Midwest Tape Offers Free Educational Webinars

What are Midwest Tape webinars?
Our webinars are educational, interactive seminars presented via the web. Midwest Tape provides webinars on a monthly basis, each focusing on a particular service, online or electronic ordering tool, acquisitions process, or industry/library trend.



Why are they beneficial?
Our webinars educate our current and prospective customers on our products and services and the ways in which they can benefit workflows. We also provide step-by-step website training to aid users in realizing the full potential of our website and the valuable resources available to them.

When are the upcoming webinars?  (Click the links below to register.) 
April 20, 2010
Audiobooks—Why Pay More?
Presented by Courtney Wolfe

May 11, 2010
Collection Development Tools
Presented by Lisa Smith

May 26, 2010
Workflow Solutions
Presented by Elaine Schlagheck

Who are the voices of our webinars?
Courtney Wolfe, Inside Sales Representative
cwolfe@midwesttapes.com

With Midwest Tape for nearly four years, Courtney has a well-rounded knowledge and experience base in library and industry trends which stems from having worked in multiple departments, including Customer Service, Purchasing, and Processing.

Lisa Smith, Inside Sales Representative
lsmith@midwesttapes.com

A member of the Midwest Tape team since December of 2007, Lisa applies her extensive customer service experience and strong understanding of libraries' needs to her role as an Inside Sales Representative.


 
Elaine Schlagheck, Inside Sales Representative
elaines@midwesttapes.com

With Midwest Tape for over seven years, Elaine developed and supervised the MARC Record Department before transitioning into Marketing and then Inside Sales, where she has since organized and held over 40 online webinars, effectively reaching over 5000 individuals over the last three years.

How do I, the librarian, participate?
You can register to attend our webinars through the links on the Midwest Tape homepage or by clicking the links above.  Upon registering, you’ll receive an email providing access information to login through your computer for the visual portion and dial into the toll-free number for the audio portion. (If you have speakers on your computer and want to listen that way, then you won’t need a telephone.) Once you’ve logged and phoned in, you can watch and listen to the webinar. You can also participate by submitting questions through your keyboard during the session.

Have you experienced Midwest Tape's free webinars?  What webinar topic are you looking forward to?
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