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Ebooks: The New Normal

ballee — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:26:28 +0000

How libraries are leveraging the ebook opportunity.

www.ebook-summit.com

Event Organizer:

Library Journal & School Library Journal

Oct. 12, 2011

Virtual Event

http://vshow.on24.com/vshow/ebooks2011/lobby/1700

2,000

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starting at $19.95

Library Journal and School Library Journal present our second virtual summit on ebooks and their role in the future of libraries. Ebooks: The New Normal will bring together librarians, vendors and publishers, and industry experts and offers keynote presentations as well as three tracks designed for public, academic, and K-12 libraries to discuss how libraries are leveraging the ebook opportunity to improve service and reach more users than ever before.

Public librarians will share successful ebook initiatives and discuss how ebooks will transform public libraries. Academic librarians will present how they are mastering the transition, from patron driven acquisition to discovery to faculty adoption, while school librarians will be presented with working ebook models on the building, district, regional and state levels. There will be time for discussion and networking, and open time for attendees to visit the exhibits and attend vendor webcasts.

This year’s keynote will be delivered by author M.T. Anderson, author of The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party, winner of the National Book Award as well as the dystopian novel, Feed, which was a National Book Award Finalist, a Boston Globe–Horn Book winner, and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. The day will close with a Pecha Kucha event, where eight participants will each give a seven minute presentation, featuring authors and thought leaders including Lawrence Block, Dr. Sai Gaddam, and Dr. Ogi Ogas.

WHAT WILL YOU EXPERIENCE?

- Forward-thinking keynote, talks and panel discussions
- Presentations focusing on current best practices for library ebook collections
- Evolving ‘models’ for digital book and media content discovery and delivery
- Discussion on how the digital shift will require new service models
- Relevant research on ebook penetration and adoption by libraries and millions of library users
- Vendor booths, live chats, vendor presentations, informative take aways, and prizes
- An after-summit Pecha Kucha* event featuring noted authors and publishers
- Unlimited access to the archived content for 3 months

*Eight participants will each give a seven minute Power Point presentation consisting of 20 images with 21 seconds per image.

Ebooks: The New Normal offers participants a chance to ask questions and discuss practical topics as well like:
- building an ebook collection
- budgeting for ebooks
- negotiating with vendors
- marketing to library users
- training staff and faculty
- how to facilitate ebook discovery …and much more

Our Virtual Summit forum provides a cost effective way to attend an industry leading conference on ebooks in libraries without the expensive and time consuming travel. The Virtual Conference Center, much like a physical convention hall, features an Auditorium with continuous programming and an Exhibit Hall where vendors and publishers showcase their latest products and offerings. Our Networking Center provides participants a place to “live chat” with peers, panelists and vendors, and in the Resource Center, attendees can easily collect and save materials for future reference, which means no lines at the shipping center!

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Ebooks: The New Normal

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:06:56 +0000

How Libraries are leveraging the ebook opportunity

www.ebook-summit.com

Event Organizer:

Library Journal & School Library Journal

Oct. 12, 2011

Virtual Show

www.ebook-summit.com

2,000

#ebksmt

Online Only

starting at $19.95

This year on October 12th, the library community will gather to discuss ebooks and their role in the future of libraries, where will you be?

Our one-day virtual conference will bring together public, academic and school librarians, vendors and publishers, and industry experts to address how libraries are leveraging the ebook opportunity and our line up just keeps getting better!

We have a full program including bestselling authors like M.T. Anderson, Karin Slaughter and Gregory Maguire, library experts such as Buffy Hamilton, Sue Polanka and Alison Circle and thought leaders from around the country. Live chat with peers, panelists and vendors and visit our exhibit hall where our sponsors will showcase their cutting edge products and offerings.

And you won’t walk away empty handed, attendees will have opportunity to enter drawings to win exciting prizes including and iPad, Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Nobel Nook and Samsung Galaxy Tablet!

Can’t make it on the 12th - don’t worry, registration includes free access to the complete archive of the event for three months.

Visit www.ebook-summit.com for all of the details and to register today!

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Constructing the Future Library: Architectural and Digital Considerations

admin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:13:03 +0000

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/index.cfm

Event Organizer:

ALA

Oct. 12, 2011

Online Only

*Apologies in advance for multiple postings.*

ALCTS webinar: Constructing the Future Library: Architectural and Digital Considerations

Date: October 12, 2011
All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern time.

Description: Libraries continue to be built and renovated due to the continuous changes in IT, changes in the expectations
of their users and in response to the importance of the library as place. These three influences and the impact of these
changes on space and the design of the modern library will be explored using examples and images.
This webinar is based on a presentation made at the 2011 ALCTS Midwinter Symposium, Beams & Bytes.

Learning Outcomes:
- to gain techniques to utilize both public and private spaces effectively
- to think about the relationship between space and function to maximize

Audience: Library staff in all types and sizes of libraries and at all levels of the organization with an interest in
creating efficient and effective workspaces.

Presenters:
Jeffrey Hoover is an architect with Boston-based Tappe Associates. He specializes in programming, planning and design of
learning environments, with particular focus on libraries, as well as master plans and feasibility studies for colleges and
universities. He is actively involved with architectural conferences and symposiums throughout the country, speaking on
topics that include future libraries, historic renovations and additions, and the influence of technology on the practice
of architecture. Since 1999 he has been an instructor for Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design’s Office of
Executive Education, teaching Library Planning and Design. Hoover regularly presents seminars and lectures for the annual
Traditional Building Conference, for American Library Association national conferences, for the New England Library
Association Conference, and the Boston Society of Architects Annual Convention. He has been frequently quoted in Library
Journal and Library-by-Design relative to emerging trends and innovations in library planning and design. An active member
of the Library Leadership & Management Association’s Buildings & Equipment Section, Architecture for Public Libraries
Committee since 2001, Hoover served as the committee’s chair for 2009/2010.

Denelle Wrightson is the Director of Library Architecture at PSA-Dewberry, where she has worked for 16 years; she had 13
year experience prior to joining PSA-Dewberry. Throughout her 29 year career, Wrightson has specialized in the planning and
design of libraries. She has served as Principal-In-Charge, Project Manager, Planner, Programmer, Designer and/or Interior
Designer for more than 150 library projects. This experience, coupled with six years of employment in libraries has
provided her with a unique understanding of user needs. Wrightson is a member of the American Institute of Architects and
is also in national and local library associations including the Public Library Association and the Library Leadership &
Management Association. She serves on the LLAMA/BES Architecture for Public Libraries Committee and has participated in a
number of Library Journal’s Design Institutes as both a presenter and panelist.

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For additional information, pricing options, or to complete the online registration form, go to
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/index.cfmand select the session you would like to
attend.

ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.
For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email
registration@ala.org.

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Recommendations from the RDA Test: Where Do We Go From Here?

admin — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:08:35 +0000

ALCTS webinar

http://www.ala.org/ala/onlinelearning/reg/webinar.cfm

Event Organizer:

ALA

Aug. 31, 2011

Online Only

ALCTS webinar: Recommendations from the RDA Test: Where Do We Go From Here?

Date: August 31, 2011

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern time.

Description: This webinar will review the findings and recommendations concerning the implementation of RDA presented in the Report and Recommendations of the U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee. Key findings will be highlighted along with the basis for those findings. The rationale behind the specific recommendations and timelines will be discussed as well as what individuals and/or institutions can do to prepare for the implementation of RDA.

Audience: Anyone wanting to learn about RDA.

Presenters: Barbara Bushman is the Assistant Head, Cataloging Section, National Library of Medicine. Prior to coming to NLM in 2006 she held a variety of positions at UCLA including Special Projects Cataloger at the UCLA Law Library; Assistant Head, Catalog & Bindery Division, UCLA Biomedical Library; and Sciences and Hebrew/Judaica Cataloger, UCLA Cataloging & Metadata Center. Ms. Bushman serves as one of the NLM's representatives on the U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee. In addition she is a member of the ALCTS CCS RDA Planning and Training Task Force and previously served as the PCC liaison to the ALCTS RDA Implementation Task Force. Ms. Bushman has previously presented on the U.S. RDA test for the Special Libraries Association, the American Library Association, and the Federal Library and Information Center Committee. . She received her MLIS from UCLA.

Regina Romano Reynolds is ISSN Coordinator at the Library of Congress and former head of the National Serials Data Program, now called the U.S. ISSN Center. She has been trying to tame various e-serials beasts since the late 1980’s when they first began to seek ISSN. She co-chairs an internal LC group coordinating the development of projects related to the recommendations of LC’s Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control and is a member of the U.S. National Libraries RDA Test Steering Committee. A frequent speaker at conferences and meetings held around the world, she is the incoming co-chair of the working group which will revise ISO 8:1977, the Presentation of Periodicals, and currently serves on NISO’s PIE-J Working Group, which is developing recommended practices for the presentation and identification of e-journals. Reynolds was the 1999 recipient of the Ulrich’s Serials Librarian Award and the 2004 winner of NASIG’s Marcia Tuttle International Grant. Reynolds has an A.M.L.S. (Beta Phi Mu) from the University of Michigan.

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For additional information, pricing options, or to complete the online registration form, go to http://www.ala.org/ala/onlinelearning/reg/webinar.cfmand select the session you would like to attend.

ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org. For all other questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or jreese@ala.org.

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Worldwide Library 2.011 Conference

admin — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:49:15 +0000

Join the Global Conversation

http://library2011.net/

Nov. 2, - Nov. 3, 2011

Join the Global Conversation

The Library 2.011 conference presents a unique chance to participate in a global conversation on the current and future state of libraries. The conference will be held online November 2-3, 2011,inmultiple time zones and languages and is free to attend!

This is the official call for presentations.

Subject Strands

There are six subject strands including the changing roles of libraries in today’s world,digital age learning cultures,and changes in accessing and organizing information. To view the complete list of conference strands, click here.

Presentation Proposals

Presentations shall be noncommercial and between 20 and 60 minutes including Q&A. Sessions will be held in the web conferencing platform Blackboard Collaborate (previously Elluminate/Wimba). Sessions will be recorded and released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License,and presenters will automatically agree to these terms when submitting their presentations.

Presentation proposals are due September 15,and presentation acceptances will be communicated by September 30.

Click here for submission instructions.

Get Involved

In addition to presenting,there are many other opportunities to participate in this global event.

Volunteer – Join the volunteer group at http://www.library20.com/group/library2011conferencemoderatorvolunteers. Volunteers will assist in promoting the conference as broadly as possible. Moderators for conference sessions are also needed.

Advisory Board Member – Sign up for the international advisory board at http://www.library20.com/page/international-advisory-board. The advisory board members will promote conference participation and attendance,find partner organizations in their regions,train and support presenters in their geographical region and local languages,and if possible,moderate sessions during the conference.

Partner – Apply to be a conference partner at http://www.library20.com/page/conference-partners. Noncommercial organizations that are primarily or substantively focused on libraries,librarians,librarianship,or library programs are encouraged to become conference partners. Organizations will be listed with a link,logo,and a short description and will be provided with a “spotlight”speaker session in the conference. Conference partnership is free.

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Trends in Library Training and Learning

Sun, 29 May 2011 18:36:34 +0000

Developing Staff Skills for the 21st Century

http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080

Event Organizer:

Learning Roundtable and WebJunction

Aug. 10, - Aug. 11, 2011

http://www.webjunction.org/trends-training-learning/-/articles/content/118110080

Online Only

free

Same great reasons to attend, with new topics, presenters, and more!

It's free!
Attend those sessions that fit your schedule.
Rather than having to dig through an epic conference program, you can focus your conference agenda to meet your immediate learning needs around targeted topics.
Since the conference is free and hosted on the web, you'll save on travel time, travel budget, time away from library, back up staffing, time away from family... and you don't need to beef up your wardrobe!
You get to break the isolation silo, connect with others facing the same challenges, and share solutions.
If you are in charge of staff training, you can use the conference as part of your training efforts. Provide staff with an opportunity to attend in some way, to expose them to online learning, new topics, and new skills to share with their colleagues. See Online Conference Viewing Party Guide.
WebJunction.org will collect conference material in one, easy-to-use online space including presenter's slides and handouts and archived recordings of each session.
CEU or LEU credits will be made available to conference attendees.

Additional Questions? Please contact support@webjunction.org.

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National Library Unconference Day ’11

admin — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:07:33 +0000

http://blog.8bitlibrary.com/libuncon/

May. 2, 2011

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Save the Date: National Library Unconference Day ’11

What?

National Library Unconference Day ’11. What IS an unconference, you ask? Try out this video by Allen McGinley & I talking about our recent Remixing Libraries unconference, and check back often for more info. We’ll be posting how-to guides, videos, and tips on how to run a great unconference.

When?

Save the date: May 2nd, 2011, 1pm EST. More info to follow this month.

Where?

At your library for a staff development day. Or an unconference for a regional library cooperative. Maybe something hosted at a state library? Or hosted by your state or regional library association. A great place to hold an uncon for National Library Unconference Day ’11 is at an LIS school. It’s totally up to you!

Why?

The sage-on-the-stage lecture presentation style of a traditional conference is losing relevance in our world of immediate communication. At an unconference, the participants are the experts, and ideas grow organically. I’ve watched this video over and over, and this is exactly the type of motivating event that the speaker is talking about!

Who?

We’ll be streaming a free keynote session to all participating librarians, libraries and library organizations. Our confirmed speakers so far include:

Michael Stephens, Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois and founder of http://tametheweb.com/.
Jaime Hammond, Reference and Serials Librarian at Naugatuck Valley Community College in Waterbury, CT., library-as-space advocate and chair of the ALA’s Emerging Leaders IG Steering Committee.
Allen McGinley, Department Head in the Piscataway NJ Public Library, National Library Unconference Day ’11 organizer, Gaming for Children With Special Needs advocate, and leader of 8bitlibrary.com‘s #makeithappen initiative.
JP Porcaro, aka me, founder of 8bitlibrary.com, Virtual Services librarian at New Jersey City University, and world’s self-described expert on Pokemon & libraries.
Justin Hoenke, founder of 8BitLibrary.com, Teen Librarian at the Portland (ME) Public Library, contributor over at Tame The Web.
Eli Neiburger, librarian in the Ann Arbor MI District Library, author of Gamers…in the Library?! The Why, What, and How of Videogame Tournaments for All Ages, Library Renewal board member, and Patron Saint of 8bitlibrary.com.

How?

Soon enough, we’ll have a link up for you to sign up your unconference to receive the FREE keynote lightning talks webinar. For now, mark your calendars, organize your group, and get ready to change the world. Once you sign up, we’re imaging you’d use a computer + a projector to screen the keynote to your local participants, then you’d get to your individual unconference. We’ll have a constant digital conversation on Twitter via hashtag #libuncon. And we’re hoping people share what they learned and accomplished via blog posts and youtube videos!

MARK THOSE CALENDARS NOW, and #makeithappen! signed, JP & the 8bitlibrary.com team.

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Handheld Librarian V

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:29:35 +0000

Bringing library collections and services to the palms of their hands.

http://www.handheldlibrarian.org

Event Organizer:

LearningTimes and TAP Information Services

online using webconferencing software

Jul. 27, - Jul. 28, 2011

Proposal/Absctract Deadline:

Fri, 2011-05-20

#HHLib5

Online Only

$69 for individuals; $99 for groups (2 or more logged in at 1 computer)

Join us for what will be an intense online professional development opportunity for librarians who love technology! Handheld Librarian V will build on the success of prior conferences in which an array of presenters share their experiences and insights on topics addressing these themes. And since the event is completely online, you can attend from anywhere. If you can’t attend a live online session, we will be posting recordings after the conference so you can stop in and enjoy all the sessions at any time.

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Trendy Topics: Library Services for Older Adults

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:39:19 +0000

They have more discretionary time now. They're storming into 2.0 stuff. How you gonna serve them well?

http://www.trendytopics.info/schedule.htm

Event Organizer:

TAP Information Services

online using webconferencing software

May. 11, 2011

online using webconferencing software

librarians of all stripes; small online conference

#T2older

Online Only

$30 for individuals; $75 for groups

The American population is aging, and Baby Boomers are entering their retirement years. Libraries face many challenges and opportunities when serving this segment of their communities. Join us for four hours of presentations and discussions about the current state and potential future developments. Presenters include Allan Kleiman, Isabelle Fetherson, and Doug Lord. Start and end times given are EDT.

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Unconference Planning: A Carterette Series Webinar (EST)

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:16:50 +0000

http://gla.georgialibraries.org/mediawiki/index.php/Carterette_Series_Webinars

Event Organizer:

GLA

May. 18, 2011

Online Only

Have you heard about unconferences? No idea what they are or why they're different from regular conferences? Are you interested in knowing more? Come find out what an unconference is, ways to organize it, and what the benefits are for having an unconference vs. a conference.

nconference Planning
Presented by Andrew Shuping
May 18, 2011
11:15am-12:15pm EASTERN STANDARD TIME

http://gla.georgialibraries.org/mediawiki/skins/monobook/lock_icon.gif); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; " target="_blank">REGISTER FOR THIS SESSION

(Separate registration is required for each hour-long session.)

Unconference Planning: Have you heard about unconferences? No idea what they are or why they’re different from regular conferences? Are you interested in knowing more? Come find out what an unconference is, ways to organize it, and what the benefits are for having an unconference vs. a conference.

Officially, Andrew Shuping is the Emerging Technologies & Services/ILL Librarian at Jack Tarver Library, Mercer University in Macon, GA, but he is also in charge of various other things, both official and unofficial. He's been involved in libraries for over 10 years and is constantly keeping an eye out for new ways to make use of technology to serve libraries. Andrew owns two mischievous cats, orders graphic novels for the library, and is an avid reader of sci-fi. He can be found on various social networks as ashuping, and his webpage can be found at http://gla.georgialibraries.org/mediawiki/skins/monobook/external.png); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; " target="_blank">http://ashuping.net.

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Project Management 101

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:14:05 +0000

https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=221&password=M.63F0450431CDF77EC17018B915A589

May. 18, 2011

https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=221&password=M.63F0450431CDF77EC17018B915A589

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Project Management 101 Presented by Emily Almond May 18, 2011 10:00am-11:00am EASTERN STANDARD TIME

(Separate registration is required for each hour-long session.)

Project Management 101: How to apply the principles of PM in libraries without alienating everyone you work with. This session will cover these topics:

 Stakeholders
 Scope statements
 Scheduling/budgeting
 Triple constraint
 Risk assessment
 Change management

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Project Management 101: A Carterette Series Webinar (EST)

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:46:01 +0000

http://gla.georgialibraries.org/mediawiki/index.php/Carterette_Series_Webinars

Event Organizer:

GLA

May. 18, 2011

Project Management 101: How to apply the principles of PM in libraries without alienating everyone you work with. This session will cover these topics: Stakeholders Scope statements Scheduling/budgeting Triple constraint Risk assessment Change management

Project Management 101
Presented by Emily Almond
May 18, 2011
10:00am-11:00am EASTERN STANDARD TIME

(Separate registration is required for each hour-long session.)

Project Management 101: How to apply the principles of PM in libraries without alienating everyone you work with. Covering the basics and nothing but.

What is project management and how does it help?
Stakeholders
Scope statements
Scheduling/budgeting
Triple constraint
Risk assessment
Change management

Emily Almond is the director of IT at Georgia Public Library Service in Atlanta. Her website can be found at http://emilyalmond.wordpress.com

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Zotero CE course

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:09:19 +0000

http://alanis.simmons.edu/ceweb/workshop.php?id=64

Event Organizer:

Simmons GSLIS Alumni

Jul. 1, (All day) 2011

Online Only

Zotero

Location: Online
$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni Price $200)
July 1 - July 31, 2011 - PDPs: 15

Zotero is a free, open-source reference manager for librarians and researchers of any level, from high school student through university faculty. It takes advantage of the best features of both desktop and cloud applications to turn the Firefox web browser into a powerful research tool. In this course, an experienced instructor will take you from zero Zotero knowledge to Zotero master.

Through hands-on activities, reading, and discussion, participants in this course will:

Week 1: Install, learn, and use Zotero. Create your personal library and explore how it works. Create bibliographies for word processors or the web. Discuss how your students or users might benefit from Zotero.
Week 2: Store your Zotero library in the cloud to access it from any computer. Use group libraries to collaborate, share, and publish resources.
Week 3: Examine and discuss best practices for teaching and supporting Zotero in the library.
Week 4: Learn and discuss tips, tricks, hacks, and advanced techniques. Share your final project: create a practical application for teaching or using Zotero in your own library.

Prerequisites: Participants must use the Firefox web browser and either Microsoft Word or Open Office. No technical skills beyond basic computer literacy are assumed.

Jason Puckett: Jason Puckett is Librarian for Communication and Educational Technologies at GSU in Atlanta and a 2010 Library Journal Mover & Shaker. He writes and speaks about open-source software in libraries (pro), digital rights management (anti), and teaching information literacy (pro). He podcasts at Adventures in Library Instruction and blogs at Librarian X. He's the author of a forthcoming book about using and teaching Zotero (ACRL Publications, spring 2011).

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Using Annual Reports to Make Your Case TXLA Todaro

admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:10:59 +0000

The Texas Library Association will be hosting a series of webinars presented by nationally-recognized management trainer Julie Todaro. Ms. Todaro has worked in academic and public libraries and has her all-level school library certification. She is the author of Haworth Community and Junior College Libraries quarterly column "Nothing But Net" and LAMA's quarterly column "The Truth is Out There." Julie holds her BS in English and History from The University of Texas at Austin (1970), her MLIS from UT's School of Library and Information Science (1972) and her Doctorate in Library Service from Columbia University's School of Library Service, New York (1984).

Using Annual Reports to Make Your Case
Rescheduled for Wednesday, May 11, 2011 3:00 pm. ET 60 min .

Are you using all possible channels to communicate your value to your governing body? Your annual report is more than a summary of your operations it is a chance to advocate for your budget, your staff, and your services. Learn the latest best practices for writing an annual report that will make a difference for years to come.

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TLA webinars are easy to use. The ReadyTalk platform generally requires no downloads and will work with a wide variety of Internet speeds. Registered participants will receive access instructions on the Friday before each webinar and again in a reminder on the day of the event.

Pricing for Premium Webinars

TLA Members $45; Non-members $55

Series Rate: All three - Assessment, Strategic Planning and Annual Report webinars $35 each.

Group Rate: $35 per person for groups of five or more, must be paid in one sum.

For more information and registration, please contact the TLA Registration Coordinator at nane@txla.org or 800-580-2852 or visit www.txla.org/CE.

For information on some past TLA webinars, please visit www.txla.org/CE-library.

Strategic Planning Texas Library Association Julie Todaro

admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:08:51 +0000

Strategic Planning
Thursday, May 5, 2011 3:00 pm. ET 60 min.

Do you need a new strategic plan based on the new realities of the library profession? Contemporary plans require sound research principles, input from stakeholders, and feasible future scenarios as well as outcomes measurement. Learn how to write a plan that will embrace your customers, measure your current and future success, and give you the tools you need to move forward.

Pricing for Premium Webinars

TLA Members $45; Non-members $55

Series Rate: All three - Assessment, Strategic Planning and Annual Report webinars $35 each.

Group Rate: $35 per person for groups of five or more, must be paid in one sum.

For more information and registration, please contact the TLA Registration Coordinator at nane@txla.org or 800-580-2852 or visit www.txla.org/CE.

For information on some past TLA webinars, please visit www.txla.org/CE-library.

TLA Julie Todaro: Assessing Your Library

admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:06:48 +0000

Assessing Your Library
Thursday, April 21, 2011 3:00 pm. ET 60 min.
Libraries now need to justify their existence based on the value of their services. In the new normal, reporting data on usage and impact has become more important than ever before. Join this webinar to learn what you can do immediately no matter what kind of data you gather and what you can do in the future in the face of cutbacks and other major changes.

Pricing for Premium Webinars

TLA Members $45; Non-members $55

Series Rate: All three - Assessment, Strategic Planning and Annual Report webinars $35 each.

Group Rate: $35 per person for groups of five or more, must be paid in one sum.

For more information and registration, please contact the TLA Registration Coordinator at nane@txla.org or 800-580-2852 or visit www.txla.org/CE.

For information on some past TLA webinars, please visit www.txla.org/CE-library.

The New Supervisor’s Survival Guide

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:58:54 +0000

Tuesday, May 17, 2011 – Monday, June 13, 2011

Fee: $75 for those in the California library community and Infopeople Partners, $150 for all others.

Course Instructor: George Needham

•Have you just been promoted into a supervisory position for the first time?
•Are you hoping to be promoted into such a position?
•Or do you supervise people who are new supervisors?
As a first-time supervisor you will be confronted with a series of decisions that can create success or failure in your new job. With a few well-planned moves, you can enjoy a successful transition and tenure in the new position.

Success depends on a number of factors: preparation, an accurate assessment of the situation into which the new supervisor is moving, a good network that provides support from stakeholders, and performance management and conflict resolution skills. This course will cover each of these topics, and the course assignments will provide opportunities to explore the topics in detail.

The course will also cover practical issues related to becoming a supervisor.

•How do you relate to the former colleagues you are now supervising?
•How do you develop peak performance within your team?
•Where do you go for help?
When Harry Truman took over as President upon the death of Franklin Roosevelt, a reporter asked Truman how he felt. “I feel like a load of hay fell on me,” he replied. This course will help you avoid that feeling by providing a solid baseline of information for new supervisors, those who want to be supervisors, and staff who are orienting or training new supervisors in their libraries.

Course Description: This four-week online course will provide basic information for new supervisors, especially those who’ve had minimal formal or on-the-job training in management. Through assignments and discussions, you will acquire a set of tools that can make a supervisory job seem a little less intimidating. The instructor will provide resources, best practices, and useful tips and techniques that can be applied immediately.

Preliminary Course Outline: Using your web browser and your Internet connection, you will log in to the Infopeople online learning site and complete the following learning modules:

During the course, you will complete assignments and participate in discussion forums. There will also be a teleconference as part of the online learning process, in which instructor and participants alike will share experiences and ask questions of one another about their supervisory experiences.

•Week 1: Fortune Favors the Prepared Mind
◦Useful resources for preparing to be a supervisor
◦Traits that mark a successful supervisor
◦Self-discovery tools for assessing supervisory preferences
•Week 2: Congratulations! Now Get to Work!
◦Three things to do first when appointed to a supervisory position
◦Stakeholders in your success
◦How success will be determined and evaluated
•Week 3: Peak Performance from You and Your Team
◦Setting reasonable performance expectations and accountability for yourself and your direct reports
◦Performance reviews without tears
◦Defusing potential points of conflict
•Week 4: Build Your Network
◦Identifying the key people in your network
◦Leading social networking sites and the benefits and drawbacks of each
◦Different roles of mentors, supervisors, and colleagues
◦How to identify and approach potential mentors
Time required: To complete this course, you can expect to spend 2 to 2½ hours per week, for a total of eight to ten course hours. Each week's module contains readings and various options for assignments, discussions, interviews, and online meetings. You can choose the options most relevant to your work and interests. Although you can work on each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night, it is recommended that you complete each week's work within that week to stay in sync with other learners.

Who Should Take This Course: This course is intended for new and potential supervisors. This may include people who have recently been promoted, who are temporarily in supervisory roles due to staff changes, or who want to be promoted some day. It would also be useful for anyone who is responsible for orienting or training new supervisors. Please note: While the coursework will primarily use library examples, the basic information contained in the course would be applicable to new supervisors (and their supervisors) in nearly any setting.

Online Learning Details and System Requirements may be found at:
http://infopeople.org/learning_details.

Course Start: This 4-week-long online learning course starts on Tuesday May 17, 2011.

After the official end date for the course, the instructor will be available for limited consultation and support for two more weeks, and the course material will stay up for an additional two weeks after that. These extra weeks give those who have fallen behind time to work independently to complete the course.

If you would like to subscribe via RSS and be notified whenever new Infopeople training events are available, you can use these links:
**For new on-ground or online workshops: http://feeds.feedburner.com/infopeopletraining
**For new podcasts: http://feeds.feedburner.com/InfopeoplePodcasts

ALCTS webinar: Accidents Happen: Protecting & Saving Family Treasures

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ALCTS webinar: Accidents Happen: Protecting & Saving Family Treasures

Date: April 26, 2011 All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 2pm Eastern, 1pm Central, noon Mountain, and 11am Pacific Time.

Description: Accidents and disasters happen. When it does are you prepared? Are your family treasures stored safely in your home or elsewhere? How do you save your photos when they've been submerged in flood water? What do you do if your books smell mildewy? What if your basement floods or worse? Attend this session to learn answers to these questions and more.

Kraft will provide tips and tools for checking out possible hazards around the house, dealing with mold and salvaging keepsakes, documenting damage for insurance purposes, and keeping your family safe.

Learning Outcomes:
- Steps to take in preparing for and responding to a disaster
- Basic understanding of dealing with mold
- Simple techniques for salvaging keepsakes
- Awareness of available disaster assistance

Audience: Anyone interested in learning about disaster preparation and response. Strategies discussed during the presentation can be applied to home, library, or business.

Presenter: Nancy E Kraft, Head of Preservation at the University of Iowa Libraries, is responsible for directing the preservation and conservation of the library collections at the University of Iowa. In 2009 she received the Midwest Archives Conference Presidents' Award for her extraordinary work following the historic levels of flooding that struck Iowa in the summer of 2008. Kraft has assisted in many disaster recoveries, large and small, including the Iowa Floods of 1993 and 2008, the University of Iowa Old Capitol fire, the water soaked State Historical Society of Iowa building, and a mold outbreak in the Law Library's rare book room. Her passion is assisting the individual to preserve his/her keepsakes.

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Free. This is a complimentary webinar presented as part of the Preservation Week events. Watch for further announcements on additional complimentary webinars during Preservation Week.

To register, visit the GoToWebinar site: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/168682080

For all other questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or jreese@ala.org.

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.

OCLC CSS3 Webinar

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:28:46 +0000

http://www.oclc.org/developer/news/follow-last-month-css3-webinar-be-held-26-april-2011

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OCLC

Apr. 26, 2011

Online Only

Free

Follow up from last month: CSS3 Webinar to be held 26 April 2011
.In this follow up to the TAI CHI HTML5 and CSS3 webinar last month, author and Web design specialist Christopher Schmitt will continue the discussion with a more in-depth look at CSS3--how it's being used to improve the design, layout, and functionality of modern Web sites. CSS3 allows for greater control and creativity in Web design. You'll walk away knowing more about using colors through RGBa and opacity, border images, text and box shadows, animations, transformations, and more.

Participation is free and open to all but you must Register

The details:

Tuesday, 26 April 2011

2:30-4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC 18:30-20:00).

Session will be run via WebEx, recommend IE or Firefox. Audio available either via phone or through your computer with headset/speakers.

OCLC Research and the OCLC Developer Network are pleased to jointly sponsor this tenth webinar in the OCLC Research Technical Advances for Innovation in Cultural Heritage Institutions (TAI CHI) Webinar Series developed to highlight specific innovative applications, often locally developed, that libraries, museums and archives may find effective in their own environments, as well as to teach technical staff new technologies and skills. Recordings of these webinars are made available on the OCLC Research Web site and in iTunes.

About Christopher Schmitt

Christopher Schmitt is the founder of Heat Vision, a small new media publishing and design firm, and an award-winning Web designer who has been working with the Web since 1993. As a sought-after speaker and trainer, Christopher regularly demonstrates the use and benefits of practical standards-based designs. He is co-lead of the Adobe Task Force for the Web Standards Project (WaSP) in addition to being a contributing member of its Education Task Force.

Author of numerous Web design and digital imaging books, including Adapting to Web Standards: CSS and Ajax for Big Sites and CSS Cookbook, Christopher has also written for New Architect Magazine, A List Apart, Digital Web and Web Reference.

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Emerging Library Technologies II: Innovation

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Plan! Innovate! Transform! Workshop Series

http://scrlc.org/

Event Organizer:

South Central Regional Library Council

May. 3, (All day) 2011

Online Only

Emerging Library Technologies II: Innovation
Plan! Innovate! Transform! Workshop Series

Date & Time: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
11:00am - 4:30pm EDT
Location: Online webinar
Registration: Individuals: $30
Groups: $60
http://scrlc.org/data/SCRLCRegistrationForm1.pdf

Support: This training is funded in part by Federal Library Service and Technology (LSTA) funds, awarded b to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

On Tuesday, May 3, (11:00 am-4:30 pm EDT), SCRLC will sponsor an online conference, Emerging Library Technologies II: Innovation. Sessions include how to make innovation work at your library, geo-based Internet services, and gaming. The keynote session, on how the Internet and associated technologies affects your brain, will be presented by Professor Deborah Gagnon, PhD, Wells College, who specializes in cognitive psychology. Speakers include Stephen Abram (Gale Cengage), Scott Nicholson (Syracuse University), Meredith Farkas (Portland State University), and Sarah Glogowski (Tompkins County Public Library).. Our schedule is:

11:00a.m. - 11:50a.m. Welcome & Keynote
This Is Your Brain on Technology: The Technology Exposure Effect (TEE)-Deborah Gagnon, Ph.D.
Is that GPS on your dashboard shrinking your hippocampus? Or is it really the Holy Grail that the spatially challenged among us have been searching for our whole lives? The media offer a bewildering array of doomsday (as well as more benign) prognoses of the effect that excessive exposure to technologies - Twitter, Facebook, GPS, Second Life, etc. - present to our cognitive and neural functioning. This talk will examine questions like these and reveal how technology may be changing users' (and your) perception, attention, memory, reasoning, decision making, and problem solving processes.

12:00p.m. - 12:50p.m. Avoiding the Social Media Graveyard-Meredith Farkas
There has been a lot of buzz about social software over the past few years, and many libraries have devoted significant staff time toward implementing 2.0 technologies. To successfully implement 2.0 technologies, which libraries must adopt rapid user-centered change, experimentation, and a pragmatic view of technologies. One look at the number of abandoned library blogs, wikis and Twitter feeds tells us that successful implementation of social technologies requires more than simply installing software. Farkas will discuss why so many 2.0 initiatives fail and what organizations need to do to position themselves to take advantage of social technologies to ensure successful implementation. She will include practical tips, illustrated with examples from libraries that are already on the road to 2.0 through their innovative practices and services.

1:00p.m. – 1:30p.m. Lunch

1:30p.m. - 2:20p.m. GEO on the Web: Implications for Library Strategies - Stephen Abram
Is geography important to your library? Of course, location is important! It is so important that many libraries have rich and detailed branch strategies. How does this translate to the web? Can you tune your services when you know where your user is located? How do geotagging and geocoding influence the search results you see in Google, et al? Is this trend tied to mobile and other devices? There are a huge number of geographic innovations arriving on the web. Just think about Foursquare, Gowalla, the newly added geotagging in Facebook, Twitter and all of your cell phone pictures. What does it all mean and what are the implications for your library? Think about it. Check out this webinar session from wherever you are and get the fast take on the basics of geo and the new world of location-based services for search and the web.

2:30p.m. - 3:20p.m. Community Centered Library Innovations - Sarah Glogowski
The way in which libraries provide information services is changing rapidly. Once quiet places of study and reflection, libraries today are often the center of community life. Learn how to make your library the essential place to go for both young and old through innovative services and technology. From a Books at Birth project, to online teen book reviews, and from a popular town-gown Community Read to technology petting zoos, see what innovative services the staff of the Tompkins County Public Library are providing. Cooperative relationships between TCPL, TC3, Cornell, and many area agencies will be highlighted to show how innovation is a community collaboration.

3:30p.m. - 4:20p.m. Gaming in Libraries - Scott Nicholson
Over the last few years, a growing number of libraries of all types have discovered the power of gaming programs. These programs, which center around bringing patrons together to engage with each other through both digital and tabletop games. During this talk, Dr. Nicholson will present a brief history of how libraries have used games, will discuss data from studies about different ways that libraries use games, and will help guide libraries through the process of developing and running a gaming program.

4:20p.m. - 4:30p.m. Conclusion

This session is part of our LSTA-supported workshop series, Plan! Innovate! Transform! It is funded in part by Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Presenters
Stephen Abram, MLS, is Past-President 2008 of SLA and the past-President of the Ontario and Canadian Library Associations. He is the Vice President for Strategic Partnerships and Markets for Cengage Learning (Gale). He was Vice President Innovation for SirsiDynix and Chief Strategist for the SirsiDynix Institute. Stephen was listed by Library Journal as one of the top 50 people influencing the future of libraries. He has received numerous honours and speaks regularly internationally. His columns appear in Information Outlook, Multimedia and Internet @ Schools, OneSource, Feliciter, Access, as well as Library Journal. His blog, Stephen's Lighthouse, is a popular blog in the library sector.

Meredith Farkas is the Head of Instructional Services at Portland State University in Oregon and an adjunct faculty member at San Jose State University's School of Library and Information Science. She is also the author of the book "Social Software in Libraries: Building Collaboration, Communication and Community Online" (Information Today, 2007) and writes the monthly column "Technology in Practice" for American Libraries. Meredith writes the popular library blog Information Wants to be Free. Her professional contributions earned her the 2009 LITA/Library Hi Tech award for Outstanding Communication in Library and Information Technology.

Deborah Gagnon, Ph.D. is associate professor of psychology at Wells College in Aurora, NY, where she currently serves as chair of the psychology department and coordinator of cognitive and brain sciences. In a previous lives, Dr. Gagnon spent time at both the University at Buffalo Libraries and the Cornell University Library. Dr. Gagnon is intrigued by all the ways in which computer science, cognitive psychology, brain science, information and library science, and information technologies intersect.

Sarah Glogowski is an Adult Services Librarian and the Community Read Coordinator at the Tompkins County Public Library. She also provides readers’ services to library patrons by overseeing the fiction and literature collections at the Library. Sarah received her Masters in Library Science from SUNY Albany and has worked at TCPL since 1999. She is a member of the Leadership Tompkins Advisory Board and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Build Steering Committee.

Dr. Scott Nicholson is an associate professor at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University. His book, Everyone Plays at the Library: Creating Great Gaming Experiences for All Ages, was published by Information Today in 2010. He is also a professional board game designer and was the host of the video series, Board Games with Scott , from 2005 to 2010. He was the founder of the Games and Gaming Members Initiative Group for the American Library Association and continues to explore how libraries and schools can motivate patrons and students through games and game design.

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