Description:
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| Trying to keep up with current events, political issues
and the news? Are you frantically looking for useful web sites and print
sources? Are your patrons asking for information about military actions,
world affairs and the people that are involved? The workshop will
help you locate web sites that carry the news and politics throughout the
world. We will learn to locate and evaluate these sources for currency and
accuracy. We will discuss how to locate information about the history of a
country, political movement or an event. |
Additional topics covered will
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freedom of information, how to deal
with requests for circulation and reading habits of patrons.
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Awareness of how patrons using the
information and resources at your library
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| Locate international news sources on the World Wide Web |
| Identify current issues and locate print and on-line
resources at your library |
| Evaluate sources for currency and accuracy. |
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Audience:
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| Librarians and Paraprofessionals responsible for
reference services. |
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Instructor:
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| Miriam Kahn, MLS - MBK CONSULTING Columbus, OH |
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