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Quick Links
Master Schedule
The complete schedule of upcoming OPAL public online events.
Auditorium
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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Upcoming Library and Information Science Events
Note: To enter the online room and participate in an event, simply click on the title
of the event and follow the instructions.
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Monday, April 7, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time,
noon Central, 11:00 a.m. Mountain, 10:00 a.m. Pacific, and 5:00 p.m. GMT/UTC/Zulu:
Audio Description Workshop
Host: Alliance Library System
Online Location:
OPAL Online Auditorium
This workshop will cover the purpose, techniques, and value of Audio Description (AD),
a narrative technique that makes visual images more accessible to blind and low-vision
people by producing written and audible descriptions of non-verbal visual information,
such as digital photographs, television programs, motion pictures, and live events. Please note:
This workshop will last approximately 2.5 hours.
Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time,
1:00 Central, noon Mountain, 11:00 a.m. Pacific, and 6:00 p.m. GMT/UTC/Zulu:
"Online Marketing for Libraries" Presented by Sarah Houghton-Jan
Host: TAP Information Services
Online Location:
OPAL Online Auditorium
Join Sarah Houghton-Jan, the Librarian in Black blogger,
in exploring how libraries can market their collections and services online.
In the Web 2.0 environment, libray staff need to think about outreach differently.
Users spend more time online in both solitary and social endeavors. This session
will cover how to find potential users online and reach out to them with the services
and resources they need. Attendees will go away with a lengthy checklist of ideas to
take back to their libraries to successfully create an ongoing online marketing plan.
Please note: This program will last approximately 90 minutes.
Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time,
3:00 Central, 2:00 Mountain, 1:00 Pacific, and 9:00 p.m. GMT/UTC/Zulu:
"Technology Training and Competencies for Libraries" Presented by Sarah Houghton-Jan
Host: TAP Information Services
Online Location:
OPAL Online Auditorium
Join Sarah Houghton-Jan, the Librarian in Black blogger,
in exploring how libraries can provide tech training for staff.
Every library on the planet struggles with technology training for staff. In this session,
learn how to create a set of useful technology competencies, catered to your individual
library and its technologies. Also learn how to use these competencies, and the staff's assessments,
to build a self-sustaining staff technology training program. You will hear about the purpose
and benefits of competencies and technology training, get a review of the process of creating
competencies lists, and the implementation process, including assessment.
Please note: This program will last approximately 90 minutes.
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