Soaring to Excellence Teleconferences


Soaring to Excellence 2000 - You Have the Power!	Policies, Technology and Human Values Celebrating its 7th Year! Welcome to our web site, and to another year of quality teleconference programming for library professionals, from College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL. Our interactive web site includes online registration forms, information and guidelines for getting college credit for Soaring to Excellence, complete outlines and bibliographies for all programs, and an online suggestion form.	Welcome to a seventh year of Soaring to Excellence. The Soaring website will be an invaluable companion to this series. Each teleconference will be supported by practical information, discussion questions, worksheets, and bibliographies. Soaring 2001 promises to be an excellent and effective staff development series. Agents! Bots and Intelligent Dots: The Technology Behind Electronic Documents with D. Scott Brandt aka "Techman" March 23, 2001, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00p.m. EST About the program Register Online $325 before November 10, 2000, $425 after. Registered? Click Here for Conference Materials, Evaluation Forms and Satellite Information *Previous Teleconferences in this series:* The Public and Policies: Interpreting and Applying Library Service Policies with Deb Johnson Nov. 17, 2000, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST Click here to view the entire November program via streaming video Click here to view the service policy vignettes from the November program via streaming video Human Values in a Technological Age with Michael Gorman Jan. 19, 2001, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST Click here to view the entire January program via streaming video

	March 23, 2001, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST Agents! Bots and Intelligent Dots: The Technology Behind Electronic Documents Presenter: D. Scott Brandt aka "Techman" Teleconference Materials including Participant packet, Evaluation Forms and Satellite Coordinates. (Provide feedback on our eval forms and add your name to a drawing for a DVD player!) He's ba-ack… Techman returns to the Soaring Café, promising the usual insight and entertaining look at technology for which he is well known. In this program he will overview and discuss the technologies behind various kinds of electronic documents and text files. "Techno-text-enhancements" such as mark-up languages, meta-tags, controlled vocabulary, and meta-data will be discussed, as well as technologies for managing information retrieval of text. Challenging pre and post discussion questions and a useful bibliography are included. (And remember, you can record him for hours of entertainment value over and over again!) November 17, 2000, 3:00 to 5:00 EST The Public and Policies: Interpreting and Applying Library Service Policies Presenter: Debra Wilcox Johnson Teleconference Materials Click here to view the entire November program via streaming video Click here to view the service policy vignettes from the November program via streaming video What are library service policies? Who writes them? What do they have to do with me as a library worker? Debra Wilcox Johnson will examine the important role service policies play in our libraries. Service policies will be defined and compared. Discussions will include policy development and implementation, customer service, and the staff person’s role in influencing service policies. Pre and post questions, bibliographies, and Internet links to sample service policies serve to prepare viewers for the teleconference, as well as, provide relevant materials for continuing discussion. January 19, 2001, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. EST Human Values in a Technological Age Presenter: Michael Gorman Teleconference Materials Click here to view the entire January program via streaming video This presentation will contrast the technologies available to ordinary people in 1901 and 2001, followed by a contrast between the technologies available to libraries in those two years. The advantages and disadvantages of each situation will be delineated and the need for human values to mitigate the disadvantages, and use the advantages, of our present situation will be argued.
	Streaming Video Clips View excerpts from the November teleconference here. To view the clips, you need the RealPlayer from RealNetworks. If you don't have it, it's free at the RealNetworks website. Look for the RealPlayer Basic and Download it or purchase their RealPlayerPlus. The Public and Policies: Interpreting and Applying Library Service Policies with Deb Johnson, Nov 17, 2000 November teleconference part 1(1hr 2min 22sec) November teleconference part 2 (47min 8sec) Review the service policy vignettes from the November teleconference here. See how one library worker handles these familiar scenarios Too Many Pages Vignette (53.4sec) Lost Card Vignette (57.9sec) Cell Phone Vignette (55.7sec) Noise Vignette (55.7sec) Human Values in a Technological Age with Michael Gorman Jan. 19, 2001 January teleconference part 1 (54min 52sec) January teleconference part 2 (51min 11sec)
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