participants will possess an understanding of the elements of a good proposal, in addition to learning what goes into preparing a proposal.

Faculty: Jon Kimball, Director of Grants and Sponsored Programs at Simmons College; jon.kimball@simmons.edu

The Care and Feeding of Architects: How to Realize the Library of Your Dreams

Saturday, June 7, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Simmons College, One Palace Road Bldg. Room P-206
Cost: $220

During this workshop, you will learn how to pursue an architectural selection process that will result in engaging the services of the most qualified architectural/engineering (A/E) firm for your project. We will address all types of library building processes: expansion of an existing facility; renovation projects; and creation of a new building. You will learn about the services that an A/E should provide; the cost of A/E services; and how to work effectively with the firm to ensure that you get the finished product you are seeking. Examples of architectural qualifications and submittals will be provided.

Faculty: Richard (Dick) Waters, Richard Waters, Library Building Consultant for past 28 years, working with libraries within the USA and abroad; rlwaters37@gmail.com

Cataloging Photographs for Librarians and Archivists: A Review of Current Standards and Best Practices

Saturday, June 7, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Simmons College Campus, One Palace Road Bldg. Room P-207
Cost: $220

We will work through a review of the major emerging standards for the online description of historic photographs, using hands-on examples. We will focus on data structure standards such as the Dublin Core and VRA 3.0; content standards such as the new CCO (Cataloging Cultural Objects), DACS, and Graphic Materials; and data value standards such as the Art and Architecture Thesaurus, and the Thesaurus for Graphic Materials. We will discuss collection-level description, item-level description, and traditional finding aids. The instructor has been teaching the Management of Photographic Archives course at Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science for more than 12 years and chaired the initial efforts to develop Harvard's OLIVIA cataloging system and the union catalog of visual materials, VIA.

Faculty: Martha Mahard, Adjunct Faculty, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College; mahard@simmons.edu

Dreamweaver 1 for Information Professionals

Saturday, June 14, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Simmons College, One Palace Road Bldg. Room P-213L
Cost: $160

Webpages are becoming the foremost point of contact with patrons. Thus, information professionals must have the tools to create attractive and effective websites. Dreamweaver is a powerful web editor that gives you the tools to build sophisticated interactive sites with ease. In this hands-on workshop, we will cover the basics of getting started with this program. Topics will include page properties, text editing, inserting images, browser preview, text and image links, page and site links, and e-mail links. Class limited to 12.

Faculty: Kathleen Horton, Instructional Designer at Fidelity Investments, Boston; misshorton@aol.com

Dreamweaver 2 for Information Professionals

Saturday, June 14, 2008
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Simmons College, One Palace Road Bldg. Room P-213L
Cost: $160

Webpages are becoming the foremost point of contact with patrons. Thus, information professionals must have the tools to create attractive and effective websites. Once you have mastered the basics of Dreamweaver 1, come to Dreamweaver 2 to explore more sophisticated possibilities for your webpages. In this hands-on workshop, we will cover tables, frames, templates, image maps, navigation bars, animated rollovers, and site builder. Class limited to 12.

Faculty: Kathleen Horton, Instructional Designer at Fidelity Investments, Boston; misshorton@aol.com

Managing the Cycle: Contracting with Vendors from Budgeting to Negotiation and Deployment to Measuring Return on Investment (ROI) and Back

Saturday, August 2, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Simmons College Campus, One Palace Road Bldg. Room P-207
Cost: $160

Whether in an academic, public, or special library, you or someone on your team inevitably has to deal with vendors and contracting for resources to meet the needs of your customers. You need to find the best ways to select, acquire, pay for, deploy, and measure the ROI of these resource investments. This workshop will focus on basic processes and ways to think about managing the resource acquisition cycle from budgeting to negotiating with vendors and deploying content, to measuring the Return on Investment (ROI) and methods for recovering costs when appropriate. The session will be highly participatory and attendees are encouraged to share their current processes and challenges to enhance the take-aways. Participants who are new to the resource acquisition process and others who are seeking alternatives to their current methods will develop new ways to think about and implement contracting for resources.

Faculty: Dr. Toby Pearlstein, GSLIS Alum, Retired Director, Global IS Bain & Company, Inc.; pearlstein@comcast.net and Dr. Mary Ann Tricarico, GSLIS Alum, Library Director, New England Institute of Art; mtricarico@aii.edu