PAST EVENTS
Everything you always wanted to know about drugs but were afraid to ask.
November 7 , 2008
Controlling Project Chaos: Project Management for Library Staff
October 12, 2007
Practical Skills for Thriving in the 2.0 World -- A Series of Workshops
April 13: Web 2.0 - the Big Picture
April 27: RSS
May 4: Privacy 2.0
May 11: Wikis and Blogs
May 18: Mashups
Go With the Flow: A Workshop About Workplace Efficiencies
April 11 , 2007
This OCLC Resource Sharing Services Workshop demonstrates several programs and services that can substantially increase ILL efficiency: Deflection; Direct Request; Local Holdings Maintenance; and eSerials Holdings Service.
Caring for the Mind: Providing Reference Services for Mental Health Information
April 6 , 2007
In this workshop from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, particpants will
- gain awareness of mental health issues.
- learn to respond to challenging reference questions for mental health information.
- be informed of tools for collection development and mental health research including the latest web sites and databases.
Surveys Made Easy
December 8, 2006
This hands-on class will help you design a survey, and use Survey Monkey to send it out and get results that you can easily interpret.
Biz Buzz: Business and Marketing Reference Source
November 29, 2006
Increase your comfort level with business information at this hands-on workshop focusing on common business questions, including funding sources for small businesses, consumer demographics, company financials, business ratios, industry statistics and sources for marketing information, and other business topics. The workshop will focus on free online sites and commonly-available print resources.
Preservation and Conservation Workshops
October 12 and 13, 2006
The Philadelphia Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts is bringing two special workshops to Portland: Fundraising for Preservation and Conservation, and Need for Stewardship Promotion.
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Government Documents Like A Pro!
May 12, 2006This hands-on workshop focuses on what reference service providers need to know about government information. Topics will include foreign policy, statistics, maps, business and economic information, Census data, tracking legislation, and answers to your questions about government documents.
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Beyond Google! Savvy Searching for Text, Images, and Multimedia
February 24, 2006 and November 17, 2005
Back by popular demand, PORTALS is offering a third session of the popular
workshop on savvy web searching, presented by Andrew Hamilton, Senior Reference
and Instruction Librarian at the Oregon Health Science University Library.
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Current Issues in Intellectual Freedom
February 17 , 2006Judith Krug, director of ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, will be joined by Candace Morgan and MaryKay Dahlgreen to provide current information from a national and local perspective on key Intellectual Freedom issues. Topics will include challenges to materials and services in public and school libraries; privacy and confidentiality of
library records; Patriot Act; biometrics; RFID; data mining; surveillance in America; Internet filtering; violence in the media; open government and access to information; and other issues of concern to the workshop attendees.
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Consumer Health Classes
February 3rd, 2006
The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) is pleased to announce two new Consumer Health workshops:
¿No Comprende? Spanish Health Information Resources for English Speaking Librarians
An Evidence Based Approach to Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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- Northwest Central
- Continuing education network for library staff in the Pacific Northwest
Past Events
Disaster Planning
PALACE is the former PORTALS Continuing Education Committee
PORTALS Council announces the dissolving of the consortium (pdf)