Text Box: ACURIL XXXVIII Jamaica Presents A Pre-conference Workshop Ride the New Wave – Web 2.0: “Interacting with your users in the digital world” Saturday May 31, 2008 or Sunday, June 1, 2008 9:30am—5:00pm RoseHall Resort and Country Club Montego Bay, Jamaica Register Now!!! Deadline April 30, 2008 Workshop is limited to 20 participants per day Text Box: Workshop Description: This workshop covers RSS, Blogs, Podcast, Wiki, Library Thing, Flickr and Second Life, and how you can take advantage of these tools to make library services, such as those listed below, much friendlier and easier to use. Dissemination and syndication of library news to users via the Web, or any other information that you consider important to share with your users. Distribution of journal Tables of Contents Informing users of new acquisitions Collection development Selective dissemination of information in databases. Virtual reference Services to the visually impaired Shared Web site content development to enhance the interaction of library staff amongst themselves and with their users. Text Box: Workshop Benefits: Anyone with an interest in learning about Web 2.0 and how to apply it to library services can attend this workshop. You will obtain a solid, practical understanding of Web 2.0 and its application in libraries, with the objective of enhancing your library services and maintaining a closer relationship with your users in the digital world. The practical, on-line exercises will give you practice with the Web 2.0 tools most important to libraries. These tools are all available at no cost on the Web.

For more information contact:

Adele Merritt Bernard

President, ACURIL

COK Co-operative Credit Union

66 – 70 Slipe Road

Kingston 5, Jamaica

 

Tel:      (876) 926-0640 - Work

           (876) 815-3149 - Cellular

Email: acuril38japreconference@yahoo.com

           acuril38japreconference@gmail.com

Accommodation Available at:

 

RoseHall Resort and Country Club

Single Rate US$180  Double Rate US$210

Triple Rate US$291

(Inclusive of breakfast and lunch)

 

These room rates do not include additional 24% taxes, resort tariff and gratuities. All attendees are        responsible for their own charges. A deposit of two (2) nights room and tax will be charged by credit card debit upon reservation. The direct phone number to the Reservations Department of the RoseHall Resort and Country Club is 1-866-831-1313. Reservations can also be made by calling 1-977-597-9696. You must identify yourself as part of ACURIL to receive the Group Rate.