What All Librarians & Information Scientists Should Know About Duplicate Content Delivery and Search Engines

Join us for a Webinar on November 29 Free for ASIS&T Members, $20 for Non-members

Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: http://www.asis.org/Conferences/webinars/2012/Webinar-Thurow-11-29-2012-register.html

Contrary to popular opinion, search engine optimization (SEO) is not optimizing a website for the commercial web search engines. In reality, SEO is optimizing a website for people who use search engines. Both information architects and SEO professionals organize and label website content so that it is easy to use and easy to find. But SEO professionals take the findability process one step further. Not only do they ensure that search engines have easy access to desired content. They also ensure that search engines have limited or no access to undesirable content…undesirable from a searcher’s point of view. Unfortunately, many librarians and other information scientists do not realize that their findability solutions pose major problems for search engines – both web search engines and site search engines. Delivering duplicate content to search engines can significantly decrease a document’s search engine visibility. Additionally, duplicate content can often decrease user confidence and negatively affect brand perception. What is duplicate content from a search engine’s point of view? What kinds of content and navigation systems deliver duplicate content to search engines? How can we limit or prevent access to search engines and still deliver web documents to those who are not searching? In this webinar, SEO pioneer and veteran Shari Thurow will show you: ?? • How search engines “see” duplicate content (it’s not what you think) • Types of duplicate content (personalization, tagged pages, faceted classification, syndication, etc.) • 3 types of duplicate content filters • Known duplicate content solutions ? • Common myths & misconceptions Title: What All Librarians & Information Scientists Should Know About Duplicate Content Delivery and Search Engines. Date: Thursday, November 29, 2012 Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST After registering you will receive a confirmation e-mail containing information about joining the Webinar. System Requirements PC-based attendees Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server Mac®-based attendees Required: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer Mobile attendees Required: iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ phone or Android tablet

Serving Students and Faculty with Open-Access Textbooks

2012-2013 Digital Commons Community Webinar series, “Serving Students and Faculty with Open-Access Textbooks.” 
In this webinar, Sarah Beaubien (Scholarly Communication Outreach Coordinator) and Charlie Lowe (Assistant Professor of Writing) of Grand Valley State University will share their success in bringing students targeted, high-quality texts at minimal or no cost.
Webinar: Serving Students and Faculty with Open-Access Textbooks
Date/Time: Monday, December 3, 11:00 am PST
Presenters: Sarah Beaubien and Charles Lowe, Grand Valley State University
Register here: https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/515782367
Many professors are developing their own textbooks for use in their courses, and institutional repositories make the perfect publishing venue for these valuable resources.  Charlie, a professor in the Department of Writing and editor of two OA texts, will discuss the process of creating an OA textbook and using it in his teaching, while Sarah will discuss the services the IR offers for these and other original OA texbooks by GVSU faculty.

Shortening the Path to Success

Shortening the Path to Success: How One Community College Reduces Time Spent in Developmental Education Cerritos College, a community college in Los Angeles County with approximately 23,000 credit students, was faced with two problems: entering students were unprepared for college level courses and those who needed basic skills courses were being turned away due to the lack of course availability. Bryan Reece, Dean of Student Success and Institutional Effectiveness at Cerritos College, talks with Inside Higher Ed technology blogger (and founder of the Campus Computing Project) Casey Green about the solutions he and his team devised enabling Cerritos to reduce the time students spend in developmental education. The changes Cerritos made to their program included: • Accelerating the basic sills sequence • Enhancing college preparedness using a diagnostic assessment with proven remediation • Increasing and improving student support services • Teaching soft skills and habits of mind through social networks and services Through such initiatives, Cerritos College found: • 57% of students taking their Math 20 course (basic skills math) were passing two levels of Developmental Math, and • Increased college-wide student success rate by 5.5% and retention/complete rate 2.8% over four years. Join this FREE Webinar to learn more from Bryan Reece and Cerrritos College on Wednesday, November 14 at 2 p.m. ET. Click here to REGISTER NOW.
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Communicating Through Infographics (NEW INFO)

Infopeople presenter: Dawne Tortorella

Date:  Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Start Time:          12 Noon Pacific / 1PM Mountain / 2PM Central / 3PM Eastern

This webinar will last approximately one hour. Webinars are free of charge.  Please note: we have changed hosting services fromWebEx to Adobe Connect, so we advise you to test your browser before the webinar: http://intesolv.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm

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For more information and to participate in the Wednesday, November 14, 2012 webinar, go to http://infopeople.org/training/communicating-through-infographics.

  ·         Have you noticed the growing trend of communicating through infographics?

·         Do you wonder where the data comes from and how to verify information displayed in visual form?

·         Would you rather read a 100 page report or look at a visual presentation that conveys the story in less than one minute?

·         Would you like to tell a compelling story about your library through the medium of infographics?

Visual representation of information has existed for hundreds of years in various forms and formats. Infographics (information graphics) represent the latest visual form to gain popularity.  Telling an effective story through infographics requires accurate data, compelling design, and visualization tools.

During this one-hour webinar, we will discuss and demonstrate:

 ·         blogs and infographic search resources to find examples and track trends

·         differences between infographics, poster art, and data visualization

·         common data sources used in infographics (big data and local sources)

·         suggest library-specific data and statistics appropriate for visual presentation

·         visualization tools for experimentation

This webinar will be of interest to library staff at all levels and in all types of libraries who need to present information to customers, stakeholders, and management. Senior staff and directors responsible for board reporting are especially encouraged to attend.

If you are unable to attend the live event, you can access the archived version the day following the webinar.  Check our archive listing at:  http://infopeople.org/training/view/webinar/archived.

Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World

Thursday, November 8th A one-hour live and interactive FutureofEducation.com interview (and pre-event for the 2012 Global Education Conference) with Veronica Boix-Mansilla and Tony Jackson about their free PDF book, Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World. "In matters of national security, environmental sustainability, and economic development, what we do as a nation and in our everyday lives is inextricably intertwined with what governments, businesses, and individuals do beyond our borders. "This new reality helps us more clearly define the role that education must play in preparing all students for success in an interconnected world. The United States have invested unprecedented resources in education, betting that our outmoded, factory-age system can be fundamentally transformed to prepare students for the rigors of a global economy.  They have challenged states and school districts to set clearer, higher standards and assess student progress in more creative ways, prepare more productive teachers, and provide effective intervention in failing schools. "These are necessary strategies for change, but insufficient to create the citizens, workers and leaders our nation needs in the 21st century.  Missing in this formula for a world-class education is an urgent call for schools to produce students that actually know something about the world--its cultures, languages and how its economic, environmental and social systems work." (From the Asia Society website, emphasis added.) Date: Thursday, November 8th, 2012 Time: 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern (international times here) Duration: 1 hour Location: In Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). Log in at http://futureofed.info. The Blackboard Collaborate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. To make sure that your computer is configured for Blackboard Collaborate, please visit the support and configuration page. Recordings: The full Blackboard Collaborate recording and a portable .mp3 recording will be available after the interview at http://www.futureofeducation.com. Mightybell Space: Resources, videos, links, and conversation about the interview can be found HERE. See you online! Steve Steve Hargadon http://www.stevehargadon.com Veronica Boix-Mansilla chairs the Future of Learning institute at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she also acts as a principal investigator for the school’s Project Zero. Her research examines the conditions that enable experts and young learners to produce quality interdisciplinary work and develop global competence by addressing problems of contemporary global significance (e.g., globalization, climate change, migration). She recently co-authored Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World with the Asia Society’s Anthony Jackson. In 2012 she also published Disciplinary Foundations: Teaching Big Ideas for Deep Understanding in Languages, Mathematics and Science. Anthony Jackson is Vice President for Education at Asia Society. He also leads Asia Society’s Partnership for Global Learning, a national membership network of practitioners and policymakers dedicated to integrating knowledge about Asia and the world as a mainstay of American education. Over the past six years, he has led the development of Asia Society’s International Studies Schools Network, an effort within the PGL to create a network of small, effective, internationally-themed secondary schools across the country. In 2011, Jackson co-authored the book Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World, a publication co-developed by the Asia Society and the Council of Chief State School Officers’ EdSteps Program. This book defines the concept of global competence as a consensus standard for the field, and provides a cohesive framework for globally focused K-12 education.

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GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys)

You are invited to two educational webinars on GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) on Wednesday, November 14, 2012.

At 11:00am EST on Nov. 14, join GPO for an hour-long introductory course on navigating Federal Government information using FDsys. During this session, attendees will learn about basic and advanced searching, browsing, retrieving by citation, Help tools, and working with FDsys search results. This session will run from 11:00am – 12:00pm. Please note, this is a repeat presentation.

That afternoon, from 1:00pm – 2:30pm EST, join us for an advanced session on FDsys that focuses on tracking Federal legislation and regulations. Please note, this is also a repeat presentation.

Space is limited to the first 195 registrants for each webinar on a first-come, first-served basis.

To register for the webinars, point your browser to:

*  Introduction to FDsys: <http://login.icohere.com/registration/register.cfm?reg=344&evt=IGPOI111412>
*  Advanced Navigation in FDsys: <http://login.icohere.com/registration/register.cfm?reg=345&evt=IGPOA111412>

Registration is required. After registering, you will receive an email confirmation for each webinar that includes instructions for joining.

Would you like to share past FDsys webinars with your staff? Visit the FDsys webinar archive at <http://login.icohere.com/public/topics.cfm?cseq=1172>. Here you can view FDsys webinar recordings and download session slides and handouts. Subscribe to the RSS feed, and be alerted when new webinars are posted.