The Film and Video Collection Department of the University of Delaware Library will offer UD students, faculty, and staff an hour-long overview of film and video resources and services available for classroom instructional support and research. The session will begin with a tour of the Film and Video Collection Department facilities which include viewing carrels, a Viewing Room, and a Media Research Room. Participants will be shown how to search the collection in DELCAT and WorldCat Local and will be given an online tour of the Film and Video website.

Class limited to four participants; registration is required. Please email mtwchk@udel.edu to set up a consultation if class is full.

The workshop is open to UD students, faculty, and staff.

Please note: This session does not cover services and resources offered by the Student Multimedia Design Center.

Location: Film and Video Collection Department Desk, Morris Library, lower level.

Presenter: Meghann Matwichuk, associate librarian, Film and Video Collection Department.

The Student Multimedia Design Center Orientation offers a 30-minute overview of the facility and services offered in the Center on the lower level of Morris Library.

Each orientation session will begin with an informative tour of the studios, classrooms, and general computing areas that comprise the Student Multimedia Design Center. Participants will learn about all multimedia services and other Library services offered by the Center.

The workshop is available at no charge and is open to UD students, faculty, and staff. Registration is required.

Location: Room B, Student Multimedia Design Center, Morris Library, lower level.

Presenter: Student Multimedia Design Center staff.

The Student Multimedia Design Center Orientation offers a 30-minute overview of the facility and services offered in the Center on the lower level of Morris Library.

Each orientation session will begin with an informative tour of the studios, classrooms, and general computing areas that comprise the Student Multimedia Design Center. Participants will learn about all multimedia services and other Library services offered by the Center.

The workshop is available at no charge and is open to UD students, faculty, and staff. Registration is required.

Location: Room B, Student Multimedia Design Center, Morris Library, lower level.

Presenter: Student Multimedia Design Center staff.

The Student Multimedia Design Center Orientation offers a 30-minute overview of the facility and services offered in the Center on the lower level of Morris Library.

Each orientation session will begin with an informative tour of the studios, classrooms, and general computing areas that comprise the Student Multimedia Design Center. Participants will learn about all multimedia services and other Library services offered by the Center.

The workshop is available at no charge and is open to UD students, faculty, and staff. Registration is required.

Location: Room B, Student Multimedia Design Center, Morris Library, lower level.

Presenter: Student Multimedia Design Center staff.

So you have been given a multimedia assignment to complete. What tools will you use? Where do you begin? Well, here’s the answer. By utilizing resources in the Student Multimedia Design Center, this workshop will show you how to select the appropriate operating system, determine which audio and video equipment to use, and how to choose the appropriate software program(s).

Location: Room B, Student Multimedia Design Center, Morris Library, lower level.

Presenter: Hannah Lee, affiliate assistant librarian, Student Multimedia Design Center.

So you have been given a multimedia assignment to complete. What tools will you use? Where do you begin? Well, here’s the answer. By utilizing resources in the Student Multimedia Design Center, this workshop will show you how to select the appropriate operating system, determine which audio and video equipment to use, and how to choose the appropriate software program(s).

Location: Room B, Student Multimedia Design Center, Morris Library, lower level.

Presenter: Hannah Lee, affiliate assistant librarian, Student Multimedia Design Center.

Building on a history of great video editing tools, Apple’s latest version of iMovie gives you more flexibility than ever before. Now with themed movie trailer templates, blue screen keying, and traditional timeline editing, this hands-on workshop will explore iMovie 2011’s entire editing process from beginning to end.

The workshop is available at no charge and is open to UD students, faculty, and staff. Seating is limited and registration is required.

Location: Room B, Student Multimedia Design Center, Morris Library, lower level.

Presenter: Hannah Lee, affiliate assistant librarian, Student Multimedia Design Center.

Building on a history of great video editing tools, Apple’s latest version of iMovie gives you more flexibility than ever before. Now with themed movie trailer templates, blue screen keying, and traditional timeline editing, this hands-on workshop will explore iMovie 2011’s entire editing process from beginning to end.

The workshop is available at no charge and is open to UD students, faculty, and staff. Seating is limited and registration is required.

Location: Room B, Student Multimedia Design Center, Morris Library, lower level.

Presenter: Hannah Lee, affiliate assistant librarian, Student Multimedia Design Center.

Building on a history of great video editing tools, Apple’s latest version of iMovie gives you more flexibility than ever before. Now with themed movie trailer templates, blue screen keying, and traditional timeline editing, this hands-on workshop will explore iMovie 2011’s entire editing process from beginning to end.

The workshop is available at no charge and is open to UD students, faculty, and staff. Seating is limited and registration is required.

Location: Room B, Student Multimedia Design Center, Morris Library, lower level.

Presenter: Hannah Lee, affiliate assistant librarian, Student Multimedia Design Center.

Building on a history of great video editing tools, Apple’s latest version of iMovie gives you more flexibility than ever before. Now with themed movie trailer templates, blue screen keying, and traditional timeline editing, this hands-on workshop will explore iMovie 2011’s entire editing process from beginning to end.

The workshop is available at no charge and is open to UD students, faculty, and staff. Seating is limited and registration is required.

Location: Room B, Student Multimedia Design Center, Morris Library, lower level.

Presenter: Hannah Lee, affiliate assistant librarian, Student Multimedia Design Center.

RefWorks is a web-based citation management tool used to import and organize citations and generate bibliographies or reference lists. This workshop introduces the basic functions of RefWorks. Topics covered include setting up an account, understanding the user interface, exporting citations from research databases, creating folders, organizing citations, storing full-text articles within RefWorks, and creating a bibliography or reference list.

RefWorks is available from the Library Databases page.

The workshop is available at no charge and is open to UD students, faculty, and staff. Seating is limited and registration is required.

Location: Room 116A, Reference Room, Morris Library, first floor

Presenter: Dianna McKellar, associate librarian, Reference Department

Do you have treasured memories on old formats? Learn how to transfer them to digital formats for use on a computer. This workshop will cover transferring formats like VHS, vinyl records, audio cassettes, photographic slides, microforms and paper depending on the needs of the participants. An overview of equipment available at the Student Multimedia Design Center will be presented as well as tips for home equipment.

The workshop is available at no charge and is open to UD students, faculty, and staff. Seating is limited and registration is required.

Location: Room B, Student Multimedia Design Center, Morris Library, lower level.

Presenter: Hannah Lee, affiliate assistant librarian, Student Multimedia Design Center.

RefWorks is a web-based citation management tool used to create and manage references, export references from databases, and generate bibliographies or reference lists. This workshop introduces the advanced functions of RefWorks. Topics covered include exporting references from research databases, organizing references, using the Write-N-Cite feature to insert in-text citations, and creating bibliographies or reference lists.

Previous attendance at an “Introduction to RefWorks” workshop is highly recommended.

RefWorks is available from the Library Databases page.

The workshop is available at no charge and is open to UD students, faculty, and staff. Seating is limited and registration is required.

Location: Room A, Student Multimedia Design Center, Morris Library, lower level.

Presenter: William Simpson, associate librarian, Reference Department.

This workshop will help participants make informed choices when creating and managing multimedia files. Participants will learn the difference between a JPEG and GIF; when would it be better to save an audio recording as a WAV or MP3; and how to differentiate between a variety of audio (e.g., MP3, WAV, etc.), graphic (JPEG, GIF, PNG, etc.) and text formats (PDF, etc.).

Location: Room B, Student Multimedia Design Center, Morris Library, lower level.

Presenter: Hannah Lee, affiliate assistant librarian, Student Multimedia Design Center.

This workshop will cover the basics of how to use a mini-DV tape and memory-based video camera with a tripod, all of which are available at the Student Multimedia Design Center. The workshop will cover what the default settings should be, how to test the camera, playback and general tips for shooting.

The workshop is available at no charge and is open to UD students, faculty, and staff. Seating is limited and registration is required.

Location: Room B, Student Multimedia Design Center, Morris Library, lower level.

Presenter: Hannah Lee, affiliate assistant librarian, Student Multimedia Design Center.

RefWorks is a web-based citation management tool used to import and organize citations and generate bibliographies or reference lists. This workshop introduces the basic functions of RefWorks. Topics covered include setting up an account, understanding the user interface, exporting citations from research databases, creating folders, organizing citations, storing full-text articles within RefWorks, and creating a bibliography or reference list.

RefWorks is available from the Library Databases page.

The workshop is available at no charge and is open to UD students, faculty, and staff. Seating is limited and registration is required.

Location: Room 116A, Reference Room, Morris Library, first floor

Presenter: Dianna McKellar, associate librarian, Reference Department

RefWorks is a web-based citation management tool used to create and manage references, export references from databases, and generate bibliographies or reference lists. This workshop introduces the advanced functions of RefWorks. Topics covered include exporting references from research databases, organizing references, using the Write-N-Cite feature to insert in-text citations, and creating bibliographies or reference lists.

Previous attendance at an “Introduction to RefWorks” workshop is highly recommended.

RefWorks is available from the Library Databases page.

The workshop is available at no charge and is open to UD students, faculty, and staff. Seating is limited and registration is required.

Location: Room A, Student Multimedia Design Center, Morris Library, lower level.

Presenter: William Simpson, associate librarian, Reference Department.

The Genealogy for Beginners workshop covers the basics for researchers who are just starting to work on their family histories. It presents an overview of the types of records that contain genealogical information as well as strategies for finding and recording this data. Learn how to search the online database Ancestry Library Edition for U.S. census record.

Ancestry Library Edition is available from the Library Databases page.

This workshop is available at no charge and is open to UD students, faculty, and staff.

The workshop is also open to the general public, however online registration is not available. If you are enrolled at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute or are a member of the general public, please register by calling the Reference Department at 831-2432 or emailing

Seating is limited and registration is required.

Location: Room 116A, Reference Room, Morris Library, first floor.

Presenters: Rebecca Knight, associate librarian, and Linda Stein, librarian, Reference Department.

The workshop will focus on two Library databases, Foundation Directory Online and COS Pivot, which faculty, staff and graduate students can use to identify potential funding resources, such as grants from private foundations, corporations and public charities. The workshop will cover strategies for searching the databases, procedures for using alerting services, and locating additional grant information on the Internet. This workshop is co-sponsored by the University of Delaware Research Office.

The workshop is available at no charge and is open to UD students, faculty, and staff. Seating is limited and registration is required.

Location: Room 116A, Reference Room, Morris Library, first floor.

Presenter: Carol Rudisell, librarian, Reference Department.

The workshop will focus on using the Foundation Directory Online, and COS Funding Opportunities, Library databases that administrators of nonprofit agencies can use to identify sources for grant funding. The online directory includes detailed information on funders such as private foundations, corporations and public charities. The workshop will cover strategies for searching the database, locating additional grant information on the Internet, and using alerting services and RSS feeds. The University of Delaware Library is a member of the Foundation Center Cooperating Collection network. There is no charge for the workshop, but registration is required.

COS Funding Opportunities is available on the Library Databases page. Foundation Directory Online is available only in the Morris Library; see the information on the Library Databases page.

The workshop is available at no charge and is open to UD students, faculty, and staff, and the public. Seating is limited and registration is required.

Location: Class of 1941 Lecture Room, Morris Library, first floor.

Presenter: Carol Rudisell, librarian, Reference Department.

Genealogical researchers often find it difficult to locate names in the U.S. Census and other historical sources due to the various ways names are recorded. Records tend to focus on male heads of households and may not provide the first or maiden names of female family members. This workshop offers information on the most commonly-encountered problems and strategies that may help you solve them.

The workshop is open to UD students, faculty, and staff and to the general public. Seating is limited and registration is required.

Location: Room 116A, Reference Room, Morris Library, first floor.

Presenters: Linda Stein, librarian, and Rebecca Knight, associate librarian, Reference Department