Fall 2011
Workshops at Peabody Library

Library Research Clinics and Orientations

If you are a new or returning Peabody graduate student, please make plans to attend one of the Library Orientations that have been especially designed for your department.

Session objectives include:

• Learning about the services that the Vanderbilt Libraries provide to students.
• Learning about the library resources that are most relevant to your discipline.
• Learning what the full-text retrieval options are for locating information.
• Meeting your library liaison who wants to serve as your information partner while you are a Peabody student.

Reservations are required. To make reservations, please call the service desk at 322-8098, or e-mail us. If you have questions about a workshop, please feel free to call or e-mail the contacts listed below.

Department

Date and Time

Place and Contact

Leadership, Policy, and Organizations

Wednesday, August 31, 2-3 pm (FULL)
Tuesday, September 6, 2-3 pm
Wednesday, September 7, 3-4pm
Thursday, September 8, 3-4 pm

Learning Commons (Rm 304)
Sue Erickson
E-mail Sue
322-8096

Human and Organizational Development

Wednesday, August 31, 3-4pm
Wednesday, September 7, 10-11am
Wednesday, September 14, 3-4pm

Learning Commons (Rm 304)
Leslie Foutch
E-mail Leslie
343-7541

Teaching and Learning, Special Education

Tuesday, August 30, 1:30-2:30pm (FULL)
Thursday, September 8, 2-3 pm (FULL)
Wednesday, September 14, 10-11 am

Learning Commons (Rm 304)
Lee Ann Lannom
E-mail Lee Ann
343-2915

Psychology and Human Development

Wednesday, September 14, 2-3 pm

Learning Commons (Rm 304)
Leslie Foutch
E-mail Leslie
343-7541

EndNote: An Introduction

EndNote is citation management software that can be used to store references and easily add them as citations and bibliographies to documents. In this hands-on workshop, we will provide a demonstration of the EndNote software and its basic features.

Friday, September 16, 10:30 – noon

Learning Commons (Rm 304)
Joell Smith-Borne
E-mail Joell
342-2319

Tech Series

Web 2.0 Topics: Introduction to HTML—Creating and Maintaining a Basic Web Site

This workshop will introduce you to some basic HTML coding, and discuss the ways you can set up and maintain a Web site.

Friday, September 9
2:30 – 4:00 pm

Learning Commons (Rm 304)
Joell Smith-Borne
E-mail Joell
322-2319

Tech Series

Web 2.0 Topics: Apps In Education—Choosing and Using Web Apps

This workshop will be led by Emily Bigelow.

Monday, September 19
5:30 – 7 pm

Learning Commons (Rm 304)
Emily Bigelow
E-mail Joell
322-2319

Tech Series

Basic Video Editing

A hands-on workshop; how to use our video cameras, how to transfer video to a Mac computer, how to do very basic editing in iMovie, how to burn movie to DVD. We will use the Flip cameras to make movies, iMovie to edit them, and then burn them to DVD.

Saturday, October 1
10:30 am – noon

Learning Commons (Rm 304)
Joell Smith-Borne
E-mail Joell

Tech Series

Finding and Evaluating Useful Web Sites

Lee Ann Lannom, librarian and liaison to the T&L Dept, will lead this session:

Finding quality web sites for classroom use can be challenging. Come learn where some of the best web sites are for teachers to find lesson plans, online tools and reusable learning objects. We'll also discuss criteria to consider before incorporating online sources into lesson plans.

Friday, October 14
2:30 – 4 pm

Learning Commons (Rm 304)
Lee Ann Lannom
E-mail Joell
322-2319