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Google 101: Google for Researchers — Courtesy of DC/SLA

The DC Chapter of SLA held its second Google 101 session (aka Google for Researchers) March 17, at the National Institutes of Health. The event was videotaped and is available as a webcast (1 hour, 37 minutes). A technical note: I had better luck with the Enhanced Video Podcast (MP4 file, which opened in QuickTime), than I did with the RealPlayer version at the top of the page referenced above.

Galen Panger from Google Public Affairs conducted the session. Panger leads the Google for Non-Profits team in the company's Washington, D.C., office, helping non-profits (and librarians!) put Google's free tools and technologies to work for their causes. Prior to joining Google, Galen interned with the World Bank's sustainable development unit in West Africa. He graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's in Public Policy in 2007.

You can view the slides below, via Slideshare, or download a PDF version.

Thank you to NJSLA member Kris Fitzpatrick, and to James King, "Information Architect" at the NIH Library and SLA/DC's First Vice President/President-Elect, for passing along this information.

— Eric Schwarz, NJSLA President

Added April 2: Please also see Carolyn Sosnowski's post on the SLA's Information Connections Center blog.

Google Tools For Researchers

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Coming to SLA Annual? Learn about Open Source

From SLA Member and IT Blogging Section Chair Nicole Engard (email; Web site).

Looks like I had the featured SLA CE class earlier this month :) If you’ll be at SLA this year, make sure you register for my class to learn how you can use open source software in your library.

   Practical Open Source Software for Libraries and Librarians

   Date: Sunday, 14 June 2009
   Time: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
   Instructor: Nicole Engard, Open Source Evangelist, LibLime
  

Listen to podcast.

Let me know if you'll be there!! See you in June.

Search This Blog Using Google Site Search

You can now use the search box in the blog's rail (side column) to find content using Google's Site Search. The results will open in a new window. I "borrowed" and modified the code used on the SLA IT Blogging Section's blog. Search boxes are now included on these SLA TypePad blogs:

NJSLA Bulletin
NJSLA Job Listings
SLA GLitter BiTs

(You can stop reading if you're not a webmaster nerd.)

Example code to create a Google Site Search box is on a TypePad support page. I modified the TypePad-recommended code (with the help of the Blogging Section blog) to remove the Google logo, use a simpler search button, open results in a new window, and offer only the ability to search a single site. In the code below, replace example.yoursite.com with your actual URL.

<!-- SiteSearch Google --> <form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/search" target="_blank"> <input type="text" name="q" size="5" maxlength="255" style="width:95px;" /> <input type="submit" name="btnG" value="»" style="width:25px" /> <input type="hidden" name="domains" value="example.yoursite.com" /> <input type="hidden" name="sitesearch" value="example.yoursite.com" /> </form> <!-- SiteSearch Google -->

Attention Twitterers!

From Karen Huffman, Chair-elect, SLA Knowledge Management Division:

SLA is compiling a list of members who use Twitter. If you do, please complete a two-minute survey.

From the home page of Twitter.com: Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

Seven Secrets to Boost Any Business, Any Time Using New Media - Tuesday, March 3 (Princeton)

This is the best time to boost your business, increase sales and market your business using low-cost high-impact Internet-based marketing tools. In this hands-on session, you’ll leave knowing which online tools are essential for your business; what to say when you talk to your customers using your website, e-zine (online newsletter), blog, podcast, Facebook and LinkedIn pages; and how to find time to do it all.

You will walk away ready to harness the power of these powerful tools for your business immediately. This session is taught by Forbes.com’s new media expert Alison Woo, co-author of the book How to Say It: Marketing with New Media: A Guide to Promoting Your Small Business Using Websites, E-Zines, Blogs, and Podcasts (Penguin).

Alison Woo is an author, a business coach and a principal of NewMediaMavens.com, which has offices in New York City and Charlotte, North Carolina. As a journalist she has worked for CNN, Money Magazine and Fortune Small Business. For more information, visit www.newmediamavens.com.

Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Time:  7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Princeton Public Library, Sands Building, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton, NJ
Phone: 609/924-9529

See this event on the NJSLA Calendar.