Web-Based Learning Activities:
(Readings are linked from Activities and Lecture pages)This hands-on workshop explores the information treasures published online by the U.S. Federal government through the Government Printing Office and specific agencies and branches of the government. We will cover the best sites to begin researching for government information in general and specifically for business, healthcare, genealogy, history, current government, legal, regulatory, taxes, retirement, insurance, and state and local government information.
Plan on at least two hours for each Web-based activity for a total of 16 hrs of hands-on work. Lecture, discussion and overview time will vary around 8 hours. Read thoroughly and view each site as it is introduced.
On completion of the workshop each registrant will receive a certificate of completion for 24 Continuing Education Contact Hours*. *Note that some organizations calculate Web-based CE hours on 2 or 3-1 ratio - so for example this course may be evaluated as 12 or 8 'official' CE hours depending on the organization.
This workshop is intended for librarians and other researchers who want to be able to quickly and efficiently find current, accurate, and complete information published by the U.S. Federal Government on the Web.
Participants should know how to use e-mail and a current standard Web Browser, e.g.,Mozilla/Firefox, Netscape 7.0 or IE 5.5 or higher is preferred.
Register anytime to work-at-your-own pace with an instructor through e-mail and Web. $125.
Diane K. Kovacs is President of Kovacs Consulting - Internet & Web Training. She has 15 years of experience as a Web Teacher and Consultant. Diane has been designing and teaching Web-based MLA CE courses since 2001. She also designs and teaches Web-based courses for UIUC GSLIS LEEP, the ACRL, and other organizations.
Genealogical Research on Web was published in 2002 . How to Find Medical Information on the Internet: A Print and Online Tutorial for the Health Care Professional and Consumer (2000) (Library Solutions Press) and Building Electronic Library Collections: The Essential Guide to Selection Criteria and Core Collections (Neal-Schuman) were both published in 2000.
Diane's first book The Internet Trainer's Guide , was published in 1995. The Internet Trainer's Total Solution Guide was published in 1997. She has also co-authored with her husband Michael Kovacs, Cybrarians Guide to Successful Internet Programs and Services which was published by Neal-Schuman in 1997.
Diane Kovacs is the 2000 recipient of the "Documents to the People" award from the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association. She was also the recipient of the Apple Corporation Library's, Internet Citizen Award for 1992 and was the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science Alumni Association's first recipient of the Leadership Award in 1996. Since 1990 she has been the editor-in-chief of the Directory of Scholarly and Professional Electronic Conferences.
Diane received an M.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois in 1989 and an M.Ed. in Instructional Technology from Kent State University in 1993. She has a B.A. in Anthropology also from the University of Illinois, 1985.
