2007 Annual Conference Sessions

Denver Delivered!  Were you unable to attend Conference 2007?  Did you miss a session you wanted to see because of a scheduling conflict?  Here is your chance to take advantage of some of the best sessions. 

While questions were not included in the recording, you will hear the answers to queries from the audience.

These are Half-Day Sessions and each is 4 hours in length.

When you purchase a seminar for only US$ 99.00, you will be able to access the seminar for 30 days. Note: The 30 days begins the day you purchase the program.

Adding Style to Web Pages with Cascading Style Sheets, Charles Rubenstein, Professor, Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science

Your Library's web pages lack the 'sexiness' you've seen on the web.  But can you really make your pages unique and identifiable with your Library, without having to learn a programming language?  Following the procedures and tips in this course and its companion text (Crash Course in Web Design for Libraries) you will create web pages that have an improved look and feel - pages that can even tell your patron which section of your online Library they are in.

Topics included in this session:  CSS Overview; Designing Site/Page Layouts; Simple HTML Document; Table Elements; CSS Basics; HTML Element Classes; External Style Sheets; Using Tables for Navigation; Creating a Newsletter Page; Navigation Bars; and much more!

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The Effect of Paid R&D Information Tools on Research Success, Martin Akel, President, Martin Akel & Associates

Many organizations invest in paid information resources to provide the research community with ready access to research findings.  There has been limited study into the value -- perceived or quantified -- of paid information tools and their contribution to research success.  This session reviews the results of two recent surveys of scientists and engineers in the corporate environment.  It examines both statistical and case history findings and explore the dynamics of how information professionals  in academic, government and corporate libraries can best use the results in real life situations in dealing with researchers and administrators.

Topics included in this session:  The Changing Environment for Conducting R&D; Why Researchers Find Paid R&D Information Tools Worthwhile; Criteria Used to Evaluate the Productivity of Individual Information Tools; Criteria to Select Paid Information Tools; Whether There is a Correlation Between Access to Paid Information Tools and Research Success; Case Histories; and much more!

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How to Set Up a Research Trends Analysis Program, Barbara Ferry, Director, Business & Editorial Research, National Geographic and Maggie Turqman, Senior Librarian, National Geographic Society

You've done the research and now you've handed it off to another department.  Tomorrow you'll do more research for another client.  But why drop the ball there?  Librarians are in a perfect position to leverage complex sets of data to spot trends, opportunities and threats across their organization's industries.  But how to put that knowledge into action?  This course describes methods of setting up your own trends analysis program, developing cross-divisional teams and structures to support it, and gaining upper management support to sustain and grow the program.  Attendees will leave with their own plan in hand to develop a program within their organizations.

Topics included in this session:  Trends Analysis; Market Research; How to Set Up a Cross Divisional Trends Team; Finding Your Champion; Challenges; Internal Competition; and much more!

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Podcasting 101: Leveraging Podcasting in Your Special Library, Marie Kaddell, Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis, Maggie Turqman, Senior Librarian, National Geographic Society, and Barbara Ferry, Director, Business & Editorial Research, National Geographic Society

Learn now podcasting can make a difference for you, your library, and your users.  Podcasting 101 shows special librarians how to leverage podcasting in their libraries by both identifying the best podcasts for their user groups and by inspiring them to produce their own in-house podcasts.  The course provides examples of the best podcast content sites on the Web plus tips on keeping up-to-date on new podcasts.  Participants also learn how the National Geographic Society library produces its own podcasts and how any library can select the best content and get the attentions of their user groups using this cutting-edge technology.  

Topics included in this session:  The Podcast Audience Revealed; Listening & Viewing Guide for Librarians; Podcasting: A Corporate Approach; Starting Up a Podcast; Creating Your Podcast Feed; and much more!

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