Fall Faculty Brown Bag Series

Bring your lunch and join us for a series of library workshops just for faculty. All workshops meet in the Frist Lab from 12:00pm-12:50

Thursday, Sept. 13
Library Services for Faculty
Dawn Stephen, Collection Management Librarian
Need a book for your research or for class? Do you want the library to subscribe to your favorite journal? Want to reserve some resources for your students? Learn about the library’s acquisitions and reserves processes and how we can help you get the resources that you need.

Friday, Sep. 21
Library Resources Online
Courtney Stephens, Electronic Resources and Education Librarian
The library has a plethora of resources available online, from anywhere you can get on the Internet. Come learn more about accessing these resources and how to get the most out of them.

Thursday, Sept. 27
Desperately Seeking Effective Library Assignments?
Judy Williams and Jenny Rushing, Reference Librarians
Frustrated with your students’ research skills? Are your students frustrated? Want an alternative to the research paper? Learn some tips for integrating library resources into research assignments and some assignment pitfalls to avoid.

Thursday, Oct. 4
Mastering Library Catalog Searching (in Under an Hour)
Dawn Stephen, Collection Management Librarian
What can I help you find? Books? Music? Journals? Electronic resources? In this workshop, you will learn search strategies for finding all of these resources in CUBCat, Belmont’s online library catalog. We will practice using these strategies, so bring along those “hard-to-find” topics, and let’s get searching! This class is intended for all skill levels, from novice to veteran searchers.

Friday, Oct. 19
Social Bookmarking
Courtney Stephens, Electronic Resources and Education Librarian
What is social bookmarking? How can I use it to share links and other information with my students? Come to this informative workshop to learn the basics of social bookmarking using sites such as del.icio.us, ma.gnolia, digg.com and others.

Thursday, Oct. 25
RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
Rachel Scott, Reference Librarian
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a way to have various sources of web-based information (from news sites, blogs, and other regularly updated web sites) delivered to one convenient place. RSS feeds can help you stay current in your discipline and stay on top of the news. Stop by and learn how to put RSS to work for you.