Archive of Previous Orientation and Training Sessions

• Introduction to eBay, presented on May 16, 2006 by Michelle Caulk, Jill Culbertson, and Jane Shelton. Sponsored by the St. Charles (Illinois) Public Library
  
  
  • Streaming audio, text chat, and webpages visited about eBay (Playback time of 61 minutes)
  
  
  • Original WMA audiorecording about eBay (9 MB file; playback time of 61 minutes)
  
  
  • Converted MP3 audiorecording about eBay (20.8 MB file; playback time of 61 minutes)
  
  
  • Presentation slides about eBay
  
  

• Yahoo! Let's Ask Jeeves How to Google: An Introduction to Searching the Web, presented on January 3, 2006 by Tom Peters. Sponsored by the Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center
  
  
  • Streaming audio, text chat, and webpages visited about Searching the Web
  
  
  • Downloadable WMA audiorecording about Searching the Web (7.5 MB file; playback time of 50 minutes)
  
  
  • Downloadable MP3 audiorecording about Searching the Web (17.2 MB file; playback time of 50 minutes)
  
  
  • Getting Started Guide in HTML with hotlinks to the resources discussed
  
  

• Introduction to Podcasting, presented on December 8, 2005 by Greg Schwartz, the creator of Open Stacks
  
  
  • MP3 audiorecording about Podcasting (25.7 MB file; playback time of 75 minutes)
  
  
  • Background wiki created by Greg Schwartz about Podcasting
  
  

• Full Text Searching in Amazon.com, Google Print, and Google Scholar, presented on July 14, 2005 by William Thompson at Western Illinois University
  
  
  • Downloadable WMA Audiorecording about Full Text Searching (5.2 MB file; playback time of 35 minutes)
  
  
  • Downloadable MP3 Audiorecording about Full Text Searching (10 MB file; playback time of 35 minutes)
  
  
  • Streaming audio, text chat, and webpages visited about Full Text Searching
  
  

• Roundtable Discussion about Digital Audio Books, conducted on March 23, 2005.
  audiorecording of digital audio book discussion (5.7 MB WMA file; playback time of 46 minutes)
  PowerPoint slides of a presentation made by Lori Bell at the eBooks in Illinois Academic Libraries Conference, March 7-8, 2005 in Champaign, Illinois.

• Introduction to Tumble ebooks and digital audio books, conducted on March 23, 2005.
  audiorecording about Tumble ebooks and digital audio books (5.2 MB WMA file; playback time of 42 minutes)
  

• Introduction to Shopping Online, conducted on February 8, 2005.
  WMA audiorecording about Shopping Online (6.9 MB WMA file; playback time of 56 minutes)
  HTML outline about Shopping Online
  videoscreen and audio intro to Froogle (4.5 MB WMV file; playback time of 4.5 minutes)

• Getting the Most from Your PDA, conducted on February 2, 2005.
  WMA audiorecording about Getting the Most from Your PDA (5.3 MB WMA file; playback time of 41 minutes)
  HTML outline about Getting the Most from Your PDA

• Accessible portable playback devices (MP3 players), conducted on January 27, 2005.
  WMA audiorecording about accessible portable playback devices (6.3 MB WMA file; playback time of 52 minutes)
  HTML outline about accessible portable playback devices

• Introduction to searching the Internet, conducted on January 25, 2005.
  WMA audiorecording about Internet searching (6.3 MB WMA file; playback time of 52 minutes)
  HTML outline about Internet searching

• Introduction to the Internet, the Web, and iVocalize online meeting software from Talking Communities, conducted on November 15, 2004.
  WMA audiorecording of Internet intro (7.2 MB WMA file; playback time of 59 minutes)

• Introduction to THOMAS, which provides legislative information over the Web, conducted on September 29, 2004 by the Library of Congress
  WMA Audiorecording of THOMAS Introduction (large file; playback time of 50 minutes)

• The Bookshare orientation session conducted on September 8, 2004.
  WMA Audiorecording of Bookshare orientation

• Beginning Google Training, conducted in June 2004
  Beginning Google Audio Recording (large WMA file)
  Beginning Google Session Outline (HTML file)

• Intermediate Google Training, conducted in July 2004
  Intermediate Google Audio Recording (large WMA file)
  Intermediate Google Session Outline (HTML file)

• Beginning FirstSearch Training, conducted in June 2004
  Beginning FirstSearch Audio Recording (large WMA file)
  Beginning FirstSearch Session Outline (HTML file)

• Intermediate FirstSearch Training, conducted in July 2004
  Intermediate FirstSearch Audio Recording (large WMA file)
  Intermediate FirstSearch Session Outline (HTML file)

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