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NORWELD has been working with a number of our regional libraries to develop Drupal web sites that will make it easier for libraries to maintain their content, while implementing more Library/Web 2.0 capabilities than ever before. NORWELD has developed a Drupal training workshop, to facilitate site transition and updating. New Workshops TBD
NORWELD Drupal sites:
North Baltimore Public Library
Rockford Carnegie Public Library
St. Marys Community Public Library
Hardin Northern Public Library
More coming
Other Ohio Drupal sites:
Worthington Libraries
ExploreOhio
Westlake Porter Public Library
Athens County Public Library
Cleveland Public Library
National Drupal sites:
Warner Brothers Records
The New York Observer
Popular Science
Lifetime Television
The Onion
Fox Searchlight - The specialty film division of 20th Century Fox
Amnesty International.
For northwest Ohio member libraries, NORWELD strives to provide a variety of workshops to help staffs keep pace with the job skills needed in today's rapidly changing library environment. Our goal is to sponsor approximately 30-35 workshops each year on a broad spectrum of topics. A needs assessment revealing deficiencies in job skills, professional development requirements, and customer trends is conducted through interviews, suggestions on evaluation forms, and formal in-depth surveys. Input into NORWELD's CE plan is welcome at anytime by filling out the survey or suggestion form on this web site.
Registration
NORWELD provides Web registration for all topical and technology workshops. Summaries and registration forms will be posted on the NORWELD Web site at least six weeks before the program date. We occasionally send out flyers as reminders of certain events. We will not reserve a place for you until a Web registration has been received. Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
After filling out the Web registration form, you will receive an electronic acknowledgement that the registration was properly submitted. Next, you will receive an e-mail confirmation from a NORWELD staff member that your registration has been accepted and confirmed. If you do not receive a message, please call the NORWELD office.
The deadline for registering online will be 3 working days before the workshop date.
Registration Fees
Registration fees vary depending on workshop costs. With the variety and number of workshops now being offered, the project budget is insufficient to cover Continuing Education costs. Other agencies and consultants offer similar classes at much higher prices. Upon registering, please make arrangements for a check to be made out to the Northwest Special Account and sent to our office:
NORWELD
181 1/2 South Main Street
Bowling Green, OH 43402
NORWELD requests payment prior to the workshop date.
Cancellation and Refunds
NORWELD will refund the registration fee to registrants notifying our office three business days in advance of the workshop.
If NORWELD must cancel a program, we will notify the registrant and refund the registration fee.
Cancellation Due to Weather
If the weather or some other emergency prevents us from holding a workshop, NORWELD will try to notify each registrant. If you are unsure of a workshop's cancellation, location, or time, please call the NORWELD office at 800-848-0144.
Special Needs
Please contact the NORWELD office if you have special dietary or access requirements.
Workshop Sites
Learning Center
Technology Training CenterMost of our technology and computer classes will be held at the Technology Training Center located within our office complex at 181 1/2 South Main Street, Bowling Green. Many of our workshops on library services and issues are held at the Learning Center at 183 South Main Street.
If another northwest Ohio site is chosen, a map will be available through our CE Web page or sent by U.S. Mail.
Questions and Suggestions
Please feel free to contact Kathy Munger, NORWELD's Continuing Education Coordinator, with any questions or suggestions concerning our CE events and plans. Phone: (419)352-2903 Fax: (419)353-8310
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NORWELD, in cooperation with seven of its member libraries, has created a "web exhibit" about World War II that's been excerpted from over 140 oral history interviews conducted in the region. "My War: Northwest Ohioans Remember World War II" brings local perspective to a subject that was brought to renewed national prominence by a Ken Burns documentary, "The War."
The web exhibit covers subjects ranging from military training and combat to communications and censorship, life in the military, and the impact of the war on the home front. The clips are searchable by library where the interviews were shot as well as by subject.
The streaming video interviews can be found at www.ohnarratives.org/MyWar and are best viewed over a high speed Internet connection with Windows Media Player.
The BSM project is a cooperative effort of the Wood County District Public Library, BGSU, the Wood County Historical Society and NORWELD to create a searchable archive of historic photos of the Great Black Swamp region. The project is funded in part by the State Library of Ohio and can be found at: blackswampmemories.org
Additional information about the project may be obtained by contacting Allan Gray at NORWELD.
A cooperative program among the Center and 41 Ohio libraries where a web-based obituary index is maintained with over 1.5 million obituaries online. The site is currently receiving 800,000 hits per month. NORWELD member libraries are provided an initial subsidy by the system to join the project.
R.B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index
Additional information can be obtained by contacting Becky Hill or Allan Gray