Internet Training for Academics--Cambridge, MA (fwd)

[Devin P Browne]

This seems to be Slavic area focused, so I thought I'd pass it along.

Devin

Devin P Browne
dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu

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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 03:20:11 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject: Internet Training for Academics--Cambridge, MA



                The Internet for Academics
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This is a user-friendly but intensive course designed to develop the
Internet skills of those who have not had formal instruction.  Courses are
great for Internet novices who would like to increase their confidence and
skills with hands-on practice:

* Search techniques and research strategies in Slavic Area Studies

* Evaluating information on the Internet

* Email discussion groups, newsgroups, and locating individuals and
organizations on the Internet

* Using websites in a university setting

* Putting course material and other publications online

* Using the Internet to identify grant funding

* Scholarly publication and online journals

* Reading non-Latin fonts on the web

LOCATION: Sabre Foundation, Cambridge, Massachusetts

COST: $400.

Participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation costs.
International applicants may be eligible for tuition waiver and fellowship
support.

MORE INFORMATION: Sabre Foundation, Kimberly Bartlett, 872 Massachusetts
Ave., Cambridge, MA, 02139.  Tel: (617) 868-3510.  Fax: (617) 868-7916.
Email: kim at sabre.org.  URL: www.sabre.org

Register now for either November 8-10 or 15-17.  Class size is limited to
six.

Sabre Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1969 that
specializes in international education programs.  Sabre has helped
librarians and researchers from East and Central Europe and the NIS build
their Internet skills.

Increase your Internet skills at Sabre before the AAASS conference begins!


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