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Transparent Language Online: Reporting and Marketing
Trying to promote and measure interest in Transparent Language Online in your library community? Looking for new promotional ideas? This webinar will focus on running usage reports and marketing Transparent Language Online to your community.
We will look at:
- Types of reports that admins can generate and the types of information each report will give you
- How to schedule reports so that they can be delivered right to your email for convenience
- Marketing tactics and ideas for increasing adoption and usage of Transparent Language Online
LibCentral for Beginners: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started
Whether you’re just getting started or looking to refine your skills, this session will introduce you to LibCentral, the administrative hub for Ebook Central. Participants will gain a solid understanding of how to manage their library’s Ebook Central holdings and make the most of available tools and reports.
By the end of the session, you’ll be able to:
Review title lists and subscription details to monitor your collection’s coverage and access.
Manage librarian and patron permissions to ensure the right users have the right level of access.
Run and interpret usage reports to assess engagement and inform future collection decisions.
Identify where to find help materials and ongoing support for LibCentral.
Developing an A.I. Chatbot for the Library: The Rebecca Crown Library Experience
In this webinar, Zach Claybaugh walks through the process of developing an AI chatbot as a tool for library patrons. Zach discusses the origin of the project, cross-departmental collaboration, student involvement, and AI anxiety. By the end of the presentation, participants will have an understanding of some of the challenges of developing an AI chatbot, as well as finding ways to address the concerns of library personnel and students who are anxious about the impact of AI technology.
Presenter:
Zach Claybaugh is the Access and Reference Services librarian at Rebecca Crown Library. In this position, he leads the Access and Reference Services unit in providing top-notch service to the Dominican University (DU) community in the areas of circulation, interlibrary loan, and reference and research assistance. His other focus at DU is on advancing knowledge and use of open educational resources (OER), as well as working with his colleagues on information literacy initiatives across campus. Previously, he worked as the Student Success and Open Education librarian at UConn, the OER & Digital Learning Librarian at Sacred Heart University, a middle school teacher in Albania and Florida, and an ESL instructor in Minnesota and Illinois. Zach has a bachelor’s in history from West Texas A&M University and master’s degrees in Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies and library and information science from the University of Illinois.