Professional Development & Training

Schedule:
Topic: Can't Cobrowse?

• Outline: 3 technical tips that help get cobrowse working, plus my own method for helping patrons who can't cobrowse. Feel free to share your own tips!
• Time: Monday, July 9th, 2:15-2:45 (***Different time of day!***)

Topic: Orientation to the Douglas College Library Website

• Presenter: Dianne Hewitt
• Time: Monday, July 16th, 12:15-12:45

Topic: Online Map Resources

The folks at the Public Library part of AskAway have invited any Post-Secondary AskAwayers to attend their upcoming brown-bag training session! Please see the announcement below...
Hi Folks,

Want to know more about Education Resources?
AskAway's 15th brown-bag lunch will be on the topic: Education Resources, presented by Jo-Anne Naslund of UBC library.
The presentation will take place Monday, June 25th, 12:15 to 12:45. A recording will be made for those unable to attend at that time.
Recordings can be accessed at:
http://www.eln.bc.ca/vr_portal/recordings.html

Askaway's 14th brown-bag lunch session will introduce the Virtual Reference Wiki Pilot Project.
The Virtual Reference Wiki was created by LIBR 530 students at UBC's SLAIS, and currently contains 16 subject guides specifically designed for the virtual reference environment
AskAway staff are currently adding some multi-disciplinary guides, such as a list of open-access databases.
The brown-bag lunch will cover:

A recording of the Askaway Brown-bag lunch presentation:
Orientation to the TWU Library Website
is now available on the Askaway portal:
http://www.eln.bc.ca/vr_portal/recordings.html
To view the recordings, you will need a browser that has the Flash Player plugin (IE or Firefox work best), and a pair of headphones or speakers.
Thanks very much to William Badke of TWU for his time and effort in creating this presentation!
-Niki

Unfamiliar with the TWU library website?
AskAway's 13th brown-bag lunch presentation will be on the topic: Orientation to the TWU library website, presented by William Badke of TWU library.
The discussion will take place Monday, May 28th, 12:15 to 12:45. A recording will be made for those unable to attend at that time.
An email has been sent to the listservs which includes the link to the presentation. If you have not received this email, please let me know at: nikib(at)eln(dot)bc(dot)ca
For more information, including system requirements and FAQs, visit:

Curious about the AskAway Google Calendar?
Come to the next AskAway brown-bag presentation to learn how to access the AskAway Google Calendar to view the open shifts and to indicate that you can cover a shift.
There will be tips for Google Calendar newbies and veterans.
The discussion will take place Monday, May 14th, 12:15 to 12:45. A recording will be made for those unable to attend at that time.

AskAway Brown-Bag lunches are back!
Our first brown-bag lunch of the summer is going to be a little different. We will be having a "roundtable discussion" about netiquette, online communication, and dealing with difficult patrons.
Everyone is invited to bring their questions, answers, suggestions, and workarounds.
If you are able to bring a microphone, please do so - I will be available from 12:00 onwards to assist with audio setup.
Here is some additional information on setting up a microphone:

A recording of the presentation:
Gerontology Resources
is now available on the Askaway portal:
http://www.eln.bc.ca/vr_portal/prodevelopment.html
To view the recording, you will need a browser that has the Flash Player plugin, and a pair of headphones or speakers.
Thanks very much to Nina Smart of SFU for her time and effort in creating this presentation!
Niki Baumann
Virtual Reference Librarian
BC Electronic Library Network
nikib(at)eln(dot)bc(dot)ca

Due to technical difficulties, the Askaway Brown-bag lunch presentation on Gerontology did not run as scheduled.
A recording of the presentation will be made in future, but there will not be an interactive presentation. Thus, if you have any particular questions about Gerontology that you would like to be addressed in the presentation, please comment on this blog entry (see link below), or email them to me.
The deadline for emailing questions is April 9.
I will send an announcement to the listserv and blog when the recording is available.
Niki Baumann