Join us for July online programs from baseball to the
devil in a blue dress! To participate, go to the
online auditorium at
http://67.19.231.218/v4/login.asp?r=67955673&p=0
Type your name and click login to enter the online
room. All that is needed to participate are an
Internet connection, sound card, and speakers.
Thursday, July 7, 2005 beginning at 10:30 a.m. Eastern
Daylight Time, 9:30 a.m. Central, 8:30 a.m.Mountain,
7:30 a.m. Pacific, and 2:30 p.m. GMT:
OPAL: More Than a Gem
If you're a librarian interested in learning more
about how OPAL and web conferencing can help your
library and your patrons, this session is for you!
This program, organized by the DuPage Library System
and facilitated by Tom Peters, will demonstrate the
software, provide an overview of OPAL, and discuss how
your library can become an OPAL participant. This
event is scheduled to last two hours.
Tuesday, July 12, 2005 beginning at 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Daylight Time, 1:00 p.m. Central, noon Mountain, 11:00
a.m. Pacific, and 6:00 p.m. GMT:
Photography With A Creative Touch
We are all creative in one way or another through
imagination, clothing, the way we decorate our homes,
etc. Creative photographs are stories in a
two-dimensional single frame. Anyone can learn to
apply some common principles of design and improve the
"message" quality to attract and hold the attention of
the viewer. This presentation by Paul Wohlfiel, a
former professional photographer, includes some
personal images and analysis of their design.
Suggestions regarding equipment and use will be
included.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005 beginning at 2:00 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Time, 1:00 Central, noon Mountain,
11:00 a.m. Pacific, and 6:00 p.m. GMT:
Batter Up: Baseball at the Library of Congress
From Civil War POWs to the World Series, Americans
have found a way to play baseball. Explore Americans'
fascination with the national pastime through song
sheets, photographs, personal accounts, and
memorabilia - including baseball cards from 1887!
Presented by the librarians at the Library of
Congress.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005 beginning at 8:00 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Time, 7:00 Central, 6:00 Mountain,
5:00 Pacific, and Midnight GMT:
Book Discussion of Devil in a Blue Dress, by Walter
Mosley
Los Angeles, 1948. Easy Rawlins, a black war veteran,
is out of work and in need of enough money to pay his
mortgage. He agrees to help a shady white mobster find
a mysterious white woman dressed in blue. Finding the
woman is easy--she frequents black jazz clubs--but the
information Rawlins uncovers in his search puts his
life in jeopardy. Some descriptions of sex.
RC 32935, 2 cassettes, narrated by Phil Regensdorf.
Thursday, July 14, 2005 beginning at 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Daylight Time, 1:00 Central, noon Mountain, 11:00 a.m.
Pacific, and 6:00 p.m. GMT:
Full Text Searching via Amazon.com and Google
One of the drawbacks of online library catalogs is
that they lack full text searchability. You cannot
look for every occurrence in every book of any single
library collection of phrases such as "social
networking", "molybdenum" or "Paradise Lost." If you
could do this, you might locate valuable information
buried deep inside a book. Amazon.com and Google have
added new services and functionalities that will soon
make this kind of search not only possible, but
efficient and, in any case, extend the value of any
library collection when used in tandem with an online
library catalog. Learn about Amazon.com's
"statistically improbable phrases," "concordance," and
"Search-inside-the-book" features and about Google
Print and Google Scholar, which provide free (if
limited) access to books and scholarly journals. This
session requires no programming knowledge and only a
basic familiarity with Amazon.com and Google.
Presented by William Thompson and Marcy Allen from
Western Illinois University.
Thursday, July 14, 2005 beginning at 8:00 p.m. Eastern
Daylight Time, 7:00 Central, 6:00 Mountain, 5:00
Pacific, and Midnight GMT:
Discussion of Hard Core Mystery Novels
What do Alex Cross, Kay Scarpetta, Lou Boldt, Alan
Gregory, Lucas Davenport, and Alex Delaware have in
common? If these names are not familiar to you and
even if they are, join us for a lively hour discussing
hard-core mysteries and the authors who write about
them. We also will discuss financial thrillers, legal
thrillers, and other mysteries. Along with an overview
by Lori Bell of this exciting genre, there will be
time for interaction, discussion, and questions.
For more information on these programs, contact OPAL
Coordinator Tom Peters at [log in to unmask]
Lori Bell
Director
Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center
600 High Point Lane
East Peoria, IL 61611
Phone: (309)694-9200 ext. 2128
Fax: (309)694-9230
Email: [log in to unmask]
Website: http://www.mitbc.org
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