Library Webinars

Discovery Tool Implementation and Selection

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:44:00 +0000

May 15-16, 2012

Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It’s free and open to everyone! Registration information is at the end of the message.

Each day, sessions begin and end at: 10am – 6pm EST

The discovery interface market is exploding, with current products including EBSCO Discovery Service, Serials Solutions Summon, Ex Libris Primo Central, OCLC WorldCat Local, Blacklight, VuFind, Aquabrowser, and more. These tools (both vendor-supplied and open-source) promise faceted browsing as well as ability to integrate multiple content silos; some come with vendor-provided cloud indexes to articles, e-books, and other electronic content. The newest development is a cloud-based back end designed to replace the ILS, including OCLC’s WorldShare, Serials Solutions Intota, and Ex Libris Alma. In today’s world, tools differ not just in the quality of features provided, but in overarching functionality provided and in scope of coverage. The e-forum will address factors to consider when selecting a tool, strategies for evaluating tools, and keys to successful implementation.

*What is an e-forum?*
An ALCTS e-forum provides an opportunity for librarians to discuss matters of interest, led by a moderator, through the e-forum discussion list. The e-forum discussion list works like an email listserv: register your email address with the list, and then you will receive messages and communicate with other participants through an email discussion. Most e-forums last two to three days. Registration is necessary to participate, but it's free. See a list of upcoming e-forums at: http://bit.ly/upcomingeforum.

*To register:* http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/e-forum/051612

Engaging Communities through Controversy

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:28:00 +0000

Join a conversation on “Engaging Communities through Controversy” at a free webinar from 2pm - 3 pm EDT on Thursday, May 10, 2012, part of ALA President Molly Raphael’s Empowering Voices, Transforming Communities initiative.

Diane McNutt and Jane Light, Silicon Valley Reads, will describe this library’s "one book-one community" program in Santa Clara (Calif.) County. Its 2012 program, "Muslim and American -Two Perspectives," featured two books written by American Muslims, ("The Muslim Next Door" by Sumbul Ali-Karamali and "The Butterfly Mosque" by G. Willow Wilson). More than 100 programs were presented, including author readings, panel discussions, films, an open house evening at a local mosque and an art exhibit. Presented by the San Jose Public Library Foundation, the Santa Clara County Office of Education and the Santa Clara County Library, the goal is to stimulate learning and discussion throughout the community on a topic or theme of importance to the Silicon Valley.

June Pinnell-Stephens, retired collection services manager, Fairbanks (Alaska) North Star Borough Public Library, will share success stories on how to get your community to “stop shouting and start talking” about intellectual freedom issues. Jos N. Holman, member of the ALA President Molly Raphael’s Empowering Voices, Transforming Communities committee and county librarian, Tippecanoe County Public Library, will lead the webinar.

This webinar is part of a series of Empowering Voices, Transforming Communities webinars that showcase how libraries around the country are engaging communities. It is cosponsored by the ALA Committee Library Advocacy and the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. More information is available at www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/empoweringvoices.

For registration Visit https://ala.ilinc.com/register/yzrjzpw to sign up today.

Live Webinars for May 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:21:00 +0000

May webinars. Go learn stuff!

May 3. The Flipped Classroom: Turning Learning on its Head (eSchool News)

May 8. Lerner Fall 2012 Preview (School Library Journal)

May 16. QR Codes in Libraries (GLA)

May 16. Content Management Systems: Drupal (GLA)

May 16. Involving Users in eBook Acquisition and Sharing (NISO) $

May 23. HTML5 and Mobile eLearning (Adobe)

May 23. Leading from any Chair in the Organization (Webex)

May 23. Ensuring the Preservation of eBooks (NISO) $

May 24. Using Link Resolvers to Speed Processing (OCLC)

May 24. Pinterest for Librarians (Texas State Library)

May 30. PowerPoint: What's the Point? (InSync)

ALA (American Library Association) All = $
17 events in May. Click the link if interested.

Booklist

May 1. Helping Youth Nonfiction Circulate
May 3. Curriculum Connection

Library Journal
May 9. Rediscover the Nineteenth Century
May 10. Christian Fiction Spring Book Buzz
May 15. eBooks: A Discussion of Emerging Options
May 17. Creating a LibraryAware Community
May 22. Reference: Marketing What You Bought

Nebraska Library Commission
May 2. NLM Digital Resources
May 9. Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations
May 16. Searching the 1940 Census
May 30. Tech Talk with Michael Sauers

WebJunction
May 16. Libraries and the Era of the Learner
May 30. Understanding Compassion Fatigue in your Library

Wild Apricot

May 2. Building Real Teams: A Leadership Perspective
May 3. The New Volunteer Manager's Toolkit
May 10. Creating an Effective Volunteer Handbook
May 16. Social Media Strategies for Volunteer Engagement

Preserving Your Personal Digital Photographs

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:19:00 +0000

April 26, 2012. 2-3pm Eastern time.

Sponsor: ALCTS

Description: Digital photos are fragile and require special care to keep them accessible. But preserving any kind of digital information is a new concept that most people have little experience with. Technologies change over time and become obsolete, making it difficult to access older digital photos. And since digital photography results in immediate personal memories, we take and collect an enormous amount of photos. But as our personal collections grow, it becomes more and more difficult to save those photos and to find specific photos. If your digital photos are difficult for you to manage, how will your loved ones be able to make sense of them in the future? Learn about the nature of the problem and hear about some simple, practical tips and tools to help you keep your digital photos safe.

Learning Outcomes:

1. the nature of the problem

2. simple practical tips to describe and save digital photos

3. tools that can be used

Audience: Anyone with an interest in preserving personal digital photos and other digital information.

Presenter: Bill LeFurgy, Digital Initiatives Manager, has worked for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program at the Library of Congress since June 2002. He leads the NDIIPP Communications Team, which interacts with a broad range of people interested in preserving access to digital information. In former lives, LeFurgy dealt with electronic records at the National Archives and Records Administration and served as Baltimore City Archivist and Records Management Officer.

Free but registration is required. This session is available at no cost as part of Preservation Week 2012.

Libraries for Sustainability series

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:43:00 +0000

Please join us for the second webinar for the Libraries for Sustainability Webinar Series 2012: Exploring Sustainability Practices in Libraries

April 24, 2012, 2:00-3:00pm (EST)

There are different types of sustainability practices in libraries (e.g. buildings, collection development, instruction, events, collaboration) and many of us are working, educating, and practicing in these areas. Join us for the second webinar in the Libraries for Sustainability series to learn about and share sustainable practices in academic, public and school libraries.

This webinar will be similar to a lightning round-up as librarians engaged in different types of sustainability efforts share with you their experiences and provide time for questions. The session will be recorded so you can view it later.

Live Webinars for April 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:48:00 +0000

April webinars. Go learn stuff!

Apr 2. Teacher + Librarian: Create a Culture of Reading (TL Virtual Cafe)

Apr 4 & 11. eBook: Purchasing and Lending eBook Readers (ALA TechSource) $

Apr 4. Accessibility and Usability at MIT (Educause)

Apr. 4 Tips & Tricks for Office 2010: Introduction (New Horizons)

Apr 4. The Flipped Classroom Model (eSchool News)

Apr 10. Every Community Online Computer Training (Texas State Library)

Apr 11. What to Expect When Expecting a Platform Change (NISO) $

Apr 11. Support Students Instead of Devices (eSchool News)

Apr 11. Tips & Tricks for Office 2010: Intermediate (New Horizons)

Apr 17. Open Dialogue with the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (ADA Online)

Apr 18. Quickbooks Made Easy for Nonprofits and Libraries (TechSoup)

May 1. Rick Riordan and The Serpent's Shadow (School Library Journal)

ALA (American Library Association) All = $
15 events in April. Click the link if interested.

Booklist

Apr 3. Great New Books for Boys
Apr 10. What's New with Graphic Novels
Apr 24. Hot Mysteries for Springs

Infopeople
Apr 17. Healing Reads: Bibliotherapy for the 21st Century
Apr 24. Leveraging Technology to Support Early Literacy
Apr 26. Teen Literature Update 2012

Library Journal
Apr 10. Spring Adult Book Buzz
Apr 24. Cook Book Spring Buzz

Nebraska Library Commission
Apr 4. Summer Reading Program 2012
Apr 11. Library Snapshot Day
Apr 25. Tech Talk with Michael Sauers

WebJunction
Apr 4. Skills for the Everyday Leader
Apr 10. Virtual Connections with Your Patrons

Wild Apricot

Apr 3. Utilizing the Power of Mobile Technologies
Apr 4. How to Approach a Foundation
Apr 5. Social Media and Volunteer Engagement
Apr 26. Engaging Pro Bono and Skilled Volunteers

The Rise of Bid Data in Higher Ed

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:36:00 +0000

Thursday, March 21, 1:00pm EDT.

Sponsor: Educause

“Big data” is the fine-grained information about customer experiences, organizational processes, and emergent trends generated as customers conduct normal business. The organization of this data serves as a rich source of business analysis to improve performance and even point to new opportunities. The era of big data has arrived in higher education as IT becomes increasingly embedded in the processes that comprise “going to college,” such as course enrollment, classroom instruction, and student services. Of equal value, data about student journeys, successes, and failures can be captured to improve both individual and collective outcomes across all of higher education when provided back to students in useful ways.

Register

Avoiding the Idea Graveyard

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:50:00 +0000

SLA webinar led by Meredith Farkas

Wednesday 3/21/2012, 3:00pm EDT.

Meredith Farkas is the Head of Instructional Services at Portland

State University and a lecturer at San Jose State University's School

of Library and Information Science. She is 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 was

honored in 2008 and 2011 with the WISE Excellence in Online Education

Award and in 2009 with the LITA/Library Hi Tech award for Outstanding

Communication in Library and Information Technology.

To learn more about Meredith go to:

http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/about-me/

To register go to: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/523807640

Live Webinars for March 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:37:00 +0000

March webinars. Go learn stuff!

Mar 1. Building a Bomb Proof Backup Strategy (O'Reilly)

Mar 5. Gaming @ Your Library (TL Virtual Cafe)

Mar 5. The Horizon Report in Action: Emerging Technologies (Educause)

Mar 9. Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and Museums (OCLC)

Mar 13. Social Media for Trainers (InSync)

Mar 14 & 21. eBooks: Standards for Formatting and Metadata (NISO) $

Mar 20. The Scoop on Series Nonfiction (Booklist)

Mar 28. Improving the User Experience Through Usability Testing (GLA)

Mar 28. Content Creation for Teens (GLA)

Mar 29. Unraveling the Mobile Web (O'Reilly)

Mar 30. Integrated Services Points/Information Commons (SWFLN)

Apr 4 & 11. eBook: Purchasing and Lending eBook Readers (ALA TechSource)

ALA (American Library Association) All = $
Almost twenty events in March. Click the link if interested.

Infopeople
Mar 1. Engaging Volunteers During Difficult Economic Times
Mar 8. Corporate Fundraising for Children's Programming
Mar 20. Digital Preservation: Audio and Video Formats
Mar 21. New and Emerging Trends in Customer Service
Mar 28. Outreach to Hispanic/Latino Populations

Library Journal

Mar 6. Directors' Summit: Community Outcomes
Mar 22. Spring Mystery Announcements

Nebraska Library Commission

Mar 7. American FactFinder
Mar 28. Reflections on PLA 2012

Texas State Library

Mar 2. Tech Tools: Prezi
Mar 9. Tech Tools: YouTube
Mar 23. Tech Tools: LibraryThing

WebJunction

Mar 6. It Takes a Community to Bridge the Digital Divide
Mar 27. Adult Programs on a $0 Budget

Wild Apricot

Mar 5. Make Your Grant Proposal Stand Out from the Pack
Mar 7. Create a Practical Marketing Roadmap
Mar 8. 10 Mistakes Nonprofits make in Social Media
Mar 21. Collaborating with Partners on Joint Grants

Archived Webinar: Your Library at Webscale

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:22:00 +0000

Your library at Webscale: How radical collaboration is redefining library management services

Sponsored by: OCLC and Library Journal. Aired February 21, 2012.

Archive Link

The library community has indicated that traditional management systems lack the flexibility and connectivity to meet the changing needs of their users. And while demand for library services has never been higher, new collaborative and innovative solutions are needed now more than ever.

As the first cooperative management services for libraries, OCLC WorldShare™ Management Services provide all the applications for cataloging, acquisitions, license management and circulation, and a next-gen discovery experience for library users. This newly architected and streamlined approach frees resources to focus on higher priority projects. WorldShare Management Services are built on the new OCLC WorldShare™ Platform—the vehicle for big library collaboration.

Join Marshall Breeding, Vanderbilt University Libraries; Gregg A. Silvis, University of Delaware Libraries; and Andrew K. Pace, OCLC, as they share perspectives on the current and future state of library management services.

Ask the Advocate

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:41:00 +0000

“Ask the Advocate” webinar provides opportunity to talk to ALA experts and learn about ALA advocacy resources.

Wednesday, February 29, from 2-3pm EST.

Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions pertaining to advocacy issues at their library, as well as learn who resources are available to help make the case for libraries.

Patricia Tumulty, Chair, ALA’s Committee on Library Advocacy (COLA), and Marci Merola, Director, ALA’s Office for Library Advocacy (OLA) will take questions from attendees during this open forum style webinar and share their expertise on successful advocacy efforts. They will highlight ALA’s Advocacy University, which provides information, courses and tools to help library advocates make the case at the local level.

Visit https://ala.ilinc.com/register/bfhjyyt to sign up today.

Strategic Downsizing

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:38:00 +0000

February 28, 3:00pm Eastern Time.

Some are born to downsize, some achieve downsizing, and some have downsizing thrust upon them. Let’s face it: in today’s economic and governmental climate, library decision makers are more likely to be reducing their organizations than increasing them. Downsizing is never fun, but it can be done in a way that leaves the library less damaged, and in a better position to recover as times improve.

Join library consultants George Needham and Joan Frye Williams as they offer practical advice about how to downsize strategically, making the best of bad circumstances in a positive, active way. Join them as they discuss how to stop trying to do more with less and start doing differently by:

Shifting the focus from cutbacks to outcomes
Leveraging existing assets
Realigning operations with community priorities
Engaging the staff and Board in planning and implementation
Retiring services that are no longer sustainable
Communicating effectively and supporting staff throughout the transition

Even if you’re not downsizing right now, it pays to be prepared. The ideas in this webinar can help you make your organization more flexible and resilient, and strengthen your confidence in the tough decisions you are called upon to make.

This webinar will be of interest to library trustees and commissioners, library directors, managers, supervisors, team leaders, and others who are engaged in setting priorities for their organizations or work groups.

Turning the Page 2.0

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:48:00 +0000

Invest In Your Library's Future

Turning the Page 2.0 is a FREE library advocacy training course developed and presented by the Public Library Association (PLA) with generous support from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

In this six-week, facilitated online course, library staff and supporters will learn how to create and tell their library's story, deliver effective presentations, develop a compelling case for support, and build and sustain partnerships along the way.

Participants are encouraged to come with a specific, self-determined advocacy goal for their library. At the end of six weeks, you’ll have a complete Advocacy Work Plan to guide your efforts.

Turning the Page 2.0 consists of the following components:

In-person kick-off (optional)
Facilitator-led virtual classroom sessions (1 hour each week for 6 weeks)
Independent work on Turning the Page online modules (about 1 hour each week)
Online community for discussion (optional)
Completion of an Advocacy Work Plan (about 1 hour each week)
One-on-one feedback from professional facilitators (free consultancy)

Previous participants have told PLA that they spend on average three hours per week (18 hours total) on this course. ALA membership is not required to participate.

More information

WorldCat Resource Sharing: FirstSearch Admin Module

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:01:00 +0000

Join OCLC and Tina Baich, Assistant Librarian from Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (IUP) for an overview of resource sharing settings in the OCLC FirstSearch Administration Module. Use FirstSearch Administration to create and modify Constant Data, Direct Request Profiles and Custom Holdings. This refresher on your library’s administration settings will help you prepare you for your upcoming transition to the new WorldShare Interlibrary Loan service, due for initial release later this year.

Date: Thursday, February 16, 2012

Time: 12:00 p.m. (noon) Eastern Time

Register

Live Webinars for February 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:54:00 +0000

February webinars. Go learn stuff!

Feb 1. Composition and Layout of PowerPoint in Online Learning (Adobe)

Feb 3. Take Control of iCloud (O'Reilly)

Feb 8. Real Life Examples of Library Cloud Implementation (NISO) $

Feb 9. Building a Successful Online Learning Community for Librarians: A Conversation with Steve Hargadon (Blended Librarian)

Feb 9. Nonfiction Spring Book Buzz (School Library Journal)

Feb 14. Teen Spring Book Buzz (School Library Journal)

Feb 15. Composition and Layout of Photoshop in Online Learning (Adobe)

ALA (American Library Association) All = $

Over a dozen events in February. Click the link if interested.

Booklist

Jan 31. Connecting with Struggling Readers
Feb 7. What's New in Y.A
Feb 21. Books for Youth Alert

Infopeople
Feb 2. Children's Literature Update
Feb 7. Storing and Managing Digital Collections
Feb 8. Youth Media Activities in Your Community: Teaching Digital Natives
Feb 14. Top Tech Trends in Materials Handling
Feb 16. Best Business Books of the Year
Feb 29. Techsoup: Technology Resources and Donated Software

Library Journal

Feb 15. Meet the Power Patron
Feb 16. Building a Library Aware Community
Feb 21. Your Library at Webscale
Feb 23. Census 2010 and American Community Survey
Feb 24. Directors' Summit

Nebraska Library Commission

Feb 1. SOPA and PIPA: What Libraries Need to Know
Feb 8. AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner
Feb 15. Turning Your Library Around
Feb 22. Learning to Live without a Statistical Abstract
Feb 29. Tech Talk with Michael Sauers

Texas State Library

Feb 3. Tech Tools: Dropbox
Feb 9. App Development: The Why and How
Feb 10. Tech Tools: Shelfari and GoodReads
Feb 16. Libraries as Content Collaborators
Feb 21. The Accidental Library Marketer
Feb 28. Writing Good Press Releases and Working with the Media

WebJunction

Jan 31. Developing and Maintaining E-Reader Policies and Procedures
Feb 2. Building Bridges #4: Your Library's Future
Feb 9. Cloud Computing 101
Feb 23. Twitter for Job Seekers: Helping Job Seeking Patrons

Wild Apricot

Feb 1. Make Your Grant Proposal Stand Out from the Pack
Feb 9. Creating an Effective Volunteer Handbook
Feb 17. Investing in Infrastructure
Feb 22. Advisory Boards

Handheld Librarian VI

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:08:00 +0000

HANDHELD LIBRARIAN VI ONLINE CONFERENCE
FEBRUARY 1-2, 2012

www.handheldlibrarian.org

Join us once again for what will be an intense online professional development opportunity for librarians who love technology!

Mobile solutions for libraries that work!

We invite you to the 6th Handheld Librarian conference, a place where interested librarians bring their tools and strategies to the learning scene. The conference will feature professional development for librarians by librarians. This is the grass-roots nature of our highly successful program. Handheld Librarian VI will build on the success of prior conferences in which an array of presenters share their experiences and insights on topics addressing themes such as ebooks, location-based social networking, lending devices, reference and mobile technologies impacting society. You can see the quality of the content by looking through our past archives.
Our exciting one day conference, February 1, will feature presentations from your peers, along with two keynotes from respected thought leaders in the library world.

Michael Stephens, Assistant Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University, will address the conference in the morning. His research focuses on use of emerging technologies in libraries and technology learning programs. He currently writes the monthly column “Office Hours” in Library Journal exploring issues, ideas and emerging trends in library and information science education. Stephens has spoken about emerging technologies, innovation, and libraries to audiences in over 26 states and in five countries, including a 2009 speaking/research tour of Australia.

Our afternoon keynote features Stephen Abram. Stephen has over 30 years in libraries as a practicing librarian and in the information industry. He has visited hundreds of libraries in many different countries and is uniquely positioned to spark ideas and insights. Stephen is currently Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Markets at Gale Cengage in Toronto, Canada. He has been Vice President Innovation for SirsiDynix and the Chief Strategist for the SirsiDynix Institute, VP of Corporate Development for Micromedia ProQuest, and Publisher Electronic Information for Thompson

New* Post-Conference Skill Builders Workshops – Two additional opportunities!

New this year, a post conference experience focused on giving participants explicit hands on skills through extended workshops. For a nominal fee, participants can register for the following two-hour synchronous workshops on February 2.
• Broad mobile development, including jQuery
• Empowering your E-readers; teaching your readers to access content
Each workshop will not only provide a conceptual framework, but will ask the participants to try their hands at either developing or implementing specific strategies. After the workshop, audience members will be provided with additional ongoing tutorials and access to the experts for mentoring.

Individual, group and site registration is open at www.handheldlibrarian.org

WordPress and eBook Webinars

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:11:00 +0000

WordPress for Library Websites
Presented by Polly-Alida Farrington
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST

REGISTER:
http://bit.ly/v1h5aI

Does your organization need a new web site? One that is more dynamic, easy to update and can easily incorporate social media and other ways to communicate with your library’s patrons/customers? WordPress (free, opensource) may be the answer. WordPress is a powerful web Content Management System (CMS) that has grown far beyond its origins as a blogging tool.

WordPress can be used to power your library website and help you build a dynamic web presence for your library, school, personal web site, business or other project. Its ease of use and flexibility make it a perfect choice for libraries that are struggling to keep their websites up to date and/or looking for a more up-to-date look for their website. Its extensibility via plugins and other customizations make it a great choice for more complex sites as well.

This webinar will cover:

Examples of sites built with WordPress
Why WordPress is a great choice for schools & libraries
Hosting options and requirements
WordPress.com vs WordPress.org
Making it look great: Themes
Building blocks of WordPress: Posts & Pages
and more!

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Ebooks, Discovery, and the Library
Presented by Kate Sheehan
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. EST

REGISTER:

http://bit.ly/tcUXP6

Publishers, authors, booksellers, and librarians have traditionally thought of discovery as something that happens in a physical place. A patron browses the shelf, a librarian offers some reader's advisory, a new author is picked up from an artfully created display. Online discovery lags behind, despite Amazon's best efforts. People still pick books up based on word of mouth. Libraries, with entire sections of staff devoted to helping people pick out books, are word of mouth engines, but struggle to prove our worth to the rest of the book ecosystem. Ebooks make that even more difficult when the library as place is taken out of the equation. This session will explore some possibilities for libraries as channels of discovery in an ebook-dominated market.

Live Webinars for January 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:09:00 +0000

After the new year I'll post any other webinars that I come across.

Jan 11. Getting Things Done in Groups (Non-Profit Webinars)

Jan 12. Diagnosing and Repairing Difficult Problems in Windows 7 (O'Reilly)

ALA (American Library Association) All = $

10 events in January. Click the link if interested.

Booklist

Jan 10. YA Romances for Guys and Girls
Jan 17. New Year, New Reference
Jan 31. Connecting with Struggling Readers

Infopeople
Jan 10. Digital Preservation Fundamentals: Text and Image Formats
Jan 12. Intellectual Freedom: Basic for New Staff and Refresher
Jan 17. The Hopeful Workplace
Jan 19. Caregiver Resources
Jan 26. Connections for Successful Partnerships

Nebraska Library Commission

Jan 11. Linked Data and Libraries
Jan 18. Discovery Tools: You Can Compete with Google
Jan 25. Tech Talk with Michael Sauers

WebJunction

Jan 10. Organizational Storytelling for Librarians
Jan 31. E-Reader Policies and Procedures

Library Journal's Technology Summit

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:28:00 +0000

Thanks to the No Shelf Required blog for this post about LJ's upcoming, day long, Technology Summit.

Thursday, December 8, 10:00am - 6:00pm EST.
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Library Journal is now offering free registration (for individuals) to their upcoming online technology summit, Power to the Patrons: From Systems to Services. Registration also includes access to the tech summit archive for three months, so those who can’t stay for the entire day can log back in when they have more time. The code for free registration is TechSmt11MS (individuals only).

Here is more information about the program and registration:

Library Journal presents our first virtual technology summit, Power to the Patrons: From Systems to Services, an online forum to examine what technologies patrons are using, what technologies they want from their library, and how these technologies can help them discover their place and enhance their connection with the library.

This day-long conference offers a full program featuring keynote speaker Bryan Alexander, senior fellow at the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE), chair of the 2010 Horizon Report and author of The New Digital Storytelling, as well as panel presentations and Q&A with thought leaders from libraries around the country. Throughout the day, the industry’s leading vendors will showcase their latest innovations with presentations and webcasts throughout the show. And don’t forget to visit the Exhibit Hall for product demos and give-aways from our sponsors!

Plus, you can network with colleagues from across the nation and participate in our librarian moderated Twitter chat, all without leaving your office!

Live Webinars for December 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:03:00 +0000

December webinars. Merry Christmas/Happy New Year/Go learn stuff!

Dec 1. The Higher Education CIO (Educause)

Dec 2. 10 Things You Should Know about HTML5 (O'Reilly)

Dec 5. Library World Smackdown: Open Mic Night (T-L Cafe)

Dec 6. Juggling 101: Managing Multiple Priorities (InSync Training)

Dec 7. Facebook Features Update (Common Knowledge)

Dec 7. The High Cost of Poor Leadership (Webex)

Dec 8. Delivering Effective Webinars (TechSoup)

Dec 12. VIAF Show and Tell Webinar (OCLC)

Dec 12. Ebook Special Interest Group: Open Conference Call (Niso)

Dec 13. Setting Up and Configuring a New PC (O'Reilly)

ALA (American Library Association) All = $

8 events in December. Click the link if interested.

Booklist

Dec 6. Lerner Publishing Preview
Dec 13. New Titles for the Newest Readers

Infopeople
Dec 6. Planning for Retirement
Dec 7. Building Digital Communities through Blogs and Social Networks
Dec 8. Digital Preservation Fundamentals
Dec 13. What Will Happen When I'm Gone: Ensuring Knowledge Transfer
Dec 15. Library Programs On and Over the Edge

Nebraska Library Commission

Dec 14. Job Hunting in the 21st Century
Dec 21. Best Youth Books of 2011
Dec 28. Tech Talk Interview w/the Librarian in Black

WebJunction

Dec 6. Windows 7: Basic Computer Training at Your Library
Dec 14. Winning Big Support for Your Rural Library

Take a free LE@D course in November

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:02:00 +0000

As our way of saying thank you, during the month of November we would like to give our friends in the library world the gift of a free LE@D class courtesy of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Follow the Green Star

As you look through our course catalog you will notice a green star in the lower right hand corner of the course illustrations. This star indicates that this course is eligible as a free gift!

To claim your free course:

Login to your LE@D account. If you don't already have a LE@D account, create an account Go to the course catalog and select the course you want. Look for the green star to find courses that are eligible for this promotion Add the course to your shopping bag Apply the promotional code to pay for the class:
If the class is a $25 course, use the coupon code: IMLS-25 If the class is a $45 course, use the coupon code: IMLS-45

Continue through the checkout procedure

Restrictions: Like eating a piece of pumpkin pie at grandma's house, please limit yourself to one until everyone has had a chance to get some. If you register for more than one class with the coupon code, we will only process one of your selections.

Additional Discounts: As an added bonus, you may buy as many additional courses from our Library or School Library course catalog as you wish at a $10 discount (no Green Star required). To get the discount, apply the coupon code IMLS-10 to the courses in your shopping bag. This coupon is valid through the end of November with no restrictions.

This promotion is good through the end of November, or until the grant funds are exhausted, whichever comes first.

Kevin Haney
Lifelong Education @ Desktop (LE@D)
940 565-2502
lead@unt.edu

Two more November Webinars

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:04:00 +0000

Lowering IT Costs: How to Reduce the Need for PC Remediation

Does your IT department spend significant time, resources, and money to remediate damaged desktop systems each year? The sad truth is far too many of your colleagues are buried by the issue. Industry analysts estimate that the main culprit for causing such trouble - malware - infects between 4-8% of PCs at any given point in time and costs up to $200 per incident. But what if you could stop next-generation threats and thus eliminate the need for malware-caused PC remediation altogether? Learn how in our November webinar - Lowering IT Costs: How to Reduce the Need for PC Remediation.

Join M86 Product Marketing Manager Anne Stobaugh and Sr Product Manager, Chris Marlowe as they detail the correlation between desktop remediation and malware, and what you can do to fix the problem. Topics include:

-The Root Cause: How Next-Generation Attacks Are Successful

-Desktop Cleanup Scenarios

-Web Security: Why "Good Enough" Isn't an Option

-How to Prevent Malware and Reduce Desktop Remediation

Managing Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Electronic theses and dissertations (ETD) have existed for more than a decade, yet many institutions are still just beginning to work with this format. Even those with an established program can struggle with policies and workflows. Communication is a key component to a successful ETD program, and the library, graduate office, and academic departments must work together to establish procedures for managing ETDs. Whether using a system based on ProQuest, DSpace, Fedora or any of a number of other vendor or homegrown solutions, it can be difficult to tackle issues for a workflow that truly does represent the intersection of scholarship, university policies and library collecting.

Topics to be covered include:

ETD systems selection and use
Policy setting and enforcement
Student training and copyright education and guidance
Metadata and cataloging decision-making and workflows
Embargoes and open access policies
Possible efficiencies and cost savings (or inefficiencies and expenditures)
Digitization of legacy print theses and dissertations

Live Webinars for November 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:00:00 +0000

November webinars (and one October one). Go learn stuff!

Oct 28. Is there Privacy in the Digital Age? (O'Reilly)

Nov 9. New Discovery Tools: Moving Beyond Traditional Online Catalogs (NISO) $

Nov 15. Seeking Synchronicity: Virtual Reference Services (OCLC)

Nov 16. Cultivating Employee Work Passion (Webex)

Nov 16. Google +. (Georgia Library Association)

ALA (American Library Association) All = $

::whew!:: 17 events in November. Click the link if interested.

Booklist

Nov 1. Reaching Reluctant Readers
Nov 8. Continuing Focus on Series Nonfiction
Nov 29. Gale's New Digital Book Experience

Infopeople
Nov 3. Digital Graphics: A Guide to their Legal Use
Nov 16. Libraries and Economic Recovery: Supporting Entrepenuers

Library Journal

Nov 3. DIY/Home Improvement Announcements
Nov 8. Graphic Novels: Latest Trends and Hottest Titles
Nov 9. Forthcoming Memoirs, Biographies, and Autobiographies
Nov 10. Collaboration and Content Delivery for Today's Scholars
Nov 16. Maximizing the Mobile Opportunity

Nebraska Library Commission

Nov 2. Online Learning for Patrons
Nov 9. Volunteers: A Link to the Community
Nov 16. Effective Marketing to Tweens and Teens
Nov 23. Tech Talk with Michael Sauers

Texas State Library

Nov 1, 15, and 29. Building Latino Communities Through Technology
Nov 4. Skype
Nov 10. Zotero

WebJunction

Nov 1. Results of 2011 Public Library Tech Access Study
Nov 2. Principles of Advocacy
Nov 10. Recap of touring Virginia with a van full of Tech Toys

Wild Apricot

Nov 1. The Science of Press Releases
Nov 1. Mobile Marketing 101
Nov 3. The New Volunteer Manager's Toolkit
Nov 9. Linking Your Strategy to Goals to Data

What's at Stake in the HathiTrust Lawsuit

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:46:00 +0000

Friday, October 28, 1:00pm EDT. (Educause)

On September 12, the Authors Guild, the Australian Society of Authors, the Union Des Écrivaines et des Écrivains Québécois (UNEQ), and eight individual authors filed suit against HathiTrust, the University of Michigan, the University of California, the University of Wisconsin, Indiana University, and Cornell University for copyright infringement. At issue are more than 10 million scans contained in HathiTrust's collection, as well as HathiTrust's "Orphan Works Project." The Authors Guild has argued that storing and providing access to the digital scans is illegal, while advocates for HathiTrust and participating universities argue that digitizing and providing access to the sources is critical to the future of research and scholarship.

In this web seminar, Jonathan Band, a legal consultant and frequent author on intellectual property issues, will provide an overview of the case to date, and James Grimmelmann, an associate professor at New York Law School, will discuss the legal questions on which the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust lawsuit will turn, as well as the potential implications for universities and libraries. There are reasons why the court may never reach the substantive copyright issues, and reasons why even if it does there might not be much impact on other libraries. But the case is still worth watching, Grimmelmann says, because it could significantly influence libraries' digitization and digital distribution practices.

Upcoming WebJunction Webinars

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Ward) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:41:00 +0000

Innovative Use of Skill-based Volunteers in Public Libraries
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 ♦ 2 pm Eastern / 11 am Pacific ♦ 60 min.

There is a growing number of younger members of our communities (the "net-generation") who are highly skilled with technology and the internet but view local public libraries as nice community amenities with little relevance to their "tip of the finger" world of information. There is also a notable increase in semi-retired, computer literate, actively engaged Baby Boomers. These two groups can be tapped to become the new volunteer base for libraries. Members of the net-generation will volunteer if they can use their expertise and professional skills to make a difference. The Baby Boomers will volunteer if they believe the experience will be intellectually challenging. By engaging these "new volunteers," libraries are helping to build vibrant sustainable community support for their library. This webinar identifies the critical issues and plan of action necessary to engage skilled-based library community volunteers.

Teaming Up with Teens @ Your Library
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 ♦ 2 pm Eastern / 11 am Pacific ♦ 60 min.

What is the absolute best avenue to getting teens involved and engaged at your school or public library? How can you encourage them to be peer reader advisors and library advocates in the community? Ultimately, if you want to encourage your teens to become lifelong readers, learners, and library users/supporters—and possibly even choose library work for their future career path—there is no better way to go than offering opportunities for active and involved teen library participation. In this webinar, you will explore ways teens can take part in your library, such as advisory groups, volunteering, short-term projects that use teen's special skills, and partnering with adults. You’ll also get tips on planning, organizing, conducting, and evaluating teen participation. When you team up with teens at your library, it's win-win! WebJunction is pleased to host this webinar in collaboration with the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA).

Moving from Surviving to Thriving: Project Compass
Thursday, October 27, 2011 ♦ 2 pm Eastern / 11 am Pacific ♦ 90 min.

It's been a whirlwind year as Project Compass worked with library staff across the country to help them amplify their services to provide patrons with the skills they need to move from surviving to thriving, especially in a turbulent economy. Join the Project Compass team and special guests as we review the highlights from the staff training workshops and from the actions libraries have taken as a result of the project. We'll look at successful strategies and discuss what lies ahead for libraries at the hub of vibrant 21st century communities.

2011 Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 ♦ 2 pm Eastern / 11 am Pacific ♦ 60 min.

Over 8,400 urban, suburban, and rural libraries participated in the 2011 Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study, the largest and longest-running study of Internet connectivity in U.S. public libraries. Key findings include:

70% of libraries report increased use of public access computers, while at the same time, over 76% report an insufficient number of public computers to meet demand.
65% of libraries report that they are the only source of free public access to computers and the Internet in their communities.
67% of libraries offer access to e-books.
72% of libraries report that staff help patrons complete online job applications.
16% of libraries report decreased hours of operation. This translates to lost hours at more than 2,600 branches.

In this webinar co-sponsored by ALA TechSource, the ALA Office for Research & Statistics, and WebJunction, you will learn how to interpret the data and emerging trends; access new advocacy and marketing tools including state profiles, issue briefs, and PR templates; and use the data to make the case for your library with elected officials and community stakeholders. Take the new survey now!

"Wow, That's Cool! What is it?"
Thursday, November 10, 2011 ♦ 2 pm Eastern / 11 am Pacific ♦ 60 min.

The Library of Virginia spent part of the last 12 months touring the Commonwealth with a van full of technology toys: e-readers, iPads, pocket video cameras and more, thanks to a grant from IMLS. This webinar, presented by Cindy Church of LVA and her Wow That's Cool trainer Lisa R. Varga, will describe how the project evolved, the response of library staff who had never seen or touched the technology patrons were asking about, things they’d do exactly the same next time, and things they'd never do again. Join us and learn about the program from several perspectives: the administrator, the trainer, and the conference attendee.