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[轉知] Capacity Building Webinar Series: Basic Building Blocks of Librarianship (Free)

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Dear Colleagues,

 

The American Association Library International Relations Round Table (IRRT) is cordially inviting interested participants to join in the series of free webinars, which focuses on the basic building blocks of librarianship. Enclosed below are the details for the webinars.

 

Thank you and best regards,

IFLA Regional Office for Asia and Oceania

 

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Capacity Building Webinar Series: Basic Building Blocks of Librarianship   

(Funded by the American Library Association International Relations Round Table (IRRT) Mission Enhancement Grant 2023)                     

The ALA IRRT Webinar Committee in association with the American Library Association (ALA) International Relations Round Table (IRRT) Mission Enhancement Project presents a series of FIVE (5) webinars to support capacity building of library employees (non-professionals).               

Time: 3pm Singapore time

Duration of webinar: Two-hours (2) with Q & A

Registration: Participants will need to register for each webinar individually. Please see the webinar schedule below for individual registration links.

Webinar schedule

Date/Time Topic/ Name of Presenter
Webinar 1

Thursday, 14th March

3pm Singapore / 2:00am Central Time (USA)

Reference Services and it’s Future 

Ebru Gönül Türk, Academic Engagement & Reference Librarian, Suna Kirac Library, KOC Universitesi, Turkey.

To understand the nature of reference work, the many forms of digital/ virtual reference services, reference interview, and new skills needed to manage reference work in the AI age.

Registration link: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_B6Tp_2vwR4m_cLVjPyiFjA

Webinar 2

Thursday, 28th March

3pm Singapore / 2:00am Central (USA)

(5:30pm Adelaide)

Information Resource Organization 

Catherine BarnesCourse Coordinator & Lecturer, University of South Australia.

To understand how to organise and describe physical and digital information resources and the use of online tools to create metadata.

Registration link: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IuZdlJYcSY-5C42qf4diUA

Webinar 3 (a) & (b)

Thursday 4 April

3pm Singapore/ 2:00am Central (USA)

(5:30pm Adelaide)

(a) Collection Development and Management (1 hour)

Lachlan Young, Manager: Collection Management and Copyright Services, University of South Australia.

To understand different types of information sources, how to find and evaluate them, touching briefly on the importance of User Needs Analysis and Collection Development Policy.

(b) Collection Building Using Open Educational Resources (OERs) (1 hour)

Ash BarberAcademic Librarian (OERs), University of South Australia.

To understand what OERs are, usefulness of OERs for libraries with limited financial resources, how to find and evaluate them and how to build a collection of OERs relevant to the teaching and learning needs of an organization.

Registration link: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5XsETf-OSW2kkmt7VS8kiQ

Webinar 4

Thursday, 11 April

3pm Singapore/ 2:00am Central (USA)

Information & Digital Literacies

Jane Hammons, Assistant ProfessorTeaching and Learning Engagement Librarian, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

To understand the nature of information literacy and digital literacy, identify key learning bottlenecks related to information literacy, and to locate freely available resources for teaching information literacy skills.

Registration link: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_m-hYQ6a2QSSViZVXGczvqw

Webinar 5

Thursday, 25th April

3pm Singapore/ 2:00am Central (USA)

Basics of Research Methodology for Librarians

Prof. Diljit SinghRetired Professor, University of Malaya, Malaysia. (Pro-bono).

To understand the role of research in the management of libraries and information services, and the process of conducting research in a professionally-accepted manner.

Registration link: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lmwdtfEMQPuMdqR_ZnYvkw

 

Webinar Series Moderator: Gina de Alwis Jayasuriya, PhD

CPD Researcher & Program Coordinator