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Webjunction Webinars: WiFi, learning culture, & Shaping Outcomes
Check out Webjunction’s upcoming continuing education offerings, all *free* webinars that allow you to learn something new and interesting in an hour or less!
Maintain IT Webinar: Wireless Acceptable Use Policies
May 21 at 11:00 AM Pacific/2:00 PM Eastern
Louise Alcorn, Reference Technology Librarian at the West Des Moines Public Library and contributor to Recipes for a 5-Star [...]
Day 2: Continuing Education/Professional Development discussion group
This is a newly-formed discussion group focused on providing quality continuing education for librarians, and also encouraging librarians to take advantage of such opportunities. Because it was such a new group, we outlined several questions to ponder and collect answers for the next meeting in Anaheim. Those questions included:
How can we get librarians to take [...]
Nov 13-14: Politics and Networking CEC
It’s not too late to register for this Continuing Education Course from PLA!
Politics and Networking
Florida Library Association
Orlando, FL
November 13-14, 2007
Librarians need to understand their local political environment and network effectively with politicians in order to thrive in their communities. Participants in this training will learn how to:
Assess local political issues, explain how local decisions [...]
WebJunction Webinar: Rural Libraries as Place
Bringing People Together at the Library: Rural Libraries as Place
Presented by the Rural Library Sustainability Project
October 25, 2007
11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET
More and more people are accessing information and resources from home and work computers. Does that mean the physical library will go away? NO WAY! In this session we will talk about the evolving [...]
New Course from PLA – Serving Diverse Populations
Registration is now open for:
Serving Diverse Populations
Prairie Area Library System
Rockford, Illinois
October 24-25, 2007
Equip yourself with the skills and knowledge librarians need to effectively serve diverse populations. At the end of the Serving Diverse Populations workshop, participants will be able to:
Identify the key issues and challenges of serving diverse populations; assess a library’s readiness to serve [...]
Webinar: A Practical Guide to Fantasy, 9/28
Is the fantasy genre a mystery to you? Wondering how to keep kids, especially boys, interested in reading now that the Harry Potter series is over, with no ideas on what to recommend? Love the Hogwart’s party concept, and looking for fresh ideas? A Practical Guide to Fantasy is the webinar is [...]
Free WebJunction webinar on library surveys
Another excellent free continuing education opportunity from WebJunction’s Rural In Focus Webinars series! These webinars are entirely free and online, so you can participate from the comfort of your desk, at home or at work.
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Library Surveys
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
11:00 am PT/2:00 pm ET
“Surveys can be rich sources of [...]
Transforming your library and your library’s future with technology
Held Saturday 1:30-3:30
This session was an interesting one, but from my viewpoint, it’s one that got better as it went along. The first speaker, Lori Ayre, focused on things that I didn’t think really fit with this topic. She even said that she was going to talk about technologies “with levers and buttons, [...]
Sunday at ALA
Sunday was a very busy day full of programs.
Nancy Pearl
First I arrive bright and early to see Nancy Pearl speak. It was fascinating to hear how each of her books came into being, especially her lastest book, Book Crush. She gave some suggestions of books [...]
CORRECTION: An invitation to a GODORT ANNUAL Preconference
[Upon original posting, I mistakenly filed this under the ALA Midwinter 2007 category, when the even is actually happening at ALA Annual 2007. Many thanks to Chuck for pointing out the discrepancy!]
Received from Charles Malone, Government Information Librarian at Western Illinois University via email today:
On behalf of GODORT and its International Documents Task Force I [...]
