Eastern Europe: Courses and webinars

Do you wish to stay up to date comfortably about new literature and source materials becoming available on East and Southeast Europe? At the same time, do you wish to use the opportunity to suggest materials for acquisition, digitization or web archiving which have so far not or only scarcely been available, or to have a journal evaluated for article search?

The Specialised Information Service for East, Central and Southeast European Studies at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek offers a number of services which will bring the library’s extensive East European collection – one of the most important collections of its kind worldwide – literally "closer to you".

The webinar offers insight into the various possibilities of searching in targeted manner for newly acquired materials on East and Southeast Europe and of staying up to date by means of specialised subscription services. In addition, you can learn how and under what conditions you can have your own requests relating to gaps in the library holdings or other material requirements checked.

Since this is an interactive webinar with exercise units, we recommend taking part using a PC or a laptop computer.
With respect to this course, it is not possible to issue confirmations of participation.

Contents:

1. Recent acquisitions service "New Books and More on Eastern Europe"
2. Articles database ARTOS with ARTOS AboService: Search and subscribe to articles and reviews on East and Southeast Europe
3. Request-a-book service: Acquisition requests, digitization requests and much more

Target groups: Students, teachers and researchers of East and Southeast European studies, librarians and information professionals and generally everybody interested in Eastern, Eastern-Central and South-Eastern Europe

► To the webinar room
(You are asked to assign any desired guest name.)
(The webinar will be held in German.)

Please allow for around 1.5 hours duration of the course.
Access to the webinar room will be enabled 15 minutes before the scheduled start.

How do you attend a webinar?
Where can information on data protection be found?

osmikon is the largest provider of specialised information on studies of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe in the field of humanities and social sciences and offers a number of unique services for research and teaching. We will give you a tour of the portal and show you the most effective search strategies.
osmikon

Contents:

1. Search for literature and more with the search tool osmikonSEARCH
2. Services: Recent acquisitions service "New Books and More on Eastern Europe", ARTOS alerting service, book request service
3. Information on external databases, source collections and archive materials

As this is an interactive webinar with practice units, we recommend that you participate from a PC or laptop.
With respect to this course, it is not possible to issue confirmations of participation.

Target groups: Students, researchers, librarians, information specialists, everybody interested in East and South-East Europe

► To the webinar room
(You are asked to assign any desired guest name.)
(The webinar will be held in German.)

Please allow for around 1.5 hours duration of the course.
Access to the webinar room will be enabled 15 minutes before the scheduled start.

How do you attend a webinar?
Where can information on data protection be found?

From day to day, library catalogues offer an increasing amount of information and search possibilities, but sometimes these are hard to fathom. The correct handling of scripts and special characters, which is shown in the webinar, is of particular importance when searching materials on Eastern Europe.

► To the webinar room
(You are asked to assign any desired guest name.)
(The webinar will be held in German.)

Please allow for around 1.5 hours duration of the course.
Access to the webinar room will be enabled 15 minutes before the scheduled start.

How do you attend a webinar?
Where can information on data protection be found?

Research data, their management and publication are becoming increasingly important for the work of scholars. Within the scope of the webinar, research data are defined, basic terms are introduced and practical support is provided for everyday research work. The focus will be on humanities research data from the field of East, East-Central and Southeast European studies.

Contents:

• Basic information on research data and their management
• Practical tips for managing research data
• Introduction of services and repositories for publishing research data
• Searching research data

Target groups: This webinar is directed predominantly to more advanced students, postgraduate students, as well as scholars from the field of humanities, who are looking for information on research data management.

► To the webinar room
(You are asked to assign any desired guest name.)
(The webinar will be held in German.)

Please allow for around 1.5 hours duration of the course.
Access to the webinar room will be enabled 15 minutes before the scheduled start.

How do you attend a webinar?
Where can information on data protection be found?

Is conventional literature search not getting you anywhere? Do you need immediate access to relevant press archives from eastern Europe? Or are you looking for sources and other research materials, such as pictures, maps or films on eastern Europe? Then this webinar is perfect for you.

We give you an overview of licensed and freely accessible databases for studies of eastern Europe on the Internet. You can learn where to find digital press archives and source collections and how you can carry out your search of research materials retrievable online in a targeted manner.

Contents:

1. Licensed and freely accessible databases with materials on eastern, east-central and south-eastern Europe
2. Material guide of the research portal osmikon
3. The Database Information System (DBIS)
4. OstNet, the catalogue for Internet resources on eastern, east-central and south-eastern Europe

It is not possible to issue confirmations of participation in this course.

Target group: Students, researchers, librarians, information specialists, everybody interested in eastern and south-eastern Europe

► To the webinar room
(You are asked to assign any desired guest name.)
(The webinar will be held in German.)

Please allow for around 1.5 hours duration of the course.
Access to the webinar room will be enabled 15 minutes before the scheduled start.

How do you attend a webinar?
Where can information on data protection be found?