Spring 2013 Library and Information Science Workshops

All on-campus workshops meet from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm each day.

Denotes an online workshop.
 Please note: All online courses and workshops have an additional distance learning fee of $10 per credit hour.

To register for a workshop, visit the Credit Registration Information page.

A confirmation letter will be sent via your kent.edu email approximately three weeks prior to the workshop.  If you have not received a confirmation letter via your email address, please call our office at 330-672-3100.

Access to Government Documents in Print and Online

Government documents contain a wealth of information that is seldom tapped by researchers and librarians. This workshop gives participants a basic working knowledge of these documents, methods for accessing them and an explanation of how the materials are arranged.

KENT
Library Room 311
Fri-Sat Feb 15-16, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
Parking $4
LIS 50693 CRN#21105
Instructor: Miriam Kahn

Audiovisual Archiving

This workshop targets students and professionals who would like an introduction to the issues and challenges of preserving moving image and sound material. Through a combination of lecture, demonstrations and discussion, participants will be introduced to the core concerns of moving image and sound archiving, including basics of film and magnetic media care and handling, methods of preservation and restoration (for both analog and digital media), approaches to restoration, systems of description and retrieval for archival audiovisual material, and ways to provide access to audiovisual media.

KENT
Library Room 315
Fri-Sat Jan 25-26, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
Parking $4
LIS 50693 CRN#21102
Instructor: Karen Gracy

Basics of Archival Arrangement, Description, and Cataloging

The goal of this workshop is to prepare future and current archivists, manuscript curators and special collections librarians to arrange, describe and catalog all media formats. Participants will leave the workshop with an understanding of how to create levels of control and identify elements of a finding aid, and with an appreciation for both traditional and current archival descriptive standards. In addition to the topical lectures, which will provide a context for understanding the purposes and goals of archival arrangement and descriptive standards, the workshop will incorporate a variety of hands-on experiences.

KENT
Library 10th Floor The Read Room
Fri-Sat Apr 5-6, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
Parking $4
LIS 50693 CRN#21252
Instructor: Roland Baumann

Database Driven Websites

Database-driven websites are commonly used to manage and publish data for sophisticated and complex websites. This workshop will be helpful to library and information science students, librarians, information specialists and anyone interested in understanding database-driven websites. Students will study applications that can produce database-driven websites, including both commercial and open source tools, and will learn possible ways to create such websites. In addition, students will get hands-on experience in creating dynamic database-driven websites using various approaches. Knowledge and skills in relational databases and HTML. *Participants should have some familiarity with Microsoft Windows and Access.

ONLINE
Apr 8-19, 2013
1 undergraduate credit hour $440
LIS 40693 CRN#21382
1 graduate credit hour $468
LIS 50693 CRN#21114
Instructor: Yin Zhang

Developing and Leading A Museum Tour Program

This workshop will examine the important role that museum tours play in fulfilling museums’ educational and programmatic goals.  Students will examine the various types and styles of personally and technologically-mediated tours and look at their successful development as well as weighing their relative strengths and limitations. Students will learn to use museum tours as a tool for communicating with specialized museum audiences including children, families and special interest groups.

KENT
Library Room 311
Fri-Sat Apr 19-20, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
Parking $4
LIS 50693 CRN#21115
Instructor: Edith Serkownek

Donor Relations Essentials for Archivists

This workshop will focus on the policies, practices, promises and pitfalls in the functional area of collection management. Upon completion of the workshop, students will understand  the relationship between accepted professional policies / practices and the institutional applications of these policies / practices in the donor relations arena. Students will gain a better sense of their professional and social responsibilities as well as the ethical and legal dimensions of archival work. * Workshop participants should be familiar with the critical archival function of acquisitions and accessioning (the process whereby archivists, manuscript curators, and special collections librarians interact with donors who seek to place manuscript materials or records at a repository).

KENT
Library Room 311
Fri-Sat Feb 1-2, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
Parking $4
LIS 50693 CRN#21797
Instructor: Roland Baumann

  Electronic Reference Start Up

Participants will learn about the conceptual and practical aspects of electronic reference services, including OhioLINK, OPLIN (Ohio Public Library Information Network) and IPL (Internet Public Library). They will become familiar with recent developments, current practices, challenges and opportunities associated with these services, such as learning to adjust traditional reference techniques to the electronic environment and designing, implementing and evaluating an electronic reference service.

ONLINE
Apr 1-26, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
LIS 50693 CRN#21251
Instructor: Don Wicks


  GIS in Academic Librarians: Geospatial Resources

This workshop is an introduction to GIS technology and GIS in academic libraries. Through hands-on exercises, lectures and discussions, students will acquire skills in using GIS software programs, social mapping tools, making maps and researching geospatial data. Students who complete this workshop will be able to use visual resources across many disciplines to promote information literacy and library services and to teach GIS-related resources to others. Geographic and map literacy has become extremely popular for those who require geospatial-related resources for academic research and coursework.

ONLINE
Apr 1 - May 3, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
LIS 50693 CRN#21110
Instructor: Eva Dodsworth

Making Teamwork Work

This workshop will introduce the concepts and practices of group dynamics, teamwork processes, team development and team function. Illustrations and exercises will emphasize the library setting. Workshop participants will learn to identify and describe the characteristics of teams; understand the basic process of teamwork; understand issues faced by teams such as conflict, power, leadership and problem solving; structure team meetings for optimal effectiveness; and facilitate teams using effective communication skills and motivational techniques.

KENT
Library Room 311 
Fri-Sat Mar 8-9, 2013
1 graduate credti hour $468
Parking $4
LIS 50693 CRN#21250
Instructor: Don Wicks

 Metadata for Digital Audio and Video

This wrkshop will introduce students to the metadata needs and requirements for audiovisual material, including descriptive, technical, preservation, and administrative information.  Students will become familiar with metadata schemas that are used to describe, annotate, and preserve moving image and sound material.  The workshop will also provide students with opportunity to create a sample set of records for digital audiovisual material.

ONLINE
Feb 1 - Mar 1, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
LIS 50693 CRN#21103
Instructor: Karen Gracy

Metadata for Digital Collections

This is the perfect workshop for anyone who wants to learn to establish digital collections in distinct information communities for the purposes of managing, publishing and preserving documents in the digital environment. Emphasis will be on the development and implementation of metadata schemas and on the standards and technological applications used to create machine-understandable metadata. Among other skills, workshop participants will gain experience in applying a selected metadata standard to records or collections and will learn to design, evaluate and modify metadata elements according to local need. Finally, participants will be able to contribute to the implementation of metadata in a website or database.

COLUMBUS
State Library Room 108
Fri-Sat Apr 6-7, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
Free parking
LIS 50693 CRN#21113
Instructor: Marcia Zeng

 Museums and the Law

In this workshop, students will examine the ways in which museums and the law intersect from a variety of perspectives including museum organization and board functions, national and international laws and regulations, intellectual property, cultural appropriation, and freedom of expression.  Students will gain a broad overview of the most significant legislation and regulations that affect museum operations.

ONLINE
Apr 1 - May 4, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
LIS 50693 CRN#21111
Instructor: John Edward Simmons


Open Source Software for Librarians

More and more libraries are beginning to embrace open source, utilizing open source software for a range of needs, from general (such as operating systems) to more specific library tasks (ranging from very small utility software for MARC data format conversions to major applications like Integrated Library Systems [ILS]). This workshop covers topics related to open source for libraries that attendees may apply in order to identify, evaluate and implement open source in libraries.

ONLINE
Feb 11-22, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
LIS 50693 CRN#21104
Instructor: Yin Zhang

 PHP and MySQL for Web Database Creation and Implementation

This workshop offers a basic understanding of PHP (Personal Home Page Tools, a server-side scripting language) and MySQL (a powerful database system that is used for storage and retrieval of information residing on a server but accessed through a Web interface). Participants will learn to build and configure PHP as a server module and implement a MySQL database with which a Web interface will interact.*Participants must have familiarity with HTML, programming, database theory and browsers.

ONLINE
Feb 22-Mar 22, 2013
2 graduate credit hours $936
LIS 50693 CRN#21249
Instructor: Thomas Froehlich

Repair Decisions and Methods for Circulating Materials

The goal of this workshop is to teach repair methods that are less damaging to books, leading to preservation-oriented, archival-quality collection maintenance. Participants will learn to determine the appropriate methods for preserving books, repairing torn pages, tipping in loose pages, tightening hinges, reattaching broken hinges, repairing simple spine damage, re-casing books, binding pamphlets and making simple phase boxes.

COLUMBUS
State Library Room 108
Fri-Sat Mar 8-9, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
Special Fee $55
Free parking
LIS 50693 CRN#21107
Instructor: Miriam Kahn


Sports Reference: Sources for Sports Information

Students will gain insight into the breadth of the topic of sports and society as well as awareness of potential sources they can use to assist patrons. People who study an aspect of sports, or who simply are interested as fans or participants, will have opportunity to acquire new information tools with which to broaden their understanding of sports.  By the end of the workshop, students should be able to understand the structure of sports information sources, both print and electronic, and answer a wide variety of sports-related reference questions.

ONLINE
Feb 4 - Mar 4, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
LIS 50693 CRN#21248
Instructor: Don Wicks


Tips and Tricks for Searching Online Databases

This workshop provides tips and tricks for different kinds of searches to enhance searching effectiveness. By the end of the workshop, students will acquire greater understanding of database structures and indexing, enhanced searching skills, and will become acquainted with the various types of tools available to aid online searching. In addition, they will consider the various merits of natural and controlled vocabulary searching and develop critical skills in evaluating databases and search output.

ONLINE
Jan 14 - Feb 8, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
LIS 50693 CRN#21247
Instructor: Thomas Froehlich

Unix and Linux Operating Systems

This workshop examines theoretical concepts common to both operating systems while providing a hands-on approach to these systems. In addition to examining the UNIX file structure, this workshop will explore application design and programming using UNIX. After completing the workshop, participants will have a working knowledge of UNIX and Linux and will be able to do the following: set up a homepage in a UNIX environment such as kent.mail, understand more than 50 of the most frequently-used UNIX commands, describe Linux as it relates to UNIX, define operating systems in general and the UNIX operating system in particular, develop customized shell scripts to extract and combine file data.

ONLINE
Mar 18 - 29, 2013
1 undergraduate credit hour $440
LIS 40693 CRN#21384
1 graduate credit hour $468
LIS 50693 CRN#21108
Instructor: Yin Zhang