Training Sessions

The Interior Library offers regular training sessions to introduce Department of the Interior employees and others to its services and to the information sources it makes available, either on employees' desktops or in person. Training sessions are presented via webinar.

Additional training sessions will be posted as they are scheduled. Please check this page regularly for changes or updates.

To register for a future training session, please use our Training Session Registration Form. If the registration form does not work at your location, you may use the Library's contact form. If you have any questions or concerns, contact the Interior Library by e-mail at library@ios.doi.gov or by phone at (202) 208-5815

Webinar recordings of recently completed Interior Library programs are available upon request. Please contact the Interior Library by phone at (202) 208-5815 or via the Library's contact form for more information.
 

Upcoming Programs

Introduction to Readex’s African American Newspapers Database
Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET

Readex’s African American Newspapers, Series 1 and 2, 1827-1998 online database provides access to more than 350 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. This unique collection (available to Interior Department staff through the Interior Library website) includes digitized copies of historically significant newspapers from more than 35 states. Coverage spans life in the Antebellum South through the Jim Crow era to the modern civil rights movement. This class, conducted by a Readex trainer, will introduce attendees to this valuable online resource and provide them with helpful hints for searching the collection.

Please note: This program is only being offered as a simultaneous online webinar. Please contact the Library to obtain webinar information for this program.
 

John Collier and the Indian New Deal
Wednesday, May 8, 2024, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. As the Interior Department’s oldest bureau, the BIA has a long and complicated history that reflects the U.S. Government’s changing policies towards Native Americans. John Collier, considered by many of his peers to be a progressive social reformer, served in Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration from 1933 to 1945. As Commissioner of Indian Affairs, he would develop and help to implement legislation and policies that would allow tribes to move towards self-governance. His most prominent achievement, the Indian Reorganization Act (or Wheeler-Howard Act), was often referred to as the centerpiece of FDR’s “Indian New Deal.” It abolished the Dawes-era allotment program and made funds available for tribes to purchase lands they had lost. Collier was also the architect of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act and the Pueblo Relief Act. Please join DOI Library Head of Reference Services Jennifer Klang as she explores John Collier’s lifetime of work on behalf of Native Americans (including his policy achievements) and his focus on “an exploration of community.”

Please note: This program is only being offered as a simultaneous online webinar. Please contact the Library to obtain webinar information for this program.
 

Introduction to Lexis Plus
Thursday, June 6, 2024, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET

Lexis Plus delivers an unmatched set of legal, news, business and analytical content that professionals trust. It includes features such as Boolean search capabilities, the ability to evaluate case authority, the organization of cases by topic, and delivery of links to cited material. Lexis Plus has also created a Research Map that allows researchers to not only recall what they have recently searched, but also compare those searches and their results. Additionally, Shepard's Grid is also included, a graphical representation of the citing decisions in a Shepard's report. Attendees will be taught by a LexisNexis trainer how to maneuver through this online legal database platform to find the content they need.

Please note: This program is only being offered as a simultaneous online webinar. Please contact the Library to obtain webinar information for this program.
 

The Origins of the Antiquities Act
Thursday, June 27, 2024, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET

The nation’s first historic preservation legislation, the Antiquities Act was signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt on June 8, 1906. This law gives the President of the United States the authority to, by presidential proclamation, create national monuments from federal lands to protect significant natural, cultural, or scientific features. The Act has been used nearly 300 times since its passage, reserving millions of acres of land in the process. This class, taught by Department of the Interior Law Librarian Amy Bilyeau, will briefly survey the application of the Antiquities Act, from its inception with the designation of endangered sites in 1906, through the 21st century.  

Please note: This program is only being offered as a simultaneous online webinar. Please contact the Library to obtain webinar information for this program.
 

 

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