Internet & Computers

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Computer Guides and Tutorials

Using a Computer

New User Tutorial - http://northville.lib.mi.us/tech/tutor/welcome.htm
Land Grant Training Alliance Online Lessons - http://www.lgta.org/
Mousercise - http://www.ckls.org/~crippel/computerlab/tutorials/mouse/page1.html 
Sites designed to teach new users basic computer skills such as using the mouse and the scrollbar, typing commands into dialog boxes, double clicking, and using the File menu and other basic Windows functions. Navigation from page to page is easy for people just learning computer skills. 

Guides

Finding Information on the Internet - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
Guide to Effective Searching of the Internet - http://www.brightplanet.com/deepcontent/tutorials/search/index.asp
Two  introductions to Internet searching on the Web. Good section on how to choose search tools with a chart comparing the features of the major Web search engines and directories.

Graphics, Images and Photographs
Ditto.com, Google and Alta Vista Image Search - Indexes millions of photos and graphics on the web. Great place to find a little something for a school project or web site. 

Internet Guides and Tutorials

Using the Internet

Internet Tutorials - University at Albany Libraries - http://library.albany.edu/internet/
Learn the Net - http://www.learnthenet.com/english/index.html
net.TUTOR  - http://gateway.lib.ohio-state.edu/tutor/
Three collections of beginners' tutorials for Internet users. There are currently 20 tutorials under various categories. Regularly updated.

 

 Local Sites

 Connect @ McMillan Programs

  The Library, in cooperation with Wood County Telephone Company, regularly provides basic and specialized Internet training sessions. These are free and open to the public. Call the Library or check our newsletter for dates and times. Below are the handouts from most of the classes. They contain all the hints, suggestions and links discussed in the sessions.

Searching the Internet 
Digital cameras

An Introduction to the Internet (McMillan's version)
Buy and selling on eBay
Internet genealogy 
Using Social Software: IM, MySpace and YouTube.

Helping with homework.

Digitization

Digitizing Local History - The McMillan Experience
The online outline of a presentation by Assistant Director Andy Barnett and Head of Adult Services Donald Litzer covering how and why McMillan developed a digitization program and how the methods used can be adapted by other libraries .

Local History in E-Books and on the Web : One library's experience as example and model by Don Litzer and Andy Barnett. (from the Spring 2004 Reference and Users Services Quarterly)

Digitizing Local History on a Budget
The handout from Talk Table hosted by  Asst. Director Andy Barnett at Public Library Association  Conference 2002.

Content That Counts: How a University Library and a Public Library Digitized Local Content for the Web -  Power Point Version or HTML Version
The PowerPoint version of a presentation by Asst. Director Andy Barnett and Arne Arneson and Dave Timm of the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point at the Wisconsin Library Association's Fall 2001 conference.

Digitization for Librarians
This program on digitizing local historical documents was presented at the 2001 Wisconsin Association of Public Librarians Convention by Asst. Director Andy Barnett. He has revised it to address concerns raised about the problems of digitizing on (or without) a budget.

Selection criteria
The guidelines that McMillan has developed to evaluate and prioritize items being considered for digitization.

Copyright Clearance
The form that McMillan has developed to obtain copyright clearance from authors or their heirs.

Dublin Core Metadata Template
A simple form to develop metadata for digitized content.

Highsmith Acceptance Speech.
As presented at the 2002 WLA Awards Banquet.

 Local Internet Access Providers and Computer Groups

 Charter Pipeline
Go 2 America
T-Net
Voyager.Net
Wood County Telephone Company \WCTC.NET - They also allow web access to their e-mail

Rapid River PC Users Group is a local computer users organization that meets monthly to share computer problems and solutions.

Last updated November 12, 2007