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October 9, 10, 16, 17, 24:
Pushing Out the Walls: Expanding Resources For Your Community
An Introduction to the SD State Library Statewide Electronic Resources

This will be a hands-on introduction to the Statewide Electronic Resources provided for your patrons by the South Dakota State Library. You will have an opportunity to learn about each resource, hear examples of how you can use it to help your patrons and learn how these resources expand your public library’s collections.
  • Time: 9-3:30
    Lunch break: 12:00-1:00 on your own

  • Thursday, October 9, 2008
    Northern State University, Aberdeen

  • Friday, October 10, 2008
    Faith High School, Faith

  • Thursday, October 16, 2008
    Watertown Regional Library, Watertown

  • Friday, October 17, 2008
    Brandon Valley High School, Brandon

  • Friday, October 24, 2008
    RTEC, Yankton

Resources covered include:
  • WorldBook Encyclopedia
  • Magazines and Newspapers including Proquest, SIRS Researcher and Discoverer, and Newsbank
  • Instant scored practice exams via Learning Express
  • Online books and reference books via Gale Virtual Reference Library and NetLibrary
  • Finding books (and Dewey numbers) via WorldCat
  • Genealogy Resources including Ancestry Library and Heritage Quest.
Registration is now closed

Cost: FREE
Drinks and snacks are not provided and lunch is on your own

Who should attend:
  • Public library staff and trustees are the primary audience
  • Staff of other types of libraries welcome
Presented by:
Julie Erickson & Jane Healy
Electronic Resources Coordinators
South Dakota State Library
Sponsored by:The South Dakota State Library

For more information about the workshop content, please contact an Electronic Resources Coordinator at the South Dakota State Library at 800-423-6665 or via e-mail.

These workshops are made possible through Library Services and Technology Act Funds (LSTA)