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Information Services Training Program: LIRS - Elective

Welcome!

This list includes elective sessions that new LIRS staff may take.  Elective sessions are an opportunity to re/learn different skills/topics.

View current sessions in a calendar format or view session recordings.

Note: Advanced E-resource Licenses for Selectors if highly encouraged to attend.

Advanced E-resource Licenses for Selectors

  • Trainer(s): Katie Zimmerman
  • Learning outcome: Participants will learn about the licensing process for specialized products that frequently require special treatment, including text and data mining or bulk computational use, data products, and products designed for industry rather than academia.
  • Date/time: Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 10:00am-11:00am
  • Registration: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/12831748
  • Anyone interested is welcome.
  • Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.

Visit the DDC Reading Room (in-person)

  • Trainer(s): Amanda Hawk
  • Learning outcome: Tentative: Participants will learn about reading room policies, and what patrons should know when requesting material.
  • This session is in-person at the Distinctive Collections Reading Room (14N-118).
  • Date/time: Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 9:30am-10:30am
  • Registration: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/13646160
  • Anyone interested is welcome.
  • Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.

Discovery of Uncataloged Collections at the Annex (in-person)

  • Trainer(s): Moses Car and Melissa Feiden
  • Learning outcome: Participants will learn how to search for uncataloged collections.
  • This session is in-person at the library storage annex (N57-200).
  • Date/time: Thursday, May 8, 2025, 1:00pm-2:00pm
  • Registration: https://libcal.mit.edu/event/13599862
  • Anyone interested is welcome.
  • Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.

Business Research and Resources

  • Trainer(s): Shikha Sharma
  • Learning outcome: Participants will learn about business resources available at the Libraries, and how to identify and refer business questions.
  • Date/time: TBA
  • Registration: TBA
  • Anyone interested is welcome.
  • Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.

Copyright & Open Access Update

  • Trainer(s): Katharine Dunn and Katie Zimmerman
  • Learning outcome: Participants will learn about recent important developments in copyright and open access.
  • Date/time: TBA
  • Registration: TBA
  • Anyone interested is welcome.
  • Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.

The Fascination with Technical Reports

  • Trainer(s): Barbara Williams
  • Learning outcome: Participants will learn what technical reports are, how to search databases that index technical reports, and when to refer.
  • Date/time: TBA
  • Registration: TBA
  • Anyone interested is welcome.
  • Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.

Overview of Course Reserves

  • Trainer(s): Jake Lewis and Howard Martin
  • Learning outcome: Participants will gain a high level understanding of course reserves including equitable access to course materials, the Federal Textbook Information Provisioning mandate, collaboration with other library departments, and more!
  • Date/time: TBA
  • Registration: TBA
  • Anyone interested is welcome.
  • Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.

Searching for Images

  • Trainer(s): Matt Saba and Kai Alexis Smith
  • Learning outcome: Participants will learn the image resources the Libraries support, how to search them, and when to refer.
  • Date/time: TBA
  • Registration: TBA
  • Anyone interested is welcome.
  • Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.

Discovering and Understanding Archival Metadata

  • Trainer(s): Joe Carrano, Chris Tanguay, Becca Tibbitts, Rachel Van Unen, Thera Webb
  • Learning outcome: Participants will get an introduction to archival metadata and learn how to find and use the archival metadata at MIT.
  • Date/time: TBA
  • Registration: TBA
  • Anyone interested is welcome.
  • Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.

Advanced Geographic Information Systems

  • Trainer(s): Nick Albaugh and Paxton LaJoie
  • Learning outcome: Participants will go through the process of doing a GIS project: Find & download data, add the data to GIS software, and create a map. Participants must register at least one day prior to the session to download materials.
  • Date/time: TBA
  • Registration: TBA
  • Anyone interested is welcome.
  • Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.

Overview of Open Access

  • Trainer(s): Katharine Dunn
  • Learning outcome: Participants will learn policies and basic topics related to OA publishing, and to whom you should refer more advanced questions.
  • Date/time: TBA
  • Registration: TBA
  • Anyone interested is welcome.
  • Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.

Government Documents

  • Trainer(s): Kim Maxwell
  • Learning outcome: Participants will learn what government documents are, their locations, how to search for them, and policies for serving users.
  • Date/time: TBA
  • Registration: TBA
  • Anyone interested is welcome.
  • Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.

Teaching and Discovery with Distinctive Collections

  • Trainer(s): Amanda Hawk and Rebecca Bramlett
  • Learning outcome: Participants will learn about distinct collections and how they are used.
  • Date/time: TBA
  • Registration: TBA
  • Anyone interested is welcome.
  • Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.

Publishing Topics (different topic each year)

  • Trainer(s): Katharine Dunn
  • Learning outcome: TBA
  • Date/time: TBA
  • Registration: TBA
  • Anyone interested is welcome.
  • Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.

Conceptualizing and Supporting Digital and Computational Projects for Patrons

  • Trainer(s): Joe Carrano
  • Learning outcome: Participants will be made aware of the digital and computational projects that DDC supports, and questions to ask their community members about these projects.
  • Date/time: TBA
  • Registration: TBA
  • Anyone interested is welcome.
  • Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.

Overview of Research Services

  • Trainer(s): Tina Chan
  • Learning outcome: Participants will learn which subjects are held in which libraries; how to find research guides and the librarian experts; general content in these research guides; and how to search some of these subject-based resources.
  • Date/time: TBA
  • Registration: TBA
  • Anyone interested is welcome.
  • Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.

Overview of Technical Services

  • Trainer(s): TBA
  • Learning outcome: Participants will ....
  • Date/time: TBA
  • Registration: TBA
  • Anyone interested is welcome.
  • Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.

Emergency Training (in-person)

  • Trainer(s): Maria Rodrigues
  • Learning outcome: Participants will learn about emergency procedures and emergency preparedness plans.
  • Date/time: TBA
  • Registration: TBA
  • Anyone interested is welcome.
  • Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.

Overview of Referrals

  • Trainer(s): Tina Chan
  • Learning outcome: Participants will learn which questions should be referred and where (ex.: Circ RT, Ask Us, JSM)
  • Date/time: TBA
  • Registration: TBA
  • Anyone interested is welcome.
  • Please contact Tina Chan if you have accessibility accommodation needs.

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