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How do I register for an author talk? Author Talks are provided by your library through a special website. These Author Talks are available live to register and watch from the comfort of your own home. You can also watch recordings of the Author Talks at a later time. You can find a step by step guide to registration at this link: How to Register and Watch an Author Talk Where do I find the link to watch the talk? After you have registered for the author talk, you will receive an email confirming your registration. The link to watch the live talk is in this email. You can also save the talk to your google calendar at the time of registration or through the link in your confirmation email and the calendar event will contain a link to view the talk as well. Will the talk be recorded? Yes! If you cannot watch the talk live, you can come back and watch the recording afterwards. The recording of each talk will be posted 24 hours after the live event is complete. To view the recordings, go to the author talks page for your library and scroll to the bottom to choose “View all recordings”. You can find a list of participating libraries [at this link](https://libraryc.org/members). Do I need to register for the talk? If you would like to view the talk live or submit a question to the author, you will need to register for the author talk ahead of time. If you cannot attend the talk live, you can still register to submit a question, and a link to the recording will be emailed to you the day after the talk is complete. Am I going to get a lot of emails after I register? You will get one email to confirm your registration with a link to the event, a second email as a reminder the day before the talk with a link to the event, and a third email the day after the talk with a link to the recording. After that, you will only get a seasonal email with a list of upcoming talks and registration links, which you can unsubscribe from at any time. Will there be Closed Captioning for the live author talk? There is an option for Closed Captioning with all of our live-streamed author talks (as well as in their replays). Once the author talk has begun, look for the CC icon on the bottom right of the video. For Closed Captioning in other languages, click on the settings icon (to the right of the CC icon) and choose “Subtitles/CC” to open up the next menu. Choose “Auto-Translate” and then pick the desired language from the list that opens. For additional guidance, please see the video below. https://youtu.be/W-faSc9Giww Where does the talk take place? All of the author talks produced by the Library Speakers Consortium are live-streamed and can be attended through any device that connects to the internet. You will find the link to the event in your registration confirmation email (as well as a reminder email that you’ll receive the day before the event). How do I ask a question? When you register for the author talk, there is a field for you to enter in your question(s). We also take questions during the event, and will cover as many questions as time allows. Will there be a way to ask a question later? During the live author talk, you can submit questions in a field below the video labeled as “questions.” We will cover as many questions as time allows.
Preguntas Frequentes
¿Cómo me registro para una plática de autor? Las pláticas de autores se ofrecen en su biblioteca a través de un sitio web especial. Estas pláticas de autores están disponibles en vivo para registrarse y mirar desde la comodidad de su hogar. También puede ver grabaciones de las pláticas de autores más tarde. Puede encontrar una guía paso a paso para registrarse en este enlace de web: Cómo registrarse y ver una plática de un autor ¿Dónde encuentro el enlace para ver la plática? Una vez que se haya registrado para la plática del autor, recibirá un correo electrónico de confirmación de su inscripción. El enlace para ver la plática en vivo se encuentra en este correo electrónico. También puede guardar la plática en su calendario de Google en el momento de la inscripción o a través del enlace en su correo electrónico de confirmación y el evento del calendario contendrá también un enlace para ver la plática. ¿Se grabará la plática? ¡Sí! Si no puede ver la plática en vivo, puede volver y ver la grabación después. La grabación de cada plática se publicará 24 horas después de que finalice el evento en vivo. Para ver las grabaciones, vaya a la página de pláticas de autores de su biblioteca y desplácese hasta la parte inferior para elegir "Ver todas las grabaciones". Puede encontrar una lista de las bibliotecas participantes en este enlace de web. ¿Necesito registrarme para la plática? Si desea ver la plática en vivo o enviar una pregunta al autor, deberá registrarse con anticipación para asistir a la plática. Si no puede asistir a la plática en vivo, puede registrarse para enviar una pregunta y se le enviará un enlace a la grabación por correo electrónico el día después de que finalice la plática. ¿Recibiré muchos correos electrónicos después de registrarme? Recibirás un correo electrónico para confirmar tu inscripción con un enlace al evento, un segundo correo electrónico como recordatorio el día antes de la plática con un enlace al evento y un tercer correo electrónico el día después de la plática con un enlace a la grabación. Después de eso, solo recibirás un correo electrónico estacional con una lista de las próximas pláticas y enlaces de inscripción, del cual puedes darte de baja en cualquier momento. ¿Habrá subtítulos en vivo para la plática del autor? Existe una opción de subtítulos en todas las pláticas de autores transmitidas en vivo (así como en sus repeticiones). Una vez que haya comenzado la plática del autor, busque el ícono de subtítulos en la parte inferior derecha del video. Para ver subtítulos en otros idiomas, haz clic en el icono de configuración (a la derecha del icono CC) y selecciona “Subtítulos/CC” para abrir el siguiente menú. Elige “Traducción automática” y luego elige el idioma deseado de la lista que se abre. Para obtener más instrucciones, mira el video a continuación. https://youtu.be/W-faSc9Giww ¿Donde se realiza la charla? Todas las pláticas de autores producidas por el Library Speakers Consortium se transmiten en vivo y se puede asistir a ellas a través de cualquier dispositivo que se conecte a Internet. Encontrará el enlace al evento en el correo electrónico de confirmación de su inscripción (así como un correo electrónico recordatorio que recibirá el día anterior al evento). ¿Cómo hago una pregunta? Cuando te registras para la plática del autor, hay un campo para que ingreses tus preguntas. También responderemos preguntas durante el evento y responderemos tantas como el tiempo lo permita. ¿Habrá alguna manera de hacer una pregunta más tarde? Durante la plática en vivo del autor, puedes enviar preguntas en un campo debajo del video denominado “preguntas”. Responderemos tantas preguntas como el tiempo lo permita.
How to Register and Watch an Author Talk
Introduction Author Talks are provided by your library through a special website. These Author Talks are available live to register and watch from the comfort of your own home. You can also watch recordings of the Author Talks at a later time. Let's find out how to register and watch an Author Talk! Registering To register go to the website for your library. You can find a list of participating libraries at this link. Once you have made it to the site, you can click on Upcoming Events to see the live Author Talk you can register for. After that you will see a list of Author Talks. Click on the one you want to register for. Then you can read the description for the Author Talk, and if you are still interested click on register. Then fill in your information. Make sure you put in the right email address as that is how you will receive the watch link! After that you will receive an email with the watch link. You will also receive emails 24 hours and 2 hours before the Author Talk. When you're ready to watch click on Join Webinar. That will take you to the watch page. You can watch the Author Talk, ask questions, and participate in the live chat all in the same page. There is no Zoom, the live video will play in your browser.
Frequently Asked Questions
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How do I register for an author talk?

Author Talks are provided by your library through a special website. These Author Talks are available live to register and watch from the comfort of your own home. You can also watch recordings of the Author Talks at a later time. You can find a step by step guide to registration at this link:
How to Register and Watch an Author Talk
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Where do I find the link to watch the talk?

After you have registered for the author talk, you will receive an email confirming your registration. The link to watch the live talk is in this email. You can also save the talk to your google calendar at the time of registration or through the link in your confirmation email and the calendar event will contain a link to view the talk as well.

Will the talk be recorded?

Yes! If you cannot watch the talk live, you can come back and watch the recording afterwards. The recording of each talk will be posted 24 hours after the live event is complete. To view the recordings, go to the author talks page for your library and scroll to the bottom to choose “View all recordings”. You can find a list of participating libraries [at this link](https://libraryc.org/members).

Do I need to register for the talk?

If you would like to view the talk live or submit a question to the author, you will need to register for the author talk ahead of time. If you cannot attend the talk live, you can still register to submit a question, and a link to the recording will be emailed to you the day after the talk is complete.

Am I going to get a lot of emails after I register?

You will get one email to confirm your registration with a link to the event, a second email as a reminder the day before the talk with a link to the event, and a third email the day after the talk with a link to the recording. After that, you will only get a seasonal email with a list of upcoming talks and registration links, which you can unsubscribe from at any time.

Will there be Closed Captioning for the live author talk?

There is an option for Closed Captioning with all of our live-streamed author talks (as well as in their replays). Once the author talk has begun, look for the CC icon on the bottom right of the video.
For Closed Captioning in other languages, click on the settings icon (to the right of the CC icon) and choose “Subtitles/CC” to open up the next menu. Choose “Auto-Translate” and then pick the desired language from the list that opens. For additional guidance, please see the video below.
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Where does the talk take place?

All of the author talks produced by the Library Speakers Consortium are live-streamed and can be attended through any device that connects to the internet. You will find the link to the event in your registration confirmation email (as well as a reminder email that you’ll receive the day before the event).

How do I ask a question?

When you register for the author talk, there is a field for you to enter in your question(s). We also take questions during the event, and will cover as many questions as time allows.

Will there be a way to ask a question later?

During the live author talk, you can submit questions in a field below the video labeled as “questions.” We will cover as many questions as time allows.
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