Learn how to create standard departmental forms, college-wide forms, and on-line forms by using Adobe Acrobat.  We will step through the process of changing Word, Excel, and other documents into Adobe Acrobat forms that will eliminate the need for paper forms, and they will look good too!

Almost everyone who uses a desktop computer is a data manager and needs to be concerned about backup and security.  This session will review some of the risks to which a computer user's data is exposed, and some of the methods available for mitigating those risks.

This session will demonstrate how to use the Drawing toolbar in Microsoft Office applications to create basic graphics in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

This will be a demonstration of the Mimio whiteboard projection system along with a character recognition program as teaching tools.  Ideas, concept diagrams, explanations can be captured for notes, review, and other reinforcements.

Microsoft Word (along with other word processors) offers tools that enable us to comment, track and edit changes in documents, keeping those changes separate from the original document.  This session will provide a brief overview on how to use Word in a collaborative writing environment.

Dreamweaver is a customizable, web page design application that allows the ease and use of word processing page design for web pages. It also offers an easy-to-use interface for advanced web page design.  This session will provide a brief glance at some of Dreamweaver's capabilities.

EndNote keeps track of research sources, annotations, and notes.  It also enables you to import your references and citations into a word processor (e.g., Microsoft Word) and offers an effective way of organizing your research and integrating it with your writing.  This session will provide a brief overview on using EndNote with Word.

A simple budget will be used to demonstrate formatting a spreadsheet and using built-in functions to calculate formulas automatically.

Basic Scripting in FileMaker Pro: Learn how to sit back and let FileMaker do the work for you by creating simple scripts to automate your work.

This session will demonstrate how to connect and project almost anything to a Data/Video Projector.

This session will give a brief demonstration of Library 107 and a discussion of what is available on campus. We will touch on the questions: Why use multimedia?  What is possible with multimedia?

This session will cover digital images, scanning, resolution, PowerPoint and printing and include a brief discussion of digital imaging and the problems that can arise when using them in presentations.

This will be an introduction to the data network at Berea College, including logging into the network, what resources are available once you are logged in, and ways using the network might improve efficiency.

Learn how to use Photoshop to edit and combine digital images, including correcting for poor photography or scanning.

PowerPoint can be used to share information in a variety of settings, from lecture to kiosks.  We will demonstrate preparing a presentation to run continuously at a kiosk.

Learn how to use the Library's Research Assistance web page for getting the most out of your Internet searches.  Learn how to find the URLs you need when you need them and how to best use Internet search engines and subject directories.

Come and learn how to access and search on-line databases from your desk!   Hutchins Library makes available to the college community many sources through both the Online Database web page and the Catalog web page (KYVL).  Through these subscription databases, you can find citations and some full text articles in the areas of business, law, and news, to name just a few of the most popular.

If you are overwhelmed by too many results when you use your favorite search engine or database, or have difficulty getting anything that seems relevant, you may want to add some tools to your searching skills toolbox.  Come learn the general theory behind searching so you can identify search terms and put them together in a way that increases the effectiveness and efficiency of your Internet hunt.