> > > >*Help! I'm an Accidental International Government Information Librarian: > >The Basics, and a Bit Beyond on March 8* > >The session will be recorded and made available after the live session, > >linked from the NCLA GRS web page ( > >http://www.nclaonline.org/government-resources). > > > >The Government Resources Section of the North Carolina Library Association > >welcomes you to a series of webinars designed to help us all do better > >reference work by increasing our familiarity with government information > >resources, and by discovering the best strategies for navigating them. > > > >This session on March 8 at 12pm will cover information sources from major > >international governmental organizations (IGOs) focusing on publications, > >documentation, and statistics. IGOs covered will include the United > >Nations, European Union, International Financial Institutions such as the > >World Bank, IMF, and World Trade Organization, as well as specialized > >agencies of the United Nations such as the Food and Agriculture > >Organization, the World Health Organization, the International Labour > >Organization, and UNESCO. By the end of the webinar participants should > >have an understanding of the uses of IGO information and be able to > >identify international government information sources to meet the needs of > >users across a range of subjects, including international law, human > >rights, economic development, public health, demography, gender and > women's > >studies, and more. Biographical Information > > > >Jim Church is the librarian for economics and international & foreign > >government information at the University of California Berkeley. > >He is active in the ALA Government Documents Roundtable where he served as > >the international documents columnist for the journal *DttP *for* *four > >years, and currently serves as the Secretary of the IFLA Government > >Information and Official Publications Section. His primary areas of > >interest include international poverty and development issues, statistics, > >human rights, NGOs, and digital archiving > > > >We will meet together for Session #15, online on *March 8 from 12:00 – > 1:00 > >p.m. (EDT)*. Please RSVP for the Session by March 7 at 5:00 pm using this > >link: http://tinyurl.com/grs-session15 > > > >Technical requirements: We will be using collaborative software called > >Elluminate. It requires that you be able to download Java onto your > >computer, but you do not need any special software. After you RSVP, we > will > >send you a link that you can use to test the software. If you have any > >questions, please contact Lynda Kellam ([log in to unmask]). You do not > need > >a microphone as a chat system is available in the software, but you do > need > >speakers or headphones. > > > >The session will be recorded and made available after the live session, > >linked from the NCLA GRS web page ( > >http://www.nclaonline.org/government-resources). > > > > > >-- > >Lynda M. Kellam > >Data Services & Government Information Librarian > >University of NC at Greensboro > >Jackson Library > >Greensboro, NC 27402 > >336-334-5251 > >http://uncg.libguides.com/profile/lyndamk > > > >http://uncgdataland.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > > >-- > >Lynda M. Kellam > >Data Services & Government Information Librarian > >University of NC at Greensboro > >Jackson Library > >Greensboro, NC 27402 > >336-334-5251 > >[log in to unmask] > > > > > > > >-- > >Lynda M. Kellam > >Data Services & Government Information Librarian > >University of NC at Greensboro > >Jackson Library > >Greensboro, NC 27402 > >336-334-5251 > >[log in to unmask] > -- Lynda M. Kellam Data Services & Government Information Librarian University of NC at Greensboro Jackson Library Greensboro, NC 27402 336-334-5251 [log in to unmask]