Open Discussion Notes 4-6-16

11:15-11:45AM, Break Room
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Staff Training Notes April 1 & 8

Kendall Staff Training

Hidden Gems                                                                                                             April 2016

Presented by Alice Dooley

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Overview:  Presenting “Special Collections,” archival and research materials available through the HPL website.

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Description:  The Houston Public Library website under the tab, “Research”

1.    The African American Library at the Gregory School

2.    Clayton Library for Genealogical Research

3.    The Foundation Center Funding Information network Partner

4.    Greenburg Collection

5.    Government Documents

6.    Houston Area Digital Resources

7.    Houston Metropolitan Research Center

8.    Houston Oral History Project

9.    The Texas and Local History Department

10.  The World Languages Collection

Hidden Gems

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Practice/Assignment (due in two weeks):  April 15^th

As a way to introduce you to Digital Collections, the Houston Public Library, Houston Area Digital Archives, Smithsonian Libraries, library.si.edu/color, New York Public Library, nypl.org/publicdomaindigitalcollections.nypl.org, the Portland State University Library, http://library.pdx.edu/color-our-collections-february-1-5/ and other libraries, have made available pictures that are in the public domain that you can color.

Your assignment is to choose a picture(s), color it, and then put it in my mailbox.  A displayed of your artwork will be put on display somewhere in the workroom. 

Staff Training Notes March 4 & 11

Kendall Staff Training

PowerPoint

Presented by Pamela Officer

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Overview

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Create a presentation.
• Add graphics and multimedia to a presentation.
• Inserting a YouTube video in your presentation
• Adding a Dramatic effect to your presentation.

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Step 1: click on the Home Tab then click on Layout choose your first slide.

2. Add a Theme click design tab and select the theme of choice.

3. To add a new slide click new slide on home tab.

4. Add text to slides

5 Insert a picture click on Insert tab and click on picture or go to the internet.

6. Apply a transition effect to the presentation goes to the transition tab and choose one.

7. Highlight the object   on your slide to apply an animation, select animation.

8. Add sound to graphics

9. insert a you tube video to presentation

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How to insert a YouTube video in a PowerPoint

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Practice/Assignment (due in two weeks):

Create a presentation about the library services. You must a have a least five slide for this assignment. It must include all numbers below.

1. Add a theme
2. Pictures
3. Apply animation and transition to your presentation
4. Add sound clips
5. Add a You-tube video to your presentation
6. After you have completed your presentation send it to me.

Due date of  presentation: March 21,2016