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<DIV>John P. Brock<BR>School Library System Coordinator<BR>Delaware-Chenango-Madison Otsego BOCES<BR>6678 County Road 32<BR>Norwich, NY 13815-3554<BR><BR>(607) 335-1371<BR>FAX (607) 336-6518<BR>E-mail: brockj@dcmoboces.com<BR>Website: <A href="http://www.dcmoboces.com/sls">http://www.dcmoboces.com/sls</A><BR><BR><BR>>>> DLD <DLD@MAIL.NYSED.GOV> 11/13/2007 10:27 AM >>><BR>NOVELny Online Databases Training Sessions<BR><BR>The New York State Library is pleased to announce that online training<BR>sessions (“webinars”) for the EBSCO Publishing content included in<BR>the NOVELny pilot project will be offered at no charge to all types of<BR>libraries. The webinars, conducted by EBSCO Publishing, will be<BR>scheduled on a monthly basis starting in 2008. These one-hour sessions<BR>will offer librarians and library staff members the opportunity to learn<BR>about databases (and database interfaces) available for children, young<BR>adults and adults as part of the NOVELny pilot project.<BR><BR>Emphasis will be on Science Reference Center, the newest database to<BR>NOVELny, and webinars will cover features and functionalities common to<BR>all EBSCO databases. Also featured will be NOVELny promotional materials<BR>available from the NOVELny Web site (novelnewyork.org) and free training<BR>resources available from EBSCO’s support site (support.ebsco.com).<BR><BR>The first two webinars are scheduled for January 11, 2008 (Friday) at<BR>1:00 pm EST, and February 19, 2008 (Tuesday) at 2:00 pm EST.<BR>Pre-registration is required.<BR><BR>To register or request further information on the webinars, contact<BR>David Fiske at the State Library, Division of Library Development by<BR>calling 518-486-4857 or by email at dfiske@mail.nysed.gov <BR><BR>__________<BR>PLEASE EDIT YOUR REPLIES: any reply containing the "header" of the original message (including the list address) will be rejected by Listserv.<BR><BR>Need to leave this list? Send a "SIGNOFF NYLINE-S" (without the<BR>quotation marks) command in the body of your message to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.NYSED.GOV, or contact the Listowner at <NYLINE-S-request@listserv.nysed.gov><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>