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Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 08:20:40 CST
From: David T Terry <gldt@UTXDP.DP.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject: AD: Five LIS Seminars in Austin, Texas

Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS)
SZB 564, MC D7000
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX  78712-1276

CONTINUING EDUCATION SEMINARS (5)
Updated April 3, 1995

1)  Austin, Texas, Friday, April 28, 1995 -- one-day seminar, "Internet
Servers:  Building a Gas Station on the Information Superhighway; or, Putting
Your Collection on the Internet," will be held at the Joe C. Thompson
Conference Center at UT-Austin.  Fee is $65 ($60 group rate**).  Speaker is
Kevin Marsh, executive director of Information Access Institute.
    This seminar will address the justification, creation, organization,
and administration of an Internet Server.  Specific topics will include:
Why serve on the Internet; How to connect to the Internet; What hardware
and software is required; What kinds of information can be provided; Which
protocols are best for different kinds of access; How to configure the system
for subject-based searching; and Where to obtain software and additional
information.  Information professionals in libraries, archives, or museums
interested in providing public Internet access to their collections are
encouraged to attend.

2)  Wednesday, June 28, 1995 -- one-day seminar, "Advanced Online Cataloging
with the Integrated MARC Format, Internet...," will be held at the Thompson
Conference Center at UT-Austin.  Fee is $50.  Speaker is Dr. Joanna Fountain,
head of technical services at Austin Independent School District and
instructor at The University of Texas at Austin, GSLIS.
    1995 ushered in the long-awaited integration of machine-readable
cataloging formats, paving the way to more sophisticated description of
library materials for improved computer access.  In this course, you will
review the new USMARC tags and content designators in relation to current
Anglo-American rules, and practice cataloging the formats most often
requiring local record creation.  This course will also seek to enhance
searchers' access using "with" notes, added title entries, linking entries,
and genre terms.  The Internet has given us new connections and opportunities
to share bibliographic and content data in ways we have only begun to
explore.  Come prepared to share your own experiences in using this new
tool, and see demonstrations of some you may not have tried yet, including
the Library of Congress Information System (LOCIS).  If you have a copy of
the LOCIS guide, you may wish to bring it.  Excerpts will be included in the
handout material.

3)  Thursday, June 29, 1995 -- updated one-day seminar, "Global Library
Update:  Reference and the Internet," will be held at the Thompson Conference
Center at UT-Austin.  Fee is $50.  The speaker is Mary Lynn Rice-Lively,
doctoral fellow and instructor at The University of Texas at Austin,
Graduate School of Library and Information Science.
    The workshop will be an update on providing reference services on and
from the Internet.  This will include powerful new Internet search tools,
web browsers (including Netscape and Mosaic), and information on alternatives
for Internet access (including SLIP and ISDN).  Knowledge of the use of
basic Internet tools is recommended.  The workshop will be particularly
useful to those with an interest in integrating use of the Internet into
reference and information services.

4)  Friday, June 30, 1995 -- one-day seminar, "Teaching the Internet:  What
to Teach and How to Plan," will be held at the Thompson Conference Center
at UT-Austin.  Fee is $50.  Speaker is Mary Lynn Rice-Lively, doctoral
fellow and instructor at UT-Austin GSLIS.
    Workshop participants will consider key steps to planning, designing,
and implementing an Internet training program.  The day's activities will
explore teaching strategies, introduce basic adult learning theory, and
explore whether or not there should be basic trainer competencies.
Participating future Internet trainers will consider how to decide where
to begin, how to target a specific audience, and how to target a general
audience.  Additionally, participants will explore through demonstration
the vase amount of Internet resources available on the Internet, including
handouts, presentation slides, graphs, and more.  Although there will be
no group hands-on facility, the workshop will involve a high level of
participation, and will offer a combination of lecture, demonstration
(good and bad training tactics), as well as a guide to training resources
on the Internet.
5)  Friday, July 21, 1995 -- one-day seminar, "Caught in the Internet:
Fishing for Electronic Information," will be held at the University of
Texas at Austin, Joe C. Thompson Conference Center.  Fee is $33.  Speaker
is Christine Peterson, automation consultant at the Texas State Library.
Co-sponsored by Library Development Division, Texas State Library.
    Do you feel lost when the discussion turns toward the Internet?
Would you like to get a handle on the Internet and what it can provide
for you and your library?  If you are interested in learning about the
Internet, then this workshop is for you!  Anyone with basic computer
experience is welcome.  This workshop may be particularly helpful to
those who currently have Internet access, will have Internet access
within the next year, or those who are thinking about connecting to the
Internet.  This full day workshop is designed to provide librarians with
a solid basis for beginning exploration of the Internet.  The workshop
objectives are:  to define the Internet and explain how it works; to
explain terms or "jargon" associated with the Internet; to demonstrate
the basics of Internet use; and to view the Internet as a library
resource.

**Group rate applies for 3 or more participants from the same
organization or association who register as a group.  For more
information, or to register, call David Terry at (512)471-8806;
email:  gldt@utxdp.dp.utexas.edu; fax (512)471-3971.