resource of the week: rccc's sbc

The Small Business Center at RCCC offers courses and seminars that are free and open to the public.  Topics include anything from the basics of starting your own business to creating your image and branding.  Seminars are offered at RCCC's North Campus (Salisbury), the Gateway Building (Salisbury), RCCC @ NC Research Campus (Kannapolis), and Cabarrus Business & Technology Center (Concord).  For more information about upcoming offerings, visit www.rccc.edu/sbc.  This is an EXCELLENT resource to share with patrons who are interested in starting a small business, or wanting to improve an existing one.

free webinar: finding your african-american ancestors

Public Library Staff are invited to participate in the second in a series of genealogy webinars, Finding Your African-American Ancestors on Monday, May 19^th at 10:30 a.m.  Advance registration for this session is required – please register on the Train Station.  

This webinar is designed for North Carolina library staff and will introduce research techniques for finding African-American ancestors during slavery through the 1940 census.  Topics will include free African-Americans before 1865 and standard genealogical methodology.  Several strategies will be presented to help others who are beginning to research their enslaved ancestors.

A link to the webinar will be emailed to registered participants one week in advance of this session.  The webinar will be recorded and available on the State Library website for those unable to attend the live session.  This is an excellent training for personal and professional development--and the price is right!

free digital devices webinar

So Many Devices, So Little Time!
Wed., April 3rd @ 1 pm

This webinar shares practical guidance on how to help patrons with a variety of mobile devices whether through formal training or one-on-one assistance; how to set up realistic formal training sessions; and how to best offer one-on-one assistance. See examples of practical training outlines, how-to guides, and video tutorials.  Click here to register for this free event.

nclive workshops

RPL will be hosting two upcoming NCLIVE workshops. NCLIVE/EBSCO Workshop will be held on Thursday, January 31st from 9:30-11:30 am.  This session will cover enhancements to the EBSCOhost interface, an overview of EBSCO databases available, and some tips and tricks for using these resources with patrons.  

The second workshop will be an NCLIVE Basics Workshop held at HQ on Friday, February 15th from 10:00-4:00.  Please e-mail/call Suzanne (x7732) to RSVP for these events.