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Upcoming CE Workshops (April 29 and 30, 2006)

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Posted by GSLIS, April 24, 2006
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Saturday, April 29 at Simmons Campus (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.):
Out from Behind the Desk: Helping Librarians Develop Their Public Voice (postponed from April 22)

One of the MOST important skills needed for a career in the information profession is the ability to interact and COMMUNICATE successfully with people. And to feel comfortable doing it…or at least give the appearance of feeling comfortable. As information professionals, we genuinely want to share our knowledge and abilities with people (the public) - patrons, colleagues, students, board members, vendors, and we will be expected to provide bibliographic instruction, attend meetings, collaborate on projects with teams, report on budgets, make public introductions Come learn how to speak effectively…and comfortably.


Saturday, April 29 at Simmons Campus (9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.):
Career Convergence: Information Technology, Records Management, and Archiving in a Corporate Environment

This workshop will be taught by John Lucas, IT Technology Master Architect at Hewlett-Packard. John has 30 years experience in the high-tech industry and will share his expertise on dealing with the complexities involved with IT, legacy repositories, electronic media, long-term migration and retention of digitally created materials (which is almost everything used in business today…think: word processed documents, emails, spreadsheets, pdf, presentations, etc.).


Sunday, April 30 at Mount Holyoke College (10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.)
Open Source Software for Libraries

Explore the varieties of software available for web development and library use such as Linux, Apache, MySQL, and Perl/Python/PHP), as well as future innovative projects.


Jody Walker
GSLISCE Program Manager
Simmons College
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115
Tel: 617 521 2803
Fax: 617 521 3192
http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/continuinged/workshops/