Summer 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.

The ABC's of Emergent Literacy: The Building Blocks for Infusing Early Literacy Strategies into Preschool Storytimes.
The purpose of this workshop is to inform youth services library practitioners and pre-service practitioners of emergent literacy basics, the role that librarians play in preschoolers' literacy development, and examples of children's literature that facilitate demonstration of basic skills in emergent literacy development. Students will look at and practice incorporating specific strategies within preschool storytimes and will create a six-week series of programs that infuses emergent literacy strategies.
* Students cannot receive credit for both this workshop and the workshop Library Programming for Families with Young Children.

KENT
Library Room 311
Fri-Sat July 26-27, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
Parking $4
LIS 50693 CRN#15286
Instructor: Celia Huffman

Database Design and Applications I: Introduction to Database Systems
Participants in this workshop will learn the concepts of database systems and gain a working knowledge of designing and building a simple database system with Microsoft Access. Workshop topics include database systems and models, maintaining a database, querying a database and creating forms and reports. *Some familiarity with Windows 95 and Microsoft Office applications is required.

ONLINE
July 15 - August 16, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
LIS 50693 CRN#15287
Instructor: Yin Zhang

 Designing Successful Grant Projects
Participants will discuss various grant projects utilized by librarians to serve library patrons and the community, reviewing projects in the areas of literacy, older readers, services to people with disabilities, among others. Students will be introduced to the major components of grant writing and will learn how project ideas result in a successfully funded proposal. As a result of this workshop, students will have increased knowledge, skill and experience in developing grant projects that will bring in new funds for their library.

ONLINE
July 8 - 26, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
LIS 50693 CRN#15288
Instructor: Tom Szudy

  Developing a Research Agenda for Academic Librarians
The goal of this workshop is to assist new and future academic librarians in developing the skills and strategies needed for creating and sustaining a research agenda. At the end of the workshop, students will be able to discuss the history of tenure for library faculty and the relative pros and cons of the librarian tenure process, describe a variety of research methods and research designs appropriate for academic library-related research, and articulate an area of research of interest, including posing researchable questions in that area, describing methods for answering the questions, and proposing potential venues through which to distribute the results of the research.

ONLINE
June 3-28, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
LIS 50693 CRN#15289
Instructor: Miriam Matteson

Genealogy and Local History Research Methods for Librarians
During this workshop, participants will learn how to interpret questions and find appropriate sources in order to guide genealogists, local historians and other researchers to the next source. They will become familiar with census records, government documents, local history resources, online resources for genealogy and a variety of public records found in court houses, including birth, death, marriage and divorce records.

(A) KENT
Library Room 317
Fri-Sat July 12-13, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
Parking $4
LIS 50693 CRN#15290
Instructor: Miriam Kahn

(B) COLUMBUS
State Library Room 106
Fri-Sat July 19-20, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
Free Parking
LIS 50693 CRN#15304
Instructor: Miriam Kahn

How Are We Doing?: An Introduction to Surveys
This workshop teaches the process of administering surveys from planning questions to using results. Participants will learn how to develop survey questions and identify managerial and ethical concerns. The hands-on exercises prepare participants to implement surveys in their current and future jobs. Students will learn how to plan a survey, how to write questions, what can be surveyed, how to recruit respondents, how to critique surveys, and what possible complications may arise.

ONLINE
July 14 - August 2, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
LIS 50693 CRN#15291
Instructor: Sharon Holderman

   Learning Library Instruction
This workshop seeks to introduce participants to the theoretical and practical aspects of educating users in library research skills. It will familiarize students with the why, when, and how of user education. It will bring together for the participant considerations in designing, implementing, and evaluating instructional programs.  Upon completion of the workshop, participants will be equipped to apply learning theory for adult learners in an information literacy program and design an instructional session, using appropriate methods.

ONLINE
July 15-August 16, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
LIS 50693 CRN#15379
Instructor: Don Wicks

Legal Resources for Non-law Librarians
In this workshop, students will become aware of the structure of legal literature and learn to use legal indexes and sources for both case and statutory law. In addition, students will become familiar with the major success of American legal literature, furthering their awareness of the principles, issues, and practices in law librarianship. Finally, the rules of proper legal citation will be introduced.

ONLINE
May 20 - June 8, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
LIS 50693 CRN#15378
Instructor: Don Wicks & Laura Bartolo


Museum Collection Information Management
This workshop will start with the definition of a museum and the code of ethics for museums. In this context, students will discuss the various institutional processes that aid the physical and intellectual organization and care of a collection. Topics will include accessioning/deaccessioning, cataloging, condition reporting, storage methods, loans, insurance, packing/crating/shipping, art handling, climate control and collection management systems. On-site tours of storage at the Kent State University Museum will facilitate in-depth discussion of some of the workshop material.

KENT
KSU Museum 
Murphy Auditorium, Rockwell Hall
Fri-Sat June 21-22, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
Parking $4
LIS 50693 CRN#15293
Instructor: Joanne Fenn

  Open Source Software for Libraries and Museums
More and more libraries and museums are beginning to embrace open source, utilizing open source software for a range of needs, from general (such as operating systems) to more specific tasks (ranging from very small utility software to major applications). This workshop covers topics related to open source for libraries and museums that attendees may apply in order to identify, evaluate and implement open source in libraries and museums.

ONLINE
June 10-21, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
LIS 50693 CRN#15296
Instructor: Yin Zhang

Picture Book Webs: Extending Picture Books with Drama, Language Arts, Music, Art, Math, Science and Writing
This workshop teaches new ways for sharing picture books with children in preschool through third grade. Participants will discover how to enhance literature throughout the curriculum using drama, language arts, music, math, science and writing. They will also gain motivation to use more picture books and literacy activities with children in public and school libraries while increasing young children's emergent literacy activities.

KENT
Library Room 311
Fri-Sat June 14-15, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
Parking $4
LIS 50693 CRN#15297
Instructor: Sue Nespeca

Preservation of Library Materials
Various aspects of preservation will be covered in this workshop, including care and handling of general collections, disaster response and prevention, repair decisions as related to collection development and reformatting of brittle materials. Participants will gain a more complete understanding of the factors that influence the life span of print and non-print materials and will also develop skills to make repair decisions, respond to disasters and plan for water and fire damage.

KENT
Library Room 317
Fri-Sat June 28-29, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
Parking $4
LIS 50693 CRN#15298
Instructor: Miriam Kahn

  Resources Description and Access RDA
This workshop will provide an introduction to Resource Description and Access (RDA), the new descriptive standard that will soon replace AACR2. It will offer a review of the changes between AACR2 and RDA, copy cataloging with RDA, how to create of RDA MARC records and current cataloging policies using RDA.

ONLINE
May 20-June 8, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
LIS 50693 CRN#15541
Instructor: Athena Salaba

Telling Tales: Sharing Folk and Fairy Tales with Children
This workshop offers an overview of the origin and history of different types of folktales, paying particular attention to recurring themes and motifs. Participants will hear about folktales from around the world as well as American tall tales, fables, modern fairy tales and award-winning tales. They will also learn creative ways to extend folk and fairy tales, including story sharing, poetry, music, dramatics, reader's theatre, puppetry and rap.

KENT
Library Room 311
Fri-Sat July 19-20, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
Parking $4
LIS 50693 CRN#15299
Instructor: Sue Nespeca

 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
May 28 - July 2, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
Parking $4
LIS 50693 CRN#15300
Instructor: Miriam Kahn


Toys in a Library? Toys, Play and the Literacy Connection
A ball, a baby's rattle, a puzzle: what do these items have to do with learning to read and write? Participants will examine how play and toys have a vital role in the development of reading and writing skills for all young children, including those with disabilities. In addition, participants will identify current uses of toys in Ohio library settings and examine ways to collaborate and access existing community resources involving play and young children.

KENT
Day 1 Kent Library Room 311
Day 2 Cuyahoga County Public Library Admin. Offices
2111 Snow Rd., Parma, OH  44134
Fri-Sat June 21-22, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
Parking $2
LIS 50693 CRN#15301
Instructor: Nina Hillery

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
July 2-12, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
LIS 50693 CRN#15302
Instructor: Yin Zhang

Using JavaScript to Jazz up Web Pages
Participants of this hands-on workshop will gain a working knowledge of JavaScript so that they can implement design features of Web pages, making them dynamic and interactive. This workshop will also teach students the tools to find and use JavaScript resources on the Internet. Some previous experience with HTML and computer programming is useful but not required.

ONLINE
July 1 - August 2, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
LIS 50693 CRN#15303
Instructor: Thomas Froehlich


  Young Adult Best Bets: A Young Adult Literature Update
During this workshop, participants will become familiar with current young adult books and the qualities that make an award-winning "best" book. They will learn to identify young adult literature trends and titles, and to market books in a manner that appeals to young adults by utilizing readers' advisory services, book talks and promotional activities. They will also discuss how to review and annotate a book.

ONLINE
June 10-22, 2013
1 graduate credit hour $468
LIS 50693 CRN#15462
Instructor: Allen and Mary Anne Nichols