How can team-based learning change your library instruction? How can you incorporate emerging technologies into your library instruction? Nationally celebrated metaliteracy specialists Trudi Jacobson and Thomas Mackey will address these questions in small group workshops during the NELIG Annual Program “Libraries, Librarians & Literacies: Information Literacy in Context” Friday, June 21, 2013 at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.

A limited number of seats are available for these workshops. Reserve your spot today. For more about the workshops, the NELIG Annual Program, and registration information please http://nelig.acrlnec.org/content/nelig-annual-program-june-21-2013.

Program will feature Ms. Lucy Heckman, Associate Professor/Head of Reference at St. John’s University Library where she will talk about using non-business databases for business research and business databases for non-business research.

Refreshments will be provided during this program, courtesy of event sponsor Standard & Poor’s.

Thank you,
Raymond Pun & Kathleen Dreyer
Co-Conveners for SIG METRO Economics/Business Librarianship

Carrie Netzer Wajda is the Global New Business Librarian for Y&R Advertising. After a career in academic libraries she transitioned to self-employment in 2010, then to a career in special libraries. She is the 2013 president of ACRL/NY. Carrie is a contributor to “Career Q&A with the Library Career People,” …

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Speaker Susanne Markgren

Susanne Markgren [http://smarkgren.wordpress.com/] is the Digital Services Librarian at Purchase College, SUNY, and an instructor at Manhattanville College. Previously, she has worked in public and special libraries and as a career consultant. She is the mentoring program coordinator of ACRL/NY, has written articles, book reviews, essays, and chapters for a …

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Creating and Managing a Professional Online Presence

Prospective employers and hiring committees will search for job candidates online, and what they find — or don’t find — may influence their hiring decisions. In this hands-on session, we will discuss the need for a professional online presence and ways to develop an effective social media strategy to market your professional qualifications. Attendees will get to create their own professional online portfolio using WordPress.com as a platform. We will also look at examples of portfolios and discuss organization, design, and the different types of information to include. Attendees are encouraged to bring electronic copies of CVs, resumes, and other professional materials to use (or link to) in their online portfolios. This workshop is intended for those who do not already have an online portfolio, or for those who want assistance in revising or building up an existing portfolio.

Who should attend:
Job seekers, at any stage in their careers, who want potential employers to be able to find them online, librarians who want to learn how to create and build up their professional online identity for promotion/advancement, librarians who want to learn how to use social media tools to network, and market themselves online.

By the end of this program, participants will know how to:

· Understand the importance of online branding for self-promotion

· Create, update, and manage their online identities

· Market themselves and their skills using social media and profiles

· Create a functional and professional online portfolio (using WordPress)

Fees

$30.00 METRO Institutional Member Employee

$30.00 ACRL/NY Member

$30.00 Individual myMETRO Member

$40.00 Non-Member

Location

METRO Training Center

57 East 11th Street, 4th Floor

New York, NY 10003

For more information and to register: http://metro.org/events/345/

Signing up for Part I - Preparing Yourself, and Your Materials, for the Challenge as well? Use code MAY21SERIES during registration to get $5.00 off each class.