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Getting Your Head in the Google Cloud: A Guided Introduction to Google Applications
Sponsored By:WNYLRC
CEUs Offered:.3
This beginner level workshop will introduce participants to some of the popular Google Applications and services currently available-- many of which have practical uses in the fast-paced library environment. Instructors Ken Fujiuchi and Lisa Forrest will lead participants through the sign up process, followed by guided practice with Gmail, Google Docs, iGoogle, and Google Sites. Peek your head into the "Google cloud" and learn about these freely available tools, and how they can help to improve workplace productivity, communication, and collaboration!
Fees:
Full:$ 10.00
Associate/Affiliate:$ 15.00
Collegial:$ 15.00
Personal:$ 10.00
Non-Member:$ 20.00
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Offerings:
Date: Friday, April 17, 2009
Starts: 9:00:00 AM Ends: 12:00:00 PM
Speakers:

Lisa Forrest
Lisa A. Forrest is a Senior Assistant Librarian for SUNY College at Buffalo and the founding member of the school's Rooftop Poetry Club. She is the recipient of the 2008 Excellence in Library Service Award from the Western New York Library Resources Council. Lisa's scholarly writing has appeared in a variety of publications, including American Libraries, A Leadership Primer for New Librarians (Chandos Publishing), Thinking Outside the Book (McFarland Press), Urban Library Journal, Writing and Publishing: The Librarians Handbook (ALA Editions), and The Frugal Librarian: Thriving in Tough Economic Times (forthcoming ALA Editions). A 2007 and 2008 Pushcart Prize nominee, Lisa's creative writing has been featured in many small press publications. She is the recipient of the national Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRINDI) Award, June 2009 for her radio commentary "And So This is Christmas," which aired December 2008 on WBFO, Buffalo’s local NPR station. Lisa's first collection of poems, To the Eaves (2008), is available from BlazeVox Books.

Ken Fujiuchi
As the Emerging Technology Librarian at the E.H. Butler Library at Buffalo State College, Ken is responsible for evaluating and introducing new technologies at Buffalo State College, and developing ways to integrate them into library services. Ken was also the lab and instructional facilities coordinator and an adjunct faculty member in the former School of Informatics at the University at Buffalo. Ken holds a Masters in Library Science from the University at Buffalo. His research interests include Web 2.0/Library 2.0 applications, information storage and retrieval, and human computer interaction.

 
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