Developing a Program of Internet Workshops and Seminars
at Texas Tech University Library -- 1993 to the Present
Jon R. Hufford
Coordinator of User Instruction
Texas Tech University
William T. Johnson
Science Librarian
Texas Tech University
The presenters would like to give a one hour instructional session on the
program of Internet workshops and seminars offered to the Texas Tech
University campus community since late 1993. The presentation will be
enhanced with PowerPoint slides, handouts, and overhead transparencies.
One presenter will discuss the program's history; the evolving process of
organizing, managing, and advertising; the politics involved; the effort
to motivate colleagues to participate; the quest for new equipment to
support the program; and participant training. The second presenter will
talk from the perspective of the active librarian participant in the
workshop/seminar sessions. He will discuss the construction and use of
the TTU Library's Web page to support the instructional goals of the
workshops and seminars and the recent decision to offer new sessions that
will more closely match the interests of particular groups of library
patrons. These new sessions are designed to assist patrons in finding
Internet resources on such topics as finding a job, traveling in the
United States and abroad, and locating family and community resources on
the Internet. Also, he will talk about the Library's effort to attract
the off-campus community to these sessions. Both presenters will discuss
the TTU Library's plans for improving the program in the future. They
believe this session will provide practical information for librarians
involved in the early stages of developing a series of Internet workshops
and seminars. Also, the session will provide useful information to
librarians who already have programs but would like to find out what
other libraries are doing, with the idea of making adjustments to their
programs.
