Cutting the Red Tape: Finding and Using E-Government Tools and Resources
Web-based (Moodle) course - Register to work-at-your-own-pace anytime
Lectures and Discussions
Web-Based Learning Activities:
This hands-on course 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 course 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 course 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 anda current standard Web Browser, e.g., Chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer -- current versions are best..
Register anytime to work-at-your-own-pace with a Web teacher through e-mail, chat and Moodle. $200
Diane K. Kovacs is President of Kovacs Consulting - Internet &Web Training.She has been a Web Teacher and Consultant for nearly 20 years. She designs and teaches Web-based and in-person courses for organizations and individuals including UIUC GSLIS LEEP, SJSU SLIS, ALAEditions, ACRL, MLA, and others. Diane has been designing and teaching Web-based and in-person MLA Approved CE Courses since 2001
Her most recent book is 7 Steps to Effective Online Teaching forthcoming from ALA Editions. The Kovacs Guide to Electronic Library Collection Development: Essential Core Subject Collections, Selection Criteria, and Guidelines, 2nd Edition was published in 2009 by Neal-Schuman Publishers. The Virtual Reference Handbook: Interview and Information Delivery Techniques for the Chat and E-Mail Environments Neal-Schuman Publishers (2007) was published concurrently in the United Kingdom by Facet Publishers (2007).
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.
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.