Title: Internet Access to Historical Records
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008
Location: Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System, Plattsburgh
Presenter: Pamela Cooley, Archivist/Archival Advisory Services, New York State Archives
Time: Sign-in, 9:00-9:30 a.m.; Class, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Fee: None
Description: This class will provide participants with information on how to: locate historical
records using the Internet, explain the type of information relating to historical records available on
the Internet, and identify sites that collect Internet addresses of archives, historical societies, and
libraries.
The class will cover:
Internet vs. World Wide Web
* Some definitions
How to find useful sites?
Evaluating web sites - how and why
What’s out there? Getting to the good stuff!
* Finding aids
* Indexes
* Exhibits and documents
* Institutional catalogs
* Union catalogs
* Important state-wide and national sites
Mailing lists (listservs) and Newsgroups
Some helpful online resources for repositories
(This class is being repeated on October 23, 2008 in Watertown.)
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Title: Microsoft Excel, Level 2: Office 2007
Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Presenter: James Crowley, Crowley Computers
Time: Sign-in, 9:00-9:30 a.m.; Class, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Northern New York Library Network, Potsdam
Fee: $15.00 for library staff, $59.95 for all others (Includes lunch),
"Blue Line" Library Staff: No Charge
Description: Students who have used this popular spreadsheet program in a limited way, or
students who participated in the Beginner’s Level class previously offered by the NNYLN, will find this
Level 2 class helpful in learning to fully utilize the powerful features of Microsoft Excel. Excel can be
much more than a basic spreadsheet program, and this class can help students realize that potential.
For those using a previous version of Excel, the class can be very useful. The concepts remain the
same, but users of previous versions will see the screens will look different.
The class will cover:
a. Structural overview
b. Navigate faster
c. Formulas for more power!
i. Basics review
ii. Finding functions and the formulas ribbon
iii. Relative and absolute references
d. More formatting for more readability
i. Conditional formatting
e. Get three dimensional with sheets
i. Formulas across sheets
f. Copying and moving data
i. Cut, copy, paste
ii. Dragging things around
g. Databases
i. Sorting
ii. Autofilter
h. Printing review
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Title: DHP St. Lawrence-Franklin Counties Fall Regional Roundtable
Date: Saturday, October 18, 2008
Facilitators: Tom Blauvelt, Systems Manager/Head of Bibl. Services, Northern New York Library Network
Debra Kimok, Senior Assistant Librarian, Feinberg Library, SUNY Plattsburgh
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Franklin County Historical and Museum Society, Malone
Topic: "Managing Digital Assets"
Fee: None
Description: It seems everyone is digitizing historic records and collections. But many people are
asking what to do with them then? Tom Blauvelt and Debra Kimok will lead our discussion on digital assets:
what are they, what to do with them, local projects and cooperative ventures, and why you shouldn’t fear
the digital wave of the future. Participants are asked to bring their questions regarding historical collections and the digital
frontier. The day will also include a tour of the Franklin County Historical & Museum Society.
Lunch is on your own.
Directions to Franklin County Historical & Museum Society (House of History), 51 Milwaukee St., Malone, NY.
From the north or south on Route 30- Turn right from south, left from north on Route 11 (Main St.). Proceed
through 5 more traffic lights to the east end of the center of town. Pass the post office on the right, turn
right at the next corner on Clay St. just before the Congregational Church (grey stone with dark red trim).
Turn right on Milwaukee St. The House of History is the first house on the left. From the east on Route 11-
Pass a school on the left as you go up a small rise. Turn left on Clay St. Immediately after passing the
Congregational Church. Proceed one block, turn right on Milwaukee St. The House of History is the first house
on the left.
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Title: DHP Clinton-Essex Counties Fall Regional Roundtable
Date: Saturday, October 18, 2008
Facilitator: Jenifer Kuba, Archivist, Adirondack History Center Museum, Elizabethown, NY
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Adirondack History Center/Essex County Historical Society, Elizabethtown
Topic: "Digitization Best Practices for Cultural Heritage Institutions"
Fee: None
Description: The discussion will focus on digitization best practices for cultural heritage
institutions. This presentation will address "What is digitization?" and "Why do we want to do it?" The topics
covered will include: understanding the process, scanning, selection of materials to digitize, sustainability
in an ever changing technological world, copyright, and metadata.
The day will also include a tour of the Adirondack History Center, and lunch will be provide.
Directions to the Adirondack History Center Museum, the corner of Hand Ave and Rt. 9/9N (Court Street) in
Elizabethtown. From the north: Travel south on I-87 to Exit 31. Turn right off exit toward Elizabethtown
(approx 4 miles). At blinking red light, take left up the hill and take first left onto Hand Avenue. From the
south: travel north on I-87 to Exit 30. Turn left off the exit and travel north on Rt.9 to Elizabethtown
(approx 13 miles). Continue past the school, stores, and county complex (approx ½ mile) and turn right on Hand
Ave. From the west: Travel east on Rt. 73. Just south of Keene turn left and follow Rt. 9N to Elizabethtown
(approx. 10 miles). Turn left at stop sign (Court Street) in Elizabethtown. Continue past the school, stores,
and county complex (approx ½ mile) and turn right on Hand Ave. Parking is available on Hand Ave and behind the
museum. Use side door to museum on Hand Ave.
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Title: DHP Jefferson-Lewis-Oswego Counties Fall Regional Roundtable
Date: Saturday, October 18, 2008
Facilitators: Katie DeFazio, DHP Consultant
Barbara Dix, Historian for
Village of Phoenix and the Town of Schroeppel
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Location: Lewis County Historical Society, Lowville
Topic: A Primer in DHP Grant Writing
Fee: None
Description: Many people wonder how they’ll ever manage to get through all the paperwork and
requirements to submit a DHP Grant. What the heck and how do you complete the: Category and Narrative Forms
and Budget Summary Form (FS-20); Payee ID Form; Schedule of Cost Sharing; Letters of Intent and nine copies of
what is signed in blue or black ink? The discussion will include an overview of the DHP Program along with a
grant writing primer, as well a description of the various projects that have received funding to preserve
records in Oswego County. The roundtable will end in a brainstorming session to prepare participants for
Archives Month 2009!
Directions to the Lewis County Historical Society, 7552 South State Street, Lowville, NY 13367, phone at
the facility is 315-376-8957. From the west take Route 81, north or south to the Adams Center exit, pick up NYS
Route 177 East into West Lowville, go south on NYS Route 12 into Lowville, at the stop light take a right, the
building will be within the first block on your left. Parking is to the rear or side of the building.
To Register: There is no charge for the roundtable, however, a luncheon including a variety of wraps, salad and beverage at
a cost of $10 per person will be available. Payment must be received prior to the roundtable. Please send
registrations for the roundtable and luncheon reservations along with associated check made payable to LCHS
to: L. Becker, Lewis County Historian, POB 446, Lowville, New York 13367.
Title: Microsoft Access, Level 2: Office 2007
Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Presenter: James Crowley, Crowley Computers
Time: Sign-in, 9:00-9:30 a.m.; Class, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Northern New York Library Network, Potsdam
Fee: $15.00 for library staff, $59.95 for all others (Includes lunch),
"Blue Line" Library Staff: No Charge
Description: Students who have used this popular database program in a limited way, or students
who participated in the Beginner’s Level class previously offered by the NNYLN, will find this Level 2
class helpful in learning to fully utilize the powerful features of Microsoft Access. Access can be much
more than the basic database program, and this class can help students realize that potential.
For those using a previous version of Access, the class can be very useful. The concepts remain the
same, but users of previous versions will see the screens will look different.
The class will cover:
a. Database basics review
b. Fields
i. Advanced options: formats, input masks, defaults, validation
ii. Lookup Wizard: basic and linking tables
c. Linking tables
i. Simple connections
ii. Via simple and complex queries
iii. Queries
1. Creating fields with formulas
2. Importance of primary keys
d. Normalization for accuracy and simplification
e. Forms
i. Modifying
ii. Using calculated fields
iii. Subforms use and creation
f. Reports
i. Labels and custom report sizes
ii. Modifying
iii. Using calculated fields
Useful tools: compact, replication and splitting
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Title: Internet Access to Historical Records
Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008
Location: North Country Library System, Watertown
Presenter: Pamela Cooley, Archivist/Archival Advisory Services, New York State Archives
Time: Sign-in, 9:00-9:30 a.m.; Class, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Fee: None
Description: This class will provide participants with information on how to: locate historical
records using the Internet, explain the type of information relating to historical records available on
the Internet, and identify sites that collect Internet addresses of archives, historical societies, and
libraries.
The class will cover:
Internet vs. World Wide Web
* Some definitions
How to find useful sites?
Evaluating web sites - how and why
What’s out there? Getting to the good stuff!
* Finding aids
* Indexes
* Exhibits and documents
* Institutional catalogs
* Union catalogs
* Important state-wide and national sites
Mailing lists (listservs) and Newsgroups
Some helpful online resources for repositories
Sign up for this class.
Title: Fall Library Assistants Conference
Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008
Time: Sign-in, 9:00-9:30 a.m.; Class, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: The Wild Center, Tupper Lake
(Directions to The Wild Center.)
Fee: $15.00 for library staff, $59.95 for all others (Includes lunch), "Blue Line" Library
Staff: No Charge
Description: The morning session of the conference will include sessions on:
Social Networking: Learn about wikis, blogs, Flickr, Twitter, FaceBook and more. Learn what people are
doing with these sites, how and by whom they are used.
Library Digitization Projects: Learn what libraries are doing with digitization technology. Find out what
the new technologies are and how libraries are using technology to preserve collections and increase
access to library materials.
Career Development: Participants will learn to take charge of their career. They will find out how to
discover their strengths and the steps needed to take to gain advancement
Afternoon: Attendees are invited to tour the Wild Center. In the event the Wild Center cannot be secured,
additional afternoon programming will be scheduled.
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Title: Office 2003 to Office 2007: Transition (This class is full. Call the NNYLN
to be placed on a waiting list.)
Date: Monday, October 27, 2008
Presenter: James Crowley, Crowley Computers
Time: Sign-in, 9:00-9:30 a.m.; Class, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System, Plattsburgh
Fee: $10.00 for library staff, $29.95 for all others, "Blue Line" Library Staff: No Charge
Description: Many offices have recently upgraded to Microsoft Office 2007 or have recently bought new
computers that came with Microsoft Office 2007. There are many people who are new to Microsoft Office
entirely and would like a "soft" introduction. The Northern New York Library Network’s new class, "Office
2003 to Office 2007: Transition" will help.
The class will cover:
- Where’s my toolbars? I want my menus!
- Welcome to the Ribbon: tabs, groups, command buttons, dialog box launchers
- Quick Access Toolbar
- Office Button
- Help
Interface changes
- Contextual Tabs
- Mini Toolbar
- Galleries
- Live Preview
Review of Office applications including new commands and capabilities, removed commands, Navigation
Panes:
- Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Access
- Outlook
- Publisher
Title: Microsoft Word, Level 2: Office 2007
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Presenter: James Crowley, Crowley Computers
Time: Sign-in, 9:00-9:30 a.m.; Class, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Northern New York Library Network, Potsdam
Fee: $15.00 for library staff, $59.95 for all others (Includes lunch),
"Blue Line" Library Staff: No Charge
Description: Students who have used this popular word processing program in a limited way, or
students who participated in the Beginner’s Level class previously offered by the NNYLN, will find this
Level 2 class helpful in learning to fully utilize the powerful features of Microsoft Word. Word can be
much more than the basic word processing program, and this class can help students realize that
potential.
For those using a previous version of Word, the class can be very useful. The concepts remain the
same, but users of previous versions will see the screens will look different.
The class will cover:
a. Structural overview and navigation review
b. Modifying styles
c. Working on shared documents
d. Mail merge
e. More pictures, clipart and other objects
f. Working better with long documents
i. The power of page layout
ii. Tables of contents, indexes and other lists
Footnotes and endnotes
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