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LIS Workshop Offerings – January

January 6, 2012 by
Categories: LIS Staff Interest, Middlebury Community Interest, Post for MiddPoints

Did you resolve to make time for learning in the new year?  Let us lend a hand.  Our recently updated workshop schedule includes a little something for everyone, including:

  • Drupal workshops for those who maintain departmental web sites (or need to start!)
  • Curricular tech offerings for faculty to help with course web sites (whether oldish, newish, or in transition)
  • WordPress sessions for would-be bloggers (or for those who aren’t sure but want to learn more)
  • Introductions to  – a fabulous video-based online instruction resource that can be used to learn all levels of computer skills (not just the scary high-tech stuff!)

The schedule and course descriptions can be viewed by typing go/lisworkshops in your Web browser’s address field.  Signing up is simple: just click a workshop title then fill in the form.

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Liaison Discussion Section: Copyright Questions and Answers

December 1, 2011 by
Categories: LIS Staff Interest

Topic: Copyright Questions and Answers, presented by Terry Simpkins and Kellam Ayres
Who’s Invited: All liaisons and anyone else who is interested
When: Wednesday, December 7, from 11 am-12 pm
Where: Davis Family Library 105

The 2010 MISO Survey revealed that some faculty felt relatively uninformed about copyright and fair use.  Liaisons decided we could provide more guidance if we ourselves knew a little more.  Terry Simpkins is our copyright officer, and Kellam Ayres is familiar with copyright practices because of her work in Reserves.  Terry and Kellam will share answers to frequently asked questions about copyright, including print, sound, and visual formats.  (A future discussion might look more deeply into visual formats.)

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“Liaison Discussion Section” meetings address research and/or technology topics of interest to liaisons. They can be conversations, or presentations, or both. They take place most often on the 3rd week of the month, but in order to allow people who work different hours to attend, they’re sometimes scheduled for different days/times.

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lynda Learning Spotlight: Using Windows 7 Jump Lists

November 11, 2011 by
Categories: Middlebury Community Interest, Post for MiddPoints

more about lyndaIf you have a computer running Windows 7 you can use “jump lists” to access frequently-used documents, folders and web sites…  but do you know how?  In less than four minutes lynda can show you:

  1. Login at go/lynda first.  (New to lynda?  Click here for details.)
  2. Now, click here to learn about this quick and easy way to access your favorite files and web sites.

This is just a taste from one of over 1,100 courses lynda offers.  If you haven’t yet explored this new resource, try it today.

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Drupal, Moodle & lynda… Oh, my! (Oct/Nov LIS Workshops)

October 12, 2011 by
Categories: LIS Staff Interest, Middlebury Community Interest, Post for MiddPoints

The updated list of LIS workshop offerings is now available.  Signing up is simple — just click a workshop title then fill in the form.  Did you know you can easily call up the current schedule and course descriptions by typing go/lisworkshops in your web browser’s address field?  Check back often.

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WordPress for Course Sites

August 23, 2011 by
Categories: LIS Staff Interest, Middlebury Community Interest

(Cross-posting from WordPress @ Middlebury):

WordPress and Moodle are the primary alternatives to Segue for course sites at Middlebury.  A number of workshops have been scheduled on how to use WordPress for course sites and how it is integrated with the Course Hub.

  • 11:00 am -12:00 pm, Wednesday, August 31, Library 105
  • 11:00 am -12:00 pm, Thursday, Sept 1, Library 105
  • 4:00-5:00 pm, Tuesday, Sept 6, Library 105
  • 3:00-4:00 pm, Wednesday, Sept 7, Library 105

To attend one of these sessions, please fill out our sign up form, see:
WordPress / Course Hub Workshop Sign Up

These sessions have been scheduled before or after similar sessions on Moodle, Middlebury’s new learning management system (LMS).  To learn more about how these platform compare, see: Curricular Technologies Platform Overview. If you’d like to attend one of the Moodle sessions, there is still time to sign up: Click to sign up for a Moodle Workshop.

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Liaison Discussion Section: Finding Music at Davis Family Library

August 3, 2011 by
Categories: LIS Staff Interest

Topic: Finding Music at Davis Family Library
When: Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 4 – 5 pm
Where: Davis Family Library 105
Who’s Invited: All liaisons and Circulation Desk staff, and anyone who might be interested

Now that the Music Library has moved to the Davis Family Library, more of us need to know how to find music! Joy Pile will teach us the basics so that we can help researchers find our CDs, scores, and other music materials in their new locations. She’ll also show us a few reference resources, our music streaming databases and the most comprehensive digital score site.

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“Liaison Discussion Section” is a revival of librarians’ “Reference Training and Review” sessions. These meetings will address topics of interest to liaisons: research and/or technology. They can be conversations, or presentations, or both. They will take place most often on the 3rd week of the month, but in order to allow people who work different hours to attend, they’ll occasionally be scheduled for different days/times.

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Learning is FUN with lynda

July 29, 2011 by
Categories: LIS Staff Interest, Middlebury Community Interest, Post for MiddPoints

We are delighted to announce a new way to learn about technology!  LIS recently finalized arrangements for access to video-based online instruction through Lynda.com.  You can learn new software skills to help at work or home by watching short, 2-3 minute movies or by working through an entire course. 

This fabulous learning resource is now available to all faculty, staff and students, both here and at Monterey, using your Middlebury username and password.  Don’t take our word for it when we claim it’s addictive  — take five minutes, log in for the first time and find out for yourself.  Here’s how:

  • Type go/lynda (or go.middlebury.edu/lynda from off-campus) in your browser’s address field, then press Enter or Return.
  • From Middlebury’s authentication page, log in with your regular Middlebury username and password. 
  • The first time you log in you will be asked to provide basic information for your Lynda profile.  At minimum fill in your first and last name; the rest is optional.  The profile is used to store your personal video viewing history, bookmarks, certificates of completion, etc.)
  • Click “Update” to save your profile information; you will be re-directed to the Lynda site where you can begin your learning adventure.
  • Use the drop-down menus located in the black bar at the top of the site or use the “search” feature to find movies or courses of interest.  Look for links to “Take a guided tour” and “How to use lynda.com” at the top right of all course sites.  You may also select “How to use lynda.com” from the “New” menu for help getting started.

The next time you bump into someone from LIS, thank them for this great new resource.  Many of our staff helped get this project off the Wish List and on to the Try-It-Today List!

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Liaison Discussion Section – Shared Shelf

July 13, 2011 by
Categories: LIS Staff Interest

Topic: Shared Shelf, presented by Megan Battey, Visual Resources Curator
 When: Wednesday, July 20, 2011, 11 am – 12 pm
Where: Davis Family Library 145
Who’s Invited: All liaisons and anyone who might be interested

Megan Battey, Visual Resources Curator, will demonstrate the Visual Resources Collection’s wonderful new digital assets management system, Shared Shelf. Shared Shelf is an on-line, cloud-based image management system for cataloguing, accessing and using our local image collection seamlessly through the ARTstor interface. This offers many advantages – user-friendly cataloguing tools, one-stop-shopping for our image users and reduced need for local infrastructure as our collection is now securely housed in “the cloud.” More →

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