Training for Scottsdale Public Library
Training: Health and Medicine Information
Date: Wednesday, September 24
Time: 8:30am – 10:00am
Instructor: Kerry Skinner, Librarian, Arizona State University Ross-Blakley Law Library
Class size limit: 15
Health issues affect all Americans from the time of birth through old age. Age, race, gender, and ancestry can affect health as well. This informational session will provide government resources, available online for free, for starting research into health-related topics as well as sources for general health issues. Training is funded by the IMLS Government Information in the 21st Century grant.
Training: Consumer and Demographic Information
Date: Wednesday, September 24
Time: 10:30an-12:00pm
Instructor: Nancy Deegan, Librarian, Central Arizona College of Pinal County
Class size limit: 15
Everyone’s a consumer, and consumers have questions. Do you know how and where to get the answers – before, during, and after a purchase? Discover a wealth of information available to help consumers make purchasing decisions, research recalls, find out credit information, see if that food or drug is safe, or make complaints. There will also be a demonstration on how to find demographic information. In addition to the useful information produced by the United States Census Bureau, we will look at government websites that provide crime, education, health, and labor demographics. Training is funded by the IMLS Government Information in the 21st Century grant.
The Government Information in the 21st Century Program is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services. Additional support is provided by the University of Colorado at Boulder as well as Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records; New Mexico State Library; Wyoming State Library; and Utah State University.
