Webinar: TRANSFORMING LIBRARIES: Knowledge Services: Managing the User Experience

Tuesday, Mary 13, 2014 at 1:00 PM (CST)

During this one-hour session, we will also showcase our cost effective enterprise library solutions to demonstrate how you can enhance the economic value of your knowledge assets and improve personal productivity while reducing operating costs.

Please RSVP to reserve your place. Register on our Webinar Registration page, as there are limited seats available. You will receive a GoToWebinar invitation with instructions in a separate email prior to the session

Resources For Researching & Tracking Patent Trial And Appeal Board (PTAB) Filings

Sponsored by the PLL Intellectual Property Caucus.

Thursday, February 20, 2014, 1-2 PM EST

 

With the enactment of the America Invents Act came the new Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), replacing the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI). In this program we will review the types of actions now held before the PTAB, key documents, and terminology to aid you in your research.

 Less than a year ago, PTAB filings and decisions (particularly filings) were not easily accessible through most legal research and docket vendors. However, in the past year, multiple vendors with varied focuses have developed numerous new products for document discovery in PTAB filings. We will compare and contrast what these vendors offer - decisions, filings, tracking - and the developments on the horizon.

 Webinar space for this FREE program is limited to the first 100 registrants.  A recording of the webinar and the slides will be made available through the PLL-IP Caucus website.

  

Speaker: Diana Koppang, Senior Reference Librarian 

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, Chicago, IL

Moderator: Sarah Mauldin, Director of Library Services  

Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Atlanta, GA

FREE WEBINAR: "Communicating the Value of Your Special Library"

When your library feels pressure to succeed, what do you do? Are you looking for ways to communicate your library’s value? Would you like to find new ways to convey to your effectiveness to management?

Communicating the value of your special library is crucial in today’s climate. Budget pressures, management oversight, under appreciation by patrons—many complex issues face the library and librarians today.

Building on the value discovered via the previous webinar, “Determining the Value of Your Library”, Joe Matthews continues to explore the value of your library by taking that value and effectively conveying it in “Communicating the Value of Your Special Library.” Though the previous webinar will be referenced, it is not a prerequisite for attending.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• What will resonate?
• How to structure the message
• Communication options
• Messages that soar!

Sign up here for this free informative webinar. We look forward to having you join us online via WebEx on October 23, 2013 at 10am PT / 1PM ET.

REPEAT Webinar: "Taking the Library Back from Google"

Back by popular demand,  a repeat of this webinar. Details below.

Webinar by Abe Lederman, Founder and CTO of Deep Web Technologies.

What You Will Learn: 

Assuming that Google will find the authoritative, scholarly information that they are seeking, researchers and patrons alike turn to Google as their first stop for research because it is 'quick and easy'.

However, the information in Google is not always the highest quality or the most reliable content. Librarians now have the opportunity to hear how they can make the librarian a search authority in finding scholarly information.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• How patrons search and why
• Limitations of Google Scholar
• The deficiencies of Google and Google Scholar
• How to make you, the librarian, the search authority
• How to bring relevancy back to the library
• How librarians can play a key role in bringing Federated Search to their patrons

Sign up here for this free informative webinar. We look forward to having you join us online via WebEx on September 25, 2013 at 10am PT / 1PM ET.

Sponsored by EOS International.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact James Bass: jbass@eosintl.com or 1-800-876-5484 x154.

Webinar: "Taking the Library Back from Google"

Webinar by Abe Lederman, Founder and CTO of Deep Web Technologies.

What You Will Learn: 

Assuming that Google will find the authoritative, scholarly information that they are seeking, researchers and patrons alike turn to Google as their first stop for research because it is 'quick and easy'.

However, the information in Google is not always the highest quality or the most reliable content. Librarians now have the opportunity to hear how they can make the librarian a search authority in finding scholarly information.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• How patrons search and why
• Limitations of Google Scholar
• The deficiencies of Google and Google Scholar
• How to make you, the librarian, the search authority
• How to bring relevancy back to the library
• How librarians can play a key role in bringing Federated Search to their patrons

Sign up here for this free informative webinar. We look forward to having you join us online via WebEx on September 18, 2013 at 10am PT / 1PM ET.

Sponsored by EOS International.

The webinar will be recorded and available the following day for those who are unable to attend it today. For questions regarding the presentation, please contact James Bass at jbass@eosintl.com. 

Fastcase Webinars

Upcoming free live webinars of Fastcase in October and November. Register for a topic that is best for you. 

Patents 101: The Best of the Best Free Search Services

The PLL Intellectual Property Group of AALL is having a free webinar on June 19, 2012 from 1-2PM (EST). This presentation is geared toward beginners in patent research and will discuss free databases. There will be a demonstration of searches to illustrates the strengths and weaknesses of each database and much more. If you are interested, please register here.

Make the Connection: Mastering the Skills for Professional Networking

This online webinar will take place on Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 11 AM (CST). Participants will learn rules and techniques maximizing business and social networking interactions. In addition, you will learn the following:

• Pre-planning techniques for networking events
• Best practices for professional interactions
• Networking pitfalls to avoid
• Effective follow-up etiquette

The speakers are Carol A. Waston, Library Director and Wendy Moore, Acquisitions Librarian at the University of Georgia School of Law Library.

The cost is $30 for members, $60 for nonmembers and $150 for site registration. Register by June 14th.

Learn with Google Webinars

Google provided a list of webinars for those who are interested in learning more about the search engine giant products and solutions. You can register for upcoming or view recorded sessions.

Developing and Using Stories to Teach Legal Research

The Developing and Using Stories to Teach Legal Research webinar will be on February 22d and you must complete registration and payment by February 16th at 5 PM (CST).

Participants will be able to:

• Discuss techniques to identify appropriate stories for teaching legal research
• List ideas for developing a story narrative for use in their law libraries
• Learn three of the essential elements of educational storytelling

Speakers:
Vanessa Christman (formerly Uribe) is the director of the El Dorado County Law Library and was previously a public reference librarian and director of the Roseville Public Library’s Adult Literacy Service. She is a contributor to AALL Spectrum and Public Libraries magazines and a regular conference presenter.

Beth Wrenn-Estes is a full-time lecturer in the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University and teaches courses including: Young Adult Materials; Children's Programming and Services; Storytelling; Intellectual Freedom; and History of the Book. She is a storyteller, booktalker, collection development specialist and youth advocate.

Moderator: Mark E. Estes, Bernard E. Witkin Alameda County Law Library.

For more information, please go to the AALL Continuing Professional Education website here.

PLL-SIS Webinar Date Change

Libraries & Knowledge Management: Taming the KM Monster webinar by the PLL-SIS has been changed from February 16th to the 29th. Here is the link for more information.

Tips for Writing a Successful AALL/BNA Continuing Education Grant Proposal

Do you have a bright idea? We’d love to fund it! Please join the Continuing Professional Education Committee on February 7 at 11am central for a special learning opportunity to explore how to get funding for an upcoming program. Learn about the program, the application process and hear about program successes all just in time to meet the deadlines for submission. The AALL/BNA Continuing Education Grant can assist you in providing ongoing quality continuing education programming outside of the AALL Annual Meeting. All AALL chapters, special interest sections, member institutions, caucuses, and individual AALL members are encouraged to apply. Here is the webinar registration website.

Webinar: Beyond Newsletters

Beyond Newsletters: Better Ways to Inform Your Users

Tuesday, January 24th, 9 am CST

Register: http://web.freepint.com/5bfhgc

No Charge!

Whether you use newsletters in your mix today or are considering them for tomorrow, there are innovative new ways to simplify the internal newsletter creation process. Also, there are a few newsletter alternatives that you may want to consider when deciding how best to accomplish the goal of keeping users informed. In this webinar, you'll learn some tips and tricks you can apply today to give your newsletters the lift they are looking for.

PLL-SIS Webinar February 2012

The Private Law Librarian-SIS of the AALL is having a webinar on February 16, 2012 about Libraries & Knowledge Management: Taming the KM Monster. The speakers are Camille Reynolds, MLS Director of Knowledge Management, Nossaman LLP & Jaye Lapachet, MLIS, Manager of Library Services, Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP. They will discuss the following topics:

1: Participants will learn how librarian expertise can be applied to KM projects within Law Firms & other organizations

2: Participants will learn how to scale KM projects and utilize existing tools to add value to their organizations via KM projects

This webinar is for librarians or information professionals who interested in knowledge management and adding it to your law firm or organization. You will learn how librarians are using their expertise to develop connections within their organizations that deliver value by meeting the needs of internal and external customers. Discover how you can implement KM initiatives in your organization using existing tools and creative problem solving. Internal knowledge sharing, information silos and developing products that integrate internal and external data which vendors can't duplicate create added value for attorneys, managers, directors, and other professionals. The first talk provides tips on how to start small, market your successes, and build on those successes for larger-scale initiatives, discusses how to define KM in a way that fits your organizational culture and mission, which, in turn, sets realistic expectations of what KM can and cannot achieve.

More details for registration will come later sometime after the holidays.