General Information about Infopeople Training

Who Can Attend Infopeople Training

  • All Infopeople workshops are open to all members of the California library community. This includes those who are working in any California library (academic, public, school, or special), in any California cooperative library system, or in any California library organization. It also includes California library school students, trustees, and volunteers, as well as library consultants, self-employed or unemployed librarians, and information professionals working in California.
  • Workshops will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis up to the capacity of the training venue. If a workshop is full, we encourage you to add your name to the wait list. When a waiting list reaches 10 people, we will schedule another session, budget permitting.
  • Individual libraries, systems, consortia, and library-related organizations may contract an entire workshop for their staff or membership. See our contract training page for fee information and a list of available workshops.
  • With a few exceptions, there is a $75 fee for Infopeople on-ground and online training events. Billing must be either to the individual or the library and payment must be by check or money order (credit cards are accepted by phone only) and must be mailed to: Accounts Payable, Peninsula Library System, 2471 Flores Street, San Mateo, CA 94403. PLEASE NOTE: Do NOT bring payment to the workshop, as the lab assistants and trainers cannot accept it. Payments must be mailed to the address above.
  • Webinars and archived webinars are free!
  • Except where otherwise noted, the Internet workshops are not for beginners. Those attending should be comfortable using a mouse; familiar with web terminology; and able to navigate the web using URLs, menus, and tool bars.
  • People from the library community outside of California can register for most online courses for an out-of-state registration fee of $150.

What to Expect at Infopeople Workshops

Unless otherwise specified:

  • All-day Infopeople workshops begin with on-site registration from 8:30 to 9 AM. Instruction begins at 9 and lasts until between 4 and 4:30 PM. There are morning and afternoon breaks as well as a lunch period. You may wish to bring your lunch, as the lunch break is usually 45 minutes and going out for lunch will be rushed or difficult at some training locations. Half-day workshops have the same starting time as all-day workshops, but instruction ends at 12:30 PM. Specific times for any workshop are given on the workshop description page.
  • Directions & maps to Infopeople training sites are available on the Infopeople website.
  • Infopeople does NOT pay for parking. Be sure to bring some change as not all training locations will offer free parking.
  • Most computer labs strictly prohibit food and beverages. Please do not bring food or beverages into training facilities that prohibit them, as that may result in a loss of our ability to use the facility.
  • Temperatures in computer labs and meeting rooms may fluctuate considerably, and there is generally no way to control them. Please be advised to dress in layers that you can add and remove as comfort dictates.
  • All Infopeople workshops involve both close work (reading, computer use) and looking at images projected on a screen. If you need any type of glasses or lenses, please be sure to bring them with you.

Cancellation Policy

On-ground:

  • If you cannot attend a workshop for which you have registered, please feel free to send someone else. Make sure your billing office has been notified of the change and email the Infopeople Project Assistant at assist@infopeople.org with the workshop, date, location, your name, and the name of the person taking your place.
  • If you need to cancel and cannot send someone else, please click the login link in the upper left corner of any page, if you are not already logged in. Once you are logged in, click your user name in the upper left corner of any page to go to your profile where you can view or cancel a previous registration.

Online:

  • If you cannot attend an online course for which you have registered, please click the login link in the upper right corner of any page, if you are not already logged in. Once you are logged in, click "My account" in the upper right corner of any page to go to your profile where you can view or cancel your registration.

PLEASE NOTE: If you need to cancel less than seven days prior to the start of an on-ground workshop or an online course you are responsible for paying the workshop fee.