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Future webinar topics (subject to change)
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General Information about CARLI's SFX Webinars
CARLI hosts webinars on SFX topics of general interest. All CARLI SFX administrators are welcome and encouraged to attend. In part these sessions are a response to requests for additional SFX training from CARLI SFX administrators. These sessions are also intended raise awareness about the services and utilities that SFX has to offer. Slides and live demos will be visible from a web browser. Audio will be available via VoIP (preferred) or toll-free telephone line. Registration is required, so that sufficient phone lines can be reserved.

  • Day/Time: Generally, third Wednesdays at 2PM and third Thursdays at 10AM. For specific dates and times, see the list below or the CARLI calendar.
  • Webinar URL: http://carli.acrobat.com/sfx-ig
  • Audio: Voice-over-Internet preferred. Telephone alternative: phone number emailed to registrants.

Scheduled Webinars:

Title Dates & Times Presenter Registration Required?
E-Chat Follow-up to "Gentle Introduction" Recording Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 2PM
or
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 10AM
Paige Weston, CARLI [no registration required; audio via VoIP only]
Requests for Dissertations in SFX Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 2PM
or
Thursday, April 19, 2012, 10AM
Laurie Sauer, Knox College Register by April 16


Future Topics (to be scheduled):

  • SFX Usage Statistics: How To Get Them, How To Use Them
  • Customizing the Look-and-Feel of SFX Menus
  • KB Tools: Beyond the DataLoader
  • Improving the Functional Accessibility of SFX
  • SFX and SerialsSolutions' 360 Resource Manager
    • Keeping SFX and SerSol in sync
    • Using SerSol's "SFX Report" to update the SFX KB: a report from the field

Previous Topics:

January 2012: Thresholds in SFX

November 2011: Interlibrary Loan, the Five College Library Depository, and SFX

October 2011: Adding a Chat Widget to Your SFX Menu

September 2011: Customizing the SFX A-Z

April 2011: Introducing SFX Version 4

February 2011: SFX and the OCLC Knowledge Base
presented by Denise Green (Millikin University)

  • What is OCLC Knowledge Base and how can it help ILL workflows?
  • Exporting data from the SFX KnowledgeBase, importing them to the OCLC Knowledge Base (KB)
  • Millikin University's experience with implementing OCLC KB and the embedded links in the OCLC ILL Resource Sharing Module

October 2010: Using SFX Reports To Help Your Library Make Collections Decisions
presented by Denise Green (Millikin University)

  • Using SFX data to lobby for new subscriptions or to cancel low-use ones
  • Usage data, overlap data, and more

September 2010: Getting the Most out of your SFX Instance by Using Free and Open Source Targets
presented by Denise Green (Millikin University)

August 2010: SFX DirectLinking

  • Expediting your users' connection to the full text they want
  • DirectLink pro's and con's, and some recommendations

July 2010: SFX and Books

  • Making ebooks more available
  • Integrating SFX and the OPAC

June 2010: A Gentle Introduction to SFX for People Who Aren't Sure What It Is or Whether They Need It

  • A brief demonstration of SFX functionality
  • No technical details and just a very brief peek "under the hood"

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