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From <AbbottJP_at_appstate.edu>:
>> Has anyone held a vendor fair at their library? Something
>> like a mini-exhibits at ALA or a state assoc. meeting.
>> We are thinking of inviting several of our online
>> vendors to set up for an afternoon, give some how-to
>> classes in a wired classroom, pay for tea and crumpets,
>> etc. Any experience or wisdom? Our targets are
>> faculty and graduate students.
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From: sgillis_at_bama.ua.edu
While I was a student at SLIS, I was lucky enough to attend a training
session, from Thomson on the use of ISI Web of Knowledge. It was
mostly intended for the PhD. students, but I came anyway. The tricks
you learn from a good training session are so useful. I'd reccomend
letting the vendors show you their stuff. Make sure they know the
audience so that they can tailor their presentation. I now start most
of my searches for subjects buy building multiple searches into a
history then combining them to narrow the set. Something I didn't know
how to do before the trainer explained the interface for us.
-Steven A. Gillis, MLIS
Received on Wed Feb 22 2006 - 02:35:51 EST