Continuing Education Corner
Bluebonnet 101 • Thursday, September 9, 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Are you new to the Texas Bluebonnet Award program? Want to learn all about this nationally-known reading program for students? This review will tell you all about the program--what it's about, how to participate, and how to get students involved. You'll have the chance to hear directly from TBA program leaders.
TLA also produces self-paced online tutorials related to TLA processes and member benefits. Currently we have a New Officers Briefing (ppt). Please note: This is a large file (4MB). This file is best viewed as Notes Pages.
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TLA Premium CE Webinars Series: Getting a Handle on Copyright Registration Fees for Premium Webinars
The Texas Library Association brings you nationally recognized speakers at discount prices! |
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Getting a Handle on Copyright Series REGISTRATION This six-part series (you can register for one, several, or all of the components) covers general copyright principles, the application of current copyright laws in your library, addresses the use of various types of library materials and applicable copyright policies, and reviews the possible implication of social media, libraries, and copyright laws. The series components will be tailored for public and school libraries. While advantages exist for taking the entire series, each webinar also stands alone as a separate program. |
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Basic Copyright Issues Copyright laws can be confusing. What are the guidelines for librarians, patrons, faculty, and students in the age of the Internet? Gretchen McCord Hoffmann - librarian, attorney, and copyright consultant - will cover some crucial tips for making the right decisions. Later programs will go into details in different areas of copyright. |
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Fair Use vs. Copyright Librarians and library users rely heavily on fair (use on a daily basis. Everyone has an idea of what constitutes fair use … and most of those ideas are a mix of correct and incorrect information. Learn not just what factors go into determining what constitutes fair use, but learn how to actually apply those factors in making a determination of fair use. |
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Digital Rights, Internet, and Social Media Although there is no separate copyright law for the Internet, generally speaking, applying copyright to the Internet and social media offers its own particular challenges. Learn how to work through those often confusing and complicated situations so that you can best help your library and its users to exercise their rights without crossing risky lines. This session will also address law that is specific to the Internet, such as certain aspects of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. |
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Copyright Issues in Public Libraries Engage in discussion regarding how to deal with copyright concerns in situations commonly encountered in public libraries, such as the ability of the library to publicly display or perform different types of works, whether F2F or online; making archival copies; copying works from one medium into another; and the library’s potential liability for actions of library users. |
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Copyright Issues in School Libraries Engage in discussion regarding how to deal with copyright concerns in situations commonly encountered in school libraries, such as the conditions under which the school or library may show movies to students; copying works from one medium into another; classroom photocopying; and the library’s potential liability for actions of library users. |
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Copyright Issues in Academic Libraries Engage in discussion regarding how to deal with copyright concerns in situations commonly encountered in academic libraries, such as the use of print course packs and content management technology such as Blackboard; elec tronic reserves; classroom photocopying; and the library’s potential liability for actions of library users. |
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TLA Members $45 Non-members $55 Group Rate: $35 per person for groups of five or more, must be paid in one sum. Please contact the TLA Registration Coordinator for details at nane@txla.org or 512-328-1518 / 800-580-2852. Series Rate: One participant may take all parts of a webinar series such as "Management Essentials" or "Getting a Handle on Copyright" for just $35 per webinar by purchasing the entire series in advance. Management Essentials series rate $175 |
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Texas Library Association is an accredited continuing education provider through the State Board of Educator Certification (SBEC certificate #500383) and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. CE certficates documenting hours of attendance may be printed by using the link on the Continuing Education web page. TLA does not award continuing education hours for unregistered participants, or those who attend less than half of a webinar program. |
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The Texas Library Journal (TLJ) and CE Office are teaming together to offer a new series of quarterly webinars. Each quarter, TLJ will feature articles that will be broadened in coverage through live online presentations. The quarterly topics – aligned with TLA’s strategic plan – are:
Fall October 2009 - Communication
Winter 2010 - Collaboration
Spring 2010 - Leadership
Summer 2010 - Innovation
The summer issue includes innovation articles with Grace Lillevig and Linda Stevens, Damon Camille and Annie Wu, and panel of leaders from the world of school libraries and PTAs. The webinars that expand on these articles will all be free.
Innovating Community Conversations through Online Tools
August 25 2-3pm Central Daylight Time
Presented by Grace Lillevig and Linda Stevens, Harris County Public Library
Join Lillevig and Stevens in a free webinar on August 25 for a practical guide to starting your own conversations with tips on writing effective blog posts and responding to comments. They will also cover how to get started in social networking and discuss how to find the right forum for your library. Libraries of any size can use online tools to communicate with their customers and they will provide resources to get even the smallest library started.
Innovations in PTA and School Librarian Relations
Sept. 28 3:30-4:30pm Central Daylight Time
Presented by Gloria Meraz and a panel including Naomi Bates, Jennifer LaBoon, and more. Be sure to join school library leaders for a webinar unveiling the tools and resources created to help parents. These resources are part of a repository of reference materials school librarians are designing to help parents in their efforts to support their children’s learning and to become engaged in the school library services. The webinar will also present template materials to help school librarians provide a quick introduction (at formal PTA or board meetings) on the school library program.
Building a Learning Organization: Creating and Implementing a Training Program for the University of Houston Libraries
Oct. 8 10-11am Central Daylight Time
Presented by Damon Camille and Annie Wu, University of Houston
In their free webinar on September 27, Camille and Wu will cover the concept of creating a learning organization – what it is, and why it is important for a library to strive to become one. They will describe the processes the University of Houston Libraries used to design a training program to meet the needs of all its employees. They will also share the skills that UH Libraries staff felt they needed to be successful in today’s environment
Texas Library Association is an accredited continuing education provider through the State Board of Educator Certification (SBEC certificate #500383) and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. CPE certificates documenting hours of attendance may be printed by using the link on the main CE web page. TLA does not award continuing education hours to unregistered participants, or to participants who attend less than half of a webinar program.
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Upcoming webinars are described under each tab above by type: webinars about TLA, Strategic Initiative webinars, Premium webinars.
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