[MNASIS-L] Keeping Up: Using the Online Calendar of Events for Minnesota Library Community

[VanCura, MaryAnn]

Keeping up...

Time is short, and the demands for performance in changing times are
high. To save you time in identifying current opportunities, we are
centralizing events in one location. For a quick overview of continuing
education opportunities, visit the Minnesota Library Community Calendar
of Events <http://evanced.info/minnesota/evanced/eventcalendar.asp>
regularly. It's readily available from the WebJunction Minnesota
<http://mn.webjunction.org/home>  home page everyday - scroll down and
click to view more events.

If you can't travel, skim the calendar for webinar opportunities (black
text). Free and low-cost local and national webinars are included.
Archived versions are generally available for later viewing if the event
date and time are not convenient. 

Need to be with your peers? Scan the calendar for the blue
<http://evanced.info/minnesota/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=2381&rts=&disp
type=info&ret=eventcalendar.asp&pointer=&returnToSearch=&SignupType=&num
=0&ad=&dt=mo&mo=3/1/2010&df=calendar&EventType=ALL&Lib=&AgeGroup=&LangTy
pe=0&WindowMode=&noheader=&lad=&pub=1&nopub=&page=&pgdisp=>  or brown
listings - face-to-face events.

Wondering what holidays might interfere with your own program planning?
Events in red are holidays.


		Calendar Color Key (3-1-2010)
		
		Title-Text Color 			Event Type

Black				Online* (webinar, webcast, ...)
	Blue
<http://evanced.info/minnesota/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=2381&rts=&disp
type=info&ret=eventcalendar.asp&pointer=&returnToSearch=&SignupType=&num
=0&ad=&dt=mo&mo=3/1/2010&df=calendar&EventType=ALL&Lib=&AgeGroup=&LangTy
pe=0&WindowMode=&noheader=&lad=&pub=1&nopub=&page=&pgdisp=>
Live - face-to-face* (program, workshop, ...)
		
Brown				Conference
Brown, highlighted in pink 	Online Conference
		
		Red				Holiday
		

		*Note: When a webcast includes the option of a shared
viewing in a central location followed by a live discussion, the text
may appear in black or in blue, depending on primary event type code
used. And, because of the time commitment involved for a conference,
live and online conferences are color coded separately from other live
and online events. Online conferences are increasing in number. Pink
highlighting flags those conferences that you may attend online -
without travel!

All feedback welcomed! And, if you have an event to add to the calendar,
send me the details!

P.S. Another popular option for "Keeping Up": Self-paced courses
<http://mn.webjunction.org/catalog>  in the WJMN Catalog are free to
those who sign in
<http://mn.webjunction.org/c/portal/login?cmd=already-registered&login=&
password=uMNxHPzVh8c%3D&rememberMe=false&encrypt=true>  or create a new
<http://mn.webjunction.org/home?p_p_id=2&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=maxim
ized&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-myaccount&p_p_col_count=1&saveLastP
ath=0&_2_struts_action=%2Fmy_account%2Fcreate_account>  (and free)
WebJunction Minnesota account. (Courses are $40 and up to those without
an account!)

Mary Ann

Mary Ann Van Cura
Library Development & Continuing Education Coordinator
State Library Services
1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113
651-582-8632 voice   651-582-8752 fax
maryann.vancura at state.mn.us
education.state.mn.us/MDE/Learning_Support/Library_Services

If we are to assess the impact of our libraries, we must engage in
evaluation leading to an understanding of the outcomes of what we do. --
Michael Gorman