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Continuing Education Seminars, Updated August 24, 1994

Sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin, Graduate School of Library
and Information Science.

7 seminars

1)  Austin, Texas, Saturday, October 8, 1994 -- one-day seminar, "Native
American Culture:  Selecting, Evaluating, and Promoting Sources for Children
and Youth," will be held at The University of Texas at Austin, Joe C. Thompson
Conference Center.  Fee is $45 ($38 group rate).  The speakers are Colleen
Hall, reference librarian at the San Marcos Public Library, Dr. Loriene Roy,
associate professor and minority liaison officer at the Graduate School of
Library and Information Science, The University of Texas at Austin, and an
enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Pembina Band, White Earth
Reservation, and Victor Schill, children's librarian at Harris County Public
Library.
    This one-day seminar will provide an overview of available resources on
Native Culture written or prepared for young audiences.  The workshop will
help you develop strategies to select and evaluate appropriate resources.  In
addition, the speakers will share ideas and demonstrate techniques for
introducing material on Native American cultures.

2)  Austin, Texas, Friday, October 21, 1994 -- one-day seminar, "Toward the
Electronic Library--Using Available Technology to Improve Service and
Productivity," will be held at The University of Texas at Austin, Joe C.
Thompson Conference Center.  Fee is $50 ($45 group rate).  The speaker is
Susan Ardis, head of The University of Texas at Austin McKinney Engineering
Library and the Balcones Library Service Center.
    Participants will get an overview of available tools and technologies.
Topics will include:  "What exactly is an electronic library?" "What hardware
and software is needed and will be needed?" "Evaluating technology for
suitability," "Selecting relevant technologies," "Integrating new technology,"
and "Technology convergence and other issues."

3)  Austin, Texas, Friday, October 28, 1994 -- repeat of the sell-out one-day
seminar, "A Global Library, Not a Toy:  Reference and Information Services on
the Internet," will be held at The University of Texas at Austin, Joe C.
Thompson Conference Center.  New lower fee is $65 ($60 group rate).  The
speaker is Mary Lynn Rice-Lively, librarian at The University of Texas at
Austin General Libraries, and instructor at the UT-Austin Graduate School of
Library and Information Science.
    No hands-on training will be available.  The workshop will explore
providing traditional reference services on and from the Internet.  *Some
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)  Austin, Texas, Friday, November 18, 1994 -- one-day seminar, "Putting It
All Together:  Archival Enterprise for the Small Archives from the Ground Up,"
will be held at The University of Texas at Austin, Joe C. Thompson Conference
Center.  Fee is $50 ($45 group rate).  The speaker is David B. Gracy II,
professor and associate dean at the Graduate School of Library and Information
Science, The University of Texas at Austin.

5)  Austin, Texas, February 1995 -- two-day seminar, "Library and Information
Leadership Institute 1995--Leadership:  The Challenge for Special Librarians."
Fee is $195.  Speakers:  Dean Brooke E. Sheldon (UT-Austin, GSLIS) and others.

6)  Austin, Texas, Friday, March 3, 1995 -- one-day seminar, "Sci/Tech
Collection Development:  Meshing Traditional Sources with Electronic Access,"
will be held at The University of Texas at Austin, Joe C. Thompson Conference
Center.  Fee is $50 ($45 group rate).  Speaker is Susan Ardis, head of The
University of Texas at Austin McKinney Engineering Library and the Balcones
Library Service Center.

7)  Austin, Texas, Friday, April 21, 1995 -- repeat of the sell-out one-day
seminar, "A Global Library, Not a Toy:  Reference and Information Services
on the Internet," will be held at The University of Texas at Austin, Joe C.
Thompson Conference Center.  Fee is $65 ($60 group rate).  The speaker is
Mary Lynn Rice-Lively, librarian at The University of Texas at Austin General
Libraries and instructor at the UT-Austin Graduate School of Library and
Information Science.
    See October 28, 1994 item above for further details.

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