Money Smart Week

The American Library Association and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago are recognizing April 2-9 as Money Smart Week at your library. This is a week for libraries to help promote financial literacy and hold programs designed to help consumers manage their personal finances.

Morningstar Library Services will be participating in Money Smart Week with a free webinar, Investing 101: Simple Strategies to Get Started in the World of Investing. The session will cover the basics of how to start investing, including why you should invest, determining your investment goals, and finding the right mix of stocks, bonds, and other investments for you using Morningstar research.

The session will be done via the web, so it should be accessible from any location with a computer. This is an event that you can hold as a large group at the library or promote to patrons to attend on their own. Also during Money Smart Week, we will have our regular database training session, which can be attended by anyone as well.

Morningstar Investment Research Center web training will be held April 7 at 11 a.m. Central time. Investing 101 will be held April 8 at 11 a.m. Central time. Patrons can register by e-mailing librarytraining@morningstar.com and mention Las Vegas-Clark County Library District.

Staff Database Training

Do you have staff who would like to learn more about our databases?

I recommend they visit The Librarian’s Brain – how-to-videos page and On The Road Virtually. Here staff or patrons can learn about a database in a few minutes. In the future, when we get settled into Windmill we will have a training lab where staff can come in and get hands on training.

Silver Surfers in Cyberspace

 

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Technology Training for Seniors

Workshop Name: Silver Surfers in Cyberspace: Technology Training for Seniors
Workshop Date: 10/12/10
Presenter: RoseAleta Laurell

You can view the Power Point slides and Resource list on the webinars page or  view the recorded Webinar at any time. You will need Windows Media Player 9 or higher to view the presentation.

Morningstar Can Help You with Investment Program

The Training Corner | by Lars Wasvick, Associate Product Manager

Using Scenarios

At Morningstar we want to provide you with the training resources you need so you can educate your colleagues and patrons on how to use our database. We are happy to work with you in creating training materials, as many clients have done so with us on PowerPoint presentations.

Another interesting idea to help create interest in learning about the database and navigating its practical applications is scenario training. For example, if Joe the patron was to ask you what EBITDA means, where could you find the definition, or rather, where would you tell him to look?

The correct answer is to visit the Glossary on the Help & Education page, which seems logical, but might not be as easy to find without some basic navigation training on the database. Since we provide many training sessions throughout the year, we have come across popular questions and situations in which people are looking for certain information.

If you find yourself looking for an effective way to train library staff and patrons and think scenarios may help, give it a try with some basic situations, or if you need ideas, feel free to contact us for some frequently asked questions and common scenarios.

For more helpful tips on the new features to Morningstar Investment Research Center, or for an overview on the database, please join us for training on Nov. 4, 2010, at 11 a.m. Central Time. Visit the Client Site http://library.morningstar.com/tracking to attend, or email librarytraining@morningstar.com for further details.

How to Buy an MP3 or eBook Reader

Isabel and I will be doing a workshop for ALL patrons (staff are welcome to attend as well) on how to buy an MP3 player or an eBook Reader. This workshop will talk about the type of devices available and which devices will work with the library’s downloadable content. We will be offering the workshop twice at the following locations:

Clark County Library – large conference room – Friday December 11 10am-noon
Centennial Hills Library – conference room – Tuesday December 15 10am-noon

Please let your patrons know about this workshop and we encourage anyone interested in attending to register on the Library’s website on the Senior page – Computer Classes for Seniors. We will be able to accept more than 10 patrons so if the classes fill up tell your patrons not to worry there will be room for them.

Training – Literature Databases

Susan will be hosting a hands on training (at least for the first 12 who sign up) session on three Literature databases – Literature Criticism Online, Literature Resource Center and Literature Collection (GVRL) on Friday September 28 at 9:00am to 9:45am in the Clark County MCC lab.  This replaces the Gale Online session posted a couple of weeks ago.  Please RSVP to Susan D. Williams,  williamssd@lvccld.org.