In addition to the self-paced workshops that are available to the Vermont library community, WebJunction is now offering facilitated courses. These workshops are scheduled on a certain day and time determined by the organization hosting the course. These courses have an instructor who teaches the course content and encourages you to collaborate with other participants in the course. Usually, there is a web conferencing system you must log into. The audio portion of the web conferencing system often uses VOIP but sometimes the audio can be accessed using a telephone.

Before signing up, please note the technical requirements necessary and check to see if your computer has the appropriate technology.

And, as with the other WebJunction offerings, these can be used towards Public Librarian Certification.

The current offerings are:

*Metadata for Digitized Resources

This course meets for four two-hour sessions. There will be two separate sessions offered 10/9/07 – 10/12/07 and 12/11/07 – 12/14/07.

*Social Software in Libraries

This course meets for four two-hour sessions. There will be two separate sessions 10/1/07 – 10/4/07 and 11/13/07 – 11/16/07

*How to Learn Online

This course meets for a one-hour session on 11/08/07

*Creating Your Next Generation Library Website: Incorporating Social Software and Web 2.0 Tools into Your Online Presence

This course meets for three two-hour sessions 11/27/07 – 11/30/07

*RSS and Other Internet Feeds in the Library: Making Content Convenient

This course meets for a two-hour session on 11/15/07

*Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar

This course meets for a two-hour session on 10/09/07 or 12/4/07

*Digital Image Quality Webinar

This course meets for a two-hour session on 11/06/07

For more information about the courses and to register, please go to:

http://vt.webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=442

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me at 828-3261 or mara.siegel@dol.state.vt.us.