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Master Schedule
The complete schedule of upcoming OPAL public online events.

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Most OPAL programs are held in the Auditorium. After clicking on the link above, type in your name and press Enter. First-time OPAL users need to install a small, safe sofware plug-in.

Archive
Recordings and other documents about previous OPAL programs.

Podcast
For information on listening to previous OPAL events on your portable MP3 player, visit the OPAL Podcast blog.

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Archive of GPO (U.S. Government Printing Office) Online Programs

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Six-State Virtual Government Information Conference
  • Needs Assessment & 2009 Biennial Survey: What Did We Learn? presented on July 20, 2010 by Cindy Etkin, Senior Program Analyst, and Kristina Bobe, Outreach Librarian, Education and Outreach, U.S. Government Printing Office.



  • The GPO Historic Shelflist Project presented in May 2010 by Laurie Hall, Director of Library Technical Information Services and Suzanne Ebanues, Senior Planning and Development Specialist, U.S. Government Printing Office.



  • Helping GPO Identify Fugitive Publications presented in January 2010 by Joe McClane, Manager of Content Acquisitions, and Linda Nainis, Acquisitions Librarian, U.S. Government Printing Office.



  • Discards, Needs, & Offers - Oh My! What's One to Do? presented in December 2009 by Cynthia Etkin, Sr. Program Planning Specialist, and Lisa Russell, Manager, Content Management, U.S. Government Printing Office.



  • Cataloging Record Distribution Pilot Project presented in December 2009 by Laurie Hall, the U.S. Government Printing Office's Director of Library Technical Information Services, Joan Chapa, and Jim Noel from MARCIVE, Inc.



  • A Brief Overview of Microfiche, Shipping Lists, and SuDoc Classification in the Federal Depository Library System presented in November 2009 by Valerie Martens Furino, Supervisory Librarian of Library Technical Services Support, U.S. Government Printing Office.



  • An Overview of the Microfiche Program of the Federal Depository Library Program presented in November 2009 by Valerie Martens Furino, Supervisory Librarian of Library Technical Services Support, U.S. Government Printing Office.



  • Department of Energy Office of Science & Technology Information (OSTI): A Very Brief Overview of OSTI Offerings presented in October 2009 by Holly Harper, GPO intern and MLIS student at the University of Washington.



  • Overview of Authentication and Authentication of FDLP Partner Content, presented on May 14, 2009 by Lisa Russell and Ted Priebe from the U.S. Government Printing Office


    • MP3 audiorecording about Authentication of FDLP Partner Content (5.94 MB; runtime 19:32)

  • Cooking with Content - Creating Successful OPAL Presentations, presented in October 2008 by Diane Hutchins, Program Manager - Preservation and Access Services, Washington State Library



  • The Federal Depository Library Handbook: Module 1, presented in September 2008 by Nancy Faget from the U.S. Government Printing Office



  • The Federal Depository Library Handbook: Module 2 , presented in September 2008 by Nancy Faget from the U.S. Government Printing Office



  • The Federal Depository Library Handbook: Module 3, presented in September 2008 by Nancy Faget from the U.S. Government Printing Office



  • The Designation Handbook for Federal Depository Libraries, presented in September 2008 by Nancy Faget from the U.S. Government Printing Office



  • The Conservation Kitchen: Basic Tools for Any Preservation Recipe presented on May 20, 2008 by Diane Hutchins and Marcea Horst from the Washington State Library.




  • The New FDLD: Federal Depository Library Directory presented in November 2007 by Patricia A. Duplantis, Librarian (Automation).



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